Medicament dispenser

摘要

There is provided a medicament dispenser for use with plural elongate form medicament carriers, each having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, the dispenser having a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of the plural medicament carriers. The mechanism comprises a receiving station for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; a release for releasing a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by the receiving station; an outlet, positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said a release; and an indexer for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers.

主权项

1. An inhalation device comprising:
a first elongate form medicament carrier which carries multiple distinct medicament dose portions of a first medicament powder; a second elongate form medicament carrier which carries multiple distinct medicament dose portions of a second medicament powder; said second medicament powder:
(a) is different to the first medicament powder, and(b) has a dosing regimen which is different to that of the first medicament powder; an outlet through which the dose portions of the carriers are able to be dispensed to a person in need thereof; and an operating mechanism which is operable for incrementally advancing the medicament carriers to position the dose portions thereof in communication with the outlet for dispensing therefrom; wherein the inhalation device is adapted such that operation of the operating mechanism results in the dose portions of the first and second carriers being selectively positioned in communication with the outlet in a sequence which corresponds to their respective dosing regimens; wherein:
(i) upon each operation of the operating mechanism a dose portion of the first carrier is positioned in communication with the outlet, and(ii) upon each Nth operation of the operating mechanism a dose portion of the second carrier is positioned in communication with the outlet; wherein N is a whole number greater than 1; and wherein the dose portions of the first and second carriers are uniformly spaced-apart along the lengths thereof, the uniform spacing on the second carrier is N times that on the first carrier, and the operating mechanism is adapted upon each operation to incrementally advance the first and second carriers by the spacing on the first carrier whereby upon each Nth operation of the operating mechanism a dose portion from each of the first and second carriers is positioned in communication with the outlet for simultaneous dispensing therefrom.