A device for orally administering a composition by inhalation

Abstract

The present invention relates to apparatus for administering medicament and particularly, but not exclusively to apparatus for administering powdered or volatile composition by oral or nasal inhalation. The invention provides a device (2) comprising a body (4, 6) defining a chamber (48) for receiving composition to be inhaled; a mouthpiece (18) providing fluid communication to said chamber (48) and through which composition received in said chamber may, in use, be inhaled; and an air inlet (40, 42) providing fluid communication to said chamber (48) and through which air may, in use, be admitted into said chamber. The device is characterized by means for imparting a cyclonic motion onto air within said chamber.