INHALATEUR POUR UNE DOSE UNIQUE DE POUDRE SECHE ET PROCEDE DE REGLAGE D'UN INHALATEUR POUR UNE DOSE UNIQUE DE POUDRE SECHE POUR ADMINISTRER UN MEDICAMENT SPECIFIQUE
The present invention relates to a single-dose dry powderinhaler comprising a base assembly comprising a chamber (14) configured forreceiving a medication, and a mouthpiece assembly comprising air intakepassages (25) for supplying air to the inhaler, a rotation chamber (26) forgenerating an aerosol of a medication, wherein the rotation chamber (26) isin air communication with the air intake passages (25), a tube (21C)comprising an internal passage in air communication with the rotation chamber(26) for discharging an aerosol of a medication and for administering saidaerosol to a patient, wherein the base assembly and the mouthpiece assemblyare configured such that the inhaler is capable of assuming an openconfiguration, in which access to the chamber (14) of the base assembly isprovidedfor inserting therein a medication, and a closed configuration, in which thechamber (14) of the base assembly is in air communication with the rotationchamber (16) of the mouthpiece assembly for transferring a medication fromthe chamber (14) to the rotation chamber (16) for forming out of it an aerosolof the medication, and wherein at least one of the air intake passages (25)and the tube (21C) of the mouthpiece assembly is selectable, and in that theair intake passages (25) have a ratio of one of the transverse dimensions (H,W) to the other of the transverse dimensions (H, W) in the range from 1 1 to1 0 10 and the tube (21C) comprises a constriction (27) arranged in theinternal passage of the tube such that the coverage of the passage is in therangefrom 0% to 95% The present invention relates also to a method for adjustinga single-dose dry powder inhaler for adnumstenng a specific medication.
