DISPENSER

• Main Authors: PETER JOHN BRAND, JAMES WILLIAM GODFREY, PAUL KENNETH RAND, STANLEY GEORGE BONNEY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.06.2006
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; BABY COMFORTERS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICALPURPOSES; CONVEYING; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGINGPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL ORADMINISTERING FORMS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEASURING; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METERING BY VOLUME; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; STORING; TESTING; TRANSPORTING

THERE IS PROVIDED A DISPENSER SUITABLE FOR DISPENSING MEDICAMENT, PARTICULARLY MEDICAMENT FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISORDERS. THE DISPENSER COMPRISES A HOUSING (1) HAVING A SUPPORT (5), A CONTAINER (2), LOCATABLE WITHIN SAID HOUSING (1), HAVING AN OUTLET MEMBER (4), WHEREIN SAID CONTAINER (2) IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE HOUSING (1) TO ENABLE DISPENSING THEREFROM AND SAID OUTLET MEMBER (4) IS CONNECTABLE WITH SAID SUPPORT (5) TO PREVENT RELATIVE MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN; AND A DOSE INDICATOR, LOCATABLE WITHIN SAID HOUSING (1). THE CONTAINER (2) AND DOSE INDICATOR ARE REVERSABLY REMOVABLE FROM THE HOUSING (1) AS A SINGLE UNIT.(FIGURE 1)