Patent ID: 6907880

Claim:
A blister pack device for a powder inhaler comprising a blister pack having a body which includes first and second surfaces which are substantially parallel to each other and are spaced from each other, the first and second surfaces having a plurality of blisters containing medicament, wherein the blisters in the first and second surfaces are arranged in rows running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the blister pack and the blisters in each row in the first surface are configured to sit between the blisters in a co-operating row in the second surface, the blisters in the first and second surfaces being rotationally symmetrically disposed about the longitudinal axis of the blister pack and further comprising a support unit for enclosing the blister pack, said longitudinal axis being parallel to said first and second surfaces, said support unit including a plurality of openings in one surface which correspond with the blisters in the first or second surface adjacent thereto regardless of which way the user inserts the blister pack into said support unit, said blister pack being insertable into said support unit in one of two positions in which either the blisters in the first surface or the blisters in the second surface align with the openings in said support unit.