# US 2019/0313697 A1 · Systems and methods for vaporizer analysis > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0313697 A1 - Document ID: US20190313697A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/382,564 - Filed: 2019-04-12 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-12 - Assignees: Evolv, LLC - Applicants: Evolv, LLC - Inventors: James BELLINGER; John Bellinger DECKER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190313697A1 ## CPC - G01N 33/0011: {Sample conditioning (preparing specimens for investigation G01N1/28)} - A24F 15/01: specially adapted for simulated smoking devices or cigarettes therefor (battery charging means structurally associated with the case A24F40/95) - A24F 40/00: Electrically operated smoking devices; Component parts thereof; Manufacture thereof; Maintenance or testing thereof; Charging means specially adapted therefor - A24F 40/51: Arrangement of sensors - A24F 40/65: Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means - G01N 33/0075: {for multiple spatially distributed sensors, e.g. for environmental monitoring} - H05B 1/0227: {Applications} - H05B 3/16: the conductor being mounted on an insulating base - H05B 3/46: heating conductor mounted on insulating base - A24F 40/10: Devices using liquid inhalable precursors - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL ## Abstract Provided are a system and method of reproducing individual puffs based on empirical data collected by a plurality of electronic vaping devices during use of the vaping devices by users to inhale vapors. The method involves receiving, over a communication network for each of the plurality of electronic vaping devices: (i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing a liquid that is at least partially converted into the vapor, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters for each of a plurality of puffs drawn by the users. The operational parameters include a first operational parameter measured by a sensor system provided to the respective electronic vaping device. An evaluation vaping device is controlled to reproduce a puff by generating a vapor based on the received reservoir information and the received plurality of operational parameters in effect during the puff that is being reproduced. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic vaping device comprising: a heating element configured to elevate a temperature of a liquid and convert a portion of the liquid into a vapor to be inhaled by a user of the electronic vaping device; a controller that controls delivery of electric energy from a power source to the heating element according to an input from the user; a sensor system that measures at least a first operational parameter of the heating element during operation of the heating element to convert the portion of the liquid into the vapor; a computer-readable medium in local communication with the controller, wherein the computer-readable medium stores: (i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing the liquid, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for each of a plurality of puffs, the operational parameters comprising at least the first operational parameter; and a communication interface in communication with the computer-readable medium to transmit the reservoir information and the plurality of operational parameters of the electronic vaping device for the plurality of puffs to a remote computer terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1 further comprising a reservoir that stores the liquid, wherein the heating element is enclosed by a portion of the reservoir and is separable from the controller as a portion of the reservoir. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic vaping device of claim 2 further comprising a wicking material that transports the portion of the fluid stored by the reservoir to the heating element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises a resistance sensor that measures a resistance of the heating element as the first operational parameter. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The electronic vaping device of claim 4, wherein the plurality of operational parameters further comprises a value indicative of electric power supplied to the heating element for each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The electronic vaping device of claim 4, wherein the sensor system further comprises an airflow sensor that measures a property of an airflow drawn over the heating element during each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The electronic vaping device of claim 4, wherein the sensor system measures a temperature of the heating element as a function of the measured resistance of the heating element during operation. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electronic vaping device of claim 7, wherein the temperature measured by the sensor system is a peak temperature of the heating element reached during each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, wherein the operational parameters stored by the computer-readable medium comprises a time associated with each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic vaping device of claim 9, wherein the time comprises at least one of: a start time, and end time, and a duration of each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises a power sensor that measures electric power supplied to the heating element as the first operational parameter for each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic vaping device of claim 11, wherein the power sensor is integrated as a portion of the controller. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The electronic vaping device of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprises an airflow sensor that measures a property of an airflow drawn over the heating element during each of the plurality of puffs. ### Claim 14 A method of reproducing puffs based on empirical data collected by a plurality of electronic vaping devices during use of the vaping devices by users to inhale vapors, the system comprising: receiving, over a communication network for each of the plurality of electronic vaping devices: (i) reservoir information indicative of a configuration of a reservoir storing a liquid that is at least partially converted into the vapor, and (ii) a plurality of operational parameters for each of a plurality of puffs drawn by the users, the operational parameters comprising at least a first operational parameter measured by a sensor system provided to the respective electronic vaping device; and controlling operation of an evaluation vaping device to generate reproduced vapors that are representative of vapors generated by remotely-located vaping devices during the plurality of puffs under actual operating conditions, wherein the reproduced vapor is generated based on the received reservoir information and the received plurality of operational parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein controlling operation of the evaluation vaping device comprises controlling operation of a heating element of the evaluation vaping device to convert at least a portion of the liquid supplied by a reservoir identified by the received reservoir information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein controlling operation of the evaluation vaping device comprises establishing a plurality of operational settings of the evaluation vaping device based on the received plurality of operational parameters. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the operational settings of the evaluation vaping device is established based on an average value of one of the received plurality of operational parameters. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of the operational settings of the evaluation vaping device is established based on a peak value of one of the received plurality of operational parameters. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: causing introduction of the vapor generated by the evaluation vaping device to an analytical system to determine a quantity of at least one chemical constituent of the vapor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein each of a plurality of the reproduced vapors is generated based on the reservoir information, and the plurality of operational parameters corresponding to one of the puffs generated by a specific vaping device, reproducing the puffs under the actual operating conditions.