ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,089, issued on May 13, was assigned to NORTON (WATERFORD) Ltd. (Waterford, Ireland).
"Inhalers and related methods" was invented by Daniel Buck (County Waterford, Ireland), Paul Prendergast (County Carlow, Ireland) and Declan Walsh (County Kilkenny, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler housing (14) for an inhaler (10) for inhaling inhalable substances, the inhaler having: a body (14) and a dose counter (24) with a return spring (28), wherein a distinct guide surface (162) is provided for guiding the end of the return spring into a recess (152), the distinct guide surface being wider than an entrance mouth (160) of the re...