Dispenser with encoding means

US9545487B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Jens Besseler · Bingen, DE
• Holger Holakovsky · Witten, DE
• Herbert Argauer · Pirk, DE
• Josef Gatz · Eslarn, DE
• Andreas Gorshoefer · Nittenau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2013
• Grant date: Jan 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/6045
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a nebulizer having attached housing, which is attached in a way that permits removal, which housing holds containers of liquid medication for dispensing via nebulization, which nebulizer is constructed to allow containers holding the medication to be used and held within the housing provided that such containers match or conform to the certain mechanical requirements of the nebulizer and housing.