Patents by Inventor Eric Malcher

Eric Malcher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Inhaler for administration of powdery substances
    Patent number: 5595175
    Abstract: An inhaler for administering powdered medicaments comprising a one-piece, elongate body that has an elongate magazine in a magazine passage extending through the elongate body. The elongate body also has an air inlet, a mouthpiece, and a capsule cutter. The elongate magazine has a plurality of capsule chambers defined in it and spaced along its length, each capsule chamber having an air inlet alignable with the air inlet to the elongate body and an air outlet alignable with the mouthpiece. The magazine is slidable step-wise along the magazine passage to align a capsule chamber with the air inlet to the elongate body, the mouthpiece and the capsule cutter. The capsule cutter, upon activation, pierces both ends of a capsule in the capsule chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Eric Malcher, Kurt Zechner