ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,119, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to ALEXZA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Electrical condensation aerosol device" was invented by David Koji Hasegawa (Cupertino, Calif.), Mingzu Lei (San Jose, Calif.) and Gilbert T. Tong (Union City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a method for producing condensation aerosols for the treatment of disease and/or chronic, intermittent or acute conditions. These condensation aerosols are produced from drugs including temperature sensitive drugs and small molecule drugs that are coated onto a foil substrate which is heated via electrical resistance h...