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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1976
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1975
Stanley Mathes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Syntex Puerto Rico Inc., Humacao, PR (US);
Abstract
An inhalation device having an elongate housing having an emptying chamber adjacent that end of housing which is adapted for insertion into the mouth or nose of a user. A plurality of passageways extending essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing intersect with the inner end of the emptying chamber. Adjacent that end of the emptying chamber closest to the passageways, the housing has means for receiving or presenting a unit dose of powdered medicament for administration. During inhalation, the powdered medicament is entrained in the air stream being inhaled and is carried into the nose, throat or lungs of the user where beneficial or therapeutic action of the medicament occurs.