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Dose strip and inhaler comprising one such strip
Matthew E. Young,Stuart Kay,Neil R. Harrison,Ian Darby,Peter Crew,Anne Powell,Cheryl Vanessa Rogerson +6 more
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In this paper, the authors proposed a tear tape to seal off the dose inside each of the blisters in an inhaler, which was intended to be used in an emergency inhaler.Abstract:
The invention relates to a blister strip (150) which is intended to be used in an inhaler. The invention comprises: one layer in the form of a strip (152), a plurality of blisters (160) which are formed in the strip layer (152), a dose of a pharmaceutical compound in each of said blisters (160), a cover layer (154) which is fixed to the strip layer (152) and which seals off the dose inside each blister (160), and a tear tape (158) which is fixed to the cover layer (154) on each of the blisters (160).read more
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