Powder Inhalation Device (US12599728B2)
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USPTO granted patent US12599728B2 to Alfred Von Schuckmann for a powder inhalation device with multiple substance containers. The patent covers a guide unit with drive wheel design for sequential emptying, substance containers with two sub-regions each having pierceable covers, and a filling method. The patent includes 14 allowed claims.
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USPTO granted patent US12599728B2 to Alfred Von Schuckmann for a powder inhalation device. The patent covers a device for inhaling powder-type substances including a guide unit with drive wheel design, substance containers with two sub-regions each having pierceable covers, and a filling method. The patent includes 14 allowed claims.\n\nManufacturers of inhalation or powder delivery devices should monitor this patent for potential licensing requirements or design considerations to avoid infringement. Healthcare providers and patients are unlikely to experience direct operational impacts from this IP grant.
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Device for inhaling powder-type substances, substance container for a device of this type and method for filling a device of this type
Grant US12599728B2 Kind: B2 Apr 14, 2026
Inventors
Alfred Von Schuckmann
Abstract
A device for inhaling powder-type substances includes a plurality of substance containers that can be moved successively into an emptying position, wherein the substance containers—which are not connected to one another—are accommodated in direct contact with one another in a guide unit attached to the device and can be moved by contact pressure propagating among the substance containers. The guide unit has a drive wheel with accommodating forms separated by drive teeth. The substance container in the emptying position is located in an accommodating form of the drive wheel. A substance container for a device for inhaling powder-type substances has two sub-regions, each separately having an amount of the substance, and both sub-regions have an openable, pierceable cover. A method for filling a device for inhaling powder-type substances uses a plurality of substance containers that can be moved successively into an emptying position.
CPC Classifications
A61M 15/00 A61M 15/0001 A61M 15/0003 A61M 15/0028 A61M 15/003 A61M 15/0031 A61M 15/0043 A61M 15/0041 A61M 15/0045 A61M 15/0046 A61M 15/0061 A61M 15/0063 A61M 15/0025 A61M 15/0026 A61M 15/0075 A61M 2202/064
Filing Date
2020-01-14
Application No.
17422514
Claims
14
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