Patent ID: 8616199

Claim:
An inhaler for ejecting a medicine to allow inhalation thereof by a user, comprising: an air flow path that guides a medicine that is inhaled to a suction port accompanying inspiration by the user; an ejection head unit attachable to an inhaler main unit and comprising a plurality of ejection heads that include an element that generates energy for ejecting the medicine, and include a plurality of ejection nozzles through which the medicine is ejected by said element; a reservoir for storing the medicine, said reservoir being a separate unit from the inhaler main unit and being attachable to the inhaler main unit, wherein said ejection head unit is detachable from the inhaler main unit and can be detached from the inhaler main unit without detaching said reservoir from the inhaler main unit; a moving means for returning said reservoir to a standby position in which said reservoir is separate from said ejection head unit to take said reservoir and said single ejection head out of communication with each other after said reservoir is moved toward said single ejection head to communicate with said ejection head; and positioning means for positioning a single ejection head among said plurality of ejection heads at an opening provided in one portion of said air flow path, wherein the ejection head ejects a medicine in a state in which said reservoir is positioned in said standby position.