E-mail this page1996 — National Reporting
Patent Search
December 8, 1995
This is a "Patent Search" that appeared in the Philip Morris Cos. draft report regarding a proposal for a "safer" cigarette.
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| Assignee | Abstract |
| Patches | |
| Alza Corp. | drug delivery at a controlled rate for prolonged period of time through polymeric material. |
| Pharmetrix Corp. | controlled release transdermal delivery system for nicotine. |
| Schering Corp. | nicotine release patch comprising a polymeric matrix containing nicotine or anicotine sale and an anti-pruritic compound. |
| Alza Corp. | transdermal therapeutic system which utilizes electrical current to facilitate agent delivery. |
| Pharmetrix Corp. | transdermal nicotine patch which includes rate controlling membrane to keep the nicotine flux within useful and safe limits for period of 12-24 months. |
| Elan Transdermal | preparation for the transdermal delivery of nicotine for treating smoking withdrawal symptoms. |
| Lion Corp. | hydropholic polymer membrane for transdermal dry delivery patch to regulate rate of diffusion. |
| Theratech Inc. | transdermal drug delivery device comprising a drug formulation containing reservoir defined by a backing layer and a drug permeable membrane layer. |
| Alza Corp. | skin patch for delivering medicaments such as nicotine at a controlled rate. |
| Alza Corp. | describes the construction of a pouch for the stable containment of nicotine for extended periods. |
| Pharmetrix Corp. | method for smoking cessation therapy that utilizes transdermal nicotine delivery via a patch that can hold and deliver sufficient nicotine for a period of 12-24 hours. |
| Lohmann | describes a device for transdermal application of therapeutic agents. |
| Pharmacia | transdermal system with a reservoir layer comprising an active substance |
| Alza Corp. | osmotic device for the controlled systemic delivery of nicotine through an oral mucosal membrane. |
| Sano Corp. | effective amount of the drug buspirone in a transdermal delivery device is used for treatment of tobacco craving and addiction. |
| Smokeless Cigarettes & Devices, Inhalers, Aerosol Devices, Atomizers | |
| Toa Nenryo Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha | vibrating element for ultrasonic atomizer in inhaler for variety of uses. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smoking article with improved insulating material giving tobacco flavor from heated but not burnt tobacco for use as cigarette substitute. |
| Pertetti Spa | chewing gum substitute for tobacco smoking is described, based on three gram strips of chewing gum which include no more than 0.4mg of nicotine. |
| Synectics | substitute cigarette containing central tube of volatilizable formulation, surrounded but partitioned for coaxial tubes and/or layers of combustible material. |
| Nomura Toys | device which has the appearance of an ignited cigarette and which releases a fragrance impregnated in a core material when the mouthpiece is drawn on, as in smoking. |
| Kowa Display | tobacco raw material is impregnated with a nicotine containing tobacco extract flavor and used to fill a container having air permeability at both side faces. |
| Japan Tobacco | an article is described in the form of a cigarette which contains a plastic vessel. A tobacco perfume solution, obtained by dry distillation of tobacco is housed in the thin wall part of the vessel. |
| Battelle | portable nebulizer capable of producing a finely divided aerosol having uniformly sized droplets. The nebulizer includes a source of fluid such as a capillary tube coupled to a fluid reservoir to which a high voltage is applied in order to generate the aerosol by electrical atomization. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette incorporating catalysts in the fuel element for selective removal of carbon monoxide. |
| Francisco Ricart | simulated cigarette or cigar having partitioned section within the tube first packed with pumice stone impregnated with concentrated hydrocholoric acid and held in place with a cotton or wax plug, then another with pumice treated with menthol, and a third with ammonia or ammonium carbonate. The ammonium chloride vapor produced is said to be inoffensive and smoke colored. The chemicals are mixed when air is inhaled. |
| Fairmouth Pharmaceuticals | cigarette holder designed to provide adjustable dilution and gradual withdrawal. Consists of tapered mouthpiece, tubular sleeve having rotatable section incorporating a series of sockets corresponding with alignment or regis of partitions or discs with crescent shaped slots. A smoker begins with the first setting, or maximum alignment, and then rotates to decrease amount of smoke drawn through. |
| Battelle | aerosol device of smokeless cigarette comprising a central tub communicating with an aerosol nucleating chamber between the nicotine release material and the mouthpiece. |
| Battelle | aerosol device similar to GB1033674 with improvement. Resembles a simulated cigarette in that the central tub is segmented or made of frangible material to break off with the ash as the device is smoked. |
| H-2-O Filter Corp. | mouthpiece contains spiral wrapped sheet with micro encapsulated flavor and abrasive particles to open barrier and stops smoke from combustion. |
| Imperial Group | simulated cigarette with central core through the rod. Mouth-end chamber containing a thermal flavor release agent to form aerosol. Fuel element is compacted or extruded tobacco or NACMC and carbon mixtures. |
| Eastman Kodak | using a device similar to a smoking machine, a controlled amount of heated water vapor is measured drawn through cellulose acetate filter for a controlled period of time. The percentage of collapse of the wetted and heated filter is then determined. |
| R. J. Reynolds | simulated cigarette consists of a tube containing a particulate or powdered substance loaded with a flavoring agent. Spaced or staggered baffles located in the air intake or central tube provide a turbulent air flow passing through the chamber holding the particulate substance. |
| R. J. Reynolds | reusable aerosol smoking device contains a disposable, replaceable cartridge with a carbonized fuel element. Less than about 30mm long, a separate aerosol generating chamber with flavorants and means to hold the cartridge insert down within the pipe bowl. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smoking device that produces aerosol resembling tobacco smoke but with mini TPM or pyrolysis products. Comprises a short combustible carbon fuel element having longitudinal air channels, aluminum disc, a flavor chamber, a heat conducting tube which contacts and conveys part of the fuel element and the flavor chamber, and an insulating jacket surrounding at least part of the fuel element. The smoke or aerosol consists of mainly warmed air, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, water and flavorants. |
| University of California | method and apparatus described for application to the oral cavity and repiratory tract of a smoker. The liquid aerosol contains particles of a food acid such as citrus acid present in non-toxic amounts and capable of being inhaled. The acid stimulates the sensations of the repiratory tract normally caused by smoking, simulating the smoking effect. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette with a preferably carbonaceous fuel element and a separate aerosol generating means contained within a unitary heat conductive container, maintained in a conductive heat exchange relationship. |
| Proctor & Gamble | air swept inhaler device to deliver aerosol at a constant concentration. Shown as a simulated or substitute cigarette to dispense nicotine. Includes a battery power resistance heater and a manual switch, activated by puffing. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette disclosed as having rapid heat transfer and improved aerosol delivery, preferably 1.5 or more in first three puffs. One segment comprises a very short (7-10mm) carbon fuel element which has multiple passages. |
| R. J. Reynolds | non-combusting simulated cigarette comprising an outer tube and an inner container holding a liquid such as an alcohol-water flavorant mixture. |
| Brown & Williamson | inhaler device comprising a hollow paper or plastic tube containing a recessed section of two semicylindrical halves of absorbent material, such as cellulose acetate charcoal, cotton or particulate polytetrafluoroethylene. The two halves are sealed off by an impermeable membrane. |
| R. J. Reynolds | variation of the RJR smokeless device having a fast burning annular fuel layer to ease lighting and provide rapid heat transfer to the thin metallic central tube aerosol generator. |
| AB Leo | substitute smoking device contains tobacco composition that releases pure nicotine at elevated temperature but below the combustion temperature of the filter. |
| Kimberly-Clark | smoking article wrapper construction particularly useful for smokeless cigarette. The wrapper is a duel sheet with an inner cellulosic layer enclosing the fuel element and having controlled permeability and biased burn properties. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette comprising a short combusting carbon fuel element; a short, heat-stable preferably carbonace aerosol carrier and a relatively long mouthpiece with filter. |
| R. J. Reynolds | frustoconical apparatus for pleating and forming a fibrous web into a filter rod or mouthpiece, particularly for use with premier type smokeless cigarettes. |
| Advanced Tobacco Products | non-combusting aerosol device to be used as a cigarette substitute which contains fibrous material impregnated with a nicotine release mixture. |
| University of California | simulated cigarette device for regenerating smoke from collected condensate which has been freed of undesirable vapor phase components and dispensing a lower delivery smoke aerosol. |
| Imperial Tobacco | provides a cylindrical smoking device for releasing an aerosol in which loss of nicotine by pyrolysis or in sidestream smoke is substantially avoided. |
| AB Leo | a nictotine release composition and an inhaler device. Tobacco composition comprises a mixture of tobacco, a hydrated salt, encapsulated water, oil, detergents and/or flavor agents. The composition is heated in the device which is in the form of a holder, to below the combustible temperature of the tobacco but high enough to liberate nicotine when heated air is drawn through the composition. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smoking article having a carbonaceous element, a physically separate aerosol generate situated behind the fueled element and including an aerosol forming material. |
| R. J. Reynolds | a porous carrier material, preferably particulate activated carbon or sintered alumina, having a tobacco flavor material and an absorbed non-tobacco aerosol forming material. |
| R. J. Reynolds | comprises means to form an axial passage through a jacketed rod and to insert an aerosol generating cartridge into the passage. The fuel element is inserted inside an insulating sleeve. |
| Siemens AG | comprises a housing, a vibration generator for creating high frequency oscillation and a rechargeable battery power source. |
| Siemens AG | device for generating an aerosol for an inhaler. |
| Brown & Williamson | simulated cigarette is disclosed which delivers heated air containing tobacco flavor without combustion. |
| R. J. Reynolds | an apparatus and method for forming a sleeve jacket for the aerosol-generating cartridge of a smoked cigarette. |
| R. J. Reynolds | densified extruded particulate material and process for making it by extruding a mixture of carbon, CMC and/or tobacco and subjecting the extruded rods to a centrifugal granulation force. |
| R. J. Reynolds | comprises a filter segment formed from a non-woven web of thermoplastic fibers or filaments formed by melt blowing. |
| AB Leo | tobacco composition which liberates pure nicotine when heated air is drawn through. |
| Inventor's Funding | simulated cigarette consists of a tubular body fitted with a mouthpiece containing a solid phase flavorant and bellows-type pump at the opposite end. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette having a low temperature heat source which generates heat by exothermic interactions between chemical agents when activated. |
| Brown & Williamson | smokeless cigarette comprising an annular fuel rod, insulation sections located adjacent to the fuel rod, a tobacco flavor plug, a cooling chamber and a filter at the mouth tip. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette providing a dose of volatilized drug by heating a substrate which is positioned separate from and in a heat exchange relationship with a lower temperature heat source. |
| Brown & Williamson | tobacco rod in which a gas impermeable tub is concentrically located. |
| R. J. Reynolds | embodiments of tobacco jacketed aerosol generator -- heat conductive contact with a short carbon fuel element. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless device with an electrical resistance heating element and a battery power source. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette has a short carbonaceous combustible fueled element which is substantially free of volatile organic material. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette which provides tobacco flavor by heating tobacco without buring it. |
| R. J. Reynolds | the wrapper -- which encircles the insulated fuel element -- is designed to remain wholly or partially intact when exposed to heat. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette which generates aerosol delivery by heating a volatile flavor or drug. |
| Brown & Williamson | simulated cigarette which provides for the release of an aerosol into the user's mouth from a cartridge of pressurized aerosol as the user draws on the end of the device. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless device with an electrical resistance heating element and a battery power source. Discloses a wide range of additives but not nicotine. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless device with an electrical resistance heating element and a battery power source. Designed to deliver tobacco flavor with flavor additives. |
| Brown & Williamson | smokeless cigarette which comprises a central compact tobacco rod encircled by a metal foil wrapper. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette heated by chemical reactants comprising a metal oxide, an anhydrous metal sulfate, an inorganic acid and a sugar, which react exothermally when contacted with water. |
| Brown & Williamson | smokeless device includes a cylindrical reticulate tube open at both ends, containing an aerosol generating material. |
| Elecsys Ltd. | ultrasonic nubilizer includes a supply container for the liquid to be nebulized and an electrolytic cell having electrode for generating a gas according to the amount of electricity conducted through the electrodes. |
| Ausonics Pty Ltd. | multifrequency composite ultrasonic transducer system includes a transducer comprised of piezoelectric ceramic rods embedded in a polymer matrix. |
| TDK Corp. | small cylindrical buzzer directed to fitting the piezoelectric disc or vibrating diaphragm. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smokeless cigarette which includes means to retaining or holding the fuel element in the correct position with respect to the other components. |
| Imperial Tobacco | smokeless cigarette comprises a fuel rod at the lighted end, a tube extending from the fuel element to the mouth end to define a condensation chamber, ventilation passage from the lighting end to the condensation chamber to support combustion and draw. |
| Dainichiseika Color & Chemicals | describes the formation of shredded tobacco leaf pellets and their use in a simulated cigarette device. |
| Mountain Medical Equipment | ultrasonic nebulizer having a piezoelectric transducer communicating with a fluid reservoir. |
| R. J. Reynolds | carbonaceous fuel element for smokeless cigarette is provided with plurality of peripheral passageways and/or central channels. |
| R. J. Reynolds | smoking article includes a short, combustible, carbonaceous fuel element in a heat exchange relationship with a substrate carrying glycerin, tobacco extract and a portion of an essential oil gland bearing plant. |
| International Flavors & Fragrances | non-combustible artificial cigarette which does not contain tobacco or nicotine and which is smokeless. |
| R. J. Reynolds | process for the production of natural tobacco flavor substances by heating tobacco in an inert atmosphere. |
