Dry-powder inhaler

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8931479
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13321077

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An inhaler for delivering dry-powder medicament to a patient from an open blister pocket of a blister pack. The blister pack has a plurality of blister pockets spaced apart in a length direction of the pack and each containing a measured dose of the medicament. The inhaler includes a housing for enclosing used and unused portions of the blister pack together with a medicament dispensing mechanism for opening the blister pockets of the blister pack. The inhaler also includes a manifold through which air can be drawn in use of the inhaler, the manifold including an air inlet for receiving external air, at least one medicament aperture for communicating with an opened pocket of the blister pack to enable entrainment of the medicament by the air drawn through the manifold, and an air outlet for delivery of the entrained medicament to the patient.

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NORTON HEALTHCARE LIMITEDCASTLEFORD WEST YORKSHIRE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Keegstra, Johan René Alkmaar, NL 3 24
Sanders, Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Hoofddorp, NL 4 39
Zuyderhoudt, Krijn Franciscus Marie Leiden, NL 14 424

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