Abstract: A dry powder inhalation device has a means to aerosolize powdered medicament and introduce the aerosolized medicament to an airflow directed to a user outlet. The device has a primary deagglomeration structure in the form of a baffle through which the airflow passes downstream of the means to aerosolize the powdered medicament and a secondary deagglomeration structure which is a tortuous passage through which the airflow passes downstream of the primary deagglomeration structure. The deagglomeration structures cause disruption to the airflow in their vicinity whereby the particles of the aerosolized powdered medicament are deagglomerated due to the primary deagglomeration structure and the secondary deagglomeration structure. The insert defines a tortuous passage which has a trajectory with a centre line, whereby the centre line has two or more major bends, involving a first point of inflection between a pair of adjacent bends of the two or more major bends.

Abstract: In general terms the present invention proposes a manifold 100 for delivery of medicament powder from a dispenser device. The manifold 100 comprises a first chamber 102 comprising a first chamber inlet 102A and a first chamber outlet 102B. The first chamber 102 is arranged to direct a first flow of air 110 from the first chamber inlet 102A to the first chamber outlet 102B. The manifold 100 also comprises a conduit 104 having a conduit inlet 104A and a conduit outlet 104B. The first chamber outlet 102B and conduit inlet 104A are arranged such that when a supply of medicament powder is positioned proximal thereto the first flow of air 110 is directed from the first chamber outlet 102B to the conduit inlet 104A via the supply of medicament powder to entrain the medicament powder and provide a flow of air entrained with medicament powder through the conduit 104.

Abstract: An invention is disclosed for improved computer system management by allowing complex computer-monitored events to be handled in different formats for correlation, analysis and action. Specifically, a method and system are disclosed for processing multiple heterogeneous event types in a complex event processing (CEP) engine.