Inhaler Device

摘要

There is provided an inhaler device comprising a housing, a mouthpiece, a seat for receiving a unit dose blister and a punch for piercing a lid of the unit dose blister. The housing comprises a base and a lid pivotally joined by a hinge, such that the lid is pivotable from a first ‘closed’ position in which it abuts the base to define a cavity, to a second ‘open’ position in which the cavity can be accessed. The seat and the punch are adapted to lie within the cavity when the lid is in the first ‘closed’ position and moving the lid from the ‘open’ position to the ‘closed’ position causes the punch to pierce a lid of a unit dose blister received in the seat. Only the lid of the unit dose blister is pierced.

主权项

1. An inhaler device comprising;
a housing, a mouthpiece, a seat for receiving a unit dose blister, the unit dose blister comprising a blister pocket and a blister lid, and a punch for piercing a lid of the unit dose blister received in the seat,wherein the housing comprises a housing base and a housing lid pivotally joined by a hinge, such that the housing lid is pivotable from a first ‘closed’ position in which it abuts the housing base to define a cavity, to a second ‘open’ position in which the cavity can be accessed,wherein the seat and the punch are adapted to lie within the cavity when the lid is in the first ‘closed’ position andwherein moving the housing lid from the ‘open’ position to the ‘closed’ position causes the punch to pierce a lid of a unit dose blister received in the seat.