ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,022, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to INVOX BELGIUM NV (Diepenbeek, Belgium).
"Inhalation device and method" was invented by Frank Bartels (Hattigen, Germany) and Jurgen Rawert (Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to an inhalation device having improved flow characteristics. A inhalation device for medically active liquids (F) for generation of an aerosol comprises a housing (1), inside this housing (1) a reservoir (2) for storing a liquid (F), a pumping device with a hollow cylinder (9) providing a pumping chamber (...