# US 2023/0404149 A1 · Closed bottom vaporizer pod

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- Number: US 2023/0404149 A1
- Document ID: US20230404149A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/364,859
- Filed: 2023-08-03
- Published: 2023-12-21
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-17
- Assignees: Altria Client Services LLC
- Applicants: Altria Client Services LLC
- Inventors: Ryan SELBY; Ryan KARKAIRAN
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230404149A1

## CPC

- A24F 40/42: Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
- A61M 11/042: {electrical}
- A61M 15/06: Inhaling appliances shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes
- A24F 40/60: Devices with integrated user interfaces
- A61M 2205/14: Detection of the presence or absence of a tube, a connector or a container in an apparatus
- A61M 2205/3592: using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
- A61M 2205/3633: thermally insulated
- A61M 2205/3653: by Joule effect, i.e. electric resistance
- A61M 2205/502: User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
- A61M 2205/581: by audible feedback
- A61M 2205/582: by tactile feedback
- A61M 2205/583: by visual feedback
- A61M 2205/6018: providing set-up signals for the apparatus configuration
- A61M 2205/6054: Magnetic identification systems
- A61M 2205/6072: Bar codes
- A61M 2205/8206: battery-operated
- A61M 2205/8212: with means or measures taken for minimising energy consumption
- A61M 2209/086: Docking stations
- A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

A closed bottom vaporizer pod prevents vaporizable material from exiting the pod and entering into a heat source of a vaporizer. A closed bottom vaporizer pod further reduces contamination and/or fouling of a vaporizer and comprises a closed bottom capsule, at least one air inlet for drawing air into the closed bottom capsule, and at least one air outlet for drawing air out of the closed bottom capsule. An air flow path is created from the at least one air inlet, the closed bottom capsule, and the air outlet which prevents contamination of the vaporizer.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-20. (canceled)

### Claim 21

A system comprising:
a closed bottom pod including,
a vaporizable material,
a closed bottom portion configured to store the vaporizable material,
an air inlet in fluid communication with the closed bottom portion,
an air outlet in fluid communication with the closed bottom portion, and
an inner tube extending into the closed bottom portion, and the air inlet, the closed bottom portion, the inner tube and the air outlet defining an airflow path; and
a vaporizer configured to receive the closed bottom pod, the vaporizer including a heat source configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate a vapor, the heat source being separated from the vaporizable material and the airflow path.

### Claim 22 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the closed bottom pod includes:
an outer tube, the inner tube being in the outer tube, a space between the inner tube and the outer tube being a part of the airflow path.

### Claim 23 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the air inlet is external of the heat source.

### Claim 24 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the air inlet and the closed bottom portion are at opposite ends of the closed bottom pod and the air inlet and the air outlet are at a same end of the closed bottom pod.

### Claim 25 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the inner tube and the closed bottom portion define a first space therebetween permitting air to flow in a first direction from the air inlet into the closed bottom portion.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The system of claim 25, wherein the inner tube defines a space within the inner tube permitting the vapor produced from the vaporizable material and entrained in the air to flow in a second direction from the closed bottom portion to the air outlet.

### Claim 27 (depends on 26)

The system of claim 26, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.

### Claim 28 (depends on 21)

The system of claim 21, wherein the vaporizer includes,
a chamber to receive the closed bottom pod, and
a closure mechanism to configured to cover the chamber.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The system of claim 28, wherein the closure mechanism includes,
a door, and
a motor coupled to the door and configured to move the door over the chamber.

### Claim 30

A system comprising:
a closed bottom pod including,
a vaporizable material,
a closed bottom portion configured to store the vaporizable material,
an air inlet in fluid communication with the closed bottom portion,
an air outlet in fluid communication with the closed bottom portion, and
an inner tube extending into the closed bottom portion, and the air inlet, the closed bottom portion, the inner tube and the air outlet defining an airflow path; and
a vaporizer configured to receive the closed bottom pod, the vaporizer including a heat source configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate a vapor, the heat source being isolated from the vaporizable material and the airflow path.

### Claim 31 (depends on 30)

The system of claim 30, wherein the closed bottom pod includes:
an outer tube, the inner tube being in the outer tube, a space between the inner tube and the outer tube being a part of the airflow path.

### Claim 32 (depends on 30)

The system of claim 30, wherein the air inlet is external of the heat source.

### Claim 33 (depends on 30)

The system of claim 30, wherein the air inlet and the closed bottom portion are at opposite ends of the closed bottom pod and the air inlet and the air outlet are at a same end of the closed bottom pod.

### Claim 34 (depends on 30)

The system of claim 30, wherein the inner tube and the closed bottom portion define a first space therebetween permitting air to flow in a first direction from the air inlet into the closed bottom portion.

### Claim 35 (depends on 34)

The system of claim 34, wherein the inner tube defines a space within the inner tube permitting the vapor produced from the vaporizable material and entrained in the air to flow in a second direction from the closed bottom portion to the air outlet.

### Claim 36 (depends on 35)

The system of claim 35, wherein the first direction and the second direction are opposite directions.

### Claim 37 (depends on 30)

The system of claim 30, wherein the vaporizer includes,
a chamber to receive the closed bottom pod, and
a closure mechanism to configured to cover the chamber.

### Claim 38 (depends on 37)

The system of claim 37, wherein the closure mechanism includes,
a door, and
a motor coupled to the door and configured to move the door over the chamber.