Atomising devices and methods
CA 2078683 C · Owner: Dunne, Stephen Terence · Inventors: Weston, Terence Edward; Dunne, Stephen Terence
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A metered dose inhaler comprises a piston (3) which is mounted in a cavity 12) within a body (1) and is, urged by a pre-loaded spring (6) into a reduced cross-section pressure chamber (4). The piston (3) may be loaded by means of an actuating rod (31) having a handle (32), and may be latched in a loaded position by a latching means (33). A liquid drug (e.g. in aqueous solution) is contained in a collapsible bag (10). Metered quantities of the drug are successively presented in the pressure chamber (4), and then subjected to a sudden and great increase in pressure, to eject the liquid drug through an atomising head (22), to reduce it to a fine atomised spray of small mean particle size - for …
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- Filed March 21, 1991 and granted October 7, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 21, 2011.
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