US Patent Issued to Philip Morris Products on Dec. 16 for "Dry powder inhaler" (Swiss, Swedish, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,413, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).

"Dry powder inhaler" was invented by Gerard Zuber (Boulens, Switzerland), Christopher Grant (Neuchatel, Switzerland), Daniele Sanna (Marin-Epagnier, Switzerland), Gianluca Sechi (Colombier, Switzerland), Judith Waller (Ostersund, Sweden) and Niki Meloncelli (Castel Maggiore, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dry powder inhaler for providing pharmaceutically active particles includes a mouthpiece portion removably coupled to a distal end portion. The mouthpiece portion extends between the mouthpiece end and a first mating end. The distal...