IP Library Granted Patent US 10,195,374
Granted Patent B2
US 10,195,374 · App. 14/703,129 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Container, nebulizer and use

Inventors: Joachim Eicher (Ingelheim am Rhein, DE); Herbert Graessl (Murrhardt, DE); Mike Janetzko (Guldental, DE); Andree Jung (Idar-Oberstein, DE); Martin Meisenheimer (Appenheim, DE); Herbert Wachtel (Ingelheim am Rhein, DE); Robert Gerhard Winkler (Aschaffenburg, DE); Gilbert Wuttke (Ingelheim am Rhein, DE); Ying Yu (Dortmund, DE)
Assignee: Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH
A61M15/0076A61M11/007A61M15/009A61M15/0065A61M15/0073B29C65/02B29C65/568B29C66/54G06M1/02A61M15/0026A61M15/0035A61M15/0041A61M15/0081A61M2202/0468A61M2205/123A61M2205/273A61M2205/586A61M2207/00A61M2207/10B05B11/0054B29C65/08B29C65/081B29C65/082B29C65/1406B29C65/16B29C65/18B29C65/48B29C65/4845B29C66/71B29C66/742B29C66/7422B29K2705/02B29L2031/7142
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Patent No.
US 10,195,374
App. No.
14/703,129
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container, a nebulizer and a use of an indicator device are described, where the container comprises an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container, the container is arranged within the nebulizer and the container can be detached by grabbing the indicator device.

Claims (17)

1. A container ( 3 ) for a nebulizer ( 1 ), the container ( 3 ) containing a fluid ( 2 ), and the container ( 3 ) comprising

an indicator device ( 25 ) for at least one of counting, indicating a number of uses performed, and indicating a number of uses still possible with the container ( 3 ),

wherein the indicator device ( 25 ) comprises an indicator housing ( 31 ) which is inseparably connected with a housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ) opposite to at least one of an outlet and a head ( 28 ) of the container ( 3 );

wherein at least one of the indicator device ( 25 ) and the indicator housing ( 31 ) is connected via an ultrasonic weld with the container ( 3 ), and

wherein the housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ) comprises a rotationally asymmetrical section, including at least one of an indentation, a protrusion, and a flattening ( 75 ), to secure the indicator housing ( 31 ) against rotation relative to the housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ).

2. The container ( 3 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator device ( 25 ) is fixedly arranged at a base ( 21 ) of the container ( 3 ).

3. The container ( 3 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the indicator housing ( 31 ) is secured against rotation relative to the housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ).

4. The container ( 3 ) according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the indicator device ( 25 ) and the indicator housing ( 31 ) comprises at least one of a riffle ( 77 ), an indention 78 , and a projection 79 .

5. A container ( 3 ) containing a fluid ( 2 ), comprising:

a nebulizer housing ( 24 ) for receiving the container ( 3 );

an indicator device ( 25 ) for at least one of counting, indicating a number of uses performed, and indicating a number of uses still possible with the container ( 3 ); wherein:

the container ( 3 ) is moveable axially within the closed nebulizer housing ( 24 ) during nebulization,

the indicator device ( 25 ) comprises an indicator housing ( 31 ) which is inseparably connected with a housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ), but separable from the nebulizer housing ( 24 ), so that the indicator device ( 25 ) is replaceable together with the container ( 3 ), and

at least one of the indicator device ( 25 ) and the indicator housing ( 31 ) comprises a gripping portion, including at least one of a flattening, a riffle ( 77 ), an indention ( 78 ), and a projection ( 79 ), and the housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ) comprises a rotationally asymmetrical section, including at least one of an indentation, a protrusion, and a flattening ( 75 ), to secure the indicator housing ( 31 ) against rotation relative to the housing ( 29 ) of the container ( 3 ).

6. The container ( 3 ) for the nebulizer ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the indicator device ( 25 ) is fixedly arranged at a base ( 21 ) of the container ( 3 ).

7. The container ( 3 ) for the nebulizer ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the indicator device ( 25 ) and the indicator housing ( 31 ) is connected by gluing with the container ( 3 ).

8. The container ( 3 ) for the nebulizer ( 1 ) according to claim 5 , wherein the indicator device ( 25 ) is connected by at least one of hot-pressing and welding with the container ( 3 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2015
From: MEISENHEIMER, MARTIN; EICHER, JOACHIM; GRAESSL, HERBERT; JANETZKO, MIKE; JUNG, ANDREE; WINKLER, ROBERT GERHARD; WACHTEL, HERBERT; WUTTKE, GILBERT; YU, YING
To: BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 036112/0387 →
Priority Claims (2)
EP 14001603 · May 7, 2014 · regional
EP 14003283 · Sep 23, 2014 · regional
Continuity (1)
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