ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,412, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to INVOX BELGIUM NV (Diepenbeek, Belgium).

"Seal for an inhalation device" was invented by Frank Bartels (Diepenbeek, Belgium) and Juergen Rawert (Diepenbeek, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of inhalation devices for liquids. In particular, the invention relates to an improved seal construction for an inhalation device having a nebulizing nozzle and a piston which moves relative to a pumping chamber in order to generate pumping pressure and to an inhalation device comprising such seal. 5 An inhalation device for medically active liquids (F) for generation ...