Inhalator and cartridge thereof
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsWalid Abi Aoun, Oleg Jurievich Abramov, Gary Nicholson, Pavel Fimin, Helena Digard
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Abstract
In one aspect, apparatus is provided for generating an inhalable medium. The apparatus has a container for holding a liquid and a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container. The apparatus further has a chamber for receiving a material. The apparatus has an outlet. In use liquid volatilized by the heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.
Claims34
An apparatus for generating an inhalable medium, the apparatus comprising:
- a container for holding a liquid;
- a first heater for volatilising the liquid held in the container;
- a chamber for receiving a material;
- an outlet;
- and
- a second heater for heating the material received in the chamber;
- the arrangement being such that in use the liquid volatilised by the first heater passes, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through the material received in the chamber to thereby entrain one or more constituents from the material to produce the inhalable medium which passes out of the outlet.
A method of generating an inhalable medium using an apparatus comprising a container holding a liquid, a first heater for volatilising the liquid, a material, and an outlet, the method comprising:
- volatilising the liquid held in the container;
- heating the material using a second heater of the apparatus;
- entraining one or more constituents from the material in at least one of a vapor and an aerosol formed by the volatilised liquid by passing the at least one of the vapor and the aerosol through the material to generate the inhalable medium;
- and
- passing the inhalable medium out of the outlet.
A cartridge for use with an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium, the cartridge comprising:
- a container for holding a liquid;
- a receptacle for receiving a solid material;
- the cartridge being arranged such that volatilised liquid exiting the container can flow, in the form of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol, through the solid material received by the receptacle in use,
- wherein the cartridge further comprises a heater associated with the receptacle for heating the solid material received by the receptacle in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.