ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,960, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to APTAR FRANCE SAS (Le Neubourg, France).

"Device for nasal delivery of a fluid product" was invented by Matthieu Baillet (Rouen, France) and Guillaume Du Boisbaudry (Bois Guillaume, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device having a vessel containing a fluid product dose, a compressed gas vessel for dispensing a dose of compressed gas to expel the dose of fluid product, and an intermediate portion having a body and a connection for connecting the vessel to the compressed gas vessel, and an actuating mechanism. The connection has first and second support members and a deformable tube attached ...