Spacer and components therefor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8905020
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13884429

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A spacer for delivering a medicinal substance is provided having a chamber having a tubular body defining a first reservoir, the top end of the body narrowing to define a single unobstructed central chamber aperture, a base for the body having an inlet for admission of the substance into the first reservoir, a vented member connected atop the body, a mouthpiece connected atop the vented member and partly defining a second reservoir, the mouthpiece having an outlet for withdrawal of the substance from the second reservoir The spacer also has a valve within the chamber having a self-supporting central domed portion and defining a central cross slit at its peak, the domed portion opening during inspiration and closing during expiration, and a flat ringed portion surrounding the domed portion with a circumferential free edge, the diameter of the ringed portion being approximately twice the diameter of the domed portion.

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MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED7/56 SMITH ROAD SPRINGVALE VICTORIA 3171

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eagle, Allan Springvale, AU 2 40

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