Patent ID: 8381720
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. Inhaler for delivery of an inhalation formulation from a band-shaped blister strip that has a plurality of blister pockets containing doses of the inhalation formulation, comprising: a conveyor with a conveying wheel that is rotatable about an axis for producing stepwise onward movement of the blister strip, a piercing member for opening of the blister pockets, an actuator which is pivotably mounted to a housing of the inhaler for rotation about an axis and is operable for causing the piercing member to puncture an aligned blister pocket, a mouthpiece, and a mouthpiece cover that is pivotable around a cover axis to open and close the mouthpiece, the inhaler being adapted for enabling an air stream of ambient air to discharge a respective dose from an opened blister pocket and to deliver it with the ambient air as an aerosol cloud, wherein: the mouthpiece cover is drivingly coupled with the conveyor to drive the conveying wheel and to move the blister strip onward, and the axis of the actuator and the conveying wheel is identical to the cover axis of the mouthpiece cover.