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Last Updated: December 23, 2024

Claims for Patent: 10,765,820

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Summary for Patent: 10,765,820

Title:	Dry powder inhalation apparatus
Abstract:	A dry powder inhalation apparatus includes a housing, a reservoir for medicament located within the housing, a mouthpiece disposed on the housing for insertion in the mouth of a user for inhalation of a predetermined dose of medicament, a delivery channel between a discharge outlet of the reservoir and the mouthpiece for delivering the predetermined dose of medicament, a device positioned within the housing and normally held adjacent the reservoir for receiving the predetermined dose of medicament from the discharge outlet and transferring it to the delivery channel, and a release mechanism adapted to release the device and permit controlled movement thereof to the delivery channel for the delivery, the release mechanism being located at least partially outside of the housing for manual operation by the user.
Inventor(s):	Barney; Brian (Essex, GB), O'Leary; David (Essex, GB), Striebig; Rachel (London, GB)
Assignee:	NORTON HEALTHCARE LTD. (London, GB)
Application Number:	15/235,794
Patent Claims:	1. A dry powder inhalation apparatus, comprising: a housing, a reservoir for medicament located within the housing, a mouthpiece disposed on the housing for insertion in the mouth of a user for inhalation of a predetermined dose of medicament, a delivery channel between a discharge outlet of the reservoir and the mouthpiece for delivering said predetermined dose of medicament, a device positioned within the housing and normally held adjacent the reservoir for receiving said predetermined dose of medicament from said discharge outlet and transferring it to the delivery channel, and a release mechanism adapted to release the device and permit controlled movement thereof to the delivery channel for said delivery, the release mechanism being located at least partially outside of the housing for manual operation by the user, wherein the release mechanism comprises an abutment which is movable transversely to a longitudinal axis of the apparatus to be clear of an end of the device to release the device for movement to the delivery channel. 2. The dry powder inhalation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the device is biased by a spring force toward the delivery channel for transferring the medicament to the delivery channel under the spring force. 3. The dry powder inhalation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the release mechanism is adapted to be moved manually to release the device and permit controlled movement of the device under a spring force to the delivery channel for said delivery. 4. The dry powder inhalation apparatus of claim 1, wherein the portion of the release mechanism located outside of the housing extends perpendicularly to a portion of the release mechanism located inside of the housing.

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