Patent ID: 7669617
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: B65B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for filling a unit dose receptacle with an aerosolizable powder medicament, the apparatus comprising: a supply of aerosolizable powder medicament, the powder medicament comprising particles having a mean size less than 10 microns; a chamber sized to contain a unit dose of the aerosolizable powder medicament, wherein the chamber is sized to contain from about 1 mg to 20 mg of the aerosolizable powder; and a powder fluidizer that fluidizes the powder medicament so that the particles may be captured in the chamber; wherein a vacuum may be applied to the chamber to assist in capturing powder and pressure may be applied to the chamber to eject captured powder from the chamber and into a unit dose receptacle in a manner where the powder may later be aerosolized from the unit dose receptacle.