Patent ID: 9610413
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61M

Claim:
1. A powder medicament mouthpiece, comprising a suction tube and a filter, the suction tube having at least one through section, a first end of the suction tube configured as a medicament inlet, and a second end configured as a suction outlet, the filter being arranged within the suction tube and comprising a filtering pore or gap with a size greater than the size of a medicament particle and smaller than the size of an excipient particle, wherein the filter comprises an outer cup and an inner cup, the inner cup being nested within the outer cup, the inner cup having a sidewall with a plurality openings therethrough, and the outer cup having a sidewall with a plurality of openings therethrough; the openings of the inner cup sidewall are aligned away from the openings of the outer cup sidewall to prevent a direct flow from the openings of the inner cup sidewall to the openings of outer cup sidewalls; a gap between the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall to allow a flow from the openings of the inner cup sidewall via the gap to the openings of the outer cup sidewall; and the gap serves as the filtering gap and is sized to allow a medicament particle to pass through while preventing passage of an excipient particle.