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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford, IE;
Mark Steven Morrison, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Douglas E. Weitzel, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Waterford, IE;
Daniel Buck, Waterford, IE;
Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford, IE;
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.