Powder inhaler

US8539947B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Rolf Kuhn · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Burkhard Metzger · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
• Torsten Kuehn · Appenheim, DE
• Heinrich Kladders · Wiesloch, DE
• Joern-Eric Schulz · Munster, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/064
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An inhaler for inhaling powdered medicaments from capsules, having: a lower part which is cup-shaped, a plate latched to the lower part to close off the lower part, a capsule holder arranged on the underside of the plate, a mouthpiece that can be latched to the top of plate, and an actuating member for interacting with at least one pin for piercing a capsule in the capsule holder, where the actuating member includes a larger outer actuating member and a smaller inner actuating member, the outer actuating member forms a user-operated push-button, the inner actuating member contacts and holds the pin below a suspension element of the outer actuating member from the plate, and the point of application of force by the user onto push-button is lower than the inner actuating member.