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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2016
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Jonathan Hogwood, Royston, GB;
Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, Royston, GB;
John Antony Stephenson, Cambridge, GB;
David Edington, St Albans, GB;
Christopher Coulson, London, GB;
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Abstract
An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article includes a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The aerosol-generating system also includes at least one piercing element disposed on one of the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-generating article, the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.