Patent ID: 6230704
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
An inhalation device for use with an aerosol container, the device comprising a housing for receiving an aerosol container and a spacer member defining an outlet through which a user can inhale, the housing and the spacer member being attached together so as to be movable with respect to each other between an inoperative position in which the housing is received within the spacer member and an operative position in which the hosing is withdrawn from the spacer member and oriented at a substantial angle thereto, the device further comprising a dispensing member for receiving material to be dispensed from said container and delivering it into said spacer member, wherein the spacer member further comprises a forwardly extending mouthpiece member defining the outlet and characterized in that a proximal end of the housing further comprises a projection shaped so as to be received by said mouthpiece member in the inoperative condition whereby the projection acts as a closure member to close the outlet.