INHALER
First Claim
1. An inhaler for dispensing medicament, the inhaler comprising auxiliary energy provision means for providing auxiliary energy for aerosolising medicament;
- energy release means for releasing auxiliary energy from the auxiliary energy provision means;
feed means for feeding a dose of aerosolised medicament to the user, characterised in that the inhaler comprises control means for controlling a time interval between aerosolisation of the medicament and the user'"'"'s inhalation, wherein the inhaler is operable, in use, to aerosolise medicament using the auxiliary energy, and harness the user'"'"'s inhalation to deliver the aerosolised medicament to the user.
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Abstract
The invention provides an inhaler for dispensing medicament. The inhaler comprises auxiliary energy provision means for providing auxiliary energy for aerosolising medicament; energy release means for releasing auxiliary energy from the auxiliary energy provision means; feed means for feeding a dose of medicament, characterised in that the inhaler comprises control means for controlling a time interval between aerosolisation of the medicament and a user'"'"'s inhalation. The inhaler is operable, in use, to aerosolise medicament using the auxiliary energy, and harness the user'"'"'s inhalation to deliver the aerosolised medicament to the user.
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1. An inhaler for dispensing medicament, the inhaler comprising auxiliary energy provision means for providing auxiliary energy for aerosolising medicament;
- energy release means for releasing auxiliary energy from the auxiliary energy provision means;
feed means for feeding a dose of aerosolised medicament to the user, characterised in that the inhaler comprises control means for controlling a time interval between aerosolisation of the medicament and the user'"'"'s inhalation, wherein the inhaler is operable, in use, to aerosolise medicament using the auxiliary energy, and harness the user'"'"'s inhalation to deliver the aerosolised medicament to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 66)
- energy release means for releasing auxiliary energy from the auxiliary energy provision means;
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65. An inhaler for dispensing medicament, the inhaler comprising a gas container for containing compressed gas;
- sensing means operable to either detect, directly or indirectly, a change in the volume and/or the pressure of the gas in the container, means for aerosolising the medicament and control means for controlling a time interval between aerosolisation of the medicament and a user'"'"'s inhalation in response to a signal or signals detected by the sensing means, wherein the inhaler is operable, in use, to aerosolise the medicament using the compressed gas, and harness the user'"'"'s inhalation to deliver the aerosolised medicament to the user.
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