Inhalation device

Abstract

The invention concerns a device (1) for the inhalation of at least one drug from a gas canister (98) having a nozzle (96) by a person suffering from asthma or bronchospasm, the device comprising a gas container (10) having at least one wall (12), the wall surrounding a gas containment chamber (14) adapted to contain gas at a pressure larger than atmospheric pressure, the gas container (10) further having an inlet (16) adapted for connection to the nozzle (96) of the gas canister (98), the gas container (10) further having an outlet (18) with an outlet valve (20) adapted to allow the person to inhale gas from the device through the outlet; wherein the outlet valve (20) is adapted to be activated by the inhalation of the person independent of the activation of the gas canister (98). This invention allows the person to activate the gas canister, and pause before inhalation. The invention is adapted to facilitate coordination for the patient inhaling.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.