A device for flow rate limitation at low differential pressures,
particularly for limiting the volumetric inhalation flow during inhalation
of therapeutic aerosols, consists of a housing 11 including an aspiration
orifice 14, an inhalation orifice 15 and a flow passage 23 disposed
therebetween. The flow passage has a flat elongate cross-section with
flexible large-area walls 18, 20 having a cross-sectional area adapted to
be reduced, as a function of the differential pressure prevailing between
the inhalation orifice and the aspiration orifice, as well as of the
flexibility of the material of the walls, to a size appropriate for a
predetermined volumetric maximum inhalation flow.