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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rajaram Arun Gupte, Ingelheim, DE;
Erich Hertl, Gilching, DE;
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61M / ; B05D / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
12820315 ; 12820321 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an inhaler for the inhalation of powdered, more particularly micronised drug preparations from capsules, the housing 10 of the inhaler containing tubular chambers 15 for receiving and holding the capsules, in a revolver magazine with an air inlet at the bottom and an air outlet 25 at the opposite end of the chamber opening into a mouthpiece 11, and a cutting device 19 with two blades 21 which are movable into the interior of the chamber in order to open the capsules near the top and bottom ends thereof.