Controlled flow inhalers

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1997-04-24

1999-04-27

Asher, Kimberly L.

Surgery

Liquid medicament atomizer or sprayer

Pre-pressurized container holding medicament

12820312, 12820324, 12820716, A61M 1500, A61M 1610, F16K 1100, G05D 1102

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058968539

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an inhaler for products such as medicaments, and particularly to an inhaler for transferring to a patient, at a controlled air flow, a metered dose of a medicament contained in a pressurised dispensing container. The inhaler includes a housing adapted to receive a pressurised dispensing container, a mouthpiece, a duct connecting the container outlet with the mouthpiece, and an air inlet arrangement having at least one air inlet for allowing air into the inhaler when a user applies suction to the mouthpiece. The air inlet arrangement also has an air flow controller in which a piston member with a tapering external surface is movable due to a pressure change when suction is applied to the mouthpiece. The resulting piston movement effects a change in the flow of air through the air inlet. The air flow controller also includes a spring for urging the piston member to a rest position to allow maximum air flow to the air inlet. The piston member is movable axially against the action of the spring within the air inlet due to the pressure change, whereby a gap between the external surface of the piston member and the air inlet is increasingly reduced as the piston member moves further into the air inlet.

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