ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,731, issued on April 14, was assigned to 10XBeta (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"System and method for sensing usage of a controlled medical therapy device" was invented by Marcel Botha (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Frederick Zacharias Kruger (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Johannes Michiel Bredenkamp (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nasal spray device can include housing having a sensor and a nozzle having a housing interface with a graphical image thereon. The sensor can be configured to sense movement of the graphical image when the nozzle moves relative to the housing, for instance during administration of medicine from the nasal spray device. The ...