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US 12,108,804 B2Granted
Smart vaporizer and system for concentrate products
OwnerJohn Jesse Woodbine, Peter William Calfee +3inventors
InventorsJohn Jesse Woodbine, Peter William Calfee, Gary Ross Mitchell, William F Demyanovich, Joseph Freancis Keenan
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Abstract
An improved vaporizer, system, and method for managing concentrate usage is disclosed. The vaporizer may comprise a housing to receive a cartridge configured to store a concentrate. The cartridge comprises a nozzle, at one end, with a smart chip for storing an identification code associated with the concentrate. The vaporizer, cartridge, system and method provides means for assuring accurate dosing and management of concentrate use and usage data collection.
Claims39
A system for managing concentrate usage, the system comprising:
- a vaporizer comprising:
- a housing comprising;
- a cartridge configured to store a concentrate, wherein the cartridge comprises a concentrate storage vessel, a nozzle, at one end, a smart chip configured on the nozzle to track and record concentrate dose amount in a concentrate storage vessel, said smart chip comprising an identification code associated with the concentrate, and a dosing mechanism at other end, the dosing mechanism comprises a plunger driver, a pawl, and a plunger, and wherein upon rotation of a dosing wheel by a user, the plunger driver drives the plunger within the cartridge to release a predefined quantity of the concentrate through the nozzle;
- a control unit configured to read the identification code from the smart chip and control operation of an oven;
- a vapor detection system comprising IR emitter and detector configured to detect concentrate vapor in a conduit upon a user inhalation of vaporized concentrate;
- and
- a communication unit coupled to the control unit, wherein the communication unit transmits the identification code to a user device;
- a central server comprising a database storing a plurality of identification codes against a plurality of concentrate information, wherein the central server is configured to:
- receive the identification code from the user device;
- retrieve concentrate information corresponding the received identification code from the database;
- and
- transmit the retrieved concentrate information to the user device.
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A method for managing concentrate usage of a user, the method comprising:
- reading, by a control unit of a vaporizer, an identification code associated with a concentrate;
- transmitting, by a communication unit of the vaporizer, the identification code to a user device and/or system network;
- receiving, by a central server, the identification code from the user device, wherein the central server comprises a database storing a plurality of identification codes against a plurality of concentrate information;
- retrieving concentrate information corresponding to the received identification code from the database;
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- transmitting the retrieved concentrate information to the user device for displaying to a user;
- wherein the vaporizer comprises:
- a housing comprising;
- a cartridge configured to store the concentrate, wherein the cartridge comprises a concentrate storage vessel, a nozzle, at one end, a smart chip configured on the nozzle to track and record concentrate dose amount in a concentrate storage vessel, said smart chip comprising an identification code associated with the concentrate and a dosing mechanism at other end;
- an oven comprising a coil placed within a thermally resistant tube, an airflow channel in communication with ambient air and inhalation negative pressure airflow, and a dose diffuser containing a porous material matrix;
- and
- the control unit configured to read the identification code from the smart chip and control operation of an oven, wherein the oven is adjacent to the nozzle of the cartridge;
- and
- the communication unit coupled to the control unit, wherein the communication unit transmits the identification code to the user device.
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A vaporizer comprising:
- a housing comprising;
- a cartridge configured to store a concentrate, wherein the cartridge comprises a concentrate storage vessel, a nozzle, at one end, a smart chip with an identification code associated with the concentrate and a dosing mechanism at other end, and wherein the dosing mechanism comprises, a plunger driver, a pawl, and a plunger;
- a dosing wheel to actuate the dosing mechanism, wherein the dosing wheel is rotatably engaged to the plunger driver;
- an oven comprising a coil placed within a thermally resistant tube, an airflow channel in communication with ambient air and inhalation negative pressure airflow, and a dose diffuser containing a porous material matrix;
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- a control unit configured to heat the coil of the oven based on at least one of a fire button, an in-line pressure sensor, a fan/IR reflector sensor, and the identification code associated with the concentrate;
- a vapor detection system comprising IR emitter and detector configured to detect concentrate vapor in a conduit upon a user inhalation of vaporized concentrate;
- a smart chip configured to track and record concentrate dose amount in a concentrate storage vessel;
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- wherein upon creation of a negative pressure by a user through inhalation via a mouthpiece, the control unit heats the coil, the coil being configured to heat the airflow created by the negative pressure and wherein heated airflow vaporizes an extruded concentrate, and wherein the extruded concentrate is dispensed through the nozzle on the porous material matrix of the dose diffuser after the dosing wheel is rotated by the user and the plunger driver drives the plunger within the cartridge to release a predefined quantity of the concentrate.
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A cartridge configured to store a concentrate comprising:
- a concentrate storage vessel;
- a nozzle, at one end;
- a smart chip configured on the cartridge to track and record concentrate dose amount in a concentrate storage vessel, said smart chip comprising an identification code associated with the concentrate, wherein the smart chip is communicatively coupled with a control unit configured to read the identification code from the smart chip, said control unit configured to control operation of a vaporizer;
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- a dosing mechanism at other end, wherein the dosing mechanism comprises a plunger driver, a pawl, and a plunger.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.