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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Dominik Ziegler, Basel, CH;
Grant Smetham, Cambridge, GB;
Mauro Citterio, Osnago, IT;
Novartis AG, Basil, CH;
Abstract
An inhaler device () for powdered medicaments. The device () has a body () that has a recess () for holding a capsule containing a powdered medicament to be inhaled, at least one air passage () that is tangentially disposed to the recess () , and a mouthpiece () that includes a coaxially disposed inhalation passage () that communicates with the recess () of the body (). The body () has a pair of opposed spring () biased push-buttons () that each include at least one piercing element () for piercing the capsule when loaded in the recess (). The medicament is released from the pierced capsule when air is drawn through the air passage(s) () into the recess () and swirled about therein. The mouthpiece () is pivotally attached to the edge of the body () so that it is pivotable between an open loading position and a closed dispensing position about an axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the inhaler ().