MUMBAI, India, Oct. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202424066202 A) filed by Herchi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Taian City, China, on Sept. 2, 2024, for 'aerosol actuator and metered dose inhaler.'
Inventor(s) include Wu, Mei; and Li, Huaidong.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 31, under issue no. 44/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure discloses an aerosol actuator and a metered dose inhaler. The aerosol actuator comprises a housing and a counting unit; the housing comprises a housing body and a nozzle, the housing body being configured to communicate with the nozzle; the housing body being configured to accommodate the counting unit; the counting unit comprises a gear fixing member, a counting gear, a driving element, and an elastic member; a cavity is formed inside the gear fixing member; the counting gear is arranged in the cavity; the gear fixing member comprises a cover plate part, the cover plate part comprising a cover plate part body and a check pawl; a surface of the counting gear that is close to the cover plate part body is provided with a limiting recess; the check pawl is arranged on the cover plate part body, and the check pawl is configured to coordinate with a meshing tooth of the counting gear so as to limit a rotation direction of the counting gear; the check pawl is provided with a limiting protrusion, the limiting protrusion being configured to coordinate with the limiting recess so as to limit a rotation direction of the counting gear. The aerosol actuator enables the counting to be more accurate."
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