ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,298, issued on April 1.

"Device for inhaling powder-type substances" was invented by Alfred Von Schuckmann (Kevelaer, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for inhaling powder-type substances includes a mouthpiece, an insertion unit having a retaining part with an insertion means for opening a sub-region in a substance container containing the substance, and a discharge channel for the substance leading to the mouthpiece. In order to advantageously further improve a device of this type, it is proposed that two insertion units are provided, having preferably two retaining parts, which are separate from one another, which eac...