Patent ID: 11883581
Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An aerosol-generating system for heating a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating system comprising:
an aerosol-forming chamber; and
leakage prevention means configured to prevent or reduce leakage of liquid aerosol condensate from the aerosol-generating system, wherein the leakage prevention means comprises a cavity in a wall of the aerosol-forming chamber configured to collect liquid condensate formed from the aerosol-forming substrate, and wherein the cavity is in a form of an annular groove,
wherein the cavity has an annular cross-sectional width of between 0.5 millimetres and 1 millimetre, and
wherein the cavity has a depth of between 1 millimetre and 1 centimetre.