US 11,944,425 B2
Compliance monitoring module for an inhaler
Mark Steven Morrison, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Douglas E. Weitzel, Hamilton, NJ (US); Enrique Calderon Oliveras, Waterford (IE); and Daniel Buck, Waterford (IE)
Assigned to Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford (IE)
Filed by Norton (Waterford) Limited, Waterford (IE)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/148,991.
Application 17/148,991 is a continuation of application No. 15/507,386, granted, now 10,905,356, previously published as PCT/US2015/047369, filed on Aug. 28, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/043,114, filed on Aug. 28, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128018 A1, May 6, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 5/087 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/097 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/087 (2013.01) [A61B 5/097 (2013.01); A61B 5/4833 (2013.01); A61M 16/0051 (2013.01); A61M 16/021 (2017.08); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0285 (2013.01); A61M 15/00 (2013.01); A61M 15/009 (2013.01); A61M 15/0096 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0027 (2013.01); A61M 16/0063 (2014.02); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) comprising:
a boot-shaped housing;
a medication reservoir comprising medicament, wherein the medication reservoir is housed within the boot-shaped housing;
a top cover configured to be attached to an upper section of the boot-shaped housing; and
a monitoring module located between an underside of the top cover and a top of the medication reservoir, the monitoring module comprising:
a pressure sensor comprising a sensor port, wherein the sensor port is configured to be pneumatically coupled to a flow channel of the inhaler through which a user can inhale;
a processor configured to receive data from the pressure sensor; and
a wireless transmitter configured to transmit the data to a user device; and
wherein the pressure sensor, the processor, and the wireless transmitter are located between the underside of the top cover and the top of the medication reservoir.