Patent ID: 8800819

Claim:
A discharging device for dispensing a pharmaceutical liquid, comprising: a housing, control electronics, a liquid storage receptacle for storing the pharmaceutical liquid prior to discharge thereof, a discharge orifice, a conveying device actuatable manually by a manual actuator which causes transport of the pharmaceutical liquid to said discharge orifice from said storage receptacle for the purpose of dispensing the pharmaceutical liquid, and a blocking device, having a blocked state in which the actuation of said conveying device is mechanically blocked in order to prevent another discharge from taking place during a blocking period following a discharging operation, and a released state in which the actuation of said conveying device is possible, wherein the blocking device comprises an interlock device movable relative to the housing between a first and a second position, said blocking device being configured such that a movement of said interlock device from the first position to the second position causes said blocking device to assume the released state, and wherein the interlock device is spring biased by a spring device in the direction of the second position, a first retaining device is provided which retains said interlock device in the first position against the force of said spring device and which is released by an electrical signal generated by said control electronics, a second retaining device is provided which retains said interlock device in the first position against the force of said spring device and which is released by manual actuation, the interlock device moving into the second position only when both the first and second retaining devices are released, the first retaining device being released by the control electronics and the second retaining device being released by manual actuation by the user, a sensor connected to said control electronics is provided for detection of the release of said second retaining device, the control electronics being adapted to react to the sensed release of said second retaining device by releasing said first retaining device, provided that the blocking period has elapsed.