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US 10,349,672 B2Granted
Methods and systems for incorporating nicotine into oral products
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsFeng Gao, Shuzhong Zhuang, Diane L. Gee
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Abstract
This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing liquid nicotine with cellulosic fiber such that the liquid nicotine absorbs into pores of the cellulosic fiber to form a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.
Claims21
An oral product comprising:
- a loose mixture including,
- a cellulosic fiber, the cellulosic fiber comprising a wood pulp, cotton, a sugar beet, a bran, a citrus pulp fiber, a switch grass, a grass, Salix, a tea, Populus, a bamboo fiber, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof, and
- diluted nicotine absorbed into pores of the cellulosic fiber, the diluted nicotine including,
- nicotine, and
- a diluent, the diluent including a plasticizer, the plasticizer including propylene glycol, glycerin, vegetable oil, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, medium chain triglycerides, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof.
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An oral product comprising:
- a loose mixture including,
- a cellulosic fiber, the cellulosic fiber comprising a wood pulp, cotton, sugar beet, a bran, a citrus pulp fiber, a switch grass, a grass, Salix, a tea, Populus, a bamboo fiber, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof, and
- diluted nicotine absorbed into pores of the cellulosic fiber, the diluted nicotine including,
- nicotine, and
- a diluent, the diluent including a sweetener, a humectant, a flavorant, a sub-combination thereof, or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.