US 11,730,898 B2
Inhaler
Graham Purkins, King's Lynn (GB); Carol Balfour, Norwich (GB); Gavin Kovacs, Norwich (GB); and Philippe Rogueda, Pessac (FR)
Assigned to MERXIN LTD, King's Lynn (GB)
Appl. No. 16/757,708
Filed by MERXIN LTD, King's Lynn (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/052846
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/081883, PCT Pub. Date May 2, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1717451 (GB), filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0384218 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/0041 (2014.02) [A61M 15/003 (2014.02); A61M 15/0026 (2014.02); A61M 15/0028 (2013.01); A61M 15/0035 (2014.02)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inhaler for inhalation of an inhalable dry powder, the inhaler comprising:
(a) an outer shell comprising a first shell part and a second shell part;
(b) a capsule holder comprising a chamber for holding a capsule, a capsule breaker for breaking open the capsule held within the chamber and a trigger for causing the capsule breaker to break open the capsule;
(c) a support for supporting the capsule holder; and
(d) an outlet for passage of dry powder from the capsule into a user,
wherein the capsule holder is positioned in the first shell part,
wherein the first shell part comprises an aperture through which the trigger protrudes,
wherein the first shell part comprises a rim and wherein the aperture comprises a cut-out in the rim of the first shell part and through which the trigger is able to pass when the capsule holder is removed from the first shell part, and
wherein the support comprises one or more downwardly projecting protrusions on a first side of a bottom surface of the support and one or more downwardly projecting protrusions on a second side of the bottom surface of the support, the one or more downwardly projecting protrusions on the first side and the second side of the support is configured to mate with one or more cavities formed within a first side wall of the first shell part and one or more cavities formed within a second side wall of the first shell part, respectively, wherein the cut-out is formed between the first side wall and the second side wall, said protrusions of the first and second sides of the support and the one or more cavities of the first side wall and second side wall preventing outward movement of the first and second side walls of the first shell part when said protrusions of the first side and the second side of the support and the one or more cavities of the first and second side walls are mutually engaged.