Apparatus and method for aerosol delivery comprising a biodegradable outer body
AssigneeSkyX IP Holdings I LLC
InventorsMartin Steinbauer, Kylie Halperin, Maia Stoicovici, Frederic Levy, Sylvere Azoulai
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes a biodegradable outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit comprising an aerosol generation mechanism, a channel on top of the aerosolizable material reservoir, an absorption pad encasing the channel, and a support feature on either side of the channel on top of the reservoir. The method includes using a processing unit of the apparatus to configure the control circuit after determining a device usability.
Claims18
An apparatus for aerosol delivery, the apparatus comprising:
- a biodegradable outer body, the outer body including a plurality of male alignment features within the outer body;
- a power source housed within the outer body;
- a mouthpiece;
- an aerosolizable material reservoir disposed within the outer body and attaching the mouthpiece to the outer body, wherein:
- the mouthpiece is configured to snap onto the reservoir;
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- the reservoir comprises a plurality of female alignment features on the exterior of the reservoir, wherein the plurality of female alignment features is configured to engage the plurality of male alignment features within the outer body;
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- a control circuit disposed within the outer body and electrically connected to the power source, the control circuit comprising an aerosol generation mechanism, the control circuit configured to regulate output of electric power from the power source to the aerosol generation mechanism.
A method for aerosol delivery using an aerosol delivery apparatus, the method comprising:
- sending, by a processing circuit incorporated into the apparatus, identification data to an external device, wherein the processing circuit is housed in a biodegradable outer body of the aerosol delivery apparatus, wherein the outer body includes a plurality of male alignment features within the outer body, wherein the aerosol delivery apparatus further comprises:
- a power source disposed within the outer body;
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- an aerosolizable material reservoir disposed within the outer body and attaching the mouthpiece to the outer body, wherein:
- the mouthpiece is configured to snap onto the reservoir;
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- the reservoir comprises a plurality of female alignment features on the exterior of the reservoir, wherein the plurality of female alignment features is configured to engage the plurality of male alignment features within the outer body;
- receiving, by the processing circuit incorporated into the aerosol delivery apparatus, an external response from the external device, wherein the external response is generated as a function of the identification data by the external device;
- modifying, by the processing circuit, an internal state of the processing circuit as a function of the external response;
- determining, by the processing circuit, a device usability of the aerosol delivery apparatus as a function of the modified internal state;
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- configuring, by the processing circuit, a control circuit, the control circuit incorporated into the aerosol delivery apparatus, to regulate output of electric power from the power source to an aerosol generation mechanism as a function of the device usability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.