ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,018, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to NORTON (WATERFORD) Ltd. (Waterford, Ireland).
"Dry powder medicament inhaler" was invented by Peter John Crowley (Waterford, Ireland), Jan Geert Hazenberg (County Kilkenny, Ireland), Daniel Buck (County Waterford, Ireland) and Josh Gottesman (Bristol, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are dry powder inhalers for delivering medicament to a user from a blister pack, the blister pack having a plurality of spaced-apart blister pockets containing doses of the medicament. The inhalers comprise: a housing for accommodating unused and used portions of the blister pack together with a...