ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,508, issued on March 18, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Microfluidic dispenser device for delivering inhalable substances" was invented by Oriana Rita Antonia Di Marco (Milan) and Domenico Giusti (Caponago, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microfluidic dispenser device of inhalable substances includes a casing, housed in which are a driving circuit and a microfluidic cartridge having a tank that contains a liquid to be delivered. The microfluidic cartridge is provided with at least one nebulizer controlled by the driving device. The nebulizer includes: a substrate; a plurality of chambers f...