Patent ID: 8298575

Claim:
A capsule, comprising: a capsule body; a capsule cap, where the capsule body and the capsule cap are attached together telescopically so that the capsule cap is attached solidly to the capsule body in order to define and enclose a volume; and a dry, powdered pharmaceutical medicament that is suitable for inhalation by a human patient disposed within the volume defined by the capsule body and the capsule cap, wherein the capsule body and the capsule cap are formed of solid polyethylene in which does not have any holes or pores, having a Shore hardness D in the range from 65 to 73, and having a steam permeability of less than 1.3×10 −14 kg/(m 2 s Pa), and wherein the capsule body and the capsule cap are both in the shape of a cylinder of round cross-section, where an elongation of the capsule is greater than one.