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Bo Drachmann

Per Ellemose Andersen

The invention concerns a device ( ) for the inhalation of at least one drug from a gas canister ( ) having a nozzle ( ) by a person suffering from asthma or bronchospasm, the device comprising a gas container ( ) having at least one wall ( ), the wall surrounding a gas containment chamber ( ) adapted to contain gas at a pressure larger than atmospheric pressure, the gas container ( ) further having an inlet ( ) adapted for connection to the nozzle ( ) of the gas canister ( ), the gas container ( ) further having an outlet ( ) with an outlet valve ( ) adapted to allow the person to inhale gas from the device through the outlet; wherein the outlet valve ( ) is adapted to be activated by the inhalation of the person independent of the activation of the gas canister ( ). This invention allows the person to activate the gas canister, and pause before inhalation. The invention is adapted to facilitate coordination for the patient inhaling.

Inhalation device

The aerosol inhalation device is manually operated and comprises a holding part ( ) for receiving an aerosol container with a valve and an outlet tip, and an inspiratory part ( ), which at one end comprises a mouthpiece ( ), in which inspiratory part ( ) a member ( ) for passage of aerosol is provided for receiving the outlet end of the aerosol container and comprising a conduit ( ) with an outlet opening for discharging aerosol into the inspiratory part in the direction towards the mouthpiece ( ). At the end opposite the mouthpiece ( ) the inspiratory part ( ) is open towards the surroundings such that air may pass freely from the surroundings past the member ( ) for passage of aerosol and out through the mouthpiece ( ).

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1416 København K, Denmark

Bo Drachmann