US 12,317,928 B2
Vaporizer cartridge and inhaler comprising such a vaporizer cartridge
Max Bergmann, Hamburg (DE); Lasse Cornils, Hamburg (DE); Matthias Giese, Tokyo (JP); Christian Hanneken, Hamburg (DE); Jan Jaklin, Fellbach (DE); Marc Kessler, Hamburg (DE); Michael Kleine Wächter, Lankau (DE); Thomas Müller, Hamburg (DE); Niklas Romming, Hamburg (DE); Christof Schuster, Hamburg (DE); Tobias Wuttke, Reinbek (DE); and Rene Schmidt, Buchholz i.d.N. (DE)
Assigned to KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 17/619,389
Filed by KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066737
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/254390, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019116728.0 (DE), filed on Jun. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361572 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vaporizer cartridge as a component of an inhaler, comprising:
a hollow body with a continuous flow channel;
a storage tank for storing liquid, the storage tank having an access opening to the flow channel;
a vaporizer unit arranged in a region of the access opening and extending over an entirety of the access opening, the vaporizer unit comprising a wick member and a heating member, wherein the vaporizer unit is formed to be liquid-permeable such that liquid is conveyed at least initially in a capillary manner out of the storage tank through the vaporizer unit in a direction of the flow channel;
wherein the wick member is formed from a plurality of granular grains which form microchannels as a result of their fill and/or formation, and;
wherein the grains lie as loose fill.