Dry powder inhalers with dual piercing members

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8985103
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13744923

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A dry powder inhaler includes a dose container assembly having a dose container disk with opposing upper and lower surfaces, a first row of circumferentially spaced apart dose containers at a first radius and a second row of circumferentially spaced apart dose containers at a second radius. The dose containers have dry powder therein and are sealed via a first flexible sealant over apertures in the upper surface and a second flexible sealant over apertures in the lower surface. A piercing mechanism includes two reciprocating piercers that serially alternate between the two rows of dose containers in the dose container disk. A rotatable ramp disk includes first and second sets of circumferentially spaced-apart ramp elements in staggered, concentric relationship that are configured to move the first and second piercing members between retracted and extended positions.

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  • ORIEL THERAPEUTICS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gow, Andrew Murray Fen Ditton, GB 12 87
Harris, David Milton, GB 166 3659
Lewis, Scott Alexander Cambridge, GB 15 113
Ruckdeschel, Thomas W Cary, US 24 2713
Schuelke, David A Hudson, US 11 90
Skakoon, James G Saint Paul, US 70 2955
Thoe, Gerald A New Richmond, US 7 143
Tuckwell, Jonathan David Cambridge, GB 12 259

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