Nicotine Delivery via Thermal Conduction

Traditional cigarette smoking delivers nicotine through the combustion of tobacco, producing numerous toxic by-products. While electronic cigarettes eliminate combustion, they rely on battery-powered heating. This paper proposes a novel, nicotine delivery concept that uses a high-thermal-conductivity transfer element to vaporize nicotine without direct combustion. The design physically separates a heat source (at the ignition tip) from a nicotine-containing chamber (elongated bud), and links them via a thermally conductive bridge integrated into a compact cartridge. Heat is conducted to the chamber wall and transferred to the nicotine chamber to produce an aerosol at sub-pyrolytic temperatures for inhalation.