ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,917, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VERMES MICRODISPENSING GMBH (Holzkirchen, Germany).

"Dosing system having an adjustable actuator" was invented by Mario Fliess (Munich) and Klaus Mehrle (Passau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to dosing system (1) for a dosing substance, which dosing system (1) comprises a housing (11) having a nozzle (60) and a feed channel (64) for dosing substance, a discharge element (51) arranged in the housing (11) for discharging dosing substance from the nozzle (60), at least one first actuator (20), preferably a piezo actuator (20), coupled to the discharge element (51) an...