Patent ID: 11865246
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A system for generating an inhalable medium, the system comprising:
a heater for volatilizing a liquid; and
a cartridge comprising:
a container for holding the liquid,
a stack comprising a plurality of discrete material elements, wherein each discrete material element of the plurality of discrete material elements is abutted with another of the plurality of discrete material elements, and
a receiving portion for receiving the stack comprising the plurality of discrete material elements,

the heater and the cartridge being arranged such that, in use, the liquid volatized by the heater and exiting the container can flow, in the form of at least one of a vapor or an aerosol, through a material of one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements received by the receiving portion in use, thereby to entrain one or more constituents of the one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements to produce the inhalable medium;
wherein the receiving portion is a receptacle having received therein said stack comprising a said plurality of discrete material elements wherein the receptacle comprises a first permeable retainer at an upstream end of the receptacle and a second permeable retainer at a downstream end of the receptacle to retain the plurality of discrete material elements and to prevent passage of solid material through the receptacle and into a mouthpiece, and wherein the second permeable retainer is removable to allow access to the plurality of discrete material elements; and
wherein one of the plurality of discrete material elements is exchangeable for another discrete material element.