Quotables
"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology."
Carl Sagan
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151793 | Device and method for deaggregating powder A device for inhalation of at least one air stream carrying a dose of medicament powder is provided. The device includes a flow passage passing a powder-containing cavity. A part of said flow passage propagates along a generally flat surface region. The flat surface... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8066002 | Manifold for use in medicament dispenser There is provided a manifold for use in a medicament dispenser device for the delivery of medicament powder from an open blister pocket of a blister pack. The manifold comprises a body, the body defining a chimney having a chimney inlet and a chimney exit for direct... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8006694 | Pop-open respiratory etiquette device A respiratory etiquette device in the form of a mask that can be held in a compacted configuration within the pocket or purse of a user. When released, the mask springs open to its erected configuration and can be quickly placed over the mouth and nose of a wearer t... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7984713 | Powder inhaler having a nozzle with a plurality of channels The invention relates to a powder inhaler (1) with mouthpiece (2) for dispersing pharmaceutical medicament formulations, which comprises an auxiliary energy source in the form of a pressure medium system (3), having a device for supplying (6 | 07/26/2011 |
| 7954492 | Pharmaceutical powder cartridge, and inhaler equipped with same To improve administration of powdered pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical powder cartridge (1) for powder inhalers for holding a pharmaceutical depot for a large number of pharmaceutical powder doses is proposed, having at least one storage space (6) and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7387122 | Powder inhalator A powder inhalator comprising: a housing; a supply member for holding a powdered drug for a large number of doses and having a drug discharge aperture at its bottom surface; a drug carrier, to which the powdered drug is supplied from the drug discharge aperture of t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377277 | Blister packages with frames and associated methods of fabricating dry powder drug containment systems Dry powder blister packages include sealed blisters with a piezoelectric active layer that flexes to vibrate the dry powder in a blister to facilitate active dispersion. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353823 | Powder chemical feeding device for nasal cavity In a device to deliver a powdery medicine into a nasal cavity, one-way valve 33 is built in an air flow passage 31 of a capsule housing/holding part 30, the one-way valve 33 is controlled for the opening pressure by a spring 34 and... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7325544 | Fluid dispenser device having reservoir with adjustment mechanism cooperating with device body A fluid dispenser device comprising a fluid reservoir (10), and a dispensing member (20), such as a metering valve, fitted to said reservoir (10), said reservoir (10) and said valve (20) being assembled into a body (30) inco... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7281539 | Medicament container A medicament container (10) is disclosed which comprises at least two compartments (21, 22). Each of the compartments (21, 22) is adapted to contain a dose of a medicament in powdered form and is provided with at least one opening (23) th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278425 | Inhalation device and method Inhalation device and associated method for facilitating inhalation by a patient of powder medicaments contained in a receptacle. The inhalation device has a chamber for receiving the receptacle. A ring is circumferentially coupled to an inner surface of the chamber... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275538 | Inhaling type medicine administering apparatus and medicine cartridge used therein A medicine cartridge including a medicine accommodating body having a plurality of medicine accommodating sections formed side by side with each other in a peripheral direction of the medicine accommodating body. Each medicine accommodating section accommodates ther... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275537 | Device for delivering physiologically active agent in powdered form A powder delivery device for the delivery into a patient's nasal cavity of a physiologically active agent in powdered form. A closure restricts the unwanted ingress of moisture into the device when the device is not in use. The action of opening or closing this clos... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7258118 | Pharmaceutical powder cartridge, and inhaler equipped with same To improve administration of powdered pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical powder cartridge (1) for powder inhalers for holding a pharmaceutical depot for a large number of pharmaceutical powder doses is proposed, having at least one storage space (6) and... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7252050 | Substance inhalation system A substance inhalation system includes a mixing flask that is in fluid communication with plural inhalation chambers. A test vapor can be selectively and individually provided to the inhalation chambers. Moreover, individual inhalation chambers can be selectively re... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7249600 | Medicament packaging and dispenser A medicament package comprises a medicament container (10) and a holder (20) within which the medicament container (10) is closely received. The holder (20) comprises a support (25) of a rigid material. The support (25) has ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7219665 | Delivery device A delivery device, e.g. an inhaler, comprises a rotatable metering member adapted to dispense a measured amount of material, a material delivery passage and a material delivery orifice and at least one actuator member adapted to move the metering member form a mater... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7207330 | Delivery system There is described a medicament delivery device which comprises a medicament reservoir, a medicament delivery passage and a metering member adapted to transfer a measured dose of medicament from the medicament reservoir to the delivery passage characterized in that ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204245 | Aerosol enhancement device An aerosol medication delivery apparatus includes a fixed volume holding chamber which is constructed to allow for a uniformly mixed, concentrated bolus of medicated aerosol to be delivered with each breath. The device further includes a universal inlet, so that any... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7163013 | Apparatus for the nasal or oral delivery of a medicament An apparatus (1) for the nasal or oral delivery of a medicament, comprises: (a) a sealed flexible container (3) containing the medicament and a gaseous propellant for the medicament; and (b) a delivery device (5), comprising: (i) a main body par... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7107988 | Powder inhaler A powder inhaler includes a container for storing powdered medicament. A metering member has a dosing recess and is moveable between a filling position in which the dosing recess is in alignment with an opening of the container, and an inhalation position in which i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7032594 | Device for administering doses of particulate material An inhaler for dispensing medicament in the form of a dry powder is powder is provided with an airway (50) through which a dose travels from an ejection zone to an outlet of the airway. The airway (50) has an inlet means which is so arranged as to crea... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6983748 | Dry powder inhaler A device for delivering a powdered medicament by inhalation comprises an air inlet passage having low pressure-drop and low turbulence for stabilizing air flow before aerosolization, a dosing cup in the region of reduced air velocity to delay aerosolization, a high ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6948495 | Powder inhaler An inhaler device comprising a container for powdered medicament, an inhalation channel, a movable metering member, a depressible actuator and a multiple dosage preventing means for locking the depressible actuator after use such that the actuator is unlocked only u... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6907880 | Inhalation device A blister pack unit for a powder inhaler, comprising a body which includes a plurality of surfaces which each includes a plurality of blisters (21, 22) containing powder containing medicament and are rotationally symmetrically disposed about an imaginary axis... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6892727 | Device constituting a powder Air-razor A device and an arrangement are disclosed, which create a powder Air-razor, which into an inhalation air volume de-aggregates and disperses a finely divided medication powder. The powder is generally loaded onto a dosing member intended for use with an inhaler. By s... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6883517 | Downdraft nebulizer A pneumatic nebulizer for the delivery of medications that produces aerosol mist in a downward direction. A gas inlet introduces a high velocity gas that passes through a venturi orifice producing a venture effect. A liquid stored in a reservoir is drawn into the or... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6840239 | De-aggregating and dispersing dry medicament powder into air A method based on an Air-razor tool is disclosed thereby providing de-aggregation and dispersal into air of a dose of finely divided medication powder. In sucking air through a nozzle, particles of a powder dose made available to the nozzle, are gradually de-aggrega... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6810874 | Powder inhaler for combined medicament The invention relates to a multidose powder inhaler for the dispensing of a powdered medicament by inhalation. The device comprises two or more medicament containers for different drug powders which are inhaled as a combined medication. The device of the invention i... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810873 | Powder inhaler for combined medicament The invention relates to a multidose powder inhaler for the dispensing of a powdered medicament by inhalation. The device comprises two or more medicament containers for different drug powders which are inhaled as a combined medication, and separate aerosolization c... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6752148 | Medicament dry powder inhaler dispensing device An inhaler disc cartridge comprises a carrier disc with radially outwardly extending resilient fingers, each with a medicament powder dosage. A sealing disc and an indexing ring are bonded to the disc. A cam sequentially and manually deflects a selected finger causi... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6604522 | Inhalation device An inhalation device for administering a powdered medicament by inhalation including a suction tube through which the medicament is drawn on inhalation by a user, a blister pack, a housing which carries the blister pack and has housing surfaces, the sucti... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6516799 | Inhalation counter device The present invention discloses an inhalation device for dispensing a medicament. The device includes a housing defining a lumen, and level indicator and dose indicator devices both of which are operably associated with the housing. The level indicator de... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6367473 | Medium dispenser For discharging a medium, such as a powder, a film/foil seal (16) of a reservoir chamber (24) is pierced by a tool (40) in a first axial movement, after which the medium is suctioned via an orifice (9) in feeding a delivery flow via passageways (55) from ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6332461 | Powder inhaler A device intended for the dispensing of a powdered medication by inhalation. The device includes a powder container (1), and air channel (2), and a metering strip (4) equipped with a dosing recess (3). The metering strip (4) can be moved along a flat surf... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6328033 | Powder inhaler An inhaler device for administration of a dry powder to a patient includes a package containing a dose of the dry powder and a magnetic field generator, which produces a magnetic field in a vicinity of the package. The magnetic field causes motion of part... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6321747 | Inhalation device Inhalation device comprising a body (55) defining a reservoir (56) for medicament in the form of a powder, an outlet (57) through which a user can inhale, and a dosing member (53) with at least one metering recess formed therein. The dosing member (53) is... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6273086 | Inhalant medicator An inhalant medicator comprises a medicator body having a granular medicine accommodation chamber and an inhalant port, and air passageways disposed in the medicator body and communicating the inhalant port via the granular medicine accommodation chamber ... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6245339 | Medicament carrier with agglomerated large medicament particles and related method of manufacture thereof A medicament carrier (10) having a first and a second spaced apart screen (12, 14) each of which has surfaces (12B, 14B) defining a plurality of interstices (12A, 14A). The carrier (10) contains powdered agglomerated medicament particles (SM) loaded onto ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6041779 | Powder inhaler The invention relates to a device for the dispensing of a powdered medication by inhalation. The device comprises a medicament container, an air channel, a metering member equipped with a dosing recess, and a counter for the number of doses remaining in t... | 03/28/2000 |
