ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,908, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SENSORY CLOUD INC. (Boston).
"Calcium or magnesium chloride salt-based composition" was invented by David A. Edwards (Cambridge, Mass.), Rachel Diane Field (Boston), Thomas E. Devlin (Somerville, Mass.) and Dennis Arthur Ausiello (Wellesley Hills, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hydration of a larynx and/or vicinity with a composition comprising a salt formulation (e.g., CaCl2, MgCl2, KCl and/or NaCl) can achieve prophylactic and/or therapeutic effects (e.g., cough suppression, improving voice quality, increasing pulse oxygen saturation and/or increasing mucosal vaccination effectiveness...