DRY POWDER INHALER AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61M15/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine. There are presented breathing-actuated dry powder inhaler, a cartridge and respiratory drug delivery systems. The inhaler and/or the cartridge may be provided with a drug preparation to be delivered, including e.g. diketopiperazine, and an active ingredient, including peptides and proteins, such as insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for treating diabetes and/or obesity. The dry powder inhaler is compact and comprises a case, a mouth-piece, a cartridge seat and an opening/closing mechanism for the drug cartridge.

EFFECT: device is easy to manufacture, provides pre-set standard single dose; it is relatively easy to use, and may be re-used or recycled.

20 cl, 6 ex, 5 tbl, 81 dwg