INHALER Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC A61M15/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medical equipment. An inhaler comprises an inhaler body having a space for accommodating a dry powder container, a vibration element, a flow channel, an electronic circuit for electrical actuation of the vibration element. The container comprises a lower wall, an upper wall and a side wall coupling the upper and lower walls. Besides, the inhaler comprises a drug release outlet on the upper wall of the container. The vibration has a flat surface coupled with a flat floor of the container to ensure the container vibration and to release the drug to be thereafter inhaled by the patient from the container through the drug release outlet into the flow channel. The container has an air inlet opening in its side wall. An area of the release outlet in the upper wall of the container is at least twice greater than that of one air inlet opening or than a total area of the air inlet openings in the side wall of the container.

EFFECT: faster dry powder aerosolisation, ejection and release.

13 cl, 10 dwg