US Patent Issued to AptarGroup on Jan. 27 for "Tracker module for monitoring the use of a respiratory device" (California, New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,086, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to AptarGroup Inc. (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

"Tracker module for monitoring the use of a respiratory device" was invented by Melissa P. Manice (Larchmont, N.Y.), Joseph A. Condurso III (Encinitas, Calif.), Houston A. Brown (Carlsbad, Calif.), Francis T. Rodriguez (Jersey City, N.J.) and Daniel Z. Glazerman (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for monitoring use of a respiratory device, such as a dry powder inhaler, comprise a tracking module adaptable to be temporarily mounted to the respiratory device, and reusable with other respiratory devices. Inhalation medication deliver...