ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,222, issued on March 17, was assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A. (Neuchatel, Switzerland).
"Inhaler with boundary element" was invented by Judith Waller (Ostersund, Sweden) and Masja Bertien Mooij (Rotterdam, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inhaler article (100) includes a body (110) extending along a longitudinal axis (LA) from a mouthpiece end (112) to a distal end (114). A capsule cavity (116) is defined within the body and extends along the longitudinal axis. A mouthpiece air channel (111) extends from the capsule cavity to the mouthpiece end. A boundary element (140) is located between the capsule cavity and t...