POWDER INHALATOR

A POWDER INHALATOR WHICH IS ACTIVATED BY THE AIR FLOW GENERATED AT INHALATION AND WHICH IS INTENDED FOR INHALATION OF SOLID PHARMACOLOGICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUND IN MICRONIZED FORM, SAID INHALATOR COMPRISING A NOZZLE (2), AN AIR CONDUIT (6), A DOSING UNIT (10) COMPRISING A STORAGE CHAMBER (5) FOR THE ACTIVE COMPOUND AND DOSING MEANS (8), AND A MANEUVERING UNIT (1), CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE DOSING UNIT (10) COMPRISES A STORAGE CHAMBER (5) FOR THE ACTIVE COMPOUND, A PERFORATED MEMBRANE (4), A HOLDER (9) FOR THE SAID PERFORATED MEMBRANE, AND DOSING MEANS (8) FOR INTRODUCING ACTIVE COMPOUND INTO THE PERFORATIONS IN THE PERFORATED MEMBRANE (4), WHEREBY MEANS ARE ARRANGED FOR DISPLACING THE MEMBRANE (4) IN RELATION TO THE DOSING MEANS (8), WHEREBY IN A FIRST POSITION SOLID ACTIVE COMPOUND IN MICRONIZED FORM IS INTRODUCED INTO THE PERFORATIONS IN PART OF THE AREA OF THE MEMBRANE (4) AND IN A SECOND POSITION THE SAID PART OF THE MEMBRANE (4) IS INSERTED IN THE AIR CONDUIT (6) FOR THE AIR TO BE INHALED.(FIG. 1)