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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Soji Hamano, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Imai, Chichibu, JP;
Soji Hamano, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Imai, Chichibu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ejection head unit is attachable to an inhaler for ejecting a medicine to cause a user to inhale the medicine and has a plurality of ejection heads having an element generating energy for ejecting the medicine, and a plurality of ejection nozzles through which the medicine is ejected by the element. An inhaler for ejecting a medicine to allow inhalation thereof by a user has an air flow path guiding a medicine that is inhaled accompanying inspiration by the user to a suction port, an ejection head unit having a plurality of ejection heads including an element generating energy for ejecting the medicine and a plurality of ejection nozzles through which the medicine is ejected by the element, and a positioning unit for positioning a single ejection head among the plurality of ejection heads at an opening provided in one portion of the air flow path.