US 11,771,848 B2
Nebulizer and reservoir
Joachim Carl Herbert Eicher, Ingelheim Am Rhein (DE); and Alfred Von Schuckmann, Kevelaer (DE)
Assigned to BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
Filed by Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein (DE)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/546,324.
Application 17/546,324 is a continuation of application No. 16/630,988, granted, now 11,229,754, previously published as PCT/EP2018/069927, filed on Jul. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17020315 (EP), filed on Jul. 21, 2017; and application No. PCT/EP2018/069848 (WO), filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096759 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/00 (2006.01); B05B 11/02 (2023.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 11/007 (2014.02) [A61M 15/005 (2014.02); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0036 (2014.02); A61M 15/0073 (2014.02); B05B 11/0008 (2013.01); B05B 11/0038 (2018.08); B05B 11/00442 (2018.08); B05B 11/00446 (2018.08); B05B 11/026 (2023.01); B05B 11/1035 (2023.01); B05B 11/1074 (2023.01); B05B 11/1081 (2023.01); B05B 11/1091 (2023.01); B05B 11/1095 (2023.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/232 (2013.01); B29C 66/4326 (2013.01); B65D 83/0077 (2013.01); A61M 2205/07 (2013.01); A61M 2205/75 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8281 (2013.01); B29L 2031/7148 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reservoir (3) for a nebulizer (1), the reservoir (3) comprising:
a tank or bag (4) containing multiple doses of a fluid (2) to be nebulized, and
an indicator device (51) for counting or indicating a number of uses performed or still possible with the reservoir (3), wherein at least one of:
(i) the reservoir (3) comprises a connector (6) for fluidically connecting the tank or bag (4) with the nebulizer (1), where the connector (6) comprises or forms a driving part (60) for driving the indicator device (51), and where the indicator device (51) is actuated by moving the connector (6) relative to the tank or bag (4), and
(ii) the reservoir (3) comprises or forms an eccentrical linear guidance for the driving part (60) for driving the indicator device (51).