(19)
(11)EP 2 065 066 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
08.07.2009 Bulletin 2009/28

(43)Date of publication A2:
03.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/23

(21)Application number: 09004039.5

(22)Date of filing:  08.10.2003
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 15/00(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30)Priority: 11.10.2002 JP 2002298726
09.05.2003 JP 2003132034

(62)Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
03754018.4 / 1452198

(71)Applicants:
  • OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8535 (JP)
  • Otsuka Techno Corporation
    Naruto-shi, Tokushima 772-0017 (JP)

(72)Inventors:
  • Nishibayashi, Toru
    Tokushima-shi Tokushima 771-0136 (JP)
  • Adachi, Shintaro
    Itano-gun Tokushima 771-0203 (JP)
  • Sato, Tetsuya
    Itano-gun Tokushima, 771-0205 (JP)

(74)Representative: Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte 
Grafinger Strasse 2
81671 München
81671 München (DE)

  


(54)Powder inhalator


(57) A powder inhalator comprising a housing having a mouthpiece in its front portion, a supply member containing powdered drug for a large number of doses, a drug carrier which moves back and forth between the supply member and the mouthpiece to convey a dose of the powdered drug from the supply member toward the mouthpiece, a protecting cap which detachably fits onto the housing from the front side of the housing, and an operation member which operates the drug carrier by moving back and forth, and which is shaped like a cap so as to cover the housing from the rear side of the housing, wherein an opening for operation is provided at the rear side of the housing. A connector is inserted into the opening to connect the operation member to the drug carrier, and the protecting cap joins at the rear end thereof with the front end of the operation member to envelop the housing when covering the housing with the protecting cap.







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