US Patent Issued to VAPOTHERM on July 8 for "Machine proximate nebulizer" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,422, issued on July 8, was assigned to VAPOTHERM INC. (Exeter, N.H.).

"Machine proximate nebulizer" was invented by Scott A. Leonard (Exeter, N.H.) and Jesse Bodwell (Exeter, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing respiratory therapy are disclosed. The system includes a nebulizer operable to aerosolize a medicament, a cylindrical mixing chamber, an impacting cap and a recirculation tube. The mixing chamber has an inlet port, an outlet port, an aerosol port in fluid communication with the nebulizer, and a drainage port. The inlet port receives a flow of breathing gas. The mixing chamber receives the aeros...