Oral inhalator powder dispenser
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1. An oral inhalator powder dispenser comprising:
- (A) a cylindrical housing containing an upper and a lower portion;
a baffle within said housing separating the upper and the lower portion;
a converging funnel-shaped mouthpiece extending laterally from said upper portion; and
communicating therewith;
aperture means for supporting an open-ended powder medicament capsule on the top of said housing;
an opening adjacent said aperture means on the top of said housing;
an impeller disposed in said upper portion; and
a shaft connected to said impeller at one end and protruding through said baffle; and
(B) rotary means contained in the lower portion of said housing and connected to said shaft at the other end thereof.
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A powder dispenser for inhalating a medicament which comprises a housing containing a converging funnel-shaped mouthpiece; an angular opening on the top of the housing to support a medicament capsule; an impeller; a shaft connected to the impeller at one end; and to a power source at the other end for driving the impeller.
The power source can be a battery driven motor, a compressed gas driven power turbine, or a hand power driven differential gear.
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1. An oral inhalator powder dispenser comprising:
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(A) a cylindrical housing containing an upper and a lower portion;
a baffle within said housing separating the upper and the lower portion;
a converging funnel-shaped mouthpiece extending laterally from said upper portion; and
communicating therewith;
aperture means for supporting an open-ended powder medicament capsule on the top of said housing;
an opening adjacent said aperture means on the top of said housing;
an impeller disposed in said upper portion; and
a shaft connected to said impeller at one end and protruding through said baffle; and(B) rotary means contained in the lower portion of said housing and connected to said shaft at the other end thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An oral inhalator powder dispenser comprising:
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(A) a cylindrical housing containing an upper and a lower portion;
an impeller disposed in the top section of said upper portion;
a power turbine disposed in the bottom of said upper portion;
a first baffle within said housing separating said impeller in the top and extending laterally from said power turbine in the bottom of the upper portion and a second baffle separating the upper and the lower portion;
a converging funnel-shaped mouthpiece on the side of the upper portion; and
communicating therewith;
aperture means for supporting an open-ended powder medicament capsule on the top of said housing;
an opening adjacent said aperture means on the top of said housing;
a shaft connected to said impeller at one end and protruding through said first baffle and connected to said power turbine at the other end thereof; and
a(B) Compressed gas power source contained in the lower portion of said housing wherein said power source comprises;
a compressed gas container having an outlet portion and a valve in said outlet portion;
said bottom of said upper portion defining a chamber within which said turbine is rotably disposed;
said chamber having an an inlet port and an exhaust port opposingly disposed in said housing adjacent said power turbine, said inlet port extending through said second baffle and connected to said outlet portion of said container, and said outlet port communicating to atmosphere;
a pin secured in said gas inlet port adjacent said outlet portion of said container; and
means in said lower portion for activating said gas container valve by said pin whereby, the compressed gas will rotate said power turbine and energize said shaft.
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