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Details for Patent: 6,596,260


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Summary for Patent: 6,596,260
Title: Aerosol container and a method for storage and administration of a predetermined amount of a pharmaceutically active aerosol
Abstract:The invention relates to an aerosol container for pharmaceutically active aerosols that are to be administered in predetermined amounts and that are supplied in the container in the form of a suspension, the suspension also comprising, in addition to a pharmaceutically active substance, at least a propellant gas. The aerosol container has a metering valve that comprises a metering chamber and a valve stem. In a first position of the valve stem, the metering chamber is in communication with the interior of the container and has been filled with a predetermined amount of the aerosol. In a second position of the valve stem, the amount of aerosol disposed in the metering chamber is released. The propellant gas is an alternative propellant gas that is free of fluorochlorohydrocarbons, preferably a propellant gas that comprises only fluorohydrocarbons, and the inner wall of the container is coated with a plastics coating.
Inventor(s): Brugger; Fran.cedilla.ois (Waltenheim, FR), Stampf; Angelika (Rixheim, FR)
Assignee: Novartis Corporation (New York, NY)
Application Number:08/288,415
Patent Claim Types:
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Compound; Delivery; Device;

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Foreign Priority and PCT Information for Patent: 6,596,260

Foriegn Application Priority Data
Foreign Country Foreign Patent Number Foreign Patent Date
93810614Aug 27, 1993

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