	US 11,805,809 B2
	Aerosol-generating system comprising a rupturing portion
Jonathan Hogwood, Royston (GB); Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, Royston (GB); John Antony Stephenson, Cambridge (GB); David Edington, St Albans (GB); and Christopher Coulson, London (GB)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/081,241.
Application 17/081,241 is a division of application No. 15/557,827, granted, now 10,850,051, previously published as PCT/EP2016/056575, filed on Mar. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15161531 (EP), filed on Mar. 27, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052834 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 7/00 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01)

CPC A24F 40/30 (2020.01) [A24F 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/40 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 15/0038 (2014.02); A61M 15/0041 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A61M 2205/3368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)]

8 Claims

1. An aerosol-generating system, comprising:

an aerosol-generating device comprising a heater element;

an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device and comprising:

a medicament source,

a volatile delivery enhancing compound source,

a housing, and

at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and

a rupturing portion configured to allow relative sliding movement between the rupturing portion and the at least one frangible barrier so that sliding the rupturing portion along the housing ruptures the at least one frangible barrier,

wherein the aerosol-generating article comprises the rupturing portion, and

wherein the rupturing portion is slidably mounted on the housing.