Patent ID: 8245906
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A61M,G06M

Abstract:
1. A dose counter for use with a medicament dispenser, said dose counter comprising a ratchet; a first count wheel arranged to rotate about a first axis of rotation, said first count wheel including one or more ratchet drive receipt elements arranged thereon for receipt of drive from said ratchet to rotate the first count wheel about said first axis of rotation; a second count wheel arranged to rotate about the first axis of rotation, said second count wheel including a set of teeth arranged annularly thereon; and a kick wheel arranged to rotate about a second axis of rotation offset from the first axis of rotation, said kick wheel including a set of kick teeth arranged annularly thereon and in meshed relationship with the set of teeth of the second count wheel such that rotary motion of the kick wheel results in rotary motion of the second count wheel, wherein said first count wheel further includes at least one fixed index tooth arranged for intermittent meshing with the kick teeth of the kick wheel such that rotary motion of the kick wheel results from rotary motion of the first count wheel only when said intermittent meshing occurs.