Inhalation device and inhalation device component

US7647928B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Activaero GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Bernhard Muellinger · Munich, DE
• Axel Fischer · Moischeid, DE
• Dorothee Koerber · Augsburg, DE
• Andreas Wenker · Landsberg, DE
• Tobias Kolb · Schwanau, DE
• Sascha Roeder · Ingolstadt, DE
• Gerhard Scheuch · Kirchberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 21, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 19, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M16/06
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a component for an inhalation device comprising a first flow channel for inhalation, a second flow channel for exhalation, a mouthpiece forming a part of the first flow channel, a filter assigned to the second flow channel and a protection element which circumferentially surrounds the mouthpiece and is sealingly connected the mouthpiece at the end opposing the tip of the mouthpiece.