摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a blister piercing element for puncturing the lid of a blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, and to provide the blister piercing element for preventing agglomerations of a cohesive powder from being trapped between the foil flaps and the blister base. <P>SOLUTION: The blister piercing element includes an outlet opening 10 for the passage of medicament entrained in an airflow out of a blister, and a piercing head 11 extending beyond and overhanging the opening 10 that cuts flaps 12 and 12a in a lid of the blister and pushes them away from the opening during insertion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |