Patent ID: 9308334
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. An inhaler, the inhaler including a body and a cartridge, the cartridge comprising a dose storage portion and an airway, the dose storage portion comprising a plurality of blisters, each blister containing a pre-metered dose of an inhalable medicament, an actuator mechanism mechanically engaged with the dose storage portion for accessing and arranging in a delivery configuration a dose of medicament, and the airway for conveying the dose of medicament to a user, the airway including a mouthpiece at an end thereof, the inhaler device configured and arranged such that each of the plurality of blisters from the dose storage portion can be accessed and arranged in a delivery configuration for delivery to a user through the airway upon inhalation through the mouthpiece by the user, the cartridge being replaceably couplable to the body and characterised in that when the cartridge is coupled to the body a coupling area of the cartridge is arranged adjacent to the body and is inaccessible to a user, the area of the coupling contact area being less than the contactable surface area of the cartridge which remains accessible when the body and cartridge are coupled together, and wherein the body comprises a deagglomeration mechanism, and an electronic controller that actuates a piercing mechanism within the cartridge to pierce each of the plurality of blisters.