US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Breath-enhanced nebulizer for delivery of aerosolized drugs to ventilated patients" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,510, issued on March 18.

"Breath-enhanced nebulizer for delivery of aerosolized drugs to ventilated patients" was invented by Gerald Smaldone (Stony Brook, N.Y.), Rohinton Toddywala (Somerset, N.Y.), Akanksha Hande (Somerset, N.Y.) and Vijay Shukla (Somerset, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breath-enhanced nebulizer adapted for use in administering an aerosolized pharmaceutical composition to a patient by inhalation wherein the patient is connected to a mechanical ventilator is disclosed. The nebulizer has a Venturi driven by a nebulizer air supply that draws a solution of a pharmaceutical composition into a shear zone where t...