# US 2022/0031971 A1 · Method of making vapor-generating article including retention medium and frangible capsule > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0031971 A1 - Document ID: US20220031971A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/459,265 - Filed: 2021-08-27 - Published: 2022-02-03 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-31 - Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC - Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC - Inventors: Michel THORENS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220031971A1 ## CPC - A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors - A24D 1/20: Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices - A24F 40/00: Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor - A24F 40/30: Devices using two or more structurally separated inhalable precursors, e.g. using two liquid precursors in two cartridges - A24F 40/40: Constructional details, e.g. connection of cartridges and battery parts - A61M 11/003: {by passing the aerosol trough sieves or filters} - A61M 11/042: {electrical} - A61M 15/003: {using capsules, e.g. to be perforated or broken-up} - A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes - H05B 6/108: {for heating a fluid} - A24D 1/02: with special covers - A24D 3/17: Filters specially adapted for simulated smoking devices - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - A24F 40/20: Devices using solid inhalable precursors - A61M 15/0003: {with means for dispensing more than one drug} - A61M 15/0021: {Mouthpieces therefor} - A61M 15/0035: {Piercing means} - A61M 15/0066: {with means for varying the dose size} - A61M 2205/0211: Ceramics - A61M 2205/3606: cooled - A61M 2205/3646: by heat accumulators, e.g. ice, sand - A61M 2205/368: by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. IR waves - A61M 2205/7545: for solid matter, e.g. microaggregates - A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated - B05B 7/2402: {Apparatus to be carried on or by a person, e.g. by hand; Apparatus comprising containers fixed to the discharge device (B05B7/0012 takes precedence)} - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - A24D: CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES - 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 - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) ## Abstract The method includes defining a cavity within a housing of a vapor-generating article, the vapor-generating article having a first end, a second end and a middle section, first inserting at least one portion of a retention medium within the housing between the first end and the middle section, and second inserting a first frangible capsule to be near or at least partially within the retention medium, the first frangible capsule including a first volatile substrate. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: defining a cavity within a housing of a vapor-generating article, the vapor-generating article having a first end, a second end and a middle section; first inserting at least one portion of a retention medium within the housing between the first end and the middle section; and second inserting a first frangible capsule to be near or at least partially within the retention medium, the first frangible capsule including a first volatile substrate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: first configuring the vapor-generating article to allow air to be drawn through the cavity from the first end to the second end if a negative pressure is applied to the second end. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: second configuring the vapor-generating article to be connected to an electrically-operated vapor-generating device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: third inserting a second frangible capsule to be near or at least partially within the retention medium, the second frangible capsule including a second volatile substrate. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second inserting inserts the first frangible capsule such that the first volatile substrate includes a first constituent of a pre-vapor formulation and the third inserting inserts the second frangible capsule such that the second volatile substrate includes a second constituent of the pre-vapor formulation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second inserting inserts the first frangible capsule such that the first volatile substrate includes a first constituent of a pre-vapor formulation and the third inserting inserts the second frangible capsule such that the second volatile substrate includes a second constituent of the pre-vapor formulation, the pre-vapor formulation including between 10 weight percent and 25 weight percent water, an aerosol former, and at least one flavorant. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second inserting inserts the first frangible capsule such that the first volatile substrate is releasably contained within the first frangible capsule, the retention medium being configured to retain the first volatile substrate once the first volatile substrate is released from the first frangible capsule. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second inserting and the third inserting inserts that first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule such that the first volatile substrate and the second volatile substrate are releasably contained within the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule, respectively, the retention medium being configured to retain the first volatile substrate and the second volatile substrate once the first volatile substrate and the second volatile substrate are released from the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: wrapping a plurality of elements using a wrapper, the housing including the wrapper, the retention medium being in a first element of the plurality of elements, the first element at least partially forming the first end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the wrapping includes wrapping a second element of the plurality of elements using the wrapper, the second element including a cooler, the second element being downstream of the first element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the wrapping includes wrapping a third element of the plurality of elements using the wrapper, the third element including a mouthpiece filter, the third element at least partially forming the second end. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second inserting and the third inserting inserts the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule to be within the retention medium. ### Claim 13 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the first inserting inserts the retention medium so that a tube defined by the retention medium is in communication with the cavity. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the second inserting and the third inserting inserts the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule to be within the tube. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the second inserting and the third inserting inserts that first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule to be coaxially aligned with each other in the tube. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first inserting inserts the at least one portion of the retention medium so that an absorbent polymeric material is included in the retention medium within the housing. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second inserting inserts the first frangible capsule such that the first frangible capsule is configured to rupture by an application of an external force. ### Claim 18 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second inserting and the third inserting inserts the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule such that the first frangible capsule and the second frangible capsule are each configured to rupture by an application of an external force. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: connecting a porous plug to the second end. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing the housing, the housing including a wrapper made at least in part by a non-porous material. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: connecting the vapor-generating article to an electrically-operated vapor-generating device, the electrically-operated vapor-generating device including a heating element that is configured to heat the first volatile substrate to form a vapor when the first volatile substrate is in the retention medium.