US 12,390,605 B2
Device for putting an inhaler into a triggering-ready state
Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Ingelheim Am Rhein (DE); and Andree Jung, Ingelheim Am Rhein (DE)
Assigned to BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
Appl. No. 16/772,521
Filed by Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/084930
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 12, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/121386, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17208064 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0384216 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01)
CPC A61M 15/009 (2013.01) [A61M 15/0068 (2014.02); B05B 11/1091 (2023.01); A61M 2205/18 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/582 (2013.01); A61M 2205/587 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2209/086 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device (23) for putting an inhaler (1) into a triggering-ready state by adding mechanical energy to an energy store (7) of the inhaler (1),
the device being configured for mechanically coupling to an end portion of the inhaler in order to put the inhaler into the triggering-ready state, the device being sized so that an opposite end portion of the inhaler is located out of the device in a mechanically coupled state,
the device (23) comprising:
a motor drive (26) configured to provide relative movement of two housing parts (16, 17, 18) of the inhaler (1) with respect to one another in said mechanically coupled state,
wherein by the movement of the housing parts (16, 17, 18) relative to one another by said motor drive, the mechanical energy is added to the energy store (7), and
wherein the device (23) is configured to be portable and manually transportable by a patient by hand without aids, and wherein the device is configured to be manually lifted and brought to the patient's mouth for inhalation by the patient in said mechanically coupled state.