Patent ID: 7597102

Claim:
A method for indicating the number of metered dosages of medicaments dispensed from or remaining in a container, said method comprising: providing said container filled with a predetermined number of metered dosages; providing an indicating device comprising a first component mounted to said container; a second component member moveable relative to the first component along an axial path; and an indicator member rotatably mounted to one of said first or second components; reciprocally moving said first component relative to said second component along said axial path a first predetermined number of times corresponding to said predetermined number of metered dosages; making at least one audible indicating sound upon each of said first predetermined movements of said first component relative to said second component; and reciprocally moving said first component relative to said second component along said axial path at least one auxiliary time after said moving said first component relative to said second component along said axial path said first predetermined number of times, wherein said first component is reciprocally moved relative to said second component along said axial path said at least one auxiliary time without making said at least one audible indicating sound.