Device for vaporization of concentrated phyto material extracts

A device for vaporization of concentrated phyto material extracts, the device attachable to a waterpipe having an input port and an inhalation aperture with a waterpipe fluid pathway formed therebetween, the device comprising:

• a vaporization element comprising:
• an elongated hollow member formed from a low thermal conductivity material having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a fluid pathway propagating through the elongated hollow member from the first end to the second end thereof, wherein the second end is engageable with the waterpipe input port;
• an annular heating element having a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the annular heating element thermally coupled with the elongated hollow member proximate the first end and having the first side facing the first end with the fluid pathway propagating through a center thereof, the annular heating element comprising a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact proximate the second side, the annular heating element secured to the elongated hollow member using silica and allowing thermal expansion of the annular heating element along a radial axis perpendicular to the fluid pathway, the annular heating element comprising a metallic planar heater disposed on the second side between the first and second electrical contacts;
• an electrical power source comprising a plurality of batteries electrically coupled with a first control circuit, which is electrically coupled with the first and second electrical contacts for controllably providing electrical power to the metallic planar heater to heat the metallic planar heater and thereby impart thermal energy to the annular heating element,
• wherein during heating of the metallic planar heater, a first portion of the thermal energy is transferred to the annular heating element first side and a second portion, other than the first portion, is transferred to the elongated hollow member proximate the first end, and upon the annular heating element second side reaching a predetermined temperature and the concentrated phyto material extract being applied to the annular heating element first side, the concentrated phyto material extract is vaporized and upon inhalation from the inhalation aperture this vapor is mixed with ambient air and flows through the fluid pathway from the first end where loses thermal energy to the elongated hollow member proximate the second end as it propagates through the input port of the waterpipe and through the waterpipe fluid pathway and through to the inhalation aperture;
• and
• a first housing containing the electrical power source and the plurality of batteries, the first housing comprising an adjustable clamping mechanism operable to frictionally engage the waterpipe.

A device for vaporization of concentrated phyto material extracts comprising:

• a housing comprising an electrical power source and a control circuit;
• an inhalation unit that is detachably attachable to the housing, the inhalation unit comprising a fluid chamber, an inhalation aperture, a vapor input port and a unit fluid pathway extending between the vapor input port and the inhalation aperture, wherein the fluid chamber defines a water volume within which water is receivable and the unit fluid pathway extends through the fluid chamber;
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• a vaporization unit that is detachably attachable to the housing, wherein the vaporization unit comprises a heating unit having a first surface defining a phyto material receiving area and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the heating unit comprising a heater positioned to contact the second surface, the vaporization unit includes at least two electrical contacts connected to the heater and extending axially away from the second surface, wherein the phyto material receiving area has a vapor outlet that is axially spaced apart from the first surface and the first surface comprises a ceramic material;
• wherein
• when the vaporization unit is attached to the housing and the inhalation unit is attached to the housing,
• the vapor outlet is in fluid communication with the vapor input port and a continuous flow path is defined between the phyto material receiving area and the inhalation aperture;
• the heater is connected to the electrical power source through the at least two electrical contacts;
• the control circuit is operable to controllably provide electrical power from the electrical power source to the heater and thereby heat the heater whereby thermal energy is transferred to the first surface to heat the first surface to a predefined vaporization temperature.