Medicaments magazine, and a device and method for opening it; multi-dose powder inhaler

US8602024B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Herbert Wachtel · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Johannes Geser · Gerlingen, DE
• Burkhard Metzger · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Michael Spallek · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Michael Krueger · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Herbert Kunze · Dortmund, DE
• Achim Moser · Pocking, DE
• Elmar Mock · Bienne, CH
• Antonino Lanci · Bern, CH
• Andre Klopfenstein · La Neuveville, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 10, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M15/0051
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a medicament magazine with a plurality of doses of medicament, wherein the magazine is formed from a single foil strip in which pouches (2) for holding a medicament are formed as depicted in exemplary FIG. 1. The foil strip comprises for transporting the strip openings (4) on at least one side for the engagement of transporting pins. The foil strip has a certain width in the region of the pouches, which is less than the width of the foil in other regions, and the openings are arranged in this broader part of the foil strip. The invention also relates to a method and a device for opening a medicament magazine of this kind, the device preferably being constructed as a segmented wheel.