EP0691865B1 — Inhalation device

USPTO Abstract

PCT No. PCT/GB94/00712 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 2, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 2, 1996 PCT Filed Mar. 31, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/22515 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 13, 1994A medication inhalation device includes a housing having a through-going pathway connecting an air inlet with an air outlet, a medicament reservoir adapted to receive a compacted body of powdered medicament, and metering means for dispensing a predetermined dose of medicament from the reservoir into the through-going pathway, the metering means including means for abrading the compacted body; the device is provided with a shutter movable between a first position in which the compacted body is isolated from the through-going pathway and a second position in which the compacted body is in communication with the through-going pathway wuch that a dose of medicament can be dispensed from the reservoir into the through-going pathway.