Patent ID: 6273086
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An inhalant medicator comprising:a medicator body formed at one axial end with a granular medicine accommodation chamber and at another axial end with an inhalant port for inhalation of powder and granular medicines;air passageways disposed in the medicator body and intercommunicating an atmosphere side and the inhalant port via the granular medicine accommodation chamber for supplying the powder and granular medicines stored in the granular medicine accommodation chamber of the medicator body into the inhalant port; anda granular medicine diffusion means disposed in the medicator body and located downstream of the granular medicine accommodation chamber for diffusing the powder and granular medicines, flowing out of the granular medicine accommodation chamber through the air passageways into the inhalant port;the medicator body having an adapter detachably installed in the inhalant port;the granular medicine diffusion means comprising a granular medicine diffusion chamber formed in the adapter and extending in an axial direction of the adapter, an adapter inlet passageway fluidly disposed between the granular medicine diffusion chamber and the air passageways for creating turbulent flow in the granular medicine diffusion chamber and an adapter outlet passageway intercommunicating the granular medicine diffusion chamber and the inhalant port; andthe adapter inlet passageway of the granular medicine diffusion means comprising an inlet passage offsetting with respect to a central axis of the granular medicine diffusion chamber and extending radially tangentially from a circumference of the granular medicine diffusion chamber, and opening to the granular medicine diffusion chamber at an innermost end of the inlet passage.