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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4784657 | Syringe-vial material transfer interconnector An interconnect connects a vial to a syringe for the transfer of material to the syringe or back to the vial. The interconnect includes a vial connecting mechanism and a tapered sleeve to receive the syringe. A metering port allows control of the material... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4679555 | Method and apparatus for intrapulmonary delivery of heparin An apparatus comprised of a canister having a valved opening thereon and containing, under pressure, heparin and a low boiling point propellant is disclosed. The valved opening can be activated to release a metered dose of aerosolized heparin to a patient... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4668218 | Indicating means for a dosage dispensing device An indicating means in a dosage dispensing device for medicaments, particularly a dosage inhaler which indicates a number of dosages administered from the dosage dispensing device. The indicating means includes a rotatable disc (1) having apertures (2) pa... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4664107 | Inhalation activatable dispensers An inhalation activatable dispenser for use with an aerosol container in which a latch mechanism releasing vane is pivotably mounted in an air passage between an aerosol outlet valve and a mouthpiece, and the latch mechanism cannot be released if force to... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4653433 | Flea zapper This invention is a hand operated powder dispenser, and includes a case having a powder chamber, and a trigger activated mechanism that slides a ram rod through the chamber to move the powder out a dispensing opening.... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4645487 | Device for administering powdered substances The device includes a sprayer of powdered substances having a conveying line which includes a coaxially arranged drain pipe and a catheter. The sprayer includes a piston with a valve and a cylindrical housing having a valve and a diametral partition with ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4627432 | Devices for administering medicaments to patients A device for administering medicaments to patients comprises a housing containing a cylindrical chamber. A support is arranged inside the chamber to support a carrier, such as a blister pack. The blister pack has a plurality of containers or blisters arra... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4620847 | Device for administering powdered substances A device for administering powdered substances into deep-seated cavities of an organism includes a sprayer of powdered substances, a conveying line including a drainage pipe and a catheter, a hollow cylindrical body divided by a diametral partition and a ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4576157 | Oral inhalation apparatus An oral inhalation apparatus having a flow responsive valve associated therewith for controlling the flow of medication from an aerosol canister into one's lungs. An aerosol canister is received within a housing and the outlet thereof is received within a... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4534345 | Dosage inhalator A dosage inhalator for the inhalation of a pharmacologically active compound in solid, micronized form is disclosed. The inhalator comprises a propellant container, a propellant dispensing unit, and a dosing unit for dosing the pharmacologically active co... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4509515 | Inhalation device There is provided an aerosol inhalation device, suitable for use in association with a pressurized medicament container (10), comprising an elongate member (1) provided at one end with a mouthpiece (5), and adjacent the other end being pivotably connected... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4423724 | Inhalation device for powdered medicaments An inhalation device for a powdered medicament contained initially in a container, which device comprises a swirl chamber adapted to receive a medicament container and having air inlets thereinto and a mouthpiece in communication therewith; a container re... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4393871 | Vaginal device A vaginal device adapted for insertion and placement in the human vaginal cavity and subsequent removal therefrom for the administration of spermicide or a variety of medications such as anti-infectives, anti-inflammatories, estrogens, progestogens, and t... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4210140 | Device for dispensing medicaments An inhaler device for administering medicaments contained in capsules of the kind including a capsule body portion fitted with a capsule cap portion. The device has a body shell provided with an internal chamber. An air inlet opening leads into the chambe... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4184258 | Powder blower device A device for blowing powder onto teeth, the device consisting of a handpiece in the form of a housing connected to a compressed air source and having a discharge nozzle member which can be inserted in a patient's mouth and can be directed towards the pati... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4105027 | Inhalation device An inhalation device having an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough. The passageway terminates in an emptying chamber adjacent that end of the housing which is adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passages of ... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4098273 | Inhalation device A breath actuated inhalation device having a housing having a passageway for the passage of air therethrough. The passageway, of relatively small diameter, opens into an emptying chamber, of relatively greater diameter, adjacent that end of the housing wh... | 07/04/1978 |
| 4069819 | Inhalation device An inhalation device of cylindrical form is disclosed for the administration of medicaments in finely divided form, having a nebulization chamber for a capsule with the medicament and in which an air passageway is formed in such manner as to set the flowi... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4064878 | Inhalation device An inhalation device having an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough. The passageway terminates in an emptying chamber adjacent that end of the housing which is adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passages of ... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4047525 | Inhalator for agglomeratable pulverulent solids For the inhalation of agglomeratable pulverulent medicaments and the like, there is disclosed a multi-chamber inhalator containing a storage chamber having an agglomerate comminutor and a porous distributor plate at one end (about 5-100 micron pore size) ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4017007 | Single dose air pressure operated dispenser An air pressure-operated dispenser for spraying a single dose of a fluent material of liquid or powder form. The dispenser has a single dose container having a compressed air inlet opening and a closable discharge orifice and means for closing the dischar... | 04/12/1977 |
| 3980074 | Device for the administration of powders A device for the oral inhalation of large quantities of finely divided powders for bronchoradiography has an elongate housing attached to a container and having air vents situated so that the intake of breath by the user of the device causes a vortex of a... | 09/14/1976 |
