Japan Tobacco Inc.

Novartis Ag

Franck Rubiconi

Michihiro Inagaki

Yuki Abe

Simon Cox

Takahisa Kudo

Jumpei Inoue

Adam Geernaert

Yuki Minami

Rishi Jobanputra

Gabriel Iobbi

Robert George Milner

Daniel Latham

Timothy Duncan Wooller

Richard Andrew Hall

Simon Peter Attard

Symon Cotton

Thomas Richard Redman

Andrew Mark Bryant

Alain Schmidlin

Arun Venkatasubramanian

Andrew Bryant

A controller for controlling an atomizing unit, wherein the atomizing unit includes a piezoelectric element substrate including an IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, and a liquid supplier configured to supply liquid, which is to be atomized, to the piezoelectric element substrate; wherein the piezoelectric element substrate is configured to atomize the liquid by use of a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes; and the controller is configured to periodically change amplitude and/or a frequency of the high-frequency voltage applied to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes.

Inhaler

An inhaler includes an atomizing unit including a piezoelectric element substrate having a first IDT including a pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes. The atomizing unit is configured to atomize liquid by a surface acoustic wave generated by applying a high-frequency voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes, and a controller is configured to monitor a resonant frequency of the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes and apply a voltage to the pair of interlocking comb-shaped electrodes at a frequency determined based on the monitored resonant frequency.

A pharmaceutical container may include a cylindrical hollow container body () defining a hollow chamber () to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body () including a portion on a sidewall () of the container body (), wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body () and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body (), thereby forming a window () through the sidewall () of the container body () into the hollow chamber (), the window () comprising two long edges () and two short edges (), and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna () arranged on the outer surface () of the sidewall () of the container, the antenna () including one or a plurality of nested antenna windings (), each of them surrounding an interior periphery () including a substantially longitudinal portion () arranged along the two long edges () of the window (), and a substantially circumferential portion () arranged mainly around the sidewall () of the container body () and at least partially along a first one of the two short edges () of the window () opposite to a second one of the two short edges () of the window ().

Medical container with NFC antenna

A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.

Flavor inhaler

A pharmaceutical container includes a cylindrical hollow container body defining a hollow chamber to receive a pharmaceutical liquid, the container body including a portion on a sidewall) of the container body, wherein the portion has a longitudinal extension along the longitudinal axis of the container body and a circumferential extension along the circumference of the container body, thereby forming a window through the sidewall of the container body into the hollow chamber. In embodiments of the invention, the window comprises two long edges and two short edges, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna. In embodiments of the invention, the antenna comprises one or a plurality of nested antenna windings.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

Franck Rubiconi