Apparatus and method for an oral nicotine dispensing system
US12387549B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2024 |
| Grant date | Aug 12, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 2, 2044 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F11/58
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and method for an oral nicotine dispensing system. The apparatus includes storing a plurality of a pods in a magazine within a body, receiving a fingerprint scan from a user via a fingerprint scanner coupled to the body, authenticating the fingerprint scan, de-activating a locking mechanism to allow access to at least a pod upon successful authentication of the fingerprint scan, and dispensing, using at least a drive mechanism, the at least a pod from the magazine through an opening of the body.
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