US Patent Issued to The Curators of the University of Missouri on Aug. 5 for "System and method for simulating a respiratory system" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,811, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Curators of the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo.).

"System and method for simulating a respiratory system" was invented by Yang Wang (Rolla, Mo.), Weixing Hao (Rolla, Mo.) and Yue-Wern Huang (Rolla, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for simulating a human respiratory system to facilitate investigating the functioning of the respiratory system, such as the generation and effects of secondhand smoke. An aerosol generator, which may include an atomizer, is configured to generate an aerosol. A series of filter media includes, in order, an inhaling extrathoracic filter me...