Patent ID: 8931476
Filing Date: 2015-01-13
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An inhaler for delivering medicament to a patient, the inhaler comprising a housing for holding the medicament and having an air inlet means and a medicament delivery port which together define an air flow path into which the medicament is dispensed, wherein the air inlet means comprises an array of elongate apertures formed in the housing, wherein long sides of adjacent apertures face each other, and each aperture being provided with a respective different opening in an outer surface of the housing, and wherein the opening of each aperture extends in two different planes such that, if at least a part of the opening is covered in one of two different planes during inhalation by the patient, a void space is created between a cover and the aperture so as to provide an air flow path through the void space to the at least one aperture, wherein a raised formation is provided in the outer surface of the housing between adjacent apertures to either limit or prevent a covered opening.