ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,172, issued on July 7, was assigned to VECTURA DELIVERY DEVICES Ltd. (Great Britain).

"Unit dose dry powder inhaler with blister cavity including a bowl, channel and tube" was invented by Andreas Meliniotis (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a unit dose dispenser in the form of a blister containing a dry powder for inhalation. The blister comprises a base material in which a cavity is formed comprising a bowl that contains the powder and a channel that opens into the bowl. The channel contains a tube that has separate sections that provide an air outlet and an air inlet. The air outlet...