DEVICE FOR ORIENTING AND POSITIONING ELONGATING OBJECT TO ENABLE DOSED RELEASE AND INHALATOR DEVICE FOR DRY POWDERS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: medical engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has canal for receiving single capsule in preferred oriented position, container for holding loaded capsule stock and inclined member surface guiding capsule movement towards the canal when the device is oriented so that the canal is directed vertically downward relative to the container. When selecting appropriate inclined member tilt angle, canal diameter and container diameter, high probability of single capsule being loaded into the canal used for maintaining dosed release is achieved, when the device is turned for placing the canal used for maintaining dosed release below the loaded capsule stock. The device is especially useful when used in a device for dosing dry medicament having an additional unit beside one for orientation capsule, being a chamber for receiving the capsules from the canal for dosing medicament release, means for piercing capsule ends and sucking air through the capsule for capturing the medicament. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in orienting capsules from arbitrary position to a required one and enabling in this way dosed output. 16 cl, 5 dwg, 1 tbl