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Inhalation device with capsule opener
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Inventors: Poulsen, Boyd J.;
Assignee: Syntex Puerto Rico, Inc. (Humacao, PR)
Primary Examiner: Recla; Henry J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Moran; Tom M., Hirsch; Joseph I.
A breath-actuated inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a powdered medicament-holding capsule, comprising an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of the housing being an output end adapted for insertion into a user's mouth or nasal passage, the passageway having an inlet end terminating in an emptying chamber at the output end of said housing, the cross-sectional area of the passageway being less than the cross-sectional area of the emptying chamber, and means associated with said housing for receiving a powdered medicament-holding capsule. A collar surrounds at least a portion of the periphery of the housing adjacent the emptying chamber and has at least one substantially flat surface with a notch therein, which allows a first, smaller part of a two-part capsule to fit therein but which is too small to allow the second, larger part of the capsule to fit therein. When the smaller, first part of the capsule is placed within the notch with the leading edge of the larger, second part of the container contacting said flat surface of said collar, and the first part is pulled away from the second part, the capsule is opened by virtue of the second larger part being retained by said flat surface. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
A breath-actuated inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a powdered medicament-holding container, which device comprises an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of said housing being an output end adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passage of a user thereof, the passageway having an inlet end terminating in an emptying chamber at the output end of said housing, the cross-sectional area of the passageway being less than the cross-sectional area of the emptying chamber, means associated with said housing for receiving a powdered medicament-holding container, a collar which surrounds at least a portion of the periphery of said housing adjacent the emptying chamber, said collar having at least one substantially flat surface thereon, and a notch within said flat surface of said collar, the notch being of such a size to allow a first, smaller part of a two-part medicament-holding container to fit therein but which is too small to allow the second, larger part of the medicament-holding container to fit therein, whereby when the smaller, first part is placed within the notch with the leading edge of the larger, second part of the container contacting said flat surface of said collar, and the first part is pulled away from the second part, the medicament-holding container is opened by virtue of the second larger part being retained by said flat surface.
Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a device for the administration of a powdered medicament by inhalation.
More particularly, this invention relates to an inhalation device having no parts which move while the medicament is dispensed and further having means to open the capsule prior to insertion of the capsule into the device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Known prior art inhalation devices include, for example, those shown in U.
S.
Pat.
Nos.
3,938,516; 3,964,483; 3,973,566; and 4,005,711
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