摘要 |
A medicament inhalation device includes a housing (1) having a through-going pathway (2) connecting an air inlet (3) with an air outlet (4), a medicament reservoir (7) adapted to receive a compacted body o f powdered medicament (8), and metering means for dispensing a predetermined dose of medicament from the reservoir (7) into the through- going pathway (2), the metering means including means (18) for abrading the compacted body (8); the device is provided with a shutter ( 9) movable between a first position in which the compacted body (8) is isolated from the through-going pathway (2) and a second positio n in which the compacted body (8) is in communication with the through-going pathway (2) such that a dose of medicament can be dispense d from the reservoir (7) into the through-going pathway (2).
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