ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,957, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

"Nebulizer" was invented by Heinrich Kladders (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany), Thomas Wabnitz (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany), Herbert Graessl (Murrhardt, Germany), Andree Jung (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany) and Gilbert Wuttke (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nebulizer for nebulizing a liquid includes: a container containing multiple doses of the liquid, a housing part for receiving the container, where the container is moveable in an axial stroke within the housing part for withdrawing a dose of the ...