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An inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a medicament-holding container having a first part which is an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of the housing being an output end adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passage of

An inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a medicament-holding container having a first part which is an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of the housing being an output end adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passage of the user thereof, the passageway terminating in an emptying chamber at the output end of the housing, the cross-sectional area of the passageway being less than the cross-sectional area of the emptying chamber, and means for receiving the second part of the device which is a carriage moveably connected to the first part and having means to receive a medicament-holding container so that when an open end of the medicament-holding container is placed adjcent the inner end of the emptying chamber during inhalation the medicament is dispensed from the container.

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A two-part breath-actuated inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a powdered medicament-holding container, the first part of said device comprising an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of said housing being an output end adapted f

A two-part breath-actuated inhalation device for dispensing a powdered medicament from a powdered medicament-holding container, the first part of said device comprising an elongate housing having a passageway for the movement of air therethrough, one end of said housing being an output end adapted for insertion into the mouth or nasal passage of a user thereof, the passageway having an inlet end terminating in an emptying chamber at said output end of said housing, the cross-sectional area of the passageway being less than the cross-sectional area of the emptying chamber, and means for receiving the second part of said device, said receiving means being an elongate slot extending along the bottom portion of said housing, the slot being defined by two sides of said housing parallel to the longitudinal axis thereof; said second part of said device comprising means to receive the medicament-holding container, said medicament-holding container receiving means adapted to be slidingly received by said slot so that when a medicament-holding container having only one open end is placed into said medicament-holding container receiving means in said second part and said two parts are moved longitudinally relative to each other, the open end of the medicament-holding container will be positioned adjacent the inner end of the emptying chamber, whereby during inhalation, a component of air flowing through the passageway flows into the medicament-holding container to dispense the medicament therefrom.