US Patent Issued to Manta Devices on July 1 for "Inhalation device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,469, issued on July 1, was assigned to Manta Devices LLC (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Inhalation device" was invented by Andrew Jones (Roslindale, Mass.) and Richard L. Miller (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for the integration of drug dispersion methods into a drug or medicine delivery system. The drug dispersion methods used include shear (e.g., air across a drug, with or without a gas assist), capillary flow or a venturi effect, mechanical means such as spinning, vibration, or impaction, and turbulence (e.g., using mesh screens, or restrictions in the air path). These methods of drug dispersion...