Abstract: Disposable ampoule for use in an aerosol generating device, comprising: a medicament container that contains a medicament and is formed of a container body (10) and a container bottom (11), and a predetermined break point (12) that at least partly surrounds the container bottom, characterised by a collar (15) that surrounds the predetermined break point (12) at its outside and extends the container body (10) over and beyond the container bottom (11).

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhalation nebulizer (1) comprising an aerosol generator (2) that can be removed from the inhalation therapy device or inserted therein, and a control device (5) that sends a control signal to the aerosol generator (2). According to the invention, the aerosol generator (2) has a characterization device (10) containing information about the aerosol generator (2), that can be determined by an identification device (11) of the inhalation therapy device (1), in order to influence the operation of the inhalation therapy device.

Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical aerosols which are useful for the prevention or treatment of infectious diseases of the airways, such as the lungs, the bronchi, or the sinunasal cavities. The aerosols comprise an active agent selected from the group of quinolone antibiotics. Also disclosed are liquid and solid compositions suitable for being converted into the aerosols, and kits comprising such compositions.

Abstract: An aerosol generation device comprising an oscillatable membrane (1) for the nebulization of a liquid, having a first curved region (11), and an oscillation generating device (2, 3) by which the membrane can be caused to oscillate such that a liquid disposed on one side of the membrane is nebulized through the oscillating membrane and is present on the other side of the membrane as an aerosol. The membrane has at least a second region (12) which is surrounded by the first region (11). The first region (11) and the second region (12) have different curvatures (1/r1, 1/r2).

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a membrane for atomizing a liquid; an actuating device, which is coupled to the membrane so that this membrane is set in oscillatory motion when activated by electric signals; and a flexible substrate, which has electric lines for supplying electric signals to the actuating device and is designed for fastening the aerosol generating device to a fastening area of an inhalation therapy unit, and on which the membrane and the actuating device are held.

Abstract: The aerosol generator of an inhalation therapy device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention continuously produces an aerosol at a generation rate of about 0.2 ml/min to about 1.5 ml/min, preferably 0.4 ml/min to about 1.2 ml/min and the mixing chamber has a volume of about 60 ml to about 150 ml, preferably about 80 ml to about 120 ml, and even more preferably about 90 to about 110 ml. While the patient inhales through the inhalation therapy device, the generated aerosol is inhaled by the patient. While the patient exhales into the inhalation therapy device, the generated aerosol is collected in the mixing chamber. Due to the specific size of the mixing chamber, the continuously generated aerosol can accumulate therein without losses even when the exhalation phase is longer than the inhalation phase like in the case of emphysema.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhalation therapy device including a membrane aerosol generator. A detection device is provided for determining whether a liquid to be atomized is available. In the absence of liquid, the activation of the membrane aerosol generator is interrupted and/or a signal is output.