US 12,357,018 B2
Nicotine gel
Sebastien Capelli, Neuchatel (CH); Farideh Goudarzi, Cambridge (GB); Timothy King, Cambridge (GB); Jean-Yves Vollmer, Neuchatel (CH); and Gerard Zuber, Neuchatel (CH)
Assigned to Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/637,390.
Application 18/637,390 is a continuation of application No. 17/040,232, granted, now 11,980,219, previously published as PCT/EP2019/058845, filed on Apr. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18166166 (EP), filed on Apr. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0268444 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24B 15/32 (2006.01); A24B 15/40 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 9/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/465 (2006.01); A61K 36/185 (2006.01); A61K 47/02 (2006.01); A61K 47/10 (2017.01); A61K 47/12 (2006.01); A61K 47/36 (2006.01); A61K 47/46 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 15/167 (2016.11) [A24B 15/32 (2013.01); A24B 15/403 (2013.01); A61K 9/007 (2013.01); A61K 9/06 (2013.01); A61K 31/465 (2013.01); A61K 36/185 (2013.01); A61K 47/02 (2013.01); A61K 47/10 (2013.01); A61K 47/12 (2013.01); A61K 47/36 (2013.01); A61K 47/46 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
 
1. A composition, comprising:
a gelling agent in a range from about 2% to about 5% by weight, the gelling agent forming a solid medium;
glycerol in a range of about 70% to about 95% by weight, the glycerol being dispersed in the solid medium;
nicotine in an amount of about 1.5 to about 3% by weight, the nicotine being dispersed in the glycerol;
divalent cations in a range from about 0.1 to about 1% by weight:
a carboxylic acid; and
water at less than about 22% by weight,
wherein the gelling agent comprises one or more biopolymers selected from a low acyl gellan, a high acyl gellan, a xanthan gum, an alginate, an agar and a guar gum, and
wherein the total weight of the water and glycerol is in a range from about 90 to 95% by weight.