US Patent Issued to Vectura on March 18 for "Mixing channel for an inhalation device and inhalation device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,506, issued on March 18, was assigned to Vectura GmbH (Gauting, Germany).

"Mixing channel for an inhalation device and inhalation device" was invented by Bernhard Muellinger (Munich), Martin Huber (Furstenfeldbruck, Germany), Tobias Kolb (Neuried, Germany) and Monika Hartmann (Kaufering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a mixing channel for an inhalation device, and in particular to a mixing channel with improved injection and mixing properties for injecting and mixing a liquid drug into an air flow streaming in the mixing channel, thereby producing an aerosol to be inhaled by a patient. One aspect of ...