ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,376, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to 1000739373 Ontario Ltd. (Sudbury, Canada).
"Inhaler" was invented by Mitch Thompson (Sudbury, Canada), Patrick Lehoux (Sudbury, Canada), Dominic Coballe (Ottawa), Jason Rainville (Chelmsford, Canada) and Dave Rodney (Copper Cliff, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler including a housing having a chamber to receive a valved canister and a stem block, and a mouthpiece in fluid communication with a passage of the stem block; and an actuation mechanism including configured to engage an outer surface of the stem block at a predefined angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the stem bloc...