US 12,233,204 B2
Nicotine powder delivery system
Gérard Zuber, Boulens (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchâtel (CH)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/732,661.
Application 17/732,661 is a division of application No. 16/064,173, granted, now 11,338,099, previously published as PCT/IB2016/057455, filed on Dec. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15202712 (EP), filed on Dec. 24, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0249786 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A24F 42/20 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 15/0035 (2014.02) [A24F 42/20 (2020.01); A24F 42/60 (2020.01); A61M 15/0008 (2014.02); A61M 15/0021 (2014.02); A61M 15/003 (2014.02); A61M 15/0063 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A61M 2202/064 (2013.01); A61M 2206/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nicotine powder delivery system, comprising:
an inhaler article comprising;
an inhaler body extending between a mouthpiece portion and a distal end portion;
a nicotine powder receptacle disposed within the inhaler body and between the mouthpiece portion and the distal end portion;
an air inlet port extending through the inhaler body and into the nicotine powder receptacle;
a mouthpiece air channel fluidly connecting the nicotine powder receptacle with a proximal end of the mouthpiece portion, wherein the mouthpiece air channel comprises at least two parallel and coextensive airflow channels that fluidly connect the nicotine powder receptacle to the proximal end of the mouthpiece portion, and extend from the nicotine powder receptacle to the proximal end of the mouthpiece portion;
a nicotine powder capsule containing nicotine powder is disposed within the nicotine powder receptacle, wherein the nicotine powder capsule rotates about a longitudinal axis when air flows from the air inlet port to the mouthpiece air channel.