Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a device for dispensing a plurality of unitary doses of dry powder. The device includes: a casing; first and second supports respectively for two carriers each having a plurality of housings for respective unitary doses adapted to be connected to the mouthpiece for inhalation of the dose, the first and second supports being moveably mounted within the casing for sequentially connecting the housings to the mouthpiece; an indexing mechanism adapted to engage and move the first and second supports; and a changeover mechanism adapted to cause the device to pass from a first dispensing state to a second dispensing state and lock the second support in its stationary position while the device is in the first dispensing state, and to lock the first support in its stationary position while the device is in the second dispensing state.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2013
Date of Patent:
April 19, 2016
Assignee:
PFIZER LTD.
Inventors:
Louise Annabel Bunch, Paul George Harris
Abstract: A device for dispensing individual doses of powder from respective pockets of a disc-shaped carrier by outwardly rupturing a lidding foil by means of pressure on an opposite side surface, the device providing individual respective deaggregation flow paths for each pocket, split airstreams allowing improved entrainment of powder, a cam mechanism for outwardly rupturing the pockets, an indexing mechanism linked to the cam mechanism and a dose counter.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2004
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2012
Assignee:
Pfizer Ltd.
Inventors:
Peter John Houzego, John Kelshaw Conway, Martin Douglas Pearl, Andrew Mark Bryant
Abstract: The invention provides new, improved anti-MAdCAM antibodies. Uses of these antibodies in medicine are also included, in particular for the treatment of inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.
Abstract: The invention provides new, improved anti-MAdCAM antibodies. Uses of these antibodies in medicine are also included, in particular for the treatment of inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease.