Cartridge, medicament dispenser for solid medicament portions, and uses of the cartridge and of the medicament dispenser

US9505544B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Sabine Leifeld · Berlin, DE
• Tom Reinhold · Munster, DE
• Sven Filler · Oranienburg, DE
• Uwe Karla · Wandlitz, DE
• Peter Weber · Kreuzlingen, CH
• Nina Voege · Amsterdam, NL
• Nat Jarvis · Herrenberg, DE
• Benjamin Holch · Nagold, DE
• James Whittaker · Amsterdam, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 14, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 29, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2583/0481
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

For safe storage and simple and safe administration of tablets T by a user, a cartridge 900 is provided that can be inserted into a medicament dispenser 1 for solid medicament portions T and that is designed with a reservoir for receiving the medicament portions T, and a medicament dispenser 1 for this cartridge 900 is also provided. According to the invention, the cartridge 900 comprises a singulation device 910 that is designed to dispense defined medicament portions T and that comprises a movable mechanism 940 for separating a defined medicament portion T from the reservoir and for dispensing it from the medicament dispenser 1, wherein the singulation device 910 is designed to produce an operative connection to an actuating device 14, 220, 224, 226; 15, 210; 230 in the medicament dispenser 1.