ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,923, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Stamford Devices Ltd. (Galway, Ireland).
"Nebulizer" was invented by Michael Casey (Cornamona, Ireland), Joseph Grehan (Gort, Ireland), Kieran Hyland (Galway, Ireland) and John Power (Moycullen, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nebulizer comprises a controller linked at its output to a nebulizer head, and at its input to a USB cable and USB plug for connection to a host system. The link between the USB plug and the controller is a USB cable with power and data channels. The controller comprises a boost circuit, a microcontroller 11, and a drive circuit. The latter provides power and con...