ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,832, issued on March 31, was assigned to Exhalation Technology Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).
"Modular mouthpiece" was invented by Stig Lytke Brejl (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Roger Yttervik (Cambridge, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mouthpiece is disclosed through which a user inhales and exhales when providing an exhaled breath sample. The mouthpiece includes a mouth-engaging element about which a user places their mouth when using the mouthpiece and also a housing having a housing wall. The housing wall defines a first aperture through the housing wall, the first aperture being linked by a conduit defining a ...