A dry powder inhaler for a capsule containing dry powder, the inhaler comprising a housing having a capsule receptacle, two actuator buttons arranged on opposing sides of the housing and two perforation needles, each needle being fixedly connected to an actuator button and movable relative to the housing towards each other from a normal position to a perforation position along an actuation direction to perforate a capsule arranged in the capsule receptacle, wherein a first end of each actuator button is connected to the housing at a lower portion of the housing and characterized in that a second free end of each actuator button is movable into the perforation position such that the perforation needle is moved along a circular line.一種供一含有乾粉的膠囊之用的乾粉吸入器，該吸入器包括：一殼體具有一膠囊插座，兩個致動器按鈕被安排在該殼體之相對側上，以及兩個穿孔針，各個針被固定地連接至一致動器按鈕並可相對於該殼體而沿一致動方向從一正常位置朝向彼此移動至一穿孔位置以便將一被安排在該膠囊插座內的膠囊穿孔，其中各個致動器按鈕之一第一端部係在該殼體的一個下面部分之處被連接至該殼體以及特徵在於各個致動器按鈕之一第二自由端部可移動至該穿孔位置之內，而使得該穿孔針沿一環狀線被移動。
