Flavored nicotine powder
AssigneePhilip Morris Products S.A.
InventorGerard Zuber
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Abstract
A nicotine powder inhaler (10) comprises a body extending between a mouthpiece portion (12) and a distal end portion (14), an airflow channel (15) extending between the mouthpiece portion and the distal end portion and a nicotine powder receptacle (20) disposed along the airflow channel, and a powder system disposed within the nicotine powder receptacle. The powder system includes a first plurality of particles having a particle size of about (10) micrometres or less and including nicotine and a second plurality of particles having a particle size of about 20 micrometres of greater and including flavour. The first plurality of particles comprise an amino acid or nicotine selected from the group consisting of nicotine pyruvate, nicotine mono-pyruvate, nicotine aspartate and nicotine lactate.
Claims16
An inhalable powder system, comprising:
- a first plurality of particles having a particle size of about 5 micrometres or less, the first plurality of particles comprising nicotine particles, the nicotine particles comprising L-leucine coated nicotine salt particles;
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- a second plurality of particles having a particle size in a range of about 50 micrometres to 150 micrometers and comprising flavour,
- wherein the first plurality of particles is from 50% by weight to 99% by weight and the second plurality of particles is from 1% by weight to 50% by weight of a total weight of the inhalable powder system, and wherein the first plurality of particles and the second plurality of particles make up at least 99% by weight of the inhalable powder system.
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