Patent ID: 8297280
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An inhaler comprising: an ejection unit for ejecting a medicine which is inhaled by a user; an air flow path for guiding the medicine, which has been ejected from said ejection unit, to a suction port; a detecting unit for detecting exhalation and inhalation of the user through the suction port in a space in said air flow path or a space communicating therewith; memorizing unit for memorizing a time difference between exhalation finish and inhalation start of the user; and a control unit for controlling driving of said ejection unit, wherein said control unit starts driving of said ejection unit based on an exhalation finish time determined by an output from said detecting unit and the time difference memorized by said memorizing unit, and wherein, after starting driving of said ejection unit, a corrected time difference is determined based on exhalation and inhalation of the user detected by said detecting unit, and said memorizing unit memorizes the corrected time difference.