Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma Gmbh & Co Kg

Stefan Lustenberger

Rolf Kuhn

Herbert Wachtel

Hubert Hoelz

Torsten Kuehn

Stephan Kurtze

Burkhard 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

In the case of a packaging unit comprising a plastic bottle () with a flexible foil bag () arranged therein, wherein a hollow interspace () is formed at least in certain regions between the surface of the inner wall of the plastic bottle () and the outer surface of the foil bag (), the foil bag () is designed such that it at least partially automatically elastically contracts and/or can be compressed at least in certain regions by a force effected by a means arranged in the interspace () and/or can be collapsed.

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Gensingen, Germany

Stefan Lustenberger