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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Jean-Marc Flick, Pomy, CH;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol generating system is provided, including: a storage portion for storing an aerosol-forming substrate, an aerosol generating element for generating an aerosol from the aerosol-forming substrate, control circuitry in communication with the storage portion, and disabling component within the storage portion for rendering the storage portion inoperable in the aerosol generating system in response to a disable signal from the control circuitry. There is also provided a method in an aerosol generating system, including sending a disable signal from the control circuitry to the disabling component following a determination that an amount of the aerosol-substrate in the storage portion is below a threshold level or following a determination of a malfunction in the system.