CA2473053A1 — A medicament dispenser, such as an inhalation device, comprising plural elongate form medicament carriers

USPTO Abstract

There is provided a medicament dispenser (600) for use with plural elongate form medicament carriers (601), each having multiple distinct medicament dose portions carried thereby, the dispenser (600) having a dispensing mechanism (620) for dispensing the distinct medicament dose portions carried by each of the plural medicament carriers (601). The mechanism comprises a receiving station (602) for receiving each of the plural medicament carriers; a release for releasing a distinct medicament dose portion from each of the plural medicament carriers on receipt thereof by the receiving station; an outlet (624), positioned to be in communication with the distinct medicament dose portions releasable by said a release (620); and an indexer (606) for individually indexing the distinct medicament dose portions of each of the plural medicament carriers (601).