US 12,102,121 B2
Aerosol generation
Walid Abi Aoun, London (GB); and Sally Bell, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 17/420,645
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/086700
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141113, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1900128 (GB), filed on Jan. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0071281 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A24F 40/30 (2020.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/30 (2020.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
 
1. A device for generating an inhalable medium, the device comprising:
a container retaining a first volatilizable material;
a heater for volatilizing the first volatilizable material held in the container;
a chamber containing aerosolizable material comprising nicotine;
a reservoir containing a basic solution; and
an outlet;
the arrangement being such that in use, the basic solution is released from the reservoir and enters the chamber containing the aerosolizable material, and the first volatilizable material is volatilized by the heater to form a vapor and/or an aerosol, which passes through the chamber containing aerosolizable material and entrains one or more constituents of the aerosolizable material, thereby forming an inhalable medium which passes through the outlet.