US Patent Issued to SHL Medical on July 1 for "Spray nozzle chip and a medicament delivery device comprising the same" (Swedish, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,467, issued on July 1, was assigned to SHL Medical AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Spray nozzle chip and a medicament delivery device comprising the same" was invented by Niclas Roxhed (Bromma, Sweden), Torben Last (Osterode am Harz, Germany) and Goran Stemme (Lidingo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray nozzle chip comprising: a first layer provided with a first layer orifice, and a mechanically flexible nozzle layer provided with a nozzle orifice, wherein the first layer has a valve seat arranged aligned with the nozzle orifice, wherein the spray nozzle chip has a valve functionality obtained by movement of the nozzle layer relati...