Abstract: A device for flow rate limitation at low differential pressures, particularly for limiting the volumetric inhalation flow during inhalation of therapeutic aerosols, consists of a housing 11 including an aspiration orifice 14, an inhalation orifice 15 and a flow passage 23 disposed therebetween. The flow passage has a flat elongate cross-section with flexible large-area walls 18, 20 having a cross-sectional area adapted to be reduced, as a function of the differential pressure prevailing between the inhalation orifice and the aspiration orifice, as well as of the flexibility of the material of the walls, to a size appropriate for a predetermined volumetric maximum inhalation flow.

Abstract: An inhalation device has a container 2 for an aerosol volume inhaled via a channel 15 and a mouthpiece 14, the container being located within a housing 12. The aerosol, in particular vitamin A, is introduced from a cartridge 17 into the interior of the container 2 via a nebulizer 18. The breath flow in the inhalation device is controlled via a control means 5 that keeps the inhalation flow essentially constant during the entire inhalation period.

Abstract: An inhalation device has a container 2 for an aerosol volume inhaled via a channel 15 and a mouthpiece 14, the container being located within a housing 12. The aerosol, in particular vitamin A, is introduced from a cartridge 17 into the interior of the container 2 via a nebulizer 18. The breath flow in the inhalation device is controlled via a control means 5 that keeps the inhalation flow essentially constant during the entire inhalation period.

Abstract: An ultramicroscopic spectrometer for examining properties of aerosol particles includes a receptacle having a wall defining a measuring chamber; an aerosol jet generating arrangement for forming an aerosol jet from the particles by aerodynamic focusing; a mount supporting the aerosol generating arrangement in the measuring chamber; a first passage in the receptacle wall for passing an incident illuminating beam through the receptacle wall into the measuring chamber; and a second passage in the receptacle wall for passing an information beam respectively an observation beam of the aerosol jet through the receptacle wall from the measuring chamber. The axes of the illuminating beam, the information beam and the aerosol jet intersect in a measuring field.