ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,512, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VAPOTHERM INC. (Exeter, N.H.).
"Systems and methods for providing respiratory therapy" was invented by Felino V. Cortez Jr. (Bowie, Md.), William F. Niland (Arnold, Md.) and George McGarrity (Centreville, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for respiratory therapy may include a nebulizer, an adaptor, and a nasal cannula. The nebulizer is operable to generate an aerosolized medicament and pass the aerosolized medicament through a nebulizer outlet port. The adaptor has a nebulizer coupling port configured to be coupled to the nebulizer outlet port. The nasal cannula is configured to provi...