GB2480835A — A medication dispenser with an agitating element

USPTO Abstract

The claims are directed to a medicament for use in the treatment of a disease comprising administration on one to ten occasions daily using a hand held medicine dosing and dispensing device (10) comprising a housing (12) including a storage chamber (14) to store discrete units of medicine (16). The dispensing device (10) further includes a feed assembly (18) located between the storage chamber and a dispenser (20) to feed units of medicine (16) from the storage chamber to the dispenser. An imparter / impactor (22) is associated with the storage chamber to agitate units of medicine stored in the storage chamber. The impactor (22) includes a rigid element (24) fixedly connected at or towards one end (26) to a wall (28) of the storage chamber (14) and operably associated at a second end (30) with an actuating mechanism (32) that deflects the second end (30) of the impactor towards the wall (28) of the storage chamber (14) to strain the impactor such that, when released, the strained impactor moves towards the interior (34) of the storage chamber and impacts against the units of medicine (16). The medication storage chamber may be in a removable cassette (44).