| 摘要 |
Disclosed is an inhaler (1) for powdered medicaments for providing a number of doses of pharmaceutical powder medicament from a single reservoir space or a multiplicity of spaces, with the medicament able to be received by means of an air stream. The inhaler comprises an activating device (4) for manual engagement for repeatedly metering a dose of medicament to be administered, and an advancing mechanism (25) for advancing a counter or indexing means (8) each time the activating device has been engaged by so that a dose of medicament has been released for administration. The counter or indexing means comprises an index (9), the index being detectable by a detection means (10) of the inhaler, and the detection means being coupled to a locking mechanism (12). The locking mechanism (12) blocks the activating device and/or any transportation mechanism (5) of the inhaler delayed by a predetermined number of metering cycles since detection of the index, the predetermined number being at least one. |
