Inhaler

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PATENT NO 12083267
SERIAL NO

17277101

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An inhaler is provided, comprising a housing which contains a blister strip having a plurality of blisters which contain powdered medicament for inhalation; a mouthpiece mounted on the housing through which the medicament is inhaled by a user; an actuator; a blister piercing member; an indexing wheel for sequentially moving each blister into alignment with the blister piercing member when the user operates the actuator; an actuator gear, mounted for rotation about a first axis, which is driven by the actuator and which comprises an actuator gear element; and a drive gear for driving the indexing wheel, mounted for rotation about a second axis, which engages with the actuator gear element. The inhaler is characterized in that the gear ratio between the actuator gear element and the drive gear varies as they rotate during operation of the actuator.

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VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMITEDCHIPPENHAM WILTSHIRE SN14 6FH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Clarke, Roger Cambridgeshire, GB 52 790
Meliniotis, Andreas Cambridgeshire, GB 20 26

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