ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,508, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Trudell Medical International Inc. (London, Canada).
"Respiratory interface" was invented by Noel Gulka (London, Canada) and George Baran (London, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient respiratory interface for use in an aerosol delivery system is disclosed. The interface may provide a mechanism for introducing an aerosolized medicament to infants without the need for invasive intubation when treating issues in infants such as infant respiratory distress syndrome. The interface may include an outer body formed in the shape of a pacifier where the insertion portion of the pacifier may ...