ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,682, issued on June 30, was assigned to APTAR RADOLFZELL GMBH (Radolfzell, Germany).

"Discharge head for the nasal application of liquid from a pressure reservoir" was invented by Jurgen Greiner-Perth (Gottmadingen, Germany) and Felix Schmid (Ohningen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discharge head for the nasal application of pharmaceutical liquid from a pressure reservoir which has an outlet valve with a valve connector, to which force can be applied counter to a spring force in order to open the outlet valve. The discharge head has a nasal applicator which extends outward from an actuating surface and at the end of which ...