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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Jan Andersson, Sodra Sandby, SE;
Hans Jagfeldt, Lund, SE;
Eva Trofast, Lund, SE;
Kjell Wetterlin, Sodra Sandby, SE;
AB Astra, Sodertalje, SE;
Abstract
A system for dispensing a clinically effective dose of an inhalable, pharmaceutically active compound, which system includes a dry powder inhaler device containing a powder containing the pharmaceutically active compound, wherein (a) of the powder particles dispensed by the inhaler device (the 'metered DPI dose'), at least 40% are less than about 10 microns in diameter at the point the particles exit the inhaler, (b) the metered DPI dose is sufficient to produce a clinically effective result in a patient; and (c) the amount of the compound in the metered DPI dose is not more than 70% of the minimal amount of the compound which, when dispensed in a pressurized metered dose inhaler, produces an equivalent clinically effective result in the same patient.