US Patent No: 8,074,594

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Dose indicating device

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Abstract

An indicating device suitable for indicating a number of metered dosages of a substance that have been dispensed from or remain in a container. The indicating device includes at least one primary indicator member having primary dosage indicia, configured as numeric indicia, and a second indicator member having secondaiy dosage indicia, configured with at least two different colors. The primary and secondary indicator members are coaxially mounted. In one embodiment, a device for dispensing dosages of the substance also includes a dispenser housing and a container.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
TRUDELL MEDICAL INTERNATIONALLONDON ONTARIO86

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lu, Winston Z Kitchener, CA 13 47

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
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6,161,724 Indicating device 55 1998
6,283,365 Indicator device 52 1999
6,336,453 Indicating device for aerosol container 49 1999
6,328,037 Indicating device for aerosol container 44 2000
6,435,372 Delivery system for a medicament and method for the assembly thereof 45 2001
6,761,161 Indicating device 41 2001
6,729,330 Indicating device for aerosol container 38 2002
7,004,164 Indicating device for aerosol container 22 2002
6,561,384 Medicament dispensing device and method for the use thereof 38 2002
7,100,530 Dose indicating device 20 2004
6,926,002 Indicating device 26 2004
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7,584,712 Dose indicating device 5 2006
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