Abstract: An aerosol generator includes a carrier structure having an opening, a mesh membrane covering the opening and overlaying an upper surface of the carrier structure, and a closing ring arranged on an upper surface of the mesh membrane that faces away from the carrier structure. The mesh membrane includes at least two gluing openings extending through the mesh membrane and distributed evenly around a circumference of the mesh membrane. Cured adhesive columns protrude through the gluing openings and mechanically connect an adhesive layer located below the mesh membrane that is bonded to the upper surface of the carrier structure to an adhesive layer located above the mesh membrane that is bonded to a lower surface of the closing ring. The adhesive columns mechanically connect the mesh membrane to the carrier structure and the closing ring.

Abstract: A dosage inhaler includes an active liquid container, which contains a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, and an atomizer by which the liquid is transformed into an aerosol and can be introduced into an aerosol dome, in which there is a baffle plate and to which an inlet tube and an outlet tube are attached, and an electronic control. The atomizer can be intermittently operated by a user and the user command readout is visible to the user. The generation of the amount of aerosol inside, and below, the aerosol dome is able to be separated in time from its eventual inhalation by the user.

Abstract: A dosage inhaler includes an active liquid container, which contains a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, and an atomizer by which the liquid is transformed into an aerosol and can be introduced into an aerosol dome, in which there is a baffle plate and to which an inlet tube and an outlet tube are attached, and an electronic control. The atomizer can be intermittently operated by a user and the user command readout is visible to the user. The generation of the amount of aerosol inside, and below, the aerosol dome is able to be separated in time from its eventual inhalation by the user.

Abstract: A dosage inhaler includes an active liquid container, which contains a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, and an atomizer by which the liquid is transformed into an aerosol and can be introduced into an aerosol dome, in which there is a baffle plate and to which an inlet tube and an outlet tube are attached, and an electronic control. The atomizer can be intermittently operated by a user and the user command readout is visible to the user. The generation of the amount of aerosol inside, and below, the aerosol dome is able to be separated in time from its eventual inhalation by the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbo-inhaler, comprising an active-liquid container (1) holding a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, a nebulizer (2), by means of which liquid can be converted into an aerosol and introduced into a blade housing (3), in which a bounding dome (4) is suspended, the concave side (41) of which is directed at the nebulizer, an exhaust air duct (5), which is connected to the blade housing in the area of the convex side (42) of the bounding dome, and a supply-air guide (6), by means of which supply air can be introduced between the blade housing and the active ingredient, wherein at least one guide blade (7) is placed on the convex side of the bounding dome and spirally extends thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane valve, in particular for inhalation devices, comprising a planar membrane made of permanently flexible material, a frame, which has an air opening that is somewhat smaller than the membrane, at least one web, which connects the frame to a retainer that is arranged approximately at the center of the air opening, and a pin, the shaft of which extends through a fastening opening approximately at the center of the membrane and is located in a retaining opening in the retainer, wherein the membrane lies on the frame in the rest state and wherein the pin is spread to form a head, the distance of which to the membrane is small in comparison to the thickness of the membrane or which head lies on the membrane, and the diameter of the shaft near the head is greater than the diameter of the fastening opening,; and the diameter of the shaft at the free end of the shaft is approximately equal to the diameter of the fastening opening.

Abstract: When software is delivered to a customer, there are often programs or routines of programs that a software distributor intended to run under the credentials of a specific user other than the user who started the program. A secure method is proposed for software running in a process to acquire rights to issue restricted operations. A trusting entity trusts a process based on verifying ownership of code residing in the process. The trusted process is granted rights by the trusting entity to perform any or specific operations under the credentials of a specific user, not necessarily the current process user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a turbo-inhaler, comprising an active-liquid container (1) holding a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, a nebulizer (2), by means of which liquid can be converted into an aerosol and introduced into a blade housing (3), in which a bounding dome (4) is suspended, the concave side (41) of which is directed at the nebulizer, an exhaust air duct (5), which is connected to the blade housing in the area of the convex side (42) of the bounding dome, and a supply-air guide (6), by means of which supply air can be introduced between the blade housing and the active ingredient, wherein at least one guide blade (7) is placed on the convex side of the bounding dome and spirally extends thereon.

Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane valve, in particular for inhalation devices, comprising a planar membrane made of permanently flexible material, a frame, which has an air opening that is somewhat smaller than the membrane, at least one web, which connects the frame to a retainer that is arranged approximately at the center of the air opening, and a pin, the shaft of which extends through a fastening opening approximately at the center of the membrane and is located in a retaining opening in the retainer, wherein the membrane lies on the frame in the rest state and wherein the pin is spread to form a head, the distance of which to the membrane is small in comparison to the thickness of the membrane or which head lies on the membrane, and the diameter of the shaft near the head is greater than the diameter of the fastening opening,; and the diameter of the shaft at the free end of the shaft is approximately equal to the diameter of the fastening opening.

Abstract: When software is delivered to a customer, there are often programs or routines of programs that a software distributor intended to run under the credentials of a specific user other than the user who started the program. A secure method is proposed for software running in a process to acquire rights to issue restricted operations. A trusting entity trusts a process based on verifying ownership of code residing in the process. The trusted process is granted rights by the trusting entity to perform any or specific operations under the credentials of a specific user, not necessarily the current process user.

Abstract: Double chamber container for holding and combining, e.g., a lyophilizate and a liquid reconstitution medium, comprising an integral cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each of the two ends (5, 70), an upper movable closure (60) to the side of the reconstitution medium and a lower closure (20) to the side of the lyophilizate, a separating stopper (40) that can be moved in the cylindrical body (15) as a seal between the upper chamber (50) and the lower chamber (30), a bypass (35), arranged below the separating stopper (40), having a length L greater than the height H of the separating stopper (40), wherein at the lower end (5) in the wall of the cylindrical body (15) or in the lower stopper (20) there are provided means (21, 25, 28) that allow connection of the interior of the cylindrical body (15) to the environment during the lyophilization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the shear sensitivity of particles in solutions and methods of determining the respective shear velocities or the respective shear stress.

Abstract: A dosage inhaler includes an active liquid container, which contains a liquid having an active ingredient dissolved therein, and an atomizer by which the liquid is transformed into an aerosol and can be introduced into an aerosol dome, in which there is a baffle plate and to which an inlet tube and an outlet tube are attached, and an electronic control. The atomizer can be intermittently operated by a user and the user command readout is visible to the user. The generation of the amount of aerosol inside, and below, the aerosol dome is able to be separated in time from its eventual inhalation by the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing powder mixtures, one component consisting of spray-dried powder. The invention also relates to a method for coating spray-dried particles with nanoscale particles, a method for mixing spray-dried powder with microscale particles and a method for covering carrier substances with spray-dried particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double chamber container for holding and combining two separate components, at least one of which is liquid, comprising a cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each of the two ends (5, 70) of the body (15), an upper closure (60) at the liquid component end and a lower closure (20) at the solid component end, and a separating stopper (40) in the cylindrical body (15) as a seal between the two chambers (30, 50), the separating stopper (40) having a height H and the upper closure (60) at the liquid component end being movable by the application of pressure, and comprising on its underside a hollow needle (45) with a length L having at least one opening (42) which is provided at the end opposite the tip, where H <L.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining the shear sensitivity of particles in solutions and methods of determining the respective shear velocities or the respective shear stress.

Abstract: A double chamber container for holding and combining a solid lyophilizate and a liquid reconstituting medium, comprising a cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each of the two ends (5, 70), an upper displaceable closure at the reconstituting medium end, and a lower closure (20) at the lyophilizate end, a separating stopper (40) that can be pushed in the cylindrical body (15) and act as a seal between the upper chamber (50) and the lower chamber 30), and a bypass (35) arranged underneath the separating stopper (40), with a length L that is preferably greater than the height H of the separating stopper (40), wherein at the upper end (70) in the wall of the cylindrical body (15) or in the separating stopper (40) means (75, 45) are provided that allow partial connection of the interior of the cylindrical body (15) to the environment during the lyophilization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double chamber container for holding and combining two separate components, at least one of which is liquid, comprising a cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each end (5, 70), of which the closure (60) at the end of a chamber containing the liquid component (50) can be pushed, and a separating stopper (40) which can only be pushed by increased pressure, which is mounted in the cylindrical body (15), which defines the volume of the chamber (30, 50) mounted above and below, as a seal between the two chambers (30, 50), with an opening (42) running therethrough along its longitudinal axis, said opening having an upper part (42a) to the side of the chamber containing the liquid component (50) that is closed off in fluid-tight manner by a shaped member that is movable by gentle to moderate pressure (45).

Abstract: Double chamber container for holding and combining, e.g., a lyophilizate and a liquid reconstitution medium, comprising an integral cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each of the two ends (5, 70), an upper movable closure (60) to the side of the reconstitution medium and a lower closure (20) to the side of the lyophilizate, a separating stopper (40) that can be moved in the cylindrical body (15) as a seal between the upper chamber (50) and the lower chamber (30), a bypass (35), arranged below the separating stopper (40), having a length L greater than the height H of the separating stopper (40), wherein at the lower end (5) in the wall of the cylindrical body (15) or in the lower stopper (20) there are provided means (21, 25, 28) that allow connection of the interior of the cylindrical body (15) to the environment during the lyophilization.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double chamber container for holding and combining two separate components, at least one of which is liquid, comprising a cylindrical body (15) with a closure (20, 60) at each of the two ends (5, 70) of the body (15), an upper closure (60) at the liquid component end and a lower closure (20) at the solid component end, and a separating stopper (40) in the cylindrical body (15) as a seal between the two chambers (30, 50), the separating stopper (40) having a height H and the upper closure (60) at the liquid component end being movable by the application of pressure, and comprising on its underside a hollow needle (45) with a length L having at least one opening (42) which is provided at the end opposite the tip, where H<L.