WO1995012428A1 - Procede et dispositif permettant de produire un aerosol a partir d'une substance pulverulente - Google Patents

Procede et dispositif permettant de produire un aerosol a partir d'une substance pulverulente Download PDF

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WO1995012428A1
WO1995012428A1 PCT/EP1994/001167 EP9401167W WO9512428A1 WO 1995012428 A1 WO1995012428 A1 WO 1995012428A1 EP 9401167 W EP9401167 W EP 9401167W WO 9512428 A1 WO9512428 A1 WO 9512428A1
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Dieter Köhler
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/0086—Inhalation chambers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/0001—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof
    • A61M15/0013—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof with inhalation check valves
    • A61M15/0015—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof with inhalation check valves located upstream of the dispenser, i.e. not traversed by the product
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/0001—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof
    • A61M15/0013—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof with inhalation check valves
    • A61M15/0016—Details of inhalators; Constructional features thereof with inhalation check valves located downstream of the dispenser, i.e. traversed by the product
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M15/00—Inhalators
    • A61M15/0086—Inhalation chambers
    • A61M15/0088—Inhalation chambers with variable volume
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M2202/00—Special media to be introduced, removed or treated
    • A61M2202/06—Solids
    • A61M2202/064—Powder
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M2205/00—General characteristics of the apparatus
    • A61M2205/07—General characteristics of the apparatus having air pumping means
    • A61M2205/071—General characteristics of the apparatus having air pumping means hand operated
    • A61M2205/073—Syringe, piston type

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  • the invention relates to a method and a device for producing an aerosol from a powdery substance, in particular a medicinal substance.
  • medicinal products are preferably administered by inhalation because the active substance is thereby deposited in a relatively high concentration on the respiratory tract, while effects due to the distribution of the medicinal substance throughout the body, so-called systemic effects, remain relatively low. Irrespective of this, the inhalation of a medicinal substance is also suitable for systemic therapy.
  • propellant gases in particular those whose environmental damage has been recognized, should be avoided in inhalation devices.
  • a propellant-free inhalation device in which the medicinal substance is taken up in powder form in a storage container.
  • a dosing device With a dosing device, a dose of the substance is taken, placed in front of a mouthpiece and inhaled from there by the patient with the help of active inhalation, the substance being inhaled by the substance
  • Air flow is entrained.
  • an air space is provided for distributing the substance in the air stream that is being formed.
  • the particle size of this inhalation device depends to a large extent on the strength and type of inhalation, so that sufficiently small particles of the dosed substance are not always guaranteed.
  • the medicinal substance is compressed into a compact, possibly with the addition of auxiliary substances. Powder is removed from the compact with the help of a moving edge or brush, which is admixed with the patient's breathing air. The process is not suitable for mass production because there is no possibility of producing the compacts from medicinal and auxiliary substances with a homogeneous hardness.
  • the substance is sucked in by the active air flow and conveyed into a mixing chamber, where the best possible distribution of the particles should take place.
  • the supply of the aerosol takes place completely independently of the patient's inhalation and that an active air flow is also directed into the patient's airways, so that a good distribution before and during the inhalation cannot be expected.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of specifying a method and a device for producing an aerosol from a powdery substance, with or with which an aerosol of high density with inhalable, respirable, in particular relatively small particles of the substance for inhalation is provided without interfering with the inhalation of the aerosol.
  • the pulverization of the powdery substance takes place in a defined, closed Swirling space through the inflow of a gas, in particular air into it.
  • a gas in particular air into it.
  • the mechanical generation of the negative pressure by means of a piston or a pump can generate a much lower pressure than would be possible by sucking a patient. This then makes a substantially higher inflow velocity possible, which only leads to the desired good atomization of the substance particles.
  • the aerosol formed thereby preferably likewise a defined amount or a defined volume at normal pressure, is introduced into the interior of a mouthpiece in a predetermined amount, preferably by first increasing the pressure in the swirling space and then opening the outlet opening to open the predetermined amount of the Aerosols flow out until pressure equalization; then, after closing the outlet opening of the Verwirbelungsraun.es, the patient or user can inhale the aerosol from the mouthpiece.
  • the invention enables the release and agglomeration of an iced powder in a small volume.
  • the considerable flow volume that normally arises when blowing powder and the associated excess air, which is often a multiple of the required blowing air, can be avoided by the invention.
  • Large-volume collection containers are therefore no longer absolutely necessary.
  • the small volume can be defined very precisely and leads to an easier dosage.
  • a stable aerosol is formed because larger particles are immediately separated by sedimentation. Unusually high powder densities of up to 10 mg / 1 can be achieved with the aid of the invention, and accordingly small metered dose aerosols are possible.
  • the swirl volume dilutes the aerosol.
  • the method according to the invention produces such a high aerosol density that it reaches the limit concentration that the air can still carry.
  • the coarser particles in particular precipitate quickly (within seconds) and the result is a stable fog density (aerosol density) with approximately the same particle spectrum.
  • This high fog density can never be achieved by blowing.
  • Due to the "oversaturation" of the air by the aerosol the fog density is independent of the filling quantity. This is not the case with the known methods. This is precisely what sets the inventive method and the inventive device apart from the prior art.
  • the small volume also has the great advantage of manageability.
  • flow velocities in the swirling space of more than 200 / sec are possible, which only come to the desired disengagement. tion by overcoming the adhesion of the particles. This creates a respirable particle fraction of 90% and more.
  • the air flows freely onto the powdery substance.
  • the speed is only limited by the inertia of the air and the level of the vacuum.
  • the generation of the fog density is very high.
  • Negative pressure is generated in the swirling space containing the substance by increasing the swirling space and that the aerosol is expelled from the swirling space containing the aerosol by pressing it out, and in particular that the gas flowing into the swirling space is ambient air.
  • Swirling substance is then preferably introduced into the swirling space as a pile and not already in a pre-swirled form mixed with air or gas.
  • An extremely preferred embodiment provides that the swirling takes place in a storage space for the substance. From the outset, the aerosol-forming substance is in the swirling space and in a sufficient amount for a large number of individual doses, in particular corresponding to a multiple of a single dose.
  • a mouthpiece connectable to the swirling space during the Pressing the aerosol into the mouthpiece to an outlet of the mouthpiece for subsequent inhalation by the patient can be shut off from the environment and / or that a mouthpiece that can be connected to the swirling space after the aerosol has been pressed into the mouthpiece is also there attached mouth of the user is open to the environment.
  • the air in and through the patient's mouth and his trachea should flow as laminarly as possible into the lungs.
  • a preferred further development provides that the aerosol flows largely laminar into the mouthpiece, this being achieved in terms of the device in that a flow straightener is arranged between the outlet opening of the swirling space and the interior of a mouthpiece.
  • the rectifier is designed in particular as a sieve plate.
  • FIG. 1 Further extremely preferred embodiments of the invention are characterized in that the swirling space is formed in the storage space for the substance. Furthermore, it can be provided that a closable opening is provided between the interior of a mouthpiece and the environment, which is closed when the outlet opening of the swirling space for the aerosol to flow out of the swirling space and / or that a ver between the inside of a mouthpiece and the environment ⁇ closable opening is provided, which is opened after closing the outlet opening of the swirling space.
  • a preferred embodiment provides that a closure member for the outlet opening of the swirling space and a closure part for the opening between the interior of the mouthpiece and the surroundings are connected to one another, the closure member and closure part in particular being rigidly connected to one another.
  • closure part for the outlet opening of the swirling space is connected by a thread to a piston movable therein and that the piston, which changes the volume of the swirling space, is closed by a plunger which cooperates with a closure member of an outlet opening of the swirling space the outlet opening is connected.
  • a preferred embodiment provides that the powdery substance and the swirling space are surrounded by a flexible jacket arranged in the interior of the cylinder , which is fixed on the one hand on the piston, on the other hand on the cylinder, near its end facing away from the piston, ie near the inlet and outlet opening.
  • a wiper ring fixed to the cylinder is assigned to the closure member. Since a predetermined substance is present in a device according to the invention, only a certain number of aerosols can be generated.
  • a counter is provided so that the emptying of the cylinder can be determined. In a preferred embodiment, this is formed in such a way that a flexible nose is arranged on an actuating rod of the piston in the cylinder, which acts on a small gear or pinion, which drives a larger gear which is formed by a worm formed on one end face is provided with colored markings that can be observed through a window.
  • a toothed belt correspondingly provided with markings can in principle also be provided.
  • an opening leading into the swirling space is formed in the piston, the piston in particular being rigidly connected to an outer cylindrical housing via a piston rod and a web arranged transversely in the housing and the cylinder by a cylindrical cylinder body is formed with an inner diameter adapted to the piston and the cylinder is displaceable in the housing in such a way that the swirling space can be enlarged.
  • a closure part can then be provided, which is attached to an arm of a two-armed lever mounted on the piston rod, the cylinder body having a nose which interacts with another arm of the lever in such a way that when the position of the cylinder body is reached in which the swirl space is largest, the opening in the piston is opened.
  • a further preferred embodiment provides that the swirling space is formed by a bellows, which is closed at its end faces with cover plates, and that in a cover plate a first valve device for the inflow of the gas into the evacuated swirling space is provided, which by a triggering device is triggered when the swirl space is largest due to expansion of the bellows, in particular a second valve device is provided, through which the gas present in the swirl room can escape when the bellows is compressed, and a third valve device is optionally provided , which is also triggered by the triggering device when the swirling space is largest due to expansion of the bellows, and through which the aerosol generated in the swirling space can be dispensed.
  • a breathing tube can be provided, to which the first and third valve devices are connected and which has a constriction in the area between the two connection points of the valve devices, by means of which the flow velocity of the air flow when breathing through the breathing tube is increased.
  • the invention provides a method and a device in which the aerosol has a high inhalable active ingredient content with good dosing constancy. It has been found that the inhalable active ingredient content is 90%, while in the prior art it is only 20%. The efficiency is therefore significantly increased by the invention; much less active ingredient can be used because it is better used.
  • the quantity variation was significantly less than in known methods and devices, namely only 11%, while the coefficient of variation in known methods and devices is a multiple of this value.
  • a relatively narrow particle size distribution of about 0.6 to just under 6 ⁇ m is achieved compared to the prior art, while larger particles practically do not occur in the aerosol at all.
  • FIG. 1A to 1D a first exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention and the individual steps of the method according to the invention;
  • Figure 2 shows a second embodiment of the device according to the invention
  • 3A and 3B show a third embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 4A shows a longitudinal section through a further preferred embodiment of the device according to the invention with the valve closed;
  • FIG. 4B shows the longitudinal section of FIG. 4A with the valve open
  • Fig. 4C a Schmitt through the counter along AB of Fig. 4A. 1, the method according to the invention is first explained below with the aid of a first exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention. This and other exemplary embodiments of the device according to the invention are described in more detail below.
  • the closed swirling space 2 is the interior of a cylinder 2a of an arrangement of pistons and cylinders.
  • the substance can be introduced, for example, through an outlet opening 3 provided in the cylinder, but also through a specially provided opening or in another way, for example by pulling the piston 2b out of the cylinder 2a, introducing the substance and the piston back into the cylinder is used.
  • FIG. 1B shows the second step of the method according to the invention, according to which a defined vacuum is generated in the swirling space 2 containing the substance.
  • this vacuum is easily achieved by moving the piston 2b from the advanced position shown in FIG. 1A to the retracted position shown in FIG. 1B.
  • the outlet opening 3 of the cylinder 2a is closed with a suitable closure member 4.
  • the powdery substance 1 preferably remains essentially Unaffected, as indicated in FIGS. 1A and 1B by the representation of the substance 1 in the vicinity of the piston 2b.
  • FIG. IC The third step of the method according to the invention is shown in FIG. IC.
  • a gas preferably the ambient air
  • this is done by opening the closure member 4 of the outlet opening 3.
  • the air flow which is established is indicated in FIG. IC by arrows; it swirls the powdery substance 1 and ensures a good distribution of the particles in the available swirling space 2, so that the desired aerosol 5 is generated, which almost completely fills the swirling space.
  • the distribution of the particles occurs under very precisely definable conditions, since the size and shape of the swirling space 2 available and the opening 3 through which the air flow enters the swirling space, as well as the position of the flow behavior and so that the swirling of the powdery substance can be determined to a large extent.
  • the generated aerosol 5 is discharged from the swirling space 2 and is thus made available to the patient for inhalation.
  • the aerosol is dispensed by simply pushing it out by bringing the piston 2b back into its advanced position.
  • the application can also take place in that the patient sucks in the aerosol generated from the swirling space when inhaled.
  • the application of the aerosol can take place in such a way that a disturbing influence on the inhalation process during inhalation is avoided, since no swirling has to be achieved in this step.
  • the aerosol 5 with a good distribution of the particles is available before the application in the swirling space 2 and fills it evenly.
  • the application can therefore be completely geared to the conditions which have to be taken into account with regard to inhalation. In particular, a disruptive influence on the inhalation by an excessive or forced air flow can be avoided.
  • separate openings can also be provided for the inflow of air into the evacuated swirling space and for pushing out the aerosol, as well as for the introduction of the substance into the swirling space.
  • the first exemplary embodiment of the device comprises an arrangement comprising a cylinder 2a and a piston 2b, which together define a swirling space 2.
  • the piston 2b is movably arranged in the cylinder 2a and can be moved back and forth between an advanced and a retracted position. The size of the swirling space can thus be determined via the position of the piston.
  • the swirling space 2 has an opening 3 through which the metered substance 1 is introduced into the swirling space 2, through which a gas swirling the substance, preferably ambient air, flows in and through which the aerosol 5 produced is pressed out.
  • a closure member 4 is provided so that the swirling space 2 is closed when the defined vacuum is established.
  • an additional flexible container for example a bellows or a thin-walled plastic tube, can be provided in the interior of the cylinder to hold the substance.
  • the flexible container When expanding the swirl space, i.e. when the piston 2b is moved into the retracted position, the flexible container also expands due to the vacuum applied to the outside.
  • the flexible container can also be attached to the piston so that it is moved with the piston.
  • FIG. 2 shows a second exemplary embodiment of the device according to the invention, in which a bellows 10 is used as the component which defines the swirling space.
  • the bellows 10 is closed at its end faces by cover plates 10a and 10b.
  • a slide 16 is actuated as a triggering device for the valves 11 and 12, with which the two valves 11 and 12, which are shown in FIG. 2 are shown as hose valves, can be opened.
  • the bellows 10 and thus the swirling space 2 is connected to a breathing tube 15 in the bypass, through which the patient inhales and which is equipped at one end with a mouthpiece for the patient.
  • a further valve 16 is also provided, which prevents blowing into the breathing tube.
  • the breathing tube 15 has a constriction 15a so that a sufficient air flow flows through the swirling space 2 due to the pressure drop.
  • Devices are not shown which prevent substance 1, in particular a powdery substance, from entering the valves and thereby impairing the functionality of the valves or substance 1 being taken orally via the breathing tube 15.
  • FIGS. 3A and 3B A third embodiment of the device according to the invention is shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B.
  • the device consists of an outer cylindrical housing 20 and an inner cylindrical cylinder body 21 which is movable in the housing between the two positions shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B.
  • a piston rod 22 is over at one end a web 23 extending transversely through the housing is rigidly connected to the housing 20.
  • the piston rod carries a piston 24 which is adapted to the inner diameter of the cylinder body 21 and which defines the swirling space 2 with it.
  • the piston 24 slides on the inner wall of the cylinder body 21.
  • an additional, flexible plastic container 25 is provided, which is connected to the piston 24 in a gas-tight manner.
  • the swirling space 2 has the smallest volume.
  • the powdery substance 1 is located in the flexible plastic container 25.
  • the cylinder body 21 is shifted into the position shown in FIG. 3B.
  • a stopper 26 closes an opening 27 provided in the piston, so that a vacuum is formed in the swirling space 2 due to the increase in volume and the flexible plastic container 25 expands.
  • a nose 28 attached to the inner wall of the cylinder body comes into engagement with an arm of a two-arm lever 29, on the other arm of which the plug 26 closing the opening is arranged. This opens the opening 27 in the piston so that air flows into the evacuated swirling space, swirls the substance and generates the aerosol.
  • the inner cylinder 21 is then pulled up again and the aerosol is pressed out of the swirling space through the opening 27 into the interior of the cylinder.
  • a mouthpiece 15 is attached to the outer housing, through which the patient removes the aerosol generated from within the room of the cylinder 21 can suck out.
  • the cylinder body 21 is hollow and has a passage opening for the aspirated aerosol at a suitable point.
  • the cylinder body has an air inlet opening 31 through which ambient air reaches the interior of the cylinder body when inhaled. The air flowing in through the air inlet opening forces the aerosol with the swirled substance out of the cylinder body, so that the substance is completely inhaled.
  • the two-armed lever 29 carrying the stopper is either preloaded such that the stopper 26 closes the opening 27 in the piston in its rest position and only because of the action of the nose 28 inside the cylinder body 21 or because of the internal pressure of the swirling space 2 when the cylinder body 21 is returned opens its opening 27 into its starting position, or it is brought into the closing position with the aid of a thread 32 shortly before reaching the starting position.
  • FIGS. 4A to 4C show an extremely preferred embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing an aerosol for carrying out the method according to the invention.
  • the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals as in the previous figures.
  • the device has a swirling space 2 in a cylinder 2a, in which the total amount of the substance to be swirled is also accommodated.
  • the volume change of the swirling space 2 is carried out by a piston 2b, which is displaceable in the cylinder 2a.
  • a closure member 4 in the form of a valve is provided on the " side of the swirling space opposite the piston 2b.
  • the piston 2b can be displaced in the cylinder 2a by means of a piston rod 34 projecting out of the cylinder 2a and protruding through a counter 33 to be explained below, by means of a handle 34a connected thereto.
  • the piston is provided with seals 35. 3A, 3B, a flexible sleeve 37 in the form of a latex membrane or the like is connected to its end face 36, which extends towards the swirling space 2 and is further fixed in the area of the closure member 4 at 38 on the wall of the cylinder 2a.
  • the swirling space 2 is formed inside the shell 37.
  • Substance 1 is also inside the shell. This prevents substance material from sticking to the inner wall of the cylinder 2a and making the movement of the piston 2b difficult or otherwise impaired.
  • a plunger 39 projects into the swirling space 2 via the end face 36 of the piston 2b facing the swirling space 2, the function of which is explained below.
  • the closure member 4 has a movable valve body 41 and a valve seat 42.
  • the valve seat 42 is formed by a sealing ring 43 which lies tightly on the valve body 41 in the closed state.
  • the valve body 41 is provided with a conical surface 45 which slides along the sealing ring 43 when the valve of the closure member 4 is closed again.
  • the inside of the sealing ring is preferably not cylindrical, but rather cut-shaped or rounded.
  • a likewise elastic scraper ring 46 is fixed on the cylinder 2a, which with a flat cylinder body 47 connected to the valve body 41 also to the swirling space 2 with respect to the valve ⁇ body 41 cooperates enlarged diameter.
  • Valve body 41 and cylinder body 47 can be formed in one piece.
  • a centrally symmetrical, truncated cone-shaped recess 48 is formed, which interacts with a frustoconical front end 49 of the plunger 39 in a manner to be described.
  • a mouthpiece 51 is connected to the cylinder 2a, the main direction of extension of which extends perpendicular to that of the cylinder 2a.
  • the mouthpiece has an outlet channel 53 leading to an outlet opening 52.
  • a sieve plate 55 is arranged between the outlet area 54 of the swirling space 2 behind the closure member 4 and the outlet channel 53, through which the aerosol pressed out of the swirling space 2 is pressed into the channel 53 and out of the opening 52, the aerosol flow being directed in the same direction, ie is brought into an essentially laminar flow and the turbulence of the aerosol resulting from the swirling in the swirling space 2 is largely suppressed.
  • an opening 57 is preferably formed in alignment with the closure member 4, which opening can be closed by a closure plate 58 which is connected via a axial extension 59 of the valve body 41 can be closed when it is opened and opened when the closure member 4 is closed.
  • the opening 57 opens into an intermediate space 60, which communicates with the surroundings via openings 60b in the cylinder wall 2a, which can be covered on the inside by flaps acting as check valves 60a. Thus, only air can be sucked in via the openings 60b and the opening 57, but not pushed out.
  • a counter 33 is provided on the end of the cylinder 2a facing away from the mouthpiece 51.
  • a resilient nose 61 is formed on the piston rod 34, which acts on a pinion 62, the axis of which is oriented perpendicular to the axis of the piston rod 34.
  • a worm 62a is formed which engages in a large ring gear 63 with internal teeth, the axis of which is aligned parallel to the axis of the piston rod 34 and possibly coincides therewith. Markings are arranged on the outer side of the toothed ring 63, which can be seen through a window.
  • a toothed belt could be provided which can be actuated in the same way via a resilient attachment on the piston rod 34 and has color markings which can be determined through a window. In both cases, it can thus be determined whether the intended number of operations has been carried out and the substance originally filled in the device has been used up.
  • the device according to the invention functions as follows:
  • the piston 2b is moved from the position shown in Fig. 4A, in which it is at most as far up, i.e. is pushed towards the mouthpiece 51, that the tip 49 of the extension 39 protrudes into the conical recess 48 of the plate 47, by means of the handle 33 downwards, i.e. pulled away from the mouthpiece 51.
  • the closure member 4 is closed.
  • the swirling space 2 is provided with a vacuum or a vacuum.
  • the tension-resistant thread 50 which is fastened between the valve body 41 and the extension 39 of the piston 2b and is also relatively inelastic against tension, is in its tensioned position.
  • a further pulling down of the piston 2b up to the front side facing away from the mouthpiece 51 causes the closure member 4 to be opened by pulling down the valve body 41 (FIG. 4B).
  • the opening 57 is closed by the closure plate 58.
  • Air can now flow into the opening 52 of the mouthpiece through the opened closure member 4 due to the negative pressure of the swirling space 2, whereby the substance 1 therein is swirled and an aerosol is thus formed.
  • the collet 2b is pressed back onto the mouthpiece 51 by means of the handle 33.
  • the aerosol formed in the swirling space 2 is first extracted from the swirling space and through the sieve plate 55 pressed into the channel 53 of the mouthpiece 51 until the front tip 49 of the piston projection 39 engages in the recess 48 of the plate 47 of the closure member 4 and the closure member 4 closes again.
  • opening 57 is opened by lifting closure plate 58 from the opening.
  • the opening 57 As long as the opening 57 is closed and thus the closure member 4 is open, the user of the device according to the invention cannot inhale. This prevents him from sucking in an undefined amount of aerosol from the swirling space 2 by inhalation. Because the opening 57 is closed while aerosol is being pressed out of the swirling space 2 and the opening time of the sealing member 4, a precisely defined amount of aerosol is thus introduced into the mouthpiece 51 from the swirling space 2, which is caused by the stroke of the piston 2b is determined. If the opening 57 were open in this time range, air could flow in countercurrent through the opening 57 and the opened closure member 4 into the swirling space 2, so that a user could inhale an undefined amount of aerosol from the swirling space 2 by inhalation.
  • the user can inhale the aerosol located in the channel 53 of the mouthpiece 51.
  • air can flow in through the opening 60b, the space 60 and the opening 57, since the flaps 60a stand out from the openings 60b during suction and expose them (again, FIG. 4A).
  • the device according to the invention is then ready for reuse.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de production d'un aérosol à partir d'une substance (1) pulvérulente, notamment pour inhalations. Ce procédé implique d'abord la création d'une dépression dans une chambre de tourbillonnement (2), puis l'introduction de gaz dans ladite chambre de tourbillonnement (2), de manière à ce que la substance (1) pulvérulente qu'elle contient soit soumise à un tourbillonnement et qu'il en résulte un aérosol, extrait immédiatement après de la chambre de tourbillonnement (2).
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