ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,270, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Inhaler for use with a compliance monitor" was invented by Roger Clarke (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain), Andreas Meliniotis (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain), John Deamer (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Darryl Cotton (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry powder inhaler is provided. The inhaler is adapted for detachably mounting a compliance monitor having a pressure sensor. The inhaler has a housing comprising first and second shell parts, and a mouthpiece which defines an inhalation passage. An external surface o...