An aerosol generating device includes a planar heating element including a mesh of electrically conductive fibres, a heating rod in contact with a central portion of the planar heating element to provide a central region of high current density, thereby providing a temperature gradient across the planar heating element during use, a liquid store, and a liquid transport element arranged between the liquid store and the planar heating element and configured to transport liquid from the liquid store to the planar heating element under capillary action during use, wherein the liquid transport element is arranged in contact with an edge portion of the mesh.

An aerosol generating device includes a planar heating element including a mesh of electrically conductive fibres, a heating rod in contact with a central portion of the planar heating element to provide a central region of high current density, thereby providing a temperature gradient across the planar heating element during use, a liquid store, and a liquid transport element arranged between the liquid store and the planar heating element and configured to transport liquid from the liquid store to the planar heating element under capillary action during use, wherein the liquid transport element is arranged in contact with an edge portion of the mesh.

Laminated glass includes: a first glass plate having a rectangular shape, and including a first side and a second side opposing the first side; a second glass plate arranged opposing the first glass plate, and having substantially the same shape as the shape of the first glass plate; and an intermediate film arranged between the first glass plate and the second glass plate, the intermediate film including: a first bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the first side; a second bus bar extending along an end portion closer to the second side; and a plurality of heating lines arranged parallel to each other so as to connect the first bus bar and the second bus bar to each other.

Provided is a warming device which can efficiently warm a blood product and inhibit a liquid in a warming flow path from exceeding an upper limit temperature thereof when liquid delivery of the blood product is stopped. The warming device includes the warming flow path in which the blood product flows and a heat plate which is in contact with the warming flow path to supply heat to the warming flow path. On the heat plate, a heater in a predetermined pattern corresponding to the warming flow path is disposed. The heater is disposed such that an amount of heat generation toward the warming flow path decreases in stages from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the warming flow path and that a decrease rate of the amount of heat generation at each of the stages decreases from the upstream side toward the downstream side.

Provided is a warming device which can efficiently warm a blood product and inhibit a liquid in a warming flow path from exceeding an upper limit temperature thereof when liquid delivery of the blood product is stopped. The warming device includes the warming flow path in which the blood product flows and a heat plate which is in contact with the warming flow path to supply heat to the warming flow path. On the heat plate, a heater in a predetermined pattern corresponding to the warming flow path is disposed. The heater is disposed such that an amount of heat generation toward the warming flow path decreases in stages from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the warming flow path and that a decrease rate of the amount of heat generation at each of the stages decreases from the upstream side toward the downstream side.

A multifunctional assembly having a resistive element a conductive element in electrical communication with the resistive element, the conductive element defining at least one of a plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element, wherein the conductive element is configured to direct a flow of electricity across at least one of the plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element in a preselected manner.

A multifunctional assembly having a resistive element a conductive element in electrical communication with the resistive element, the conductive element defining at least one of a plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element, wherein the conductive element is configured to direct a flow of electricity across at least one of the plurality of multifunctional zones of the resistive element in a preselected manner.

A vaporiser for an aerosol generating device comprises: a heating element including a sheet of heating material; a tubular heater housing arranged to hold the heating element within the heater housing; and a liquid store . The heater housing comprises a longitudinal gap running along the length of the tubular heater housing, and the heating element is arranged such that a peripheral edge of the heating element is supported within the gap. The gap is arranged to allow a liquid to pass from the liquid store into the heater housing to be vaporised by the heating element during use. The size of the gap is variable to change the rate of liquid flow through the gap , and, in particular, to maintain an optimum liquid flow rate despite a varying viscosity of the vaporisable liquid due to temperature or to differing types of vaporisable liquid being used.

A film heater has a transparent conductive portion including: at least one non-conductive portion that has electrical insulation properties and extends in a direction intersecting a vibration direction of an electric field included in a radio wave transmitted from a radio wave transmitter-receiver; and a heat generator that generates heat by being energized and that transmits light. The film heater has: a first electrode connected to the heat generator; and a second electrode connected to the heat generator. The heat generator includes at least one conductive portion that is adjacent to the non-conductive portion and generates heat by a current flowing along a direction in which the non-conductive portion extends when the heat generator is energized by the first electrode and the second electrode.

A film heater has a transparent conductive portion including: at least one non-conductive portion that has electrical insulation properties and extends in a direction intersecting a vibration direction of an electric field included in a radio wave transmitted from a radio wave transmitter-receiver; and a heat generator that generates heat by being energized and that transmits light. The film heater has: a first electrode connected to the heat generator; and a second electrode connected to the heat generator. The heat generator includes at least one conductive portion that is adjacent to the non-conductive portion and generates heat by a current flowing along a direction in which the non-conductive portion extends when the heat generator is energized by the first electrode and the second electrode.