Powder inhaler with breath flow regulation valve
US6109261A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/064
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided a device for the administration of an inhalation medicament, including a body defining a through-going air pathway having a longitudinal axis, an air inlet, an air outlet forming a mouthpiece, means for dispensing medicament into the pathway and air flow regulating means, characterized in that the air flow regulating means includes a movable obstructing means adapted to reduce the cross-sectional area of the pathway at a location between the air inlet and the means for dispensing medicament, and biassing means, whereby the obstructing means is biassed into a first resting position in which the cross-sectional area of the pathway is minimum and is adapted to move against the bias of the biassing means to a second position in which the cross-section area of the pathway is maximum in response to a pressure fall at the mouthpiece caused by inhalation and is adapted to move farther to a third position in which the cross-sectional area of the pathway is less than maximum in response to a greater pressure fall at the mouthpiece caused by inhalation.
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