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Inhalation device

  • US 4,852,561 A
  • Filed: 07/27/1988
  • Issued: 08/01/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inhalation device for use with a cartridge having an outlet valve mechanism from which a medicant contained within said cartridge may be discharged in the form of an aerosol, said device comprising a hollow housing having a longitudinal axis, and two ends located along said longitudinal axis receiving means within said housing for receiving said cartridge at least partially therein, activating means moveable within one of said ends of said housing and attached to said outlet valve mechanism for discharging a quantity of a medicant containing aerosol from said cartridge into that portion of said housing unoccupied by said cartridge, said activating means having a projecting member extending outwardly of said one end of said housing whereby depression of said member with a sufficient force causing discharging said medicant containing aerosol into said housing, and dispensing means at the other of said ends of said housing for dispensing said medicant containing aerosol from said housing to a user of said device.

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