ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,376, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MannKind Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).
"Dry powder inhaler" was invented by P. Spencer Kinsey (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Brendan Laurenzi (Rutland, Mass.), Chad C. Smutney (Watertown, Conn.), Benoit Adamo (South Salem, N.Y.) and Joseph Guarneri (Stamford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry powder inhaler including replaceable cartridges containing a dry powder for local or systemic delivery through the pulmonary tract and lungs is disclosed. The inhalers are used with inhalable dry powders, including medicament formulations comprising active agents for local or systemic delivery and for the treat...