Patent ID: 8733368
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: A24F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method which facilitates the absorption of nicotine in order to reduce the incidence of tobacco smoking, the method comprising: (a) providing a device comprising (i) a tube defining an interior space, the tube having a first end with an opening and a second end, and (ii) a flowable liquid or gel composition disposed in the interior space of the tube, the composition including nicotine; (b) causing the composition to enter a user's mouth through the opening in the first end; and (c) ingesting the composition; wherein the device includes a moveable plug disposed in the interior space of the tube, the movable plug being structured to move toward the user's mouth and contact an inner surface of the tube upon the user ingesting from the first end; wherein the inner surface of the tube is structured such that the plug prevents the composition from flowing around the plug when the plug is located at the second end; wherein the device does not include a plunger; wherein the second end is integral with the tube and includes at least one air hole; and wherein the diameter of the air hole is less than the diameter of the moveable plug.