At first, Stan believed that she was simply overusing her inhaler, and in their defense, the girls accused each other of "stealing" each others medicine.  Together, they figured out that the difference in their Albuterol use was not how often they used their inhalers, but how they carried them.  An almost empty pencil case proved to be far superior to tight pants pockets. 

     Realizing that eventually little girls grow up and trade their pencil cases for tight jeans, Stan knew it would be a lot easier to re-invent the inhaler than to change teenage behavior.

     Stan noted that if this problem had plagued his family then many others were having the same problem.  He searched the internet and library to see if there was already an inhaler cap available and soon found no such product existed, nor was there even any mention of the problem.

     Metaphorically speaking Stan didn't just have to build a better mouse trap... he had to prove the existence of mice.

     After a number of successful, but clumsy tries the MDI TriggerGuard was conceived.  A die was cut and initial samples of the guard were produced.  Friends and family began using and testing the device and discovered that the "leak" was more prevalent than they imagined and that the Trigger Guard was more effective.

     On January 16, 2003 a patent application was delivered to the US patent office in Washington DC.  Six months later an application for Pre Market Approval was delivered to the FDA.  The struggle to bring the Trigger Guard to market had begun.  

     In October of 2004, with all necessary documentation and accreditation in place the MDI TriggerGuard was successfully launched at Medtrade in Orlando.  Soon a Canadian distributor was appointed, and at Medtrade 2005 in Atlanta Apex-Carex announced that they would be bringing the "clip" to America.   

     With European patent and regulatory issues completed, MDI Trigger Guard is in negotiations for European distribution.  It is still the companies goal that one day soon every metered dose inhaler be equipped with an MDI Trigger Guard.