Patent ID: 11878109
Assignee: IMPEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A device for delivery of a compound to a nasal cavity, the device comprising:
a propellant canister in a housing body capable of containing a propellant which is different from the compound, the propellant canister displaceable between an unactuated position and an actuated position;
a dose holding chamber, separated from the propellant canister, capable of containing a unit dose of the compound; a nozzle positioned such that the compound flows through the nozzle upon being propelled from the dose holding chamber by the propellant for delivery to the nasal cavity;
an actuation element comprising an actuation lever, wherein actuation of the actuation lever is configured to displace the propellant canister from the unactuated position to the actuated position;
and a puncture element positioned to puncture a propellant canister position and cause release of the propellant from the propellant canister when the propellant canister is displaced to the actuated position.