DRY POWDER INHALER WITH AN ADHERENCE MONITOR

A dry powder inhaler which contains a blister pack, such as a blister strip, is provided. The blister pack has a plurality of blisters, and a blister, or group of blisters, provides a dose of powdered medicament for inhalation. The blister pack has non-numerical indicia which encode an individual, u...

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Hauptverfasser: COTTON, Darryl, CLARKE, Roger, THOMAS, Seth, SMITH, Philip, DEAMER, John, MELINIOTIS, Andreas, SWANBURY, Philip
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A dry powder inhaler which contains a blister pack, such as a blister strip, is provided. The blister pack has a plurality of blisters, and a blister, or group of blisters, provides a dose of powdered medicament for inhalation. The blister pack has non-numerical indicia which encode an individual, unique number that is associated with each dose. The inhaler is adapted for mounting a monitor. The monitor comprises one or more sensors, such as optical sensors, for reading the non-numerical indicia on the blister pack.