Aerosol provision system
AssigneeNicoventures Trading Limited
InventorsDavid LEADLEY, Mike XIAO, David Alan NELSON, Martin Conrad MULLIN
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Abstract
An aerosol provision system comprising a reservoir for aerosolisable material; a wick configured to receive the aerosolizable material from the reservoir, a vaporizer configured to vaporize the aerosolizable material received in the wick, wherein the aerosol provision system is configured to measure at least one parameter of the wick to determine a status of the wick The parameter may be the moisture content of the wick, at least one physical dimension of the wick, and/or an optical parameter, such as the color of an external surface of the wick, or the reflectivity of an external surface of the wick.
Claims32
An aerosol provision system comprising a reservoir for aerosolizable material;
- a wick configured to receive the aerosolizable material from the reservoir, a vaporizer configured to vaporize the aerosolizable material received in the wick, wherein the aerosol provision system is configured to measure at least one parameter of the wick to determine a status of the wick.
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20-21. (canceled)
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31-34. (canceled)
A cartridge for an aerosol provision system comprising the cartridge and a control unit, wherein the cartridge comprises:
- a reservoir for aerosolizable material;
- a wick configured to receive the aerosolizable material from the reservoir;
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- a vaporizer configured to vaporize the aerosolizable material received in the wick, wherein the cartridge is configured to measure at least one parameter of the wick to determine a status of the wick.
36-90. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.