US Patent Issued to Yale University on Oct. 28 for "Nebulizer gas scavenger system with medication recycling and consumption metering" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,827, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Yale University (New Haven, Conn.).

"Nebulizer gas scavenger system with medication recycling and consumption metering" was invented by Peter Kahn (Bronx, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The nebulizer gas scavenging system includes a condenser positioned in the expiratory pathway of the breathing circuit for extracting liquid from expiratory gases and redirecting the extracting liquid to the input of the nebulizer. The system is further configured to detect the actual consumption of inhaled medication by measuring the concentration of medication in the expiratory pathway and comparing it to...