Medicament dispenser
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1. A medicament dispenser comprisinga housing;
- a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat which receives the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling which extends from said container seat to said anchor station to couple said container seat to said anchor station, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said anchor station to cause actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of non-mechanical energy thereto so as to move said container seat relative to said anchor station to actuate said dispensing mechanism.
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Abstract
There is provided a medicament dispenser comprising a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism; a container seat for receipt of the container; an anchor station; and a coupling between said container seat and said anchor station capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the anchor station to actuate the dispensing mechanism. The coupling is reversibly deformable in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto. The non-mechanical energy may comprise heat energy, electrical current energy, electrical field energy or magnetic field energy.
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1. A medicament dispenser comprising
a housing; -
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat which receives the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling which extends from said container seat to said anchor station to couple said container seat to said anchor station, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said anchor station to cause actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of non-mechanical energy thereto so as to move said container seat relative to said anchor station to actuate said dispensing mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (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, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 82)
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2. A medicament dispenser comprising
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism; -
a container seat which receives the container;
a dispenser seat which receives dispensing mechanism; and
a coupling which extends from said container seat to said dispenser seat to couple said container seat to said dispenser seat, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said dispenser seat to cause actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of non-mechanical energy thereto so as to move said container seat relative to said dispenser seat to actuate said dispensing mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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3. A medicament dispenser comprising
a housing; -
a medicament container containing medicament for release from the dispenser;
a metering mechanism for metering a dose of said medicament from said medicament container to a predetermined position in said dispenser, an aerosol container having a dispensing mechanism for dispensing gas from said aerosol container to said predetermined position to energise a dose of said medicament thereat;
a container seat which receives the aerosol container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling extending from said container seat to said anchor station to couple said container seat to said anchor station, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is movable relative to said anchor station to cause actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of said non-mechanical energy thereto so as to move said container seat relative to said anchor station to actuate said dispensing mechanism.
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71. An actuator for a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism comprising
a container seat for receipt of the medicament container; -
a dispenser seat for receipt of the dispensing mechanism; and
a coupling which extends from said container seat to said dispenser seat to couple said container seat to said dispenser seat, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said dispenser seat to move the seats towards and away from one another, relative movement of said container seat towards the dispenser causing, in use, actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of non-mechanical energy thereto so as to cause relative movement of said container seat towards said dispenser seat. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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72. An actuator for a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism comprising
a housing; -
within said housing, a container seat for receipt of the medicament container;
on the housing or connecting therewith, an anchor station; and
a coupling extending from said container seat to said anchor station to couple said container seat anchor station, wherein the coupling is reversibly contractable in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said anchor station to move the seat and station towards and away from one another, relative movement of said container seat towards the anchor station causing, in use, actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of said non-mechanical energy thereto so as to cause relative movement of said container seat towards said anchor station.
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83. A medicament dispenser comprising
a housing; -
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat for receipt of the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling between said container seat and said anchor station capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the anchor station to actuate the dispensing mechanism, wherein the coupling is reversibly deformable-in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein the coupling comprises one or more wires which contract in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein the coupling exhibits a degree of contraction of from 2% to 8% on application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein the coupling comprises an alloy which undergoes a phase transition on application of non-mechanical energy thereto. - View Dependent Claims (84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A medicament dispenser comprising
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism; -
a container seat for receipt of the container;
a dispenser seat for receipt of the dispensing mechanism; and
a coupling between said container seat and said dispenser seat capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the dispenser seat to actuate the dispensing mechanism, wherein the coupling is reversibly deformable in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein the container seat and dispenser seat comprise electrically conducting material and the medicament container or aerosol container is electrically insulated therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (93, 94)
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95. A medicament dispenser in the form of an inhaler for the delivery of inhalable medicament, comprising
a housing; -
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat for receipt of the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling between said container seat and said anchor station capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the anchor station to actuate the dispensing mechanism, wherein heating arising from flow of electrical current through the coupling and hence, actuation of the dispensing mechanism is responsive to a patient-actuable trigger comprising a sensor which senses the breath of a patient, wherein said sensor comprises a moisture sensor for sensing the moisture profile associated with the breath of a patient.
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96. A medicament dispenser in the form of an inhaler for the delivery of inhalable medicament, comprising
a housing; -
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat for receipt of the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling between said container seat and said anchor station capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the anchor station to actuate the dispensing mechanism, wherein heating arising from flow of electrical current through the coupling and hence, actuation of the dispensing mechanism is responsive to a patient-actuable trigger comprising a sensor which senses the breath of a patient, wherein said sensor comprises a gas sensor for sensing the oxygen or carbon dioxide profile associated with the breath of a patient.
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97. An actuator for a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism comprising
a container seat for receipt of the medicament container; -
a dispenser seat for receipt of the dispensing mechanism; and
a coupling between said container seat and said dispenser seat capable on deformation of moving the container seat relative to the dispenser seat to actuate the dispensing mechanism, wherein the coupling is reversibly deformable in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said coupling comprises an alloy which undergoes a phase transition on the application of non-mechanical energy thereto. - View Dependent Claims (98)
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