Patent ID: 8495998
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: A24F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A portable, handheld breath-actuated inhaler comprising: a body to receive a canister of pressured fluid to be inhaled in an aerosol by a user, a mouthpiece configured to deliver an amount of the aerosol to the mouth of the user, a trigger mechanism operable to be cocked into a configuration ready for releasing pressurized fluid from the canister, and a pressure sensitive member operable to release the cocked trigger in response to the user sucking on the body so as to deliver the fluid to the mouthpiece, wherein the body includes an inlet aperture to allow air to be drawn therein in response to sucking on the mouthpiece, to be mixed with the fluid delivered from the canister into the mouthpiece, and wherein the pressure sensitive member includes a puff lever biased to at least partially close the inlet aperture, the puff lever being configured to be rotated by air drawn into the body when the user sucks on the mouthpiece, and thereby release the cocked trigger mechanism.