Patent ID: 7290543

Claim:
A nasal fluid spray device comprising a body ( 1 ), a fluid reservoir ( 3 ) containing two half-doses of fluid, each half-dose being for dispensing in a respective nostril, a dispensing orifice ( 30 ), and dispensing means ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ) for dispensing a respective half-dose of fluid each time the dispensing means are actuated, said dispensing means being implemented so that each of the half-doses of fluid can be dispensed during a respective one of two successive occasions on which the dispensing means are actuated, it being possible to actuate the dispensing means on said successive occasions by the user of the device using a single hand, the nasal spray device further comprising energy accumulation means ( 50 , 51 , 55 ) adapted to accumulate energy in the hand of the user, said energy being released suddenly as of a predetermined force exerted by the hand of the user on said dispensing means, thereby guaranteeing that each of the half-doses is sprayed in full, said dispensing means comprising a dispensing member ( 8 ) mounted to slide in said reservoir ( 3 ) for dispensing the fluid, and dose-splitting means ( 7 , 12 ) for dispensing a half-dose of fluid each time the dispensing means are actuated, said nasal spray device being characterized in that the dispensing means further comprise an actuating element ( 5 ) mounted to move between a rest position and an actuating position, and on which the user exerts an actuating force to move said dispensing member ( 8 ) inside said reservoir ( 3 ), said actuating element being mounted to move in a direction substantially transverse to the direction in which the dispensing member ( 8 ) moves.