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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2021
Applicant:

Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford, IE;

Inventors:

Mark Steven Morrison, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Douglas E. Weitzel, Hamilton, NJ (US);

Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Waterford, IE;

Daniel Buck, Waterford, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/087 (2013.01); A61B 5/097 (2013.01); A61B 5/4833 (2013.01); A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/021 (2017.08); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0285 (2013.01); A61M 15/00 (2013.01); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0096 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 16/0063 (2014.02); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01);
Abstract

A compliance monitoring module for an inhaler comprising: a miniature pressure sensor, a sensor port of said sensor being configured to be pneumatically coupled to a flow channel of said inhaler through which a user can inhale; a processor configured to: receive data from a sensing element of the pressure sensor; receive data from a mode sensor configured to detect when the inhaler changes from an inactive mode to an active mode; and based on said data from said pressure sensor sensing element and said data from said mode sensor, compile a compliance report; and a transmitter configured to issue said compliance report.


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