Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh

Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a.

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh & Co Kg

Rolf Kuhn

Torsten Kuehn

Stefan Lustenberger

Herbert Wachtel

Burkhard Metzger

Hubert Hoelz

Lothar Wilhelm

Dominique Chatard

Hans Kindinger

Jens Fuchs

Rudiger Wlach

Heinrich Kladders

Eberhard Sendobry

Joern-Eric Schulz

Stephan Kurtze

Thomas Riedel

Burkhard Peter Metzger

The invention relates to a powder inhaler with at least one specially sharpened needle, to ensure the precise piercing or cutting open of capsules and hence the optimum delivery of powdered medicament compositions, medicament formulations or medicament mixtures, as well as ensuring that little effort is needed to perforate or cut open the capsule.

Needle for piercing a powder capsule for inhalation

A film container includes a bottom film and a top film connected thereto for forming at least one accommodating chamber for a filling, in particular a pharmaceutical active substance formulation. A detachably fastened sliding element which covers the accommodating chamber is assigned to the accommodating chamber as a safeguard.

Film container

The present invention relates to capsules for housing pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with increased medicinal product safety and capsules for pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers with improved adaption to use in powder inhalers. The capsules consist of non-water-soluble, hydrophobic plastics, which themselves do not substantially influence the pharmaceutical quality of the contents, but improve the usability of the filled capsules in respect of their operation, the period of use and/or the geographical location of their use and are advantageous in various steps from manufacture to use.

Two-part capsule with pre-closure for housing pharmaceutical preparations for powder inhalers

An inhaler for inhaling powdered medicaments from capsules, having: a lower part which is cup-shaped, a plate latched to the lower part to close off the lower part, a capsule holder arranged on the underside of the plate, a mouthpiece that can be latched to the top of plate, and an actuating member for interacting with at least one pin for piercing a capsule in the capsule holder, where the actuating member includes a larger outer actuating member and a smaller inner actuating member, the outer actuating member forms a user-operated push-button, the inner actuating member contacts and holds the pin below a suspension element of the outer actuating member from the plate, and the point of application of force by the user onto push-button is lower than the inner actuating member.

Powder inhaler

The invention relates to a device for producing containers from a plastic material that can be shaped by means of stretch blow forming and whose inner space corresponds to the finished container, said container being retained on its open end by a receiving element with gas flow pipes. A moveable stretch die () is axially guided through the receiving element and an ignition device is mounted in order to ignite an explosive gas mixture inside the container. In order to produce plastic containers having a better outer appearance, such as a substantially clear, transparent wall, and improve reliability of production, the receiving element can be engaged in a fluidically tight manner with the main distribution block () by the end thereof that faces the container, the stretching die () being movably guided through said distribution block in the axial extension of the receiving element. At least one first fluidic connection () is provided in a first area of the main distribution block () facing away from the container, and an additional fluidic connection () is provided in an opposite second area of the main distribution block () facing the container. The pipes () from the two fluidic connections () in the second area in the main distribution block () are connected together. A single common flow channel () is formed between the connecting point () and the receiving element.

Device for producing plastic containers by stretch blow forming

A device for manufacturing containers from a plastic material which can be formed by stretch-blowing with a mold, the internal space of which corresponds to the finished container, which is held by its open end by a receiving portion, wherein lines connected to a metering unit are provided on the receiving portion, a moveable stretching die is guided axially through the receiving portion, and an ignitor is arranged for igniting an explosive gas mixture inside the container, and wherein a heater and cooler are provided.

Device for the production of plastic containers by stretch blow forming using an explosive blowing medium

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Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany

Rolf Kuhn