摘要 |
It has a complex shaped hollow body with front mouthpiece (2) covered by dust cap. Drug strip (1) is held in channel (7) with a drug hole (6). Handle (4) with a sharp piercing rod (5) moves on a pivot (10) at the body back. The pierced powder falls through drug hole (6) into drug chamber (23) with a bottom sliding drug release plate (11) having a knob (8), a spring (14) enclosed in sleeves (15,17) and having a drug hole (12). The hollow body has the back air hole (3) with a dust filter (22), then narrows to a jet hole (19) & continues as hollow mouthpiece. A baffle mesh (16) breaks falling powder into a spray. To use, drug strip (1) is pierced by handle (4), inhaler kept in mouth, and knob (8) pressed and inhaled. Plate (11) slides drug hole (12), drug falls on baffle (16), air jet breaks and forms drug spray for more lung deposit. For drugs in capsule, the inhaler is modified with middle placed capsule (26) with a back piercing rod (25).
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