US 12,336,564 B2
Inhalator and cartridge thereof
Walid Abi Aoun, London (GB); Oleg Jurievich Abramov, St. Petersberg (RU); Gary Nicholson, London (GB); Pavel Fimin, St. Petersberg (RU); and Helena Digard, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,213.
Application 16/058,604 is a division of application No. 15/521,082, granted, now 10,375,996, previously published as PCT/EP2015/074395, filed on Oct. 21, 2015.
Application 17/475,213 is a continuation of application No. 16/058,604, filed on Aug. 8, 2018, granted, now 11,324,254.
Claims priority of application No. 1418817 (GB), filed on Oct. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0007721 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); F22B 1/28 (2006.01); H05B 3/44 (2006.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/42 (2020.01) [A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 11/045 (2014.02); A61M 15/0003 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); F22B 1/284 (2013.01); H05B 3/44 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A61M 16/107 (2014.02); A61M 2021/0016 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating an inhalable medium, the apparatus comprising:
a container for holding a liquid;
a first heater for volatilising the liquid held in the container;
a chamber for receiving a material;
an outlet; and
a second heater for heating the material received in the chamber;
the arrangement being such that in use the liquid volatilised by the first heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through the material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.