Solidified drug supply for generating inhalable drug particles

US6054082A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• GGU Gesellschaft fur Gesundheits- und Umweltforschung mbH & Co. Vertriebs KG · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Heide · Kelkheim, DE
• Joachim Pabst · Reinheim, DE
• Hans Burgschat · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 14, 1997
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2000
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/066
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A solidified drug supply for generating inhalable drug particles with the aid of a metering device includes a removal unit, with the drug supply being brittle and textureless. The density and the mechanical strength of the drug supply is abraded everywhere in such a way that the structure of the material removed from one side of the drug supply by the metering device is uniform across the entire usage region in the direction of the removal.