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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Dieter Hochrainer, Oberkirchen, DE;
Joerg Schiewe, Mainz, DE;
Bernd Zierenberg, Bingen, DE;
Stephen Dunne, Suffolk, GB;
Inventors:
Dieter Hochrainer, Oberkirchen, DE;
Joerg Schiewe, Mainz, DE;
Bernd Zierenberg, Bingen, DE;
Stephen Dunne, Suffolk, GB;
Assignee:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co. KG, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/08 (2006.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A dry powder inhaler () is to be made available, with which a particle size and particle size distribution preferred for inhalation are to be achieved and by means of which as high a line particle fraction as possible is to be realized. This is achieved by means of a dry powder inhaler () that is characterized in that provided in the inhaler () is a nozzle () through which the aerosol () flows before leaving the inhaler ().