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US 2026/0273201 A1Published application
Powder inhaler and powder inhalation system
AssigneeJapan Tobacco Inc.
InventorsKei SADAKARI, Yurina TAKANABE, Takuma NAKANO, Ryoji FUJITA, Hiroshi HODONO, Miki WAKAMATSU
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Abstract
This powder inhaler comprises: a storage part for storing an inhalation article including powders to be inhaled; and one or more vibration generation parts configured to be capable of vibrating the storage part.
Claims21
1-16. (canceled)
A powder inhaler comprising:
- a chamber configured to accommodate an inhalation article containing a powder for inhalation;
- and
- one or more vibrators configured to vibrate the chamber.
A powder inhaler comprising:
- a tubular housing having an end and a bottom wall;
- a chamber defined within the tubular housing and configured to accommodate an inhalation article containing a powder for inhalation;
- a gripping structure protruding from an inner wall surface of the tubular housing and configured to grip the inhalation article;
- a vibrator disposed in the gripping structure and configured to vibrate the chamber;
- and
- circuitry configured to control operation of the vibrator.
3 more elements
A powder inhalation system comprising:
- an inhalation article containing a powder for inhalation;
- and
- a powder inhaler comprising:
- a chamber configured to accommodate the inhalation article;
- one or more vibrators configured to vibrate the chamber;
- and
- circuitry configured to control the one or more vibrators, wherein
- the inhalation article comprises particles configured to crush the powder contained in the inhalation article when vibrated by the one or more vibrators.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.