Inhaler device that reduces the risk for miscounting a dosage

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8528545
APP PUB NO 20080060643A1
SERIAL NO

11571645

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Inhaler device (10) comprising an actuator body (20) and an inhaler canister assembly (70), the inhaler canister assembly (70) is comprised of a canister (30) with a metering valve at a valve end and a dose counter unit (60) attached to a base end thereof. Further, the inhaler canister assembly (70) comprises first position ensuring means (110, 230), the actuator body comprises second position ensuring means (120,210), wherein the first and second position ensuring means being complementary mating means, and the first and second position ensuring means being so arranged that the inhaler device (10) cannot be fired, nor the counter unit (60) count unless the first and second position ensuring means are in a mating relationship. There is also provided an inhaler canister assembly (70) and an actuator body (20).

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  • ASTRAZENECA AB

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hodson, Darren Leicestershire, GB 17 335
Treneman, William Cambridgeshire, GB 6 133

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