A61M15/0071

Dry Powder Medicament Inhaler

A dry powder inhaler for delivering medicament from at least one medicament carrier having a plurality of spaced-apart medicament doses. The inhaler includes a housing having regions for accommodating unused and used portions of the medicament carrier, a mouthpiece component extending from the housing and through which a user is able to inhale, a dispensing mechanism arranged in the housing for moving a medicament dose of the medicament carrier to the dispensing position, and a mouthpiece cover being rotatably connected to the housing for sequential movement about a rotation axis from a first position in which the mouthpiece component is completely covered to a second position in which the mouthpiece component is completely covered, and from the second position to a third position in which the mouthpiece component is completely uncovered, the second position being between the first and third positions.

Device for dispensing a fluid product
11577264 · 2023-02-14 · ·

A device for dispensing a fluid product having a container (10), a dispensing member (20), a dispensing head (30) with an outlet (31), an actuating member (60) slidably mounted in the dispensing head, and a lateral actuating system cooperating with the actuating member. The actuating member has a cylindrical body (65) and a flexible tab (61) having a radial projection (62), the flexible tab extending axially into the cylindrical body (65) and radially deformable between an undeformed position, in which the projection (62) projects radially out of the cylindrical body, and a deformed position, in which the projection does not. The lateral actuating system has two side levers (35, 36) diametrically opposed, deformable and/or movable laterally, a flexible spacer (37) connecting the two side levers, the flexible spacer cooperating with the projection (62) and axially deformed during actuation to axially move the actuating member relative to the dispensing head.

DRY POWDER FORMULATIONS OF EPINEPHRINE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

Provided herein are dry powder formulations comprising epinephrine alone or in combination with at least one enabling agent suitable for nasal application. Also provided are unit dose forms and devices comprising such formulations and methods of using such formulations for the treatment of various conditions including anaphylaxis, anaphylactoid reaction, respiratory conditions, hemodynamic collapse, and for administration during cardiopulmonary arrest and other life-threatening conditions.

Inhalers and Related Methods

A nasal inhaler for the inhalation of inhalable substances comprise: a canister having an interior reservoir containing pressurised inhalable substances including fluid; a metering valve including a metering chamber and a valve stem defining a communication path between the metering chamber and the interior reservoir, the communication path including an opening configured to permit flow between a transfer space inside the valve stem and the interior reservoir, the interior reservoir being arranged for orientation above the metering chamber whereby gas located within the metering chamber is replaced with liquid from the interior reservoir.

Inhalers and Related Methods

An inhaler (10) has a main body for accommodating a medicament reservoir (84), a canister fire system for moving a canister (50) to release a dose in response to air flow, a cap housing (12) for enclosing the canister fire system and canister within an interior chamber defined by the main body (14) and a cap housing, wherein a lock system (250) is provided for locking the cap housing on the main body.

DRY POWDER FORMULATIONS OF EPINEPHRINE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

Provided herein are dry powder formulations comprising epinephrine alone or in combination with at least one enabling agent suitable for nasal application. Also provided are unit dose forms and devices comprising such formulations and methods of using such formulations for the treatment of various conditions including anaphylaxis, anaphylactoid reaction, respiratory conditions, hemodynamic collapse, and for administration during cardiopulmonary arrest and other life-threatening conditions.

Blister pack and inhaler comprising the same

Provided is a blister pack for a dry powder inhaler configured to deliver a first powder medicament and a second powder medicament different from the first powder medicament. The first and second powder medicaments are contained within blister pockets defined in a strip. A series of blister pockets is defined in the strip, which series extends linearly along the length of the strip. The first and second powder medicaments are contained in blister pockets of the series. Alternatively or additionally, each of the blister pockets is elongated such as to have a largest dimension parallel with the length of the strip. These measures, either individually or in combination, enable minimizing of the width of the strip in spite of the strip accommodating both the first and second powder medicaments.

Inhalers and related methods

An inhaler (10) for the inhalation of inhalable substances comprise: a canister (50) having an interior reservoir (84) containing pressurised inhalable substances including fluid; a metering valve (52) including a metering chamber (82) and a valve stem (54) defining a communication path between the metering chamber and the interior reservoir, the communication path (86) including an opening (106) configured to permit flow between a transfer space inside the valve stem and the interior reservoir, the interior reservoir being arranged for orientation above the metering chamber whereby gas such as air located within the metering chamber is replaced with liquid from the interior reservoir.

Blister Pack and Inhaler Comprising the Same

Provided is a blister pack for a dry powder inhaler, which dry powder inhaler is configured to deliver a first powder medicament and a second powder medicament different from the first powder medicament. The first and second powder medicaments are contained within blister pockets defined in a strip. A series of blister pockets is defined in the strip, which series extends linearly along the length of the strip. The first and second powder medicaments are contained in blister pockets, e.g. respective blister pockets, of the series. Alternatively or additionally, each of the blister pockets is elongated such as to have a largest dimension parallel with the length of the strip. These measures, either individually or in combination, enable minimizing of the width of the strip in spite of the strip accommodating both the first and second powder medicaments. This, in turn, may enable the depth/thickness of the dry powder inhaler to be minimized, and/or additional space to be provided inside the dry powder inhaler for accommodating, for example, use detection and wireless connectivity electronics for sending use detection data to an external device, such as a smartphone.

DRY POWDER MEDICAMENT INHALER

Disclosed are dry powder inhalers for delivering medicament to a user from a blister pack, the blister pack having a plurality of spaced-apart blister pockets containing doses of the medicament. The inhalers comprise: a housing for accommodating unused and used portions of the blister pack together with a dispensing mechanism for selectively opening the blister pockets; and a manifold component through which air can be drawn in use of the inhaler. The manifold component comprises: a primary air inlet opening for receiving first external air; an air outlet opening for providing the external air from the primary air inlet opening into an opened blister pocket, the primary air inlet opening being fluidly connected to the air outlet opening by a primary air delivery conduit formed in the manifold component; a medicament inlet opening for receiving air-entrained medicament from the opened blister pocket, the air outlet opening and the medicament inlet opening being arranged side-by-side to enable simultaneous communication with the opened blister pocket; and a medicament outlet opening for delivery of the air-entrained medicament from the opened blister pocket to the user, the medicament inlet opening being fluidly connected to the medicament outlet opening by a medicament delivery conduit formed in the manifold component. The disclosed inhalers embodiments provide a variety of improvements to the design of the manifold component.