ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,034, issued on July 15.
"Non-igniting, non-electric cigarette simulator that eliminates nicotine from user's body" was invented by Tsung-Yu Pan (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Frank Winterroth (Mountain View, Calif.) and Chun Liu (Ypsilanti, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the simulator apparatus a disposable, replaceable filter cartridge insertable into a recessed cavity of the main tubing in the interior chamber of a distal end of the cylindrical body, wherein the disposable cartridge comprises a base, spinach, ginger, cranberry extracts, carrot, pomegranate, citrus extract, broccoli, wheat ger...