US 6,981,499 B2
Medicament dispenser
Gregor John McLennan Anderson, Ware (United Kingdom); Stanley George Bonney, Ware (United Kingdom); and Anthony Patrick Jones, Ware (United Kingdom)
Assigned to Glaxo Group Limited, Greenford (United Kingdom)
Appl. No. 10/149,238
PCT Filed Dec. 08, 2000, PCT No. PCT/EP00/12392
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 07, 2002,
PCT Pub. No. WO01/41849, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 14, 2001.
Claims priority of application No. 9929281 (GB), filed on Dec. 11, 1999; application No. 0004359 (GB), filed on Feb. 25, 2000; application No. 0011124 (GB), filed on May 10, 2000; and application No. 0026648 (GB), filed on Oct. 31, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2003/0000524 A1, Jan. 02, 2003
Int. Cl. A61M 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 128—200.23 98 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medicament dispenser comprising
a housing;
a medicament container having a dispensing mechanism;
a container seat which receives the container;
an anchor station on the housing or connecting therewith; and
a coupling which extends from said container seat to said anchor station to couple said container seat to said anchor station,
wherein the coupling is reversibly contractible in response to the application of non-mechanical energy thereto, wherein said container seat is moveable relative to said anchor station to cause actuation of said dispensing mechanism, and wherein the coupling is adapted in use to contract on application of non-mechanical energy thereto so as to move said container seat relative to said anchor station to actuate said dispensing mechanism.