Dispensing device
DCFirst Claim
1. An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of dosages of a substance that have been dispensed from or remain in a container, said indicating device comprising:
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an actuator moveably mounted in said housing, wherein said actuator is reciprocally moveable relative to said housing in a longitudinal direction;
a first indicator comprising a first indicia bearing surface, said first indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a first rotation axis extending in said longitudinal direction; and
a second indicator comprising a second indicia bearing surface, said second indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a second rotation axis, wherein said first and second rotation axes are non-parallel, wherein said first and second indicia bearing surfaces align at a common viewing area to collectively present at least a portion of the number of dosages of substance that have been dispensed from or remain in the container.
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Abstract
A medicament dispensing device for dispensing metered dosages of a medicament includes an actuator housing having a longitudinally extending cavity and a container disposed in the cavity and having a cylinder with a first outer diameter. The cylinder is adapted to hold the medicament. The container is reciprocally movable relative to the actuator housing along a longitudinal axis. An indicating device includes an indicator housing having a tubular portion connected to said container, with the indicating device being reciprocally movable with the container relative to the actuator housing. The tubular portion has a second outer diameter that is of substantially the same diameter as the first outer diameter. A longitudinally extending side wall has a viewing window formed therein. An indicator is rotatably mounted in the indicator housing, with a surface thereof having indicia visible through the viewing window.
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25 Claims
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1. An indicating device suitable for indicating the number of dosages of a substance that have been dispensed from or remain in a container, said indicating device comprising:
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a housing; an actuator moveably mounted in said housing, wherein said actuator is reciprocally moveable relative to said housing in a longitudinal direction; a first indicator comprising a first indicia bearing surface, said first indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a first rotation axis extending in said longitudinal direction; and a second indicator comprising a second indicia bearing surface, said second indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a second rotation axis, wherein said first and second rotation axes are non-parallel, wherein said first and second indicia bearing surfaces align at a common viewing area to collectively present at least a portion of the number of dosages of substance that have been dispensed from or remain in the container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A dispensing device for dispensing dosages of medicament comprising:
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an actuator housing comprising a cavity and a nozzle support block extending from a bottom of said cavity; a container containing a medicament, said container comprising a valve stem adapted to be fitted in said nozzle block, wherein said container is reciprocally moveable relative to said actuator housing in a longitudinal direction; and an indicating device comprising; an indicator housing; a dose counter actuator extending from said indicator housing and engaged by and reciprocally moveable with said container relative to said indicator housing in said longitudinal direction; a first indicator comprising a first indicia bearing surface, said first indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a first rotation axis extending in said longitudinal direction; and a second indicator comprising a second indicia bearing surface, said second indicator rotatably mounted in said housing about a second rotation axis, wherein said first and second rotation axes are non-parallel, wherein said first and second indicia bearing surfaces align at a common viewing area to collectively present at least a portion of the number of dosages of medicament that have been dispensed from or remain in the container. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for dispensing a medicament to a patient comprising:
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providing an actuator housing having a support block, said actuator housing having a generally open end opposite said support block; inserting a container filled with a predetermined number of measured dosages of medicament into said actuator housing, and coupling a valve stem of said container with said support block; reciprocally moving said container relative to said actuator housing in a longitudinal direction and thereby successively moving said valve stem between closed and open positions; dispensing one of said measured dosages of medicament through said support block upon each reciprocal movement of said container relative to said actuator housing; engaging a dose counter actuator with said container and moving said dose counter actuator with said container upon said reciprocal movements of said container; rotating a first indicator about a first rotation axis extending in said longitudinal direction in response to a first predetermined number of movements of said dose counter actuator, said first indicator comprising a first indicia bearing surface; rotating a second indicator about a second rotation axis in response to a second predetermined number of movements of said dose counter actuator, said second indicator comprising a second indicia bearing surface, wherein said first and second rotation axes are non-parallel; and viewing said first and second indicia bearing surfaces aligned at a common viewing area to collectively present at least a portion of the number of dosages of medicament that have been dispensed from or remain in the container. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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