Patent ID: 8656910

Claim:
Nebuliser for a fluid comprising: a housing, a container containing multiple doses of the fluid, said container being sealed off in a delivery state of the nebulizer as initially disposed in the housing, a container opening device inside the housing which is adapted to open the sealed container before or during a first use of the nebulizer, and a transportation lock for the sealed container which, in the delivered state, is in interlocking engagement with the sealed container in a manner preventing the sealed container from moving axially in the nebulizer in the delivery state and preventing opening of the sealed container by the container opening device in the delivery state prior to full closing of the housing, wherein the transportation lock is releasable during full closing of the housing for enabling the opening of the sealed container, and wherein the container is movable in a stroke action during at least one of conveying of the fluid, pressure generation and nebulisation after disengagement of said transportation lock.