Patent ID: 7571724
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. A delivery device comprising a rotatable first magazine, a rotatable second magazine, and a drive member interposed between the first and second magazines, the first and second magazines each being provided with a plurality of metering members, and the inhaler being arranged such that the drive member indexes the first magazine through a first series of dispensing configurations in each of which a metering member of the first magazine is actuatable so as to dispense a measured amount of material, and the drive member subsequently indexes the second magazine through a second series of dispensing configurations in each of which a metering member of the second magazine is actuatable so as to dispense a measured amount of material, wherein the inhaler is arranged so that the drive member is engaged with the first magazine and disengaged from the second magazine whilst the first magazine is being indexed through the first series of dispensing configurations, and the drive member is engaged with the second magazine and disengaged from the first magazine whilst the second magazine is being indexed through the second series of dispensing configurations.