US Patent Issued to MANNKIND on Sept. 8 for "Apparatus, system and method for detecting and monitoring inhalations" (New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,216, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MANNKIND Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Apparatus, system and method for detecting and monitoring inhalations" was invented by John J. Pocreva III (Lagrangeville, N.Y.), Benoit Adamo (South Salem, N.Y.), Brendan Laurenzi (Rutland, Mass.), Chad C. Smutney (Watertown, Conn.) and P. Spencer Kinsey (Sandy Hook, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are an interactive apparatus and methods for sensing and measuring real-time characteristic patterns of a subject's use of a dry powder inhalation system. The inhaler device can be used in a wireless communication mode to communicate with a d...