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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2013
Boehringer Ingelheim International Gmbh, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Robert Gerhard Winkler, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Herbert Wachtel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Stephen Terence Dunne, Ipswich, GB;
Andree Jung, Idar-Oberstein, DE;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, unknown;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for nebulizing preferably powdered medicinal formulations, the nebulization being assisted by propellant. According to the invention, the propellant is supplied in pulsed form to the powder cavity () containing the formulation, which is attached to the nozzle () from which the aerosol is emitted. The apparatus according to the invention provides an increase in the fraction of pulmonary particles in the aerosol leaving the nozzle ().