US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University on March 24 for "Dry powder inhalers and interfaces for improved aerosol delivery to children" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,783, issued on March 24, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.).

"Dry powder inhalers and interfaces for improved aerosol delivery to children" was invented by Worth Longest (Richmond, Va.), Dale Farkas (Richmond, Va.), Karl Bass (Richmond, Va.) and Michael Hindle (Richmond, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments include dry powder inhalers (DPIs) and patient interfaces which improve delivery of aerosols to patients, especially children."

The patent was filed on Jan. 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/794,660.

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