Patent ID: 8720432

Claim:
Inhalation therapy device, comprising: a liquid reservoir for storing a liquid, a removable aerosol generator, which can be inserted into the inhalation therapy device or removed from the inhalation therapy device and to which a control signal can be supplied for aerosol generation, a liquid connection for supplying said liquid to said removable aerosol generator, and a control device for providing the control signal that is supplied to the removable aerosol generator inserted in the inhalation therapy device during aerosol generation, whereby said liquid connection is adapted to establish a connection when said removable aerosol generator is inserted into said inhalation therapy device, wherein the removable aerosol generator is provided with a characterization device such that the characterization device is removable from said liquid reservoir together with said removable aerosol generator, said characterization device being for the provision of information characterizing operating parameters of the removable aerosol generator and making it distinguishable in relation to other aerosol generators of the same or different design and/or specifications; and the inhalation therapy device comprises an identification device, which co-operates with the characterization device of the removable aerosol generator inserted in the inhalation therapy device for determining the information characterizing the removable aerosol generator.