Details for Patent: 7,637,260
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Summary for Patent: 7,637,260
| Title: | Medicament dispensing device with a multimaterial diaphragm bounding a pneumatic force chamber |
| Abstract: | A metered dose inhaler for use with a pressurized aerosol container which is preferably breath-actuated. A preload is applied to the internal aerosol valve by an amount sufficient to result in a dose release, but this is prevented by the application of a pneumatic resisting force. The inhaler comprises a release device which, upon actuation, releases the resisting force and allows the preload to actuate the aerosol valve. A metered dose of medicament is then released for inhalation by the patient. The pneumatic resisting force is established by a negative pressure region defined in part by a diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a central disk of a first, relatively high stiffness material and a peripheral ring, coupled by a flexure of a second, relatively low stiffness material. |
| Inventor(s): | Holroyd; Michael (Cambridge, GB) |
| Assignee: | Norton Healthcare Limited (London, GB) |
| Application Number: | 10/276,531 |
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Foreign Priority and PCT Information for Patent: 7,637,260
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| PCT Filed | June 08, 2001 | PCT Application Number: | PCT/US01/18664 |
| PCT Publication Date: | December 13, 2001 | PCT Publication Number: | WO01/93933 |
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