ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,763, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LOEWENSTEIN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.A. (Luxembourg).
"Apparatus for producing aerosols" was invented by Josef Baumann (Passau, Germany) and Peter Kremeier (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nebulizer for producing an inhalable mist of droplets, comprising at least an aerosol generator, a housing having a liquid reservoir and control electronics, the aerosol generator consisting at least of a membrane, a piezo element and a substrate plate, and the control electronics comprising at least an RF generator, a controller, memory and switching elements, and an inductor. The aerosol gener...