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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 24, 1998
AstraZeneca AB, Sodertalje, SE;
Abstract
An inhaler for administering medicament by inhalation and a method of manufacturing a housing of the same, the inhaler including a housing formed as a single-piece moulding having a first portion (,) which, in normal use, comes into contact with medicament and the mouth or nose of a user through which medicament is inhaled and a second portion (,) which defines at least part of the outer surface of the housing and, in normal use, does not come into contact with medicament or the mouth or nose of a user through which medicament is inhaled, wherein the material constitution of at least part of the second portion (,) defining at least part of the outer surface of the housing is different to the material constitution of the first portion (,).