DEVICE FOR THE INHALATION OF MEDICAMENTS

The present invention provides a device for the inhalation of a medicament, which comprises a tubular housing which is open at each end and has a venturi-shaped intermediate portion, the housing also having an inlet for the introduction of a medicament and there being provided dosing means for dispensing discrete quantities of medicament into the inlet, which dosing means comprises a rotatably mounted dosing element having one or more dosing compartments which can be brought into and out of register with the said inlet by rotation of the dosing element, the dosing element having means for holding a medicament container therein so as to communicate with the or each dosing compartment, and one face of the dosing element being in contact with a support member which covers the base of the or each dosing compartment when out of communication with the inlet, and there being provided a cover member which blocks communication between any dosing compartment and the medicament container when the compartment is in communication with the inlet but otherwise allows such communication so that, in operation, discrete quantities of medicament are introduced into the housing via the dosing compartment and inlet when the dosing element is rotated.