Patent ID: 9463288
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A61M

Claim Text:
1. A dry powder inhalation apparatus, comprising: a reservoir for medicament, a mouthpiece adapted for insertion in a user's mouth for inhalation of a predetermined dose of medicament, a delivery channel between a discharge outlet of the reservoir and the mouthpiece for delivering said predetermined dose of medicament, a device normally held adjacent the reservoir for receiving said predetermined dose of medicament from said discharge outlet and the device being biased by a spring force toward the delivery channel for transferring the medicament to the delivery channel under the spring force, a yoke member that translates vertically along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus upon actuation of the dry powder inhalation apparatus, an abutment that protrudes from the device and interacts with a ratchet of the yoke member to guide horizontal translation of the device between the reservoir and the delivery channel under the spring force upon release of the device and vertical translation of the yoke member, wherein the abutment travels along a sloping surface of the ratchet as the device moves from the reservoir to the delivery channel.