Patent ID: 9016273
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An inhaler aid to be fitted to a mouthpiece of an inhaler for inhaling minute powdery curative medicine, said inhaler aid, comprising: a main unit having a silicon rubber tube used to aid the inhaler for minute powdery curative medicine, and a horn-shaped junction at a lower portion of the main unit, an engagement portion which is provided at an upper portion of the main unit, the engagement portion including left and right projections, each having a holding member at an end thereof; and a reed fitted into a side of the main unit; wherein when the inhaler aid is joined to a mouthpiece of the inhaler for the minute powdery curative medicine, a sound is produced from the reed only when an inhalation has been correctly performed, wherein the horn-shaped junction includes a front joint piece and a rear joint piece, the front joint piece and the rear joint piece projecting further away from the engagement portion than left and right lateral ends of the horn-shaped junction, wherein, when viewed from a direction where the left and right projections of the engagement portion overlap, the horn-shaped junction has an arched shape such that the front joint piece and the rear joint piece of the horn-shaped junction correspond to bases of the arched shape and the left and right lateral ends of the horn-shaped junction correspond to a top of the arched shape, wherein an inhalation flow path in said main unit is defined by a junction inner peripheral portion and an inner peripheral surface, the junction inner peripheral portion corresponding to inner surfaces of said front joint piece, said rear joint piece, said left lateral end and said right lateral end, wherein said junction inner peripheral portion tapers in a left-right direction and in a front-rear direction towards said inner peripheral surface, wherein said inhaler is selected from the group consisting of: wherein said inhaler aid is fittable to any one of inhalers (a), (b) or (c) while permitting inhalation of said minute powdery curative medicine and producing sound from said reed only when an inhalation has been correctly performed, and wherein said inhaler aid is fittable to inhaler (a) such that an entirety of a surface of said junction inner peripheral portion contacts an entirety of a surface of said mouthpiece of said disk-shaped inhaler.