US Patent Issued to Adherium (NZ) on March 4 for "Releasable monitor with optical dose counter for a medicament inhaler" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,781, issued on March 4, was assigned to Adherium (NZ) Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).

"Releasable monitor with optical dose counter for a medicament inhaler" was invented by Garth Campbell Sutherland (Auckland, New Zealand), Michael James Gormack (Auckland, New Zealand) and Pavel Bezmaternykh (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments are directed to a device for monitoring patient usage of a medicament inhaler, being adapted to deliver doses of medicament. The device includes a housing, for releasable attachment to the medicament inhaler, and a sensor configured to determine when a dose of medicament has be...