Nicotine oral delivery device
AssigneeElan Medical Technologies Limited
InventorsJoseph Gross, John Gerard Kelly
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Abstract
A nicotine oral delivery device, which includes a hollow housing (10) and a hollow mouthpiece (14) which may be detachable connected to the housing (10) or may form with the housing a single piece. The mouthpiece includes a nicotine-containing material (16), in the form of a gel, on one or more of the outer surfaces of the mouthpiece. The housing (10) may also include flavoring (20), such as menthol. The nicotine-containing material (16) may be located as a layer on the mouthpiece (14), or in holes in the mouthpiece or under a permeable membrane (18) covering a portion of the mouthpiece (14). Where the mouthpiece and housing are separate pieces, the mouthpiece may be disposable while the housing reusable.
Claims14
A nicotine oral delivery device, comprising:
- (a) a housing, said housing including a hollow body section and a hollow mouthpiece section connected with said hollow body section;
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- (b) a nicotine-containing material located on, or in communication with, at least one of the outer surfaces of said mouthpiece section;
- at least one of the outside walls of said mouthpiece section being at least partially covered by a permeable membrane and said nicotine-containing material being located between said mouthpiece section and said membrane.
A nicotine oral delivery device, comprising:
- (a) a hollow housing;
- (b) a hollow mouthpiece detachably connected to said hollow housing;
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- (c) a nicotine-containing material located on, or in communication with, at least one of the outer surfaces of said mouthpiece;
- at least one of the outside walls of said mouthpiece section being at least partially covered by a permeable membrane and said nicotine-containing material being located between said mouthpiece section and said membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.