{
  "patent_number": "US 12734312",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How a Droplet Device Delivers Medicine When You Breathe In",
  "original_title": "Droplet device actuation from inhalation sensing",
  "summary": "This patent describes an electronic device that sprays a fine mist of liquid, like medicine, into your mouth or nose automatically when it detects you are inhaling at a specific speed.",
  "what_it_does": "This electronic droplet delivery device includes a main body, called a housing, with a mouthpiece for air to exit. It holds liquid in a removable fluid reservoir. Inside, an aperture plate with many small openings receives fluid from this reservoir. An electronic actuator then vibrates this aperture plate very quickly, which creates a stream of tiny droplets. A sensor in the device is connected to this actuator and is designed to trigger the droplet stream only when it senses a specific, pre-set breathing speed, or \"predetermined inhalation flow rate,\" from the user.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover devices that are triggered by a manual button press or a timer, rather than by sensing inhalation.",
    "Does not cover devices that use propellants or heat to create a mist, as it specifies an \"electronic actuator that oscillates the aperture plate.\"",
    "Does not cover devices that deliver a continuous stream of liquid instead of an \"ejected stream of droplets.\"",
    "Does not cover devices that deliver liquid without first detecting a \"predetermined inhalation flow rate.\"",
    "Does not cover devices that do not include a \"removable fluid reservoir\" or an \"aperture plate.\""
  ],
  "filed": "2025-02-13",
  "granted": "2026-09-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": null,
  "holder_url": null,
  "inventors": [],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "biotech",
    "software",
    "telecommunications"
  ],
  "abstract": "An electronic droplet delivery device includes a housing including a mouthpiece located at an airflow exit side of the housing, a removable fluid reservoir, an aperture plate having a plurality of openings that receives fluid from the reservoir, an electronic actuator that oscillates the aperture plate to generate an ejected stream of droplets, and a sensor operably coupled to trigger the actuator to generate the ejected stream of droplets when a predetermined inhalation flow rate is detected by the sensor.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734312/droplet-device-actuation-from-inhalation-sensing",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12734312/droplet-device-actuation-from-inhalation-sensing/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12734312",
  "relatedPatents": []
}