Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include, for example, systems, apparatuses, devices, and methods for producing a population of particles. In some embodiments, such particles include particles corresponding to an active, pharmaceutical ingredient.

Abstract: An inhaler device includes an air conduit including a mouthpiece and a dosing means adapted to provide a dose of powder to the air conduit for entrainment in the stream of air. In the area downstream from the dosing means the wall of the air conduit is provided with a secondary air inlet extending to the direction of the mouthpiece such that the entry of secondary air occurs over an extended length of the air conduit downstream from the dosing means.

Abstract: A method for measuring/recognizing a shape uses at least two electromagnetic oscillations aimed at the measurement subject from two different directions. A device is provided for taking an image of the illuminated subject in a digital form. The image matrix of the image in a digital form is read pixel by pixel and the illuminated strength values of the same pixel from different directions are compared with each other. The difference of the strength values of the two wavelengths of each pixel is added to the corresponding difference of the preceding pixel in the reading direction.

Abstract: An inhaler device comprising a container for powdered medicament, an inhalation channel, a movable metering member, a depressible actuator and a multiple dosage preventing means for locking the depressible actuator after use such that the actuator is unlocked only upon inhalation. The inhaler device is useful in the treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma. The multiple dosage preventing means of the device eliminates the risk of unintentional overdosing.

Abstract: A powder inhaler comprises a medicament container, a rotatable metering disc extending into the interior of the medicament container and an air channel through which air is drawn via a mouthpiece. The metering disc has one or more peripherally located dosing grooves extending axially through the metering disc. The dosing grooves are filled with a metered dose of the medicament while being inside the medicament container and are transferred to the air channel wherein the stream of inhaled air discharges the dose of the medicament directly from the dosing groove.

Abstract: A powder inhaler comprising a powder container, an air channel, a metering member equipped with a dosing recess, an actuating means for the displacement of the metering member between the filling and the inhalation position, and a closure element for plugging the air channel in a substantially water-proof manner when the metering member is in the filling position and opening the air channel when the metering member is in the inhalation position. When the inhaler is not in use, the closure element prevents moisture and dirt from entering the sensitive parts of the device.

Abstract: A device for dispensing powdered medicament by inhalation comprises an axially movable metering rod (3) equipped with a dosing recess in the form of a hole (5). The metering rod (3) extends through the interior of the medicament container (1). In a first position the dosing hole (5) is in the medicament container (1) and is filled with a dose of the powdered medicament. In the second position the filled dosing hole (5) is in the air channel (11). The device of the invention has good metering accuracy, it is not susceptible to jamming and provides complete discharge of the powdered dose into the breathing air even if used by a patient having reduced inhalation capacity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multidose powder inhaler for the dispensing of a powdered medicament by inhalation. The device comprises two or more medicament containers for different drug powders which are inhaled as a combined medication, and separate aerosolization channels for each drug powder. The device of the invention is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.

Abstract: A multiple-dose powder inhaler comprising an inhaler body defining a medicament container, an air channel, a mouthpiece, a rotatable metering drum with one or more peripheral dosing recesses and a dose counter for indicating the number of metered doses of medicament that have been dispensed from, or remain in, the medicament container. The inhaler is useful, for example, in the treatment of asthma.