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Abstract

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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