Patent ID: 6971381
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: A61M,B65D

Abstract:
1. A metered dose inhaler assembly comprising in combination: a standardized L-shaped inhaler body; a metered dose canister of medication to be inhaled through the mouth of the patient; and an actuation inhibitor comprising an annular band of semi-rigid plastics material having a substantially cylindrical configuration with a circular cross-section; wherein said L-shaped inhaler comprises a mouthpiece to be place in the mouth of a patient, and a canister housing into which said metered dose canister is placed so as to have an actuating valve located near the junction of said housing and said mouthpiece; wherein said canister extends above said housing when in an operating, vertical orientation; and wherein said actuator inhibitor is removably placed over at least a portion of said canister where it extends above said housing and is frictionally engaged therewith; whereby, when a force is applied to said canister so is to cause the canister to attempt to move within said housing towards said junction of said housing and said mouthpiece, the frictional engagement of said actuation inhibitor with said canister will be such that there will be an interference of said actuation inhibitor with at least a portion of the end of said housing remote from said junction, so as to thereby at least initially preclude actuation of said actuation valve.