INHALATION PEN

• US 20140190473A1
• Filed: 05/18/2012
• Published: 07/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hans Haindl
• Original Assignee: Hans Haindl
• Inventors: Haindl, Hans
• Application Number:
  US14/119,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20140190473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/200.23
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/04 operated by the vapour pressure of the liquid to be sprayed or atomised air-humidification, e.g. "room humidifiers" F24F6/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/08 Pocket atomisers of the injector type aerosol cans A61M15/009
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0008 rotating by airflow
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0028 using prepacked dosages, one for each application, e.g. capsules to be perforated or broken-up
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/004 with fixed piercing or cutting means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0051 the dosages being arranged on a tape, e.g. strips
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0071 having a display or indicator
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/009 using medicine packages with incorporated spraying means, e.g. aerosol cans pocket atomiser of the injector type A61M11/08
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0091 mechanically breath-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0096 Hindering inhalation before activation of the dispenser
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/06 Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/064 Powder
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/8225 using incorporated gas cartridges for the driving gas

Abstract

The present invention relates to an inhaler for administering a defined dose of an active ingredient into the respiratory tracts of a user. The inhaler has an elongate shape defining a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional profile, wherein the maximum cross-sectional area is at most 4 cm² and the maximum extension of the cross-section is at most 2.85 cm.

Claims

1-25. -25. (canceled)

26. An inhaler for repeatedly administering a defined dose of an active ingredient into the respiratory tracts of a user, wherein the inhaler has an elongate shape defining a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional profile, wherein the maximum cross-sectional area is at most 4 cm² and the maximum linear extension of the cross-section is at most 2.85 cm.

27. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum cross-sectional area is at most 3 cm².

28. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum cross-sectional area is at most 2 cm².

29. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum cross-sectional area is at most 1.5 cm².

30. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum extension of the cross-section is at most 2.2 cm.

31. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum extension of the cross-section is at most 1.5.

32. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the maximum extension of the cross-section is at most 1.1 cm.

33. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler has essentially the shape of a ballpoint pen.

34. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises a clip which is adapted for fixing the inhaler in a shirt and/or jacket pocket.

35. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein a first end of the inhaler comprises a suction orifice.

36. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is movable such that it can be moved from a first position, in which the first end is aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler, into a second position, in which the first end and the longitudinal axis of the inhaler include an angle of at least 45°

.

37. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is movable such that it can be moved from a first position, in which the first end is aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler, into a second position, in which the first end and the longitudinal axis of the inhaler include an angle of at least 60°

.

38. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is movable such that it can be moved from a first position, in which the first end is aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler, into a second position, in which the first end and the longitudinal axis of the inhaler include an angle of at least 75°

.

39. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is movable such that it can be moved from a first position, in which the first end is aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler, into a second position, in which the first end and the longitudinal axis of the inhaler include an angle of at least about 90°

.

40. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is tiltable and/or bendable relative to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler.

41. The inhaler according to claim 35, wherein the first end is rotatable relative to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler.

42. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the active ingredient is in the form of a liquid.

43. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the active ingredient is in the form of a volatile liquid.

44. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the active ingredient is in the form of a powder.

45. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises a mixing means which is adapted for swirling an air stream within the inhaler.

46. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises an inspection window through which the number of available doses can be optically checked.

47. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises a release mechanism and wherein the actuation of said release mechanism causes the provision of a defined dose of the active ingredient.

48. The inhaler according to claim 47, wherein the release mechanism comprises a push-button.

49. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises several portions of the defined dose of the active ingredient, wherein said portions are separated from each other.

50. The inhaler according to claim 49, wherein the portions are individually packaged and/or sealed.

51. The inhaler according to claim 47, wherein the actuation of the release mechanism entails that one portion of the defined dose of the active ingredient is conveyed to a predetermined position and/or opened.

52. The inhaler according to claim 49, wherein the portions are arranged in dose containers on a conveyor belt, preferably in bubbles of a blister strip.

53. The inhaler according to claim 52, wherein the actuation of the release mechanism entails that the conveyor belt or blister strip is moved forward by a distance between adjacent portions.

54. The inhaler according to claim 52, wherein the actuation of the release mechanism entails that a dose container of the conveyor belt or a bubble of the blister strip is opened.

55. The inhaler according to claim 47, wherein the inhaler comprises a cannula tip or a knife and wherein the actuation of the release mechanism entails that a dose container of the conveyor belt or a bubble of the blister strip is moved into the cannula tip or the knife such that it is cut open.

56. The inhaler according to claim 52, wherein the release mechanism comprises a push-button and wherein said push-button engages by means of a hook with pawl-like projections on the conveyor belt or blister strip.

57. The inhaler according to claim 26, wherein the inhaler comprises a flexible seat area which is arranged such that a portion of the defined dose of the active ingredient can be placed on it.

58. The inhaler according to claim 32, wherein the inhaler comprises a suction orifice and wherein sucking on the suction orifice entails that the flexible seat area is deformed to such an extent that the portion placed on it is released.