Dispenser for the vaporization of active substances to be inhaled

Claim 1

A dispenser for placement near the nostrils for vaporization of active substances of a medical, paramedical, and aromatic-therapeutic nature which are to be inhaled, said dispenser comprising: a hollow body having two sidewalls for containing an active substance located in a closed chamber, said hollow body including an absorbent evaporation side wall as one of said two sidewalls to transmit the active substance to the air for respiration as a vapor of the active substance moving along said absorbent evaporation side wall, said hollow body having a dish made of absorbent air-penetrable paper-like material and forming said absorbent evaporation side wall, a peripheral edge of said dish being covered by a pasted-on lid forming the other of said two side walls, said closed chamber being formed between said lid and a raised central portion of said dish located interiorally of said peripheral edge and being filled with micro-capsules containing the active substance, and said lid being provided on a side opposite to said closed chamber with adhesive layer means for point-like adhesive attachment to the nasal cartilage external of the nasal passages, said adhesive layer means having a smaller surface area than said lid and an entire peripheral area of said lid being free of said adhesive layer means, and said adhesive layer being protected by a peelable foil.