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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2016
Applicant:

Nicoventures Trading Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Richard Hepworth, London, GB;

Dominic Woodcock, London, GB;

Joseph Sutton, London, GB;

Sharon Goodall, London, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 11/041 (2013.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01);
Abstract

Presented are apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium. An apparatus including a container holding a liquid, a heater for volatizing the liquid, and a plurality of discrete material elements is used. The liquid held in the container is volatized. At least one of a vapor and an aerosol formed by the volatized liquid is passed through one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements. One or more constituents of the one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements is thereby entrained in the at least one of a vapor and an aerosol to produce the inhalable medium.


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