Lockout mechanism for aerosol drug delivery devices
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1. A hand-held, portable, aerosol drug delivery system, comprising:
- a disposable container containing a drug formulation;
an aerosol generator for aerosolizing the drug formulation;
a prevention device which prevents access to the drug formulation when in an inactive state and which permits access to the drug formulation when in an activated state.
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Abstract
A hand-held, portable, aerosol drug delivery system comprises a disposable container containing a drug formulation. The system also includes an aerosol generator for aerosolizing the drug formulation, and a prevention device. The prevention device prevents access to the drug formulation when in an inactive state and permits access to the drug formulation when in an activated state.
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36 Claims
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1. A hand-held, portable, aerosol drug delivery system, comprising:
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a disposable container containing a drug formulation;
an aerosol generator for aerosolizing the drug formulation;
a prevention device which prevents access to the drug formulation when in an inactive state and which permits access to the drug formulation when in an activated state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 36)
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17. A method for administering a drug formulation, the method comprising:
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providing a container having an amount of a drug formulation;
preventing the transfer of the drug formulation from the container with an electronic lockout device when the lockout device is in an inactive state; and
supplying electrical current to the lockout device to place the lockout device in an active state, thereby permitting the transfer of the drug formulation from the container. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A hand-held, portable, aerosol drug delivery system, comprising:
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a housing having a mouthpiece;
a canister that is movable within the housing when manually depressed into the housing, the canister having a metering valve that is operable to release a metered amount of a drug formulation from the canister; and
a control system to control opening of the valve such that the valve is only opened when a force is manually applied to depress the canister into the housing and when a dosing condition has been satisfied. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for administering a nicotine formulation for smoking cessation therapy, the method comprising:
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providing an amount of a nicotine formulation;
preventing the aerosolization of the nicotine formulation with a lockout device when the lockout device is in an inactive state;
supplying electric current to the lockout device to place the lockout device in an active state; and
aerosolizing the nicotine formulation. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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