ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,767, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Inhaler system with single plane piercing element" was invented by Gennaro Campitelli (Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Onur Dayioglu (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler system includes a housing defining a housing cavity, a sleeve extending along a sleeve longitudinal axis and positioned within the housing cavity, a capsule is contained within the sleeve, and a piercing element comprising only a single shaft extending from a fixed end to a tip along a piercing element longitudinal axis. The piercing element longitu...