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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Herbert Wachtel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Johannes Geser, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Burkhard Metzger, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Michael Spallek, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Michael Krueger, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Hubert Kunze, Dortmund, DE;
Achim Moser, Chemnitz, DE;
Elmar Mock, Colombier, CH;
Antonino Lanci, Bern, CH;
Andre Klopfenstein, La Neuveville, CH;
Herbert Wachtel, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Johannes Geser, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Burkhard Metzger, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Michael Spallek, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Michael Krueger, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Hubert Kunze, Dortmund, DE;
Achim Moser, Chemnitz, DE;
Elmar Mock, Colombier, CH;
Antonino Lanci, Bern, CH;
Andre Klopfenstein, La Neuveville, CH;
Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, DE;
Abstract
The invention is a medicament magazine having at least one medicament chamber for use in a powder inhaler, wherein the magazine is formed from two foil strips applied to one another and the at least one medicament chamber is formed between the foil strips as depicted in exemplary FIGS.and. The medicament chambers have an internal structure () which comprises in its interior a space for receiving a powdered medicament and stabilizes this inner space against external mechanical influences. In another embodiment in which the internal structure preferably also has a stabilizing function, the structure has means for opening one foil strip. In addition, the medicament chamber contains a retaining device which holds the internal structure on the medicament magazine after the medicament chamber has been opened.