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Novel Aerosol-generating Substrate
2 Nov 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate formed of a homogenised plant material, including: between 1 percent by weight and 65 percent by weight of non-tobacco plant particles, on a dry weight basis; between 15 percent by weight and 55 percent by weight of aerosol former, on a dry weight basis; between 5 percent by weight and 10 percent by weight of cellulose ether, on a dry weight basis; and between 5 percent by weight and 50 percent by weight of additional cellulose, on a dry weight basis, in which the additional cellulose is in a form of isolated cellulose and is not derived from the non-tobacco plant particles, and in which a ratio of additional cellulose to cellulose ether in the homogenised plant material is at least 2.
Anu AJITHKUMAR, Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Damien DE PALO, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Delphine LANGLET, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Zoe ODOT
Filed: 24 Feb 21
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Aerosol-generating Article with Combustion Preventing Wrapper
2 Nov 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate extending from a rod proximal end to a rod distal end upstream from the proximal end, the substrate an aerosol-former, an aerosol former content of the substrate being at least 10 percent on a dry weight basis; a downstream section located downstream of the rod; and a wrapper circumscribing the rod, the wrapper including a wrapping base material having a dry basis weight, in which a treated portion of the wrapper extending between the proximal and distal ends includes a flame retardant composition including flame retardant compounds, such that the treated portion has an overall dry basis weight greater than that of the wrapping base material, and in which the treated portion includes at least about 2 g/m2 of the flame retardant compounds of surface area of the treated portion.
Stefanos PAPAKYRILLOU
Filed: 18 May 21
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Aerosol-generating Article with Low Resistance to Draw and Improved Flavour Delivery
2 Nov 23
An aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating is provided, the aerosol-generating article extending from a mouth end to a distal end and including: a rod-shaped aerosol-generating element including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate including an aerosol-former; and a downstream section at a location downstream of the aerosol-generating element, the downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating element to the mouth end of the aerosol-generating article, the downstream section including a hollow tubular element, a length-to-diameter ratio of the aerosol-generating element being from about 0.5 to about 3.0, and a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 7 Oct 21
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Aerosol Generating Article with Front End Plug
2 Nov 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article; and an upstream section extending from an upstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to an upstream end of the aerosol-generating article, a ratio of a resistance-to-draw of the upstream section to a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being more than 1, and the resistance-to-draw of the upstream section being no more than 150 mm H2O.
Gennaro CAMPITELLI, Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 7 Oct 21
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a Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System, an Aerosol-generating System Including a Cartridge, and a Method of Manufacturing a Heater Assembly and Cartridge for an Aerosol-generating System
2 Nov 23
A cartridge for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the cartridge including: a housing containing an aerosol-forming substrate, the housing including upper and lower housing portions; a heater element including a fluid-permeable heater portion and an electrical contact portion, in which the heater portion and the electrical contact portion are integrally formed from a single heater sheet, and in which the heater portion is enclosed within the housing and positioned to heat the substrate, and the electrical contact portion extends outside the housing; and an outer housing in which the upper and the lower housing portions are held, the outer housing including a sleeve into which the upper and the lower housing portions are received such that the outer housing compresses the upper and the lower housing portions together to provide a seal therebetween.
Ali Murat SAYGILI
Filed: 17 Dec 20
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Smoking Device with Authentication Means
2 Nov 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device having a locked state in which the aerosol-generating device is prohibited from generating aerosol and an unlocked state in which the aerosol-generating device is permitted to generate aerosol; and a receiving device to at least partially receive the aerosol-generating device, each of the aerosol-generating and the receiving devices includes a communication interface to communicatively couple the aerosol-generating device with the receiving device, the receiving device including a control arrangement with at least one biometric sensor to authenticate a user of the system based on sensing at least one biometric feature of the user, and the control arrangement being configured to transmit an authentication signal to the aerosol-generating device to configure the aerosol-generating device into the locked state or into the unlocked state, the authentication signal being indicative of a successful or an unsuccessful authentication of the user at the receiving device.
Eva FERRARI, Andrew MCLAUCHLAN, Maxime CHATEAU
Filed: 6 May 21
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Nicotine Tablet
2 Nov 23
The invention relates to an orally disintegrating nicotine tablet for nicotine craving relief comprising a pressed powder formulation, the tablet being designed to disintegrate within a period of less than 60 seconds upon oral administration, the powder formulation comprising an amount of nicotine and a pH regulating agent.
Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen, Kent Albin Nielsen
Filed: 7 Jul 23
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Spray Dried Low Hygroscopicity Active Powder Compositions
2 Nov 23
A method of forming an inhalable powder composition including combining sugar or a sugar alcohol with an active agent and a liquid carrier to form a liquid mixture, and spraying drying the liquid mixture at a spray drying temperature to form crystalline dry powder particles.
Fabiana Spadaro, GĂ©rard Zuber
Filed: 31 Aug 21
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Aerosol-generating article with improved outermost wrapper
31 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-forming substrate configured to be heated to generate an aerosol, the aerosol-generating article not including an aerosol-forming substrate that is configured to be combusted to produce smoke; and an outermost wrapper around at least a portion of the aerosol-forming substrate, an outer surface of the outermost wrapper forming at least part of an outer surface of the aerosol-generating article, the outermost wrapper including a metallized substrate including a substrate layer and a metal layer radially outward of the substrate layer, and the substrate layer being coated with the metal layer by vapour deposition.
Farhang Mohseni
Filed: 23 Jun 21
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Ventilation for shisha device
31 Oct 23
A shisha device (10) comprises an aerosol-generating element (11) for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate (12).
Felix Fernando, David Cross, Terence John Wilby, Ana Isabel Gonzalez Florez, Ian Sparrow
Filed: 24 Apr 19
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Method and System for Splicing Two Sheets of Material Containing Alkaloids
26 Oct 23
A method for splicing two sheets of material containing alkaloids is provided, the method including: providing a first sheet of material containing alkaloids wound in a first bobbin; providing a second sheet of material containing alkaloids wound in a second bobbin; unwinding the first sheet wound in the first bobbin; evaluating one or more of the following parameters of the unwound first sheet: moisture, thickness, width, stickiness, and presence or absence of holes or tears; and depending on a value of the evaluated one or more parameters, unwinding the second sheet wound in the second bobbin, and splicing the first sheet and the second sheet.
Pietro Davide LA PORTA
Filed: 28 Jul 21
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Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Crimped Web
26 Oct 23
An apparatus for manufacturing a crimped web for an aerosol-generating article is provided, the apparatus including: a set of crimping rollers including a first roller and a second roller, each of which is corrugated across at least a portion of a width thereof, the first and the second rollers being arranged such that corrugations of the first roller substantially interleave with corrugations of the second roller, pitch values of the corrugations of one or both of the first and the second rollers varying across the width of the rollers, and the pitch values of substantially all of the corrugations of the first and the second rollers varying from about 0.5 mm to about 1.7 mm.
Stefano ZAPPOLI
Filed: 30 Jun 23
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Aerosol-generating Article Comprising a Flame-retardant
26 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided for producing an inhalable aerosol upon heating, the aerosol-generating article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate including at least an aerosol-former, in which the aerosol-generating substrate has an aerosol former content of at least about 10 percent on a dry weight basis; a downstream section at a location downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod of aerosol-generating substrate, in which a density of the aerosol-generating substrate is greater than about 300 milligrams per cubic centimeter, and in which the wrapper includes a flame retardant composition including one or more flame retardant compounds.
Stefanos PAPAKYRILLOU
Filed: 18 May 21
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an Aerosol-generator Comprising a Plurality of Atomisers
26 Oct 23
An aerosol-generator for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the aerosol-generator including: a plurality of surface acoustic wave atomisers, each surface acoustic wave atomiser including: a substrate including an active surface, and at least one transducer disposed on the active surface of the substrate to generate surface acoustic waves on the active surface; an atomisation region defined between the substrates of the plurality of surface acoustic wave atomisers; and a supply element arranged to supply a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the atomisation region.
Leander DITTMANN, Robert EMMETT
Filed: 19 Nov 20
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Mouthpiece for an Aerosol Generating Device
26 Oct 23
A mouthpiece is provided for an aerosol generating device, including: an airflow channel extending at least partially through the mouthpiece to a mouthpiece opening arranged at a proximal end of the mouthpiece; a first electrode arranged on a front face of the mouthpiece to provide a first electrical contact to a user, the front face being a surface extending essentially perpendicular or angular to a longitudinal direction of the mouthpiece; and a second electrode arranged on a lateral surface of the mouthpiece to provide a second electrical contact to a user, the lateral surface being a peripheral surface of the mouthpiece.
Flavie ARAMENDY, Ricardo CALI, Toney Moses RAJAN, Yalcin AKPINAR, Alexandra SEREDA
Filed: 17 May 21
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Aerosol-generating System Having a Ventilation Chamber
26 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating article including a rod of aerosol-forming substrate, a filter downstream of the rod, the rod and the filter being assembled within a wrapper, and a ventilation zone located on the wrapper and including apertures extending through the wrapper; and an aerosol-generating device including distal and mouth ends, a housing including a peripheral wall defining a device cavity to removably receive the article at the mouth end, and a heater to heat the substrate when the article is received within the device cavity, such that, when the article is received within the device cavity, the ventilation zone is located within the device cavity and a portion of an internal surface of the peripheral wall overlying the zone is spaced apart from the article to define a ventilation chamber within the peripheral wall.
Yves JORDIL, Mirko MINZONI
Filed: 21 Dec 20
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Pharmaceutical Composition Comprising Hydroxychloroquine and Uses Thereof
26 Oct 23
A pharmaceutical composition may include hydroxychloroquine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a solvent.
Florian Alexis CALVINO, Philippe Alexandre GUY, Julia HOENG, Aditya Reddy KOLLI, Arkadiusz KUCZAJ, Shoaib MAJEED, Anatoly MAZUROV, Manuel PEITSCH, Tanja Zivkovic SEMREN, Marco VAN DER TOORN
Filed: 13 Sep 21
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Aerosol generating system with multiple susceptors
24 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device, including a housing, a heating chamber defining a heating zone and being sized to receive at least a portion of an aerosol-forming substrate within the heating zone, an induction element disposed around, or adjacent to, the heating zone, a power supply, and a controller connected to the induction element and configured to provide an alternating electric current to the induction element to generate an alternating magnetic field within the heating zone, the induction element being configured to be controlled to sequentially provide a first alternating magnetic field having a first frequency for a first period of time followed by a second alternating magnetic field having a second frequency for a second period of time.
Jerome Christian Courbat, Oleg Mironov, Tony Reevell, Andreas Michael Rossoll, Enrico Stura
Filed: 9 Aug 18
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Aerosol-generating article comprising three dimensional code
24 Oct 23
The aerosol-generating article for use with an aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article comprises an aerosol-forming substrate, and a surface area comprising a three dimensional code.
Dionisius Florack, Evan Jochnowitz
Filed: 10 Jun 20
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Novel Aerosol-generating Substrate Comprising Matricaria Species
19 Oct 23
A heatable aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate, including a homogenised chamomile material, the homogenised chamomile material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of chamomile particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and a binder, at least 20 micrograms of bisabolol oxide A per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 100 micrograms of tonghaosu isomers per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 15 micrograms of alpha-bisabolol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis; and at least one hollow tube immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate.
Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
Filed: 28 Jun 21