853 patents
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Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
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
Utility
Modified Aerosol-generating Article with Flame Retardant Wrapper
19 Oct 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; a downstream section downstream of the rod; and a wrapper circumscribing at least the rod, the wrapper including a wrapping base material having a basis weight, at least a treated portion of the wrapper extending between the rod proximal and distal ends includes a flame retardant composition including one or more flame retardant compounds, such that the treated portion has an overall basis weight greater than the basis weight of the wrapping base material, and in which the treated portion extends over at least about 90 percent of an outer surface area of the rod.
Yves JORDIL, Stefanos PAPAKYRILLOU
Filed: 18 May 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Ventilation
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, the downstream section including a first ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the downstream section, the first ventilation zone extending from a downstream end to an upstream end, the upstream end being less than 5 millimetres from the downstream end of the substrate, a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, and the first ventilation zone including a porous portion of the downstream section having a ventilation of at least 20 percent.
Rui Nuno BATISTA, Valerio OLIANA, Alexandra SEREDA, Gianluca BONGIOVANNI, Bekele BEDASSO
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Article with Ventilation
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate; and a downstream section extending from a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating article, a resistance-to-draw of the downstream section being less than 10 mm H2O, the downstream section including a first ventilation zone configured to provide ventilation into the downstream section, the first ventilation zone including a first line of perforation holes circumscribing the downstream section, the aerosol-generating substrate having an aerosol former content of at least 10 percent on a dry weight basis, and a downstream end of the first ventilation zone being located between 8 millimetres and 20 millimetres from the downstream end of the aerosol-generating article.
Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Heater Assembly Having Fluid Permeable Heater with Directly Deposited Transport Material
19 Oct 23
A heater assembly is provided for an aerosol-generating system, the heater assembly including: a fluid permeable heating element configured to heat a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, the fluid permeable heating element including a plurality of apertures configured to allow fluid to permeate through the fluid permeable heating element; and a transport material including a plurality of channels configured to convey a liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the plurality of apertures of the fluid permeable heating element, the transport material including a ceramic, which is deposited directly on to a fluid permeable surface of the fluid permeable heating element, and for over 50 percent of the apertures of the fluid permeable heating element, the transport material further includes a corresponding channel configured to convey liquid aerosol-forming substrate to its respective aperture.
Irene TAURINO
Filed: 17 Jun 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Systems and Methods for Guiding an Airflow Inside an Electrically Heated Aerosol-generating System
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating system comprises a liquid storage portion comprising a container holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining an opening, and a heater assembly which extends across the opening along a transverse plane.
Oleg MIRONOV, lhar Nikolaevich ZINOVIK, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO
Filed: 22 Jun 23
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device with Easy Clean Heating Chamber
19 Oct 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to form an inhalable aerosol, the aerosol-generating device including: a heating chamber configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heating chamber comprising a first end having an opening, a second end having a base, and a side wall extending between the opening and the base, in which a cavity is defined by inner surfaces of the base and side wall; a heating assembly; and a power supply, the heating assembly including a heater extending into the heating chamber through an inner portion of the base, and the inner portion of the base being contoured to provide a chamfered or filleted intersection between the base and the heater.
Dani RUSCIO, Keethan Dasnavis FERNANDO, Boris MAHLER, Patrick MAUROUX
Filed: 23 Jun 23
Utility
Susceptor and Method for the Manufacture Thereof
19 Oct 23
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a susceptor for an inductively heatable aerosol-generating article, wherein the method comprises the steps of providing a band of susceptor material and providing a compression stage.
Frederic Ulysse Buehler, Fabio Cantieri, Onur Dayioglu, Michele Lorenzelli, Cyrille Poindron, Enrico Pietrobuoni
Filed: 23 Aug 21
Utility
Knife
12 Oct 23
A knife is provided for a cutting device for cutting continuous rods in a manufacturing process, the knife including: a knife body having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the knife body configured to be attached to a cutting device; and a cutting edge located at the distal end of the knife body, the cutting edge including at least two cutting edge segments, each cutting edge segment including a profile, the profile including one maximum protrusion from the knife body, and at least a portion of a second cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments protruding, from the knife body, to a greater extent than the maximum protrusion of a first cutting edge segment of the at least two cutting edge segments, from the knife body.
Ivan CHIARINI, Ivan PRESTIA
Filed: 8 Sep 21