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US 10,870,129 B1Granted
Vapor infusion method and device
OwnerAlexander Draganinventor
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Abstract
A method and device are provided that forms a vapor, aerosol, or suspension of a substance or component thereof, the substance or component thereof being a herbal material; passes the vapor, aerosol, or suspension through an edible sorbent; and collects the substance or component thereof on the edible sorbent to provide a food product.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a mesh supporting a herbal substance comprising a substance or component to be ingested that, when heated, forms a vapor, aerosol, or suspension comprising the substance or component to be ingested;
- a substrate, positioned downstream at a distance from the mesh, comprising one or more fluid pathways for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension, wherein the vapor, aerosol, or suspension flows through the substrate in a first direction;
- an edible sorbent positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to contact the vapor, aerosol, or suspension passing through the one or more fluid pathways to collect a portion of the substance or component to be ingested on the edible sorbent, the edible sorbent being permeable or semi-permeable to pass the vapor, aerosol, or suspension;
- an output for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension discharged from the one or more fluid pathways after contact with the edible sorbent, the output being in communication with a bag or inhalation device enabling inhalation of the vapor, aerosol, or suspension by a user;
- one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the one or more fluid pathways;
- and
- a plunger in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles, configured to force a liquid solvent through the one or more nozzles while the edible solvent is positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to inject the solvent along the one or more fluid pathways in a second direction to contact the edible sorbent comprising the collected portion of the substance or component to be ingested and provide a food product, wherein the first and second directions are transverse to each other.
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A system, comprising:
- a mesh supporting a herbal substance comprising a substance or component to be ingested that, when heated, forms a vapor, aerosol, or suspension comprising the substance or component to be ingested, the herbal substance being one or more of tobacco and cannabis;
- a substrate, positioned downstream of the mesh, comprising one or more fluid pathways for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension, wherein the vapor, aerosol, or suspension flows through the substrate in a first direction;
- an edible sorbent positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to contact the vapor, aerosol, or suspension passing through the one or more fluid pathways to collect a portion of the substance or component to be ingested on the edible sorbent, the substance or component being one or more of nicotine and a cannabinoid and the edible sorbent being permeable or semi-permeable to pass the vapor, aerosol, or suspension;
- an output for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension discharged from the one or more fluid pathways after contact with the edible sorbent, the output being in communication with a bag or inhalation device enabling inhalation of the vapor, aerosol, or suspension by a user;
- one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the one or more fluid pathways;
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- a plunger, in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles, configured to force a liquid solvent through the one or more nozzles while the edible solvent is positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to inject the solvent along the one or more fluid pathways to contact the edible sorbent comprising the collected portion of the substance or component to be ingested to provide a food product, wherein the first and second directions are transverse to each other.
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A apparatus, comprising:
- a mesh supporting a herbal substance comprising a substance or component to be ingested that, when heated, forms a vapor, aerosol, or suspension comprising the substance or component to be ingested, the substance or component to be ingested being one or more of tobacco and cannabis;
- a substrate, positioned downstream at a distance from the mesh, comprising one or more fluid pathways for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension, wherein the vapor, aerosol, or suspension flows through the substrate in a first direction;
- an edible sorbent positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to contact the vapor, aerosol, or suspension passing through the one or more fluid pathways to collect a portion of the substance or component to be ingested on the edible sorbent, the component being one or more of nicotine and a cannabinoid, the edible sorbent being permeable or semi-permeable to pass the vapor, aerosol, or suspension;
- an output for the vapor, aerosol, or suspension discharged from the one or more fluid pathways after contact with the edible sorbent, the output being in communication with a bag or inhalation device enabling inhalation of the vapor, aerosol, or suspension by a user;
- one or more nozzles in fluid communication with the one or more fluid pathways;
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- a plunger, in fluid communication with the one or more nozzles, configured to force a liquid solvent through the one or more nozzles while the edible solvent is positioned in the one or more fluid pathways to inject the solvent along the one or more fluid pathways in a second direction to contact the edible sorbent comprising the collected portion of the substance or component to be ingested to provide a food product, wherein the first and second directions are transverse to each other;
- and wherein:
- the liquid solvent is forced through the one or more fluid pathways when a user displaces the plunger towards the nozzles,
- the plunger comprises a hollow interior formed by a body member of the plunger and a lid member engaging the body member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.