# US 12,213,519 B2 · Detachable container for aerosol delivery having pierceable membrane > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,213,519 B2 - Document ID: US12213519B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/075,765 - Filed: 2020-10-21 - Published: 2021-02-04 - Granted: 2025-02-04 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-12 - Assignees: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Alfred C. Bless; Charles J. Novak, III; Stephen B. Sears - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12213519B2 ## CPC - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24F 40/485: Valves; Apertures - A61M 15/0036: {hollow piercing means} - H05B 1/0244: {Heating of fluids (H05B1/0247 takes precedence)} - H05B 3/265: {the insulating base being an inorganic material, e.g. ceramic (H05B3/262 takes precedence)} - A24F 15/015: with means for refilling of liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A61M 15/004: {with fixed piercing or cutting means} - H05B 2203/016: Heaters using particular connecting means - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - 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)} - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A cartridge coupled or coupleable with a control body to form an aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a container of aerosol precursor composition and an atomizer enclosing a reservoir configured to receive and carry aerosol precursor composition. The container and the atomizer are removably coupleable with one another, and include respectively a septum and a connector including a cannula that are engaged when the container and the atomizer are coupled to enable passage of aerosol precursor composition from the container to the reservoir. The atomizer further includes a heating element controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerosol delivery device comprising: a container of aerosol precursor composition; and an atomizer enclosing a reservoir configured to receive and carry the aerosol precursor composition, the atomizer being controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir; wherein the container and the atomizer are removably coupleable with one another via a connector of the atomizer, wherein the container includes a septum and the connecter includes a cannula, and wherein the cannula and the septum are engaged when the container and the atomizer are coupled to enable passage of the aerosol precursor composition from the container to the reservoir through the cannula, and wherein the cannula includes a first opening within the reservoir and a second opening within the container when the cannula and the septum are engaged, and wherein the cannula includes a first enclosed passageway for the passage of the aerosol precursor composition and a second enclosed passageway for passage of air into the container; and wherein the atomizer further includes a second cannula that is also engaged with the septum when the container and the atomizer are coupled, the second cannula and the septum being engaged to further enable passage of air into the container. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, wherein the atomizer further comprises a porous element in the reservoir and configured to be at least partially saturated with the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The aerosol delivery device of claim 2, wherein the atomizer further comprises a transport component to enable fluid communication of the aerosol precursor composition from the porous element to the atomizer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, wherein the container and the atomizer are threadably coupleable with one another. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The aerosol delivery device of claim 1, wherein the container and the atomizer are engageable in a snap fit or pressure fit connection with one another. ### Claim 6 A container of aerosol precursor composition, the container comprising: a connector configured to removably couple the container with an atomizer enclosing a reservoir configured to receive and carry the aerosol precursor composition, the atomizer being controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir; and a septum that is engaged with a cannula of the connector when the container and the atomizer are coupled to enable passage of the aerosol precursor composition from the container to the reservoir of the atomizer through the cannula, wherein the cannula includes a first opening within the reservoir and a second opening within the container when the cannula and the septum are engaged, and wherein the cannula includes a first enclosed passageway for the passage of the aerosol precursor composition and a second enclosed passageway for passage of air into the container, wherein the septum is further engaged with a second cannula of the atomizer when the container and the atomizer are coupled, the septum and the second cannula being engaged to further enable passage of air into the container. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The container of claim 6, wherein the septum is engaged with the cannula to enable passage of the aerosol precursor composition from the container to a porous element in the reservoir and configured to be at least partially saturated with the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The container of claim 6, wherein the connector is configured to threadably couple the container with the atomizer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The container of claim 6, wherein the connector is configured to snap fit or pressure fit the container with the atomizer. ### Claim 10 An atomizer for an aerosol delivery device, the atomizer comprising: a connector configured to removably couple the atomizer with a container of aerosol precursor composition; a reservoir configured to receive and carry the aerosol precursor composition; a cannula of the connector that is engaged with a septum of the container when the atomizer and the container are coupled to enable passage of the aerosol precursor composition from the container to the reservoir through the cannula, and wherein the cannula includes a first opening within the reservoir and a second opening within the container when the cannula and the septum are engaged, and wherein the cannula includes a first enclosed passageway for the passage of the aerosol precursor composition and a second enclosed passageway for passage of air into the container; and a second cannula that is also engaged with the septum when the container and the atomizer are coupled, the second cannula and the septum being engaged to further enable passage of air into the container, wherein the atomizer is controllable to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The atomizer of claim 10, further comprising a porous element in the reservoir and configured to be at least partially saturated with the aerosol precursor composition in the reservoir. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The atomizer of claim 11 further comprising a transport component to enable communication of the aerosol precursor composition from the porous element to the atomizer. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The atomizer of claim 10, wherein the connector is configured to threadably couple the atomizer with the container. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The atomizer of claim 10, wherein the connector is configured to snap fit or pressure fit the container and the atomizer.