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Utility
Aerosol-generating article having detachable freshener segment
25 Apr 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a combustible heat source; an aerosol-generating substrate adjacent the heat source; a freshener segment upstream of the heat source and at least partially covering an upstream end of the heat source, the freshener segment including a segment of support material having an annular shape defining a channel extending through at least a part of the segment between upstream and downstream ends thereof, and at least one freshener delivery element contained within the channel and being detachable from the heat source to expose the heat source prior to use of the article; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the freshener segment and the heat source, including a line of weakness extending around the wrapper and overlying an upstream edge of the heat source so that the freshener segment is detachable from the heat source by breaking the wrapper along the line of weakness.
Clement Besso
Filed: 18 Oct 18
Utility
Smoking article mouthpiece for receiving an insert unit
25 Apr 23
A smoking article (10) includes an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) that (i) includes a first hollow tubular segment (24) of elastically deformable material and (ii) is secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate; and a second hollow tubular segment (30) adjacent to and upstream of the first hollow tubular segment.
Antonio Alvarez De La Cadena, Ahmet Dincer, Leonardo Nappi
Filed: 6 Jul 17
Utility
Fast disintegrating cannabinoid tablets
25 Apr 23
The present invention relates in a first aspect to a fast disintegrating cannabinoid tablet, the tablet comprising a sugar alcohol composition comprising one or more sugar alcohol particles in an amount of at least 20% by weight of the tablet, a cannabinoid composition comprising one or more cannabinoids, and a disintegrant composition comprising one or more disintegrants operable to disintegrate the tablet within a period of 2 minutes or less in contact with oral saliva.
Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Dorthe Schackinger Boesen, Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen
Filed: 13 Dec 19
Utility
Method of manufacture for a heater assembly for use with a liquid filled cartridge
18 Apr 23
There is provided a method of manufacturing a heater assembly for an aerosol generating system, including providing a flexible wick; applying tension to the flexible wick; assembling a heating element around the flexible wick; and releasing the tension from the flexible wick.
Michel Thorens, Alexis Louvet, Yvan Degoumois, Flavien Dubief
Filed: 24 Jul 20
Utility
Diagnostic test for distinguishing the smoking status of a subject
18 Apr 23
There is disclosed herein a device for determining the smoking status of a subject, wherein said device comprises a plurality of different specific binding molecules deposited to a solid phase to detect specifically the presence of two or three tobacco smoke exposure biomarkers in a biological sample, said biomarkers consisting of: (i) cotinine and total 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-, pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL); (ii) cotinine and N-acetyl-S-[2-carboxyethyl]-L-cysteine (CEMA); or (iii) cotinine and NNAL and CEMA.
Frank Luedicke, Manuel C. Peitsch
Filed: 18 May 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating device and method for controlling a heater of an aerosol-generating device
4 Apr 23
A method of controlling a heater in an aerosol-generating device is provided, the device including: a heater including a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, and a power source configured to provide power to the heating element; and the method including the steps of: controlling power provided to the heating element such that in a first phase, power is provided to increase a temperature of the heating element from an initial temperature to a first temperature, and in a second phase, power is provided to decrease the temperature of the heating element below the first temperature to a second temperature, the power being provided to the heating element during the first phase is increased at least once during a duration of the first phase, and aerosol is produced during the second phase.
Marie Farine
Filed: 26 Nov 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating system comprising a mesh susceptor
4 Apr 23
There is provided a cartridge for use in an aerosol-generating system, the aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device, the cartridge configured to be used with the device, wherein the device includes a device housing, an inductor coil positioned on or within the housing, and a power supply connected to the inductor coil and configured to provide a high frequency oscillating current to the inductor coil, the cartridge including a cartridge housing containing an aerosol-forming substrate and a ferrite mesh susceptor element positioned to heat the aerosol-forming substrate.
Oleg Mironov, Michel Thorens, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
Filed: 9 Nov 20
Utility
Cartridge for aerosol-generating system
21 Mar 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including a main unit including a power supply; and a cartridge removably mounted to the main unit and including: a liquid storage portion to store a liquid, a heater assembly including a flat-shaped fluid-permeable heating element, including first and second surfaces, the first surface arranged in an upstream position to receive a liquid, and the second surface arranged in a downstream position to release the liquid in vaporized form, and a capillary body having a first elongated end and a second end, the first elongated end extending into the storage portion to contact the liquid, the second end contacting the first surface of the heating element, a cross-sectional area of the capillary body at the second end is greater than that at the first elongated end, the capillary body including capillary fibers at the first elongated end and at the second end.
Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 10 Aug 21
Utility
Method and apparatus for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods
21 Mar 23
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing inductively heatable aerosol-forming rods (100).
Daniele Sanna, Christian Agostini
Filed: 13 Jun 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating system comprising a fluid permeable susceptor element
21 Mar 23
A cartridge is provided for an electrically heatable aerosol-generating system, the cartridge including: an aerosol-forming substrate including a liquid held in a capillary material; and a susceptor element including first and second fluid-permeable portions, the first fluid-permeable portion being disposed on a first side of the capillary material, and the second fluid-permeable portion being disposed on a second side of the capillary material opposite to the first side such that the capillary material is located in between the first and the second fluid-permeable portions of the susceptor element, the susceptor element being electrically isolated from other electrically conductive components.
Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Michel Thorens
Filed: 30 Mar 22
Utility
Shisha device with aerosol condensation
14 Mar 23
A method includes generating an aerosol by heating, without combusting, an aerosol generating substrate (300) in a shisha device (100).
Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez, Jakub Bialek, Leander Dittmann
Filed: 17 Sep 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating system having a heater assembly and a cartridge for an aerosol-generating system having a fluid permeable heater assembly
14 Mar 23
An aerosol-generating system including a liquid storage portion is provided, the portion including a rigid housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the housing having an opening and a fluid permeable heater assembly including a plurality of electrically conductive filaments, wherein the fluid permeable heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the opening of the housing.
Oleg Mironov, Rui Nuno Batista
Filed: 27 Oct 20
Utility
Aerosol generating device with induction heater with side opening
14 Mar 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided, including: an induction heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate and including an induction coil and a heating element, the heating element being arrangeable within the induction coil, the induction coil including a first side opening along a longitudinal length of the induction coil, and the first side opening being configured to enable access to the heating element; and a housing, the induction coil being arranged within the housing, and the housing including a second side opening, which corresponds to the first side opening of the induction coil within the housing.
Enrico Stura, Oleg Mironov, Tony Reevell
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
Filter component
7 Mar 23
The present invention relates to a filter component comprising a plug of filter material comprising a body of a first filtering material and at least one element of a second filtering material, wherein the at least one element of the second filtering material is inserted in the body of a first filtering material, and wherein a volume ratio between a volume of the at least one element of a second filtering material and a volume of the plug is comprised between about 0.3 and about 0.8.
Alessandro Gnan
Filed: 10 Apr 18
Utility
Aerosol-generating system and aerosol-generating article for use in such a system
7 Mar 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including a cartridge, the cartridge including: a first compartment including a nicotine source; a second compartment including a second substance source; a first susceptor arranged within the nicotine source in the first compartment and being configured to heat the nicotine source; and a second susceptor arranged within the second substance source in the second compartment and being configured to heat the second substance source.
Oleg Mironov, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Oleg Fursa
Filed: 20 Oct 20
Utility
Surface changing aerosol-generating system
7 Mar 23
An aerosol-generating system includes an aerosol-generating article (100) comprising an article housing (110) and an aerosol-forming substrate (300) disposed in the article housing.
Gennaro Campitelli
Filed: 21 Nov 18
Utility
Dry powder formulations for inhalation
7 Mar 23
A respirable dry powder including acetylsalicylic acid in particles has a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) within a range of about 0.5 μm to about 10 μm.
Kambiz Yadidi
Filed: 7 Aug 20
Utility
Nicotine gel
28 Feb 23
A gel composition is provided, including an alkaloid compound, or a cannabinoid compound, or both an alkaloid compound and a cannabinoid compound; glycerol; a viscosifying agent; a hydrogen-bond crosslinking gelling agent; and an ionic crosslinking gelling agent; and an acid.
Sebastien Capelli, Celine Gambs, Farideh Goudarzi, Timothy King, Jean-Yves Vollmer, Gerard Zuber
Filed: 8 Apr 19
Utility
Dry powder inhaler
28 Feb 23
A dry powder inhaler with a blister folding device can include a housing to receive a single blister containing a dose of medicament for inhalation by a user, and a mouthpiece through which a dose of medicament is inhaled by a user and a blister opening device.
Roger Clarke, Peter Wilson
Filed: 4 Aug 20
Utility
Aerosol-generating device comprising a powder de-agglomerating actuator
28 Feb 23
The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating device (1) for generating an aerosol by dispersing an aerosol-forming powder (31) into an airflow.
David Cross
Filed: 27 Feb 18