ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,505, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Logan Instruments Corp. (Somerset, N.J.).

"Inhaler testing apparatus and method" was invented by Luke Lee (Belle Mead, N.J.) and Seth Michael Endy (Whitehouse Station, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inhaler testing apparatus includes a frame, a rotatable carousel rotatably mounted on said frame and that support tubes each having a closed end and an open end, an inhaler retaining apparatus on said frame that retains an inhaler being tested, and actuating mechanisms on the frame for moving the inhaler retaining apparatus in two directions, for shaking and actuating the inhaler being tested. ...