# US 10,945,460 B2 · Nicotine particle delivery consumable > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,945,460 B2 - Document ID: US10945460B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/309,769 - Filed: 2017-06-14 - Published: 2020-06-11 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-07 - Assignees: Philip Morris Products S.A. - Applicants: Philip Morris Products S.A. - Inventors: Gerard Zuber - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10945460B2 ## CPC - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - A24B 15/16: of tobacco substitutes - A24F 42/20: Devices without heating means - A24F 42/60: Constructional details - A61M 11/02: operated by air {or other gas} pressure applied to the liquid {or other product} to be sprayed or atomised {(sprayers for horticulture A01G, A01H; killing insects A01M; air humidifying by nozzles F24F6/14, F24F6/18; cooling by spraying F28B, F28C)} - A61M 15/0028: {using prepacked dosages, one for each application, e.g. capsules to be perforated or broken-up} - A61M 15/003: {using capsules, e.g. to be perforated or broken-up} - A61M 15/0043: {Non-destructive separation of the package, e.g. peeling} - A61M 2202/064: Powder - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} - A24B: MANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) ## Abstract A nicotine particle delivery consumable article includes a receptacle having a body extending from a receptacle first end to an opposing receptacle second end and defining a cavity. A capsule is disposed within the cavity. The capsule contains particles including nicotine. The receptacle includes a membrane sealing the receptacle first end and an air outlet extending through the receptacle second end and into the cavity. An air inlet, close to the receptacle first end, extends through a side wall of the body and into the cavity. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An article for use in a nicotine inhaler, comprising: a receptacle comprising: a body comprising a sidewall extending from a receptacle first end to an opposing receptacle second end and defining a cavity; a pierce-able membrane sealing the receptacle first end; an air outlet extending through the receptacle second end into the cavity; an air inlet extending through the body sidewall and into the cavity, the air inlet being closer to the receptacle first end than the receptacle second end; and a pierce-able capsule disposed within the cavity, the capsule containing particles comprising nicotine sized for inhalation delivery into the lungs of a user. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the pierce-able membrane is an elastic material that is configured to reseal after being punctured. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the pierce-able membrane is a metal foil. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the air inlet is off-set from a centroid longitudinal axis of the cavity, and air flowing from the air inlet to the air outlet causes the capsule to rotate about the capsule longitudinal axis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape and the air inlet is tangential to the cavity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle comprises two air inlets, the two air inlets being closer to the receptacle first end than the receptacle second end. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The article according to claim 6, wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape and the two air inlets are tangential to the cavity. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape and a first diameter and the capsule has a second diameter that is less than the first diameter, and the second diameter is in a range from about 80% to about 99% of the first diameter. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the particles comprising nicotine have a mass median aerodynamic diameter of about 5 micrometres or less. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the nicotine comprises nicotine salt or nicotine salt hydrate. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the nicotine comprises an amino acid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, wherein the capsule contains particles comprising flavour and having a mass median aerodynamic diameter of about 20 micrometres or greater. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, further comprising an air outlet seal layer disposed on the air outlet, the seal layer configured to be punctured or peelable to expose the air outlet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The article according to claim 1, further comprising an air inlet seal layer disposed on the air inlet, the seal layer configured to be punctured or peelable to expose the air inlet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An inhaler comprising the article according to claim 1. ### Claim 16 (depends on 4) The article according to claim 4, wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape and the air inlet is tangential to the cavity. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The article according to claim 16, wherein the receptacle comprises two air inlets, the two air inlets being closer to the receptacle first end than the receptacle second end. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The article according to claim 17, wherein the cavity has a circular cross-sectional shape and a first diameter and the capsule has a second diameter that is less than the first diameter, the second diameter is in a range from about 90% to about 98% of the first diameter. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The article according to claim 18, wherein the nicotine comprises nicotine salt or nicotine salt hydrate, and an amino acid comprising leucine or L-leucine. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The article according to claim 19, wherein the capsule contains particles comprising flavour and having a mass median aerodynamic diameter in a range from about 50 micrometres to about 150 micrometres.