Rotating Patents (Class 128/200.17)
  • Module of drug particle separator and inhaler provided with same
    Publication number: 20030056789
    Abstract: An inhaler has a tubular case defining inside a flow route for medicament. A capsule containing the medicament serving as its source is on the upstream side and a mouthpiece is on the opposite downstream side. A rotor with a convex surface on the upstream side is rotatably placed in the flow route inside the tubular case. A motor rotates the rotor when a patient breathes in the medicament such that a shearing force will operate on the medicament particles and the medicament is separated from lactose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takano, Kei Asai, Makoto Tabata
  • Drug delivery device
    Patent number: 6418924
    Abstract: A drug delivery device for the delivery of a fluid carrying or including a therapeutic agent. The device including a reservoir for storing the fluid, and in fluid connection therewith a regulatable pump for dispensing the fluid via an outlet. A control device is further provided, for selectively controlling the pumping mode of the pump such that in a first mode the pump acts to dispense the fluid and in a second mode the pump acts such that substantially no fluid is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: P A Knowledge Limited
    Inventors: John Poley, Philip Seeney