ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,690, issued on March 3, was assigned to PNEUMA RESPIRATORY INC. (Boone, N.C.).

"Droplet device with customizable resistance" was invented by Louis Thomas Germinario (Kingsport, Tenn.), John H. Hebrank (Durham, N.C.), Charles Eric Hunter (Boone, N.C.), Jack C. Hunter (Boone, N.C.), Chengjie Li (Shenzhen City, China) and Christopher W. Maurer (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically actuated droplet delivery device includes a housing with a removable mouthpiece that provides a level of air resistance and is interchangeable with alternative mouthpieces that provide alternative levels of air resistance. The level ...