ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,551, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NANOPHARM Ltd. (Newport, Great Britain).

"Apparatus for collection of particles of an inhalable formulation" was invented by Robert Price (Monmouthshire, Great Britain), Arron Danson (Herefordshire, Great Britain) and Gregor Strnisa (Radece, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for collecting aerosolized respirable particles of an inhalable medicinal formulation, having a dose collection section having an air-permeable filter extending across the pathway of the aerosolized respirable particles to retain particulate material on the filter. The dose collection section having an ...