ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,289, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Merxin Ltd. (King's Lynn, Great Britain).

"Portable inhaler" was invented by Adam Stuart (King's Lynn, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable inhaler, has a rotary actuation mechanism, including a follower component (104), a rotary loading device (106) and a button (112). The rotary loading device has a cam component (108) engaged with a cage component (110), to allow a predetermined limited rotational relative movement therebetween. The button is translatable between a central position and an extended position, and can be engaged by the cam component upon rotary movement of th...