ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,625, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc (Tokyo).

"Aspirator cartridge" was invented by Manabu Yamada (Tokyo), Yutaka Kaihatsu (Tokyo) and Kentaro Matsuda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspirator cartridge and an aspirator have new structures. An aspirator cartridge includes a heater unit configured to atomize a liquid in order to generate an aerosol. The heater unit includes: a liquid holding member that has a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; a heater that comes in contact with the first surface of the liquid holding member; and a support member that supports the second surface of...