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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4917120 | Nicotine impact modification Compositions comprising nicotine and a volatile nicotine-miscible substance may be used to create sources of modulated nicotine vapor. The modulation of nicotine vapor may be one of quantity or of perceived physiological impact or a combination of both. T... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4917119 | Drug delivery article A drug delivery article provides a dose of a volatilized drug by heating a drug carrying substrate, but not burning any material. A heat source which includes a metal oxide (e.g., calcium oxide), an anhydrous metal sulfate (e.g., magnesium sulfate), an in... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4913168 | Flavor delivery article A flavor delivery article provides volatilized flavor by heating a flavor carrying substrate, but not burning any material. A heat source which includes a metal oxide (e.g., calcium oxide), an anhydrous metal sulfate (e.g., magnesium sulfate), an inorgani... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4911181 | Plastic mouthpiece for simulated smoking The invention includes a cigarette like device which enables the user to experience the taste and aroma as well as the tactile sensations of smoking a tobacco cigarette--but without the presence of smoke, without any combustion, and without inhalation of ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4907605 | Oral tabacco substitute An oral nicotine dispenser comprising nicotine or a nicotine salt and a water-insoluble material capable of sorbing nicotine. The dispenser is able to slowly release the sorbed nicotine or nicotine salt in an oral environment. The water insoluble material... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4907606 | Tobacco compositions, method and device for releasing essentially pure nicotine Novel tobacco compositions which when subjected to an elevated temperature below the combustion temperature the tobacco liberates essentially pure nicotine. The invention also includes a method for liberating nicotine from the compositions and a device fo... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4892109 | Simulated smoking article A smoking article including a cylindrical, open ended sleeve with a capsule concentrically located within the sleeve and cooperating with the sleeve to define an annular air flow passage therebetween. The capsule includes chemical reactants which exotherm... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4846199 | Smoking of regenerated tobacco smoke A method and an apparatus for regenerating tobacco smoke separation of the gaseous constituents from the condensed constituents. The gaseous constituents which contain many of the harmful substances in tobacco smoke are eliminated and the residue of the c... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4813437 | Nicotine dispensing device and method for the manufacture thereof An improved nicotine dispensing device for non-pyrolytic use which is adapted to release nicotine-bearing vapors into air drawn through the device. The device comprises one or more nicotine-bearing sections, one or more insulating sections which are linea... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4800903 | Nicotine dispenser with polymeric reservoir of nicotine A nicotine dispenser comprising a polyolefin porous plug with reversibly retained nicotine therein. The dispenser is mounted in a tubular configuration to provide a cigarette-shaped product adapted to dispense nicotine vapor when air is drawn therethrough... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793366 | Nicotine dispensing device and methods of making the same An improved nicotine dispensing device for non-pyrolytic use which is adapted to release nicotine bearing vapors into air drawn through the device. The device includes a housing and a plurality of microporous polymer filaments which are nicotine loaded. T... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4776353 | Tobacco compositions, method and device for releasing essentially pure nicotine Novel tobacco compositions which, when subjected to an elevated temperature below the combustion temperature of the tobacco, liberates essentially pure nicotine. The invention also includes a method for liberating nicotine from the compositions and a devi... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4774971 | Cigarette substitute A cigarette substitute is provided which satisfies the smokers psychological and pharmacological need for a cigarette, without exposing him, or others, to the ill-effects associated with inhalation of smoke, tar and other combustion products. This cigaret... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4771796 | Electrically operated simulated cigarette A simulated cigarette having the appearance of an actual cigarette, comprising a body defining a housing having an axial chamber, one end of the body formed of a light-transmitting material simulating a cigarette ash and having an electric lamp mounted th... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4765347 | Aerosol flavor delivery system A flavor delivery article produces an aerosol. The article includes an outer container in the form of a tube and an inner container disposed within the outer container. The inner container contains liquid such as an alcohol-water mixture, and a delivery m... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4765348 | Non-combustible simulated cigarette device A non-combustible simulated cigarette inhaler device includes a hollow cylindrical tube having an open air inlet end and an opposed open air outlet end to be placed in the mouth of a user. A first element of air permeable material is located within the ho... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4756318 | Smoking article with tobacco jacket The present invention preferably relates to a smoking article which is capable of producing substantial quantities of aerosol, both initially and over the useful life of the product, without significant thermal degradation of the aerosol former and withou... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4735217 | Dosing device to provide vaporized medicament to the lungs as a fine aerosol A medicament dosing device capable of administering a vaporized medicament in the form of tiny aerosol particles to the mouth and lungs of the user at a substantially constant concentration level. In a particularly preferred embodiment the dosing device i... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4715387 | Aerosol for use in the reduction of tobacco smoking A method and an apparatus and composition used in the reduction of the incidence of tobacco smoking and which comprises an aerosol for application to the oral cavity and respiratory tract of an individual. The aerosol contains a food acid, such as citric ... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4655229 | Flavor delivery system A device for delivering flavor utilizing a flavor carrier in powdered form. A preferred embodiment of the system may resemble a conventional cigarette, and includes an overwrap defining a path of airflow through the device, a chamber containing particulat... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4627448 | Tobacco smoke article holder and method therefor A tobacco smoke article holder for a testing machine and a method of mounting a tobacco smoke article in the holder to simulate the human smoking process including an inflatably lined flow-through conduit having a depth substantially equal to the average ... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4569136 | Method and apparatus for gratifying excessive oral needs To satisfy the sucking need present to some degree in all humans, a sucking device having the shape of a smoking pipe has its bowl filled with a consumable liquid which the user withdraws through the stem of the device by sucking on the stem mouthpiece. A... | 02/11/1986 |
| 4429703 | Cigarette substitute A cigarette substitute assembly has the appearance of cigarette in a cigarette holder. The assembly includes a plain hollow cylindrical tube, with a mouthpiece at one end, and a plastic member at the other end which resembles the ashes on a cigarette. The... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4393884 | Demand inhaler for oral administration of tobacco, tobacco-like, or other substances An inhaler is provided for dispensing a pressurized substance, on demand, directly into the mouth of the user. The inhaler in one embodiment operates to dispense the substance when the user exerts a suction on one end thereof, and to terminate the dispens... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4340072 | Smokeable device A smokeable device has an annular fuel rod in gaseous communication with a mouth-end chamber. The chamber contains a quantity of inhalent material which, when contacted by hot gases during smoking forms an aerosol for inhalation by the smoker.... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4171000 | Smoking device A smoking device for aspirating gas-containing mixtures is described which comprises a mouthpiece with at least one suction duct connected to an intermediate chamber, a pressure vessel filled with a mixture disposed next to the intermediate chamber and in... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4149548 | Therapeutic cigarette-substitute In a preferred embodiment, there is provided an elongated article having a simulated-appearance of a cigarette but being a chemically-resistant chewable plastic having each of opposite ends thereof coated with an edible material preferably inclusive of a ... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4083372 | Cigarette-simulating inhaler A cigarette-simulating inhaler including a fluid-impermeable resiliently flexible outer tubular sheath open at both ends and containing a wick extending longitudinally within the sheath in one end thereof and a soft puncturable liquid-containing capsule i... | 04/11/1978 |
