Patent ID: 7077125

Claim:
A stationary inhalation apparatus for a plurality of patients for an individual controlled inhalation of therapeutic aerosols by said patients comprising: a drug-release means; a forced air source; at least one drug reservoir common to said plurality of patients and connected to the drug-release means; a reader for reading a patient's individual parameters and/or the aerosol parameters stored in a memory means provided by said individual patient; a control unit connected to the drug-release means, the forced air source, and the reader for operating the forced air source and releasing the drug to the individual patient as a function of the read-out individual parameters of the patient and/or the aerosol parameters; and wherein the control unit evaluates the read-out individual parameters of a patient and/or the read-out aerosol parameters for the inhalation and controls the respiratory flow, the tidal volume and the drug amount of the inhalation apparatus as a function thereof via the forced air source and the drug release means.