Patent SG-11201908687R-A (SG)
Title: Container for cleaning the membrane of a nebulizer
Inventor: KOLB TOBIAS
IPC: A61M15/00
Filed: 2018-03-19
Abstract: NO C (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 27 September 2018 (27.09.2018) WIPO I PCT Iiiimmomiolollmonolomolomiomommonovois (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/172293 Al (51) International Patent Classification: A61M 11/00 (2006.01) B05B 17/06 (2006.01) A61M 15/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/EP2018/056910 (22) International Filing Date: 19 March 2018 (19.03.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 17161910.9 20 March 2017 (20.03.2017) EP 17161911.7 20 March 2017 (20.03.2017) EP (71) Applicant: VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES LIMIT- ED [GB/GB]; One Prospect West, Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6FH (GB). (72) Inventors: KOLB, Tobias; c/o Vectura GmbH, Robert- Koch-Allee 29, 82131 Gauting (DE). MUELLINGER, Bernhard; c/o Vectura GmbH, Robert-Koch-Allee 29, 82131 Gauting (DE). VOGEL, Jana; c/o Vectura GmbH, Robert-Koch-Allee 29, 82131 Gauting (DE). HUBER, Martin; c/o Vectura GmbH, Robert-Koch-Allee 29, 82131 Gauting (DE). KRUGER, Ulf; c/o Vectura GmbH, Robert- Koch-Allee 29, 82131 Gauting (DE). (74) Agent: CLARKE, Christopher; c/o Vectura Limited, One Prospect West, Chippenham Wiltshire SN14 6FH (GB). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, (54) Title: CONTAINER FOR CLEANING THE MEMBRANE OF A NEBULIZER FIG. I (57) : The present invention provides a refillable container (1) for use with a nebulizer device having an aerosol generator comprising a transducer body and a membrane having pores, the container having an opening being fillable with a cleaning liquid (3), wherein the opening is sized and shaped to fit onto the transducer body, so that the container is held in place on the nebulizer device and the membrane is immersed in the liquid inside the container. The invention also provides a pack comprising a multi-day supply of a drug, one or more cleaning liquids and one or more containers; and a method for cleaning the membrane of a nebulizer device using the container. [Continued on next page] WO 2018/172293 Al MIDEDIMOMMIONE1013010MOICHIMMOVOIMIE TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))