ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,173, issued on July 7, was assigned to TTP PLC (Melbourn, Great Britain).

"Medicament delivery device" was invented by David Cottenden (Royston, Great Britain), Desmond Cheung (Royston, Great Britain), Rob Selby (Royston, Great Britain), Catherine Wyman (Royston, Great Britain), Rob May (Royston, Great Britain) and Chris Groombridge (Royston, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicament delivery device comprises first and second medicament carriers each comprising said doses of medicament contained in multiple individual compartments spaced along a carrier strip and sealed by a sealing layer, first and second opening mech...