US Patent Issued to AptarGroup on July 7 for "Tracking use of medical device" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,222, issued on July 7, was assigned to AptarGroup Inc. (Crystal Lake, Ill.).

"Tracking use of medical device" was invented by Melissa P. Manice (Larchmont, N.Y.), Charles D. Manice (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Daniel W. Weinstein (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tracking the use of an inhaler having a body in which a canister of respiratory medication is mounted. The body also having a mouthpiece through which medication is inhaled. Mounting a flexible shell over the body of the inhaler, sensing activation of the canister with an inhaler use sensor, storing inhaler use data in a memory embedded in the shell, and wirelessly transmitti...