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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11511056 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016

Apparatus for generating an inhalable medium

Applicant:

British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Richard Hepworth, London, GB;

Joseph Sutton, London, GB;

Dominic Woodcock, London, GB;

Sharon Goodall, London, GB;

Assignee:

Nicoventures Trading Limited, London, GB;

Attorney:

Patterson Thuente, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Erin E McGrath

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24D 1/00 (2020.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24D 1/002 (2013.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A61M 15/0015 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 2016/0015 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01);
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium are disclosed. An apparatus includes a container for holding a liquid, a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container to generate a flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol in use, and a receptacle for receiving material. The receptacle is located adjacent to the heater such that in use, material received in the receptacle is heated by the heater. One or more constituents of material received in the receptacle in use are mixed with the flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol in use to produce the inhalable medium.

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