Devices for evaporation and inhalation of nicotine
AssigneeEmplicure AB
InventorHåkan Engqvist
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Abstract
There is provided an inhalation device for delivering a deliverable agent in the form of an aerosol or vapor to a user. The device comprises a solid, porous carrier material having a defined porosity, and a deliverable agent located within the pores of the carrier material. The device is operable to heat the carrier material and vaporize the deliverable agent. Deliverable agents that may be delivered to the user include nicotine. Suitable materials for the porous carrier material include chemically bonded ceramic materials and geopolymeric materials.
Claims19
A device for delivering a deliverable agent in the form of an aerosol or vapor to a user, said device comprising a solid, porous carrier material having a porosity of at least 10%, and a deliverable agent co-formedly interspersed in open and closed pores of the carrier material,
- wherein the device does not further comprise a reservoir of deliverable agent that is separate from the carrier material prior to use,
- wherein the deliverable agent is nicotine or a salt thereof,
- wherein the solid, porous carrier material is based on one or more chemically bonded ceramics or one or more geopolymeric materials provided the chemically bonded ceramic is not based on calcium carbonate, and
- wherein the device is operable to heat the carrier material and vaporize the deliverable agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.