Powder inhaler for supplying multiple doses of a powdered pharmaceutical drug

Abstract

To provide a powder inhaler which enables the completion of an entire inhalation process by fewer operations than are conventionally necessary, and is hence more convenient for users. [Means for Achieving the Object] A powder inhaler has a housing having a mouthpiece opening at one end thereof; a supply member mounted in the housing, having a volume capable of holding multiple doses of a powdered drug, and having a drug discharge aperture; a drug carrier disposed in the housing 1A, having a measuring recess to receive the equivalent of one dose of the drug from the drug discharge aperture, the measuring recess supported so as to move freely between a drug receiving position where the measuring recess can receive the drug from the drug discharge aperture and a drug inhalation position where the drug received in the measuring recess can be inhaled from the mouthpiece opening; a cover cap C2 swingably attached to the housing 1A; and a means for imparting vibration to the supply member, actuated by the swinging of the cover cap C2.

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