1996
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NATIONAL REPORTING |
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This is a "Patent Search" that appeared in the Philip Morris Cos. draft report regarding a proposal for a "safer" cigarette.
Assignee Abstract
Patches
Alza Corp. drug delivery at a controlled rate for prolonged
period of time through polymeric material.
Pharmetrix controlled release transdermal delivery system for
Corp. 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 transdermal nicotine patch which includes rate
Corp. controlling membrane to keep the nicotine flux within
useful and safe limits for period of 12-24 months.
Elan preparation for the transdermal delivery of nicotine
Transdermal 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 method for smoking cessation therapy that utilizes
Corp. 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 vibrating element for ultrasonic atomizer in inhaler
Kogyo Kabushiki for variety of uses.
Kaisha
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 simulated cigarette or cigar having partitioned
Ricart 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 cigarette holder designed to provide adjustable
Pharmaceuticals 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 mouthpiece contains spiral wrapped sheet with micro
Corp. 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 method and apparatus described for application to the
California 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 & air swept inhaler device to deliver aerosol at a
Gamble 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 & inhaler device comprising a hollow paper or plastic
Williamson 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 non-combusting aerosol device to be used as a
Tobacco cigarette substitute which contains fibrous material
Products impregnated with a nicotine release mixture.
University of simulated cigarette device for regenerating smoke
California from collected condensate which has been freed of
undesirable vapor phase components and dispensing a
lower delivery smoke aerosol.
Imperial provides a cylindrical smoking device for releasing
Tobacco 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 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 carner 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 & simulated cigarette is disclosed which delivers
Williamson 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 simulated cigarette consists of a tubular body fitted
Funding 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 & smokeless cigarette comprising an annular fuel rod,
Williamson 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 & tobacco rod in which a gas impermeable tub is
Williamson 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 & simulated cigarette which provides for the release of
Williamson 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 & smokeless cigarette which comprises a central compact
Williamson 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 & smokeless device includes a cylindrical reticulate
Williamson 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 multifrequency composite ultrasonic transducer system
Ltd. 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 smokeless cigarette comprises a fuel rod at the
Tobacco 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 describes the formation of shredded tobacco leaf
Color & pellets and their use in a simulated cigarette
Chemicals device.
Mountain ultrasonic nebulizer having a piezoelectric
Medical transducer communicating with a fluid reservoir.
Equipment
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 non-combustible artificial cigarette which does not
Flavors & contain tobacco or nicotine and which is smokeless.
Fragrances
R. J. Reynolds process for the production of natural tobacco flavor
substances by heating tobacco in an inert atmosphere.
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