A holder for an inhaler article includes a housing comprising a housing cavity for receiving an inhaler article a sleeve configured to retain an inhaler article within the housing cavity. The sleeve includes a sleeve cavity and is movable within the housing cavity along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The sleeve includes a first open end and a second opposing end. The first open end is configured to receive an inhaler article and the second opposing end of the sleeve is configured to allow air to enter the sleeve cavity. The second opposing end of the sleeve is configured to induce a swirl on the air entering the sleeve cavity.

The present invention provides a particulate delivery device with an automatic activation mechanism that pierces or cuts a composition capsule when a cap is removed. The cap cannot be replaced once the device is activated for use. The device allows for gas flow through the device from a gas inlet to a gas outlet through a composition receptacle and dispersion chamber to deliver particulate to the airway of a subject.

A disposable safety syringe needle and a syringe device including the same are provided, which can prevent reuse and an accident in safety, in which injury can be sustained by the needle. The disposable safety syringe needle includes: an upper part to which an elastic member is coupled and in which a needle member is inserted; a lower part which is coupled to one end of the upper part, and which includes one or more catching parts; and a safety part which is coupled to one end of the lower part, and which includes a catching protrusion, wherein the safety part is inserted into the lower part toward the upper part so that the elastic member is compressed, and the catching protrusion of the safety part is coupled to the one or more catching parts by the stretching force of the elastic member so as to disable reuse.

A heating assembly for a vapour generating device includes a heating device arranged to heat, in use, a body, the body including a vaporisable substance located in use in a heating compartment of the heating assembly, the heating assembly being arranged to supply, in use, power to the heating device to heat the body; a temperature sensor arranged to monitor, in use, a temperature related to heat generated from the body, temperature information related to heat generated from the body being determinable from the monitored temperature; and a memory accessor arranged to access, in use, a memory that holds a relationship between the temperature information, the amount of power supplied to the heating device or the profile of power supplied to the heating device, and at least one condition including an age of the body, or a type of the body, or the presence of the body.

A reuse prevention safety catheter is proposed. The reuse prevention safety catheter includes: a catheter hub having an external needle disposed therein; a cannula plug having an internal needle inserted and penetrated into the catheter hub disposed therein to introduce the external needle into a blood vessel and be separated from the catheter hub; and a locking guide unit having a through-hole configured to allow the internal needle to pass through, wherein the through-hole is deformed when the penetrated internal needle is withdrawn, such that re-penetration of the internal needle is blocked.

A safety needle has a needle base, a puncture needle, and a safety cap. The puncture needle is inserted into a front end of a needle connection segment of the needle base. The safety cap is combined with a front end of the needle base. The safety cap has a needle cap and a resilient member mounted in the needle base. The needle cap is mounted around the puncture needle. Guiding blocks formed on the rear end of the needle cap are mounted respectively in positioning recesses in a housing of the needle base. The needle cap and an outer cap are mounted around the puncture needle, and the puncture needle can be kept from exposure. The needle cap can be locked with the positioning recesses, and the safety needle cannot be reused and can be distinguished as a used needle.

The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device including: a housing configured to contain a drug container with a needle, a needle shroud that is telescopically connected to the housing, and a cap that is configured to be releasably connected to the housing before use of the device. At least one of the cap and the needle shroud is adapted to unreleasably lock the cap onto the housing after reapplying the cap onto the housing after the drug delivery device is used.

A holder for an inhaler article that includes a sleeve positioned within a housing cavity, a piercing element, and a lockout mechanism. The sleeve comprises a sleeve cavity arranged to receive the inhaler article. The sleeve is movable within the housing cavity between a first and second position. The piercing element is arranged to pierce the inhaler article received within the sleeve when the sleeve is moved from the first position to the second position. The lockout mechanism comprises a guide, a follower member coupled to the sleeve, and a retaining section. The follower member is arranged to move along the guide into the retaining section as the sleeve moves from the second position and back to the first position. The retaining section is arranged to hold the follower member when the sleeve has returned back to the first position, thus retaining the sleeve in the first position.

Provided is an injection device, comprising a syringe comprising a needle, a barrel, a stopper in sliding engagement inside the barrel, a plunger unit moveable with regard to the barrel, a case accommodating the barrel and provided with elastic means and an operating stop, and a needle shield adapted to be moveable under the force of the elastic means from an injection position to a safety position, and provided with a shield stop, wherein the operating stop is configured to prevent the needle shield to move to the safety position by abutting against the shield stop, wherein the plunger unit comprises a triggering portion configured to deflect the flexible leg of the needle shield when the plunger unit has reached a triggering position during its injection movement.

A device for catheterization is disclosed. Such a device includes a hollow catheter, a cylindrical sheath, and a flange through which the catheter passes. Before insertion, the sheath begins at a first opening near the catheter tip and extends into the catheter to a first circumferential fold, then back towards the catheter tip to a second circumferential fold about the tip to the exterior surface, and ends at a second opening attached to the flange. As the device is inserted up to a length, the flange abuts the cavity opening, and a corresponding length of the sheath deploys from the catheter interior, around the first and second circumferential folds, to the catheter outer surface. Once fully inserted, all, or a substantial portion, of the sheath initially positioned within the catheter has been deployed to the outer surface, thereby forming a protective barrier between the catheter and the surrounding tissues.