Fluid dispenser device with bellows

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10080852-B2
Application number	US-201314397502-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2013
Priority date	May 24, 2012
Publication date	Sep 25, 2018
Grant date	Sep 25, 2018

Abstract

A fluid dispenser device including a body and a reservoir, and an opening mechanism. The device includes an inhalation piece and an inhalation trigger system that has a deformable air chamber and a trigger element, such that during inhalation through the inhalation piece, the air chamber is deformed and the trigger element actuates the opening mechanism. The air chamber has a deformable side body; an open first end including a peripheral edge that surrounds an opening forming the inlet of the hollow pouch; and a second end forming the bottom of the hollow pouch. The said second end includes a connection mechanism for connecting the air chamber to the trigger element. The side body is in the form of a bellows having bellows portions arranged axially one after another, the bellows-forming side body has bellows portions having outside and/or inside diameters that are different.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid dispenser device including a body and at least one individual reservoir containing a single dose of dispersible substance, opening means being provided for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated, the device including an inhalation piece and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air chamber that co-operates with said inhalation piece, and a trigger element that co-operates with said air chamber, such that during inhalation through said inhalation piece, said air chamber is deformed and said trigger element actuates said opening means, so that a reservoir is opened by said opening means, said air chamber is a hollow pouch comprising: a deformable side body; an open first end including a peripheral edge that surrounds an opening forming an inlet of said hollow pouch; and a second end forming a bottom of said hollow pouch; said second end including connection means for connecting said air chamber to said trigger element, said side body being in the form of a bellows comprising a plurality of bellows portions arranged axially one after another, wherein said bellows in the side body comprises bellows portions having outside diameters that are different and having inside diameters that are different, wherein a first one of the bellows portions adjacent to said opening has a maximum outside diameter that is smaller than a maximum outside diameter of a second one of the bellows portions adjacent to said first one of the bellows portions.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said air chamber is a blind hollow pouch including a closed second end that forms the bottom of said hollow pouch.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said air chamber is connected to said inhalation piece and to a dispenser chamber which receives the dose of dispersible substance contained in a reservoir after the reservoir has been opened, said dispenser chamber containing at least one movable ball.

4. The device according to claim 1 , including movable support means that are adapted to move an individual reservoir against said opening means on each actuation, said movable support means being displaceable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position, said movable support means being urged towards their dispensing position by resilient means and being held in their non-dispensing position by blocking means that are released by the user inhaling.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein said trigger element co-operates with said blocking means so as to release said movable support means, which, once released, urge a reservoir against said opening means.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the resilient means is a spring or a spring blade.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said movable support means support a guide wheel, the reservoirs being made in the form of an elongate strip comprising a plurality of individual reservoirs disposed one behind another, said guide wheel causing said strip to advance each time the device is actuated.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said opening means include a perforator element that is adapted to cut a closure wall of the reservoir in such a manner that the cut portion(s) does/do not obstruct the opening(s) that is/are formed.

9. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said air chamber is made of silicone rubber.

10. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said connection means for connecting said air chamber to said trigger element comprise a projection that is formed on the outside of said deformable air chamber, said projection being snap-fastened on said trigger element while the device is being assembled.

11. The device according to claim 10 , wherein said projection is snap-fastened in a hole of the trigger element.

12. The device according to claim 1 , wherein said peripheral edge of the air chamber is heat-sealed on a portion of said body and/or overmolded on said portion of said body.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein said peripheral edge of the air chamber is heat-sealed by ultrasound.

14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bellow portions number six.

15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the dispersible substance is a fluid or a powder.

16. A fluid dispenser device including a body and at least one individual reservoir containing a single dose of dispersible substance, a perforator or cutter for opening an individual reservoir each time the device is actuated, the device including an inhalation piece and an inhalation trigger system that comprises a deformable air chamber that co-operates with said inhalation piece, and a trigger element that co-operates with said air chamber, such that during inhalation through said inhalation piece, said air chamber is deformed and said trigger element actuates said perforator or cutter, so that a reservoir is opened by said perforator or cutter, said air chamber is a hollow pouch comprising: a deformable side body; an open first end including a peripheral edge that surrounds an opening forming an inlet of said hollow pouch; and a second end forming a bottom of said hollow pouch; said second end including a projection for connecting said air chamber to said trigger element, said side body being in the form of a bellows comprising a plurality of bellows portions arranged axially one after another, wherein said bellows in the side body comprises bellows portions having outside diameters that are different and having inside diameters that are different, wherein a first one of the bellows portions adjacent to said opening has an outside diameter that is smaller than an outside diameter of one of the bellows portions further from said opening.

Assignees

• Aptar France Sas

Inventors

• Colomb Arnaud
• Baillet Matthieu

Classifications

• A61M15/0086

  Inhalation chambers · CPC title

• A61M15/0091

  mechanically breath-triggered · CPC title

• A61M15/0051

  the dosages being arranged on a tape, e.g. strips · CPC title

• A61M15/0073

  on a ring · CPC title

• A61M15/0071

  having a display or indicator · CPC title