A61M11/04

PRESSURE BASED TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF A VAPORIZER DEVICE
20220362489 · 2022-11-17 ·

A vaporizer device (100) may be configured to adjust, based on ambient pressure, a setpoint temperature and/or a ramp rate of the vaporizer device. The setpoint temperature of the vaporizer device may be adjusted based on the ambient pressure in order to account for differences in the boiling point of a vaporizable material at different ambient pressures. Adjusting the setpoint temperature of the vaporizer device based on ambient pressure may further compensate for changes in the sensitivity of a user's taste buds in different ambient pressure and/or humidity environments. The ramp rate of the vaporizer device may be adjusted based on the ambient pressure such that the vaporizer device is able to achieve the higher boiling point of the vaporizable material in a higher ambient pressure environment in a same quantity of time as a lower boiling point of the vaporizable material in a lower ambient pressure environment.

APPARATUS FOR AND METHODS OF ADMINISTERING VOLATILE AND/OR NON-VOLATILE SUBSTANCES INTO AN INHALATION FLOW PATH
20230059660 · 2023-02-23 ·

A method of introducing a vapor of at least one substance into an inhalation flow path of a respiratory organ is provided. The method describes providing a carrier conformable to a surface of skin; providing the carrier with at least one substance; providing a barrier coupled to a surface of the carrier, the barrier being substantially impermeable to the substances carried by the carrier; providing a polyethylene coated material disposed within or atop the barrier and configured as a clamp for a septum of a user, wherein the polyethylene coated material is heat sealed within the barrier; and engaging the carrier to the surface of skin proximate an inhalation flow path of a respiratory organ with the barrier adapted to be interposed between the carrier and the skin to prevent the one or more substances from contacting the skin; wherein the substance is volatile and/or non-volatile; wherein the carrier is impregnated with nanocapsules during production. A vehicle for introducing a vapor is also provided.

Aerosol delivery system

An aerosol delivery system including a first engagement mechanism, a first power supply, and a first vaporizer, wherein the first vaporizer is arranged to selectively receive power from the first power supply to generate a first aerosol from a first aerosol precursor material for user inhalation; and a second aerosol delivery device including a second engagement mechanism, a second power supply, and a second vaporizer, wherein the second vaporizer is arranged to selectively receive power from the second power supply to generate a second aerosol from a second aerosol precursor material for user inhalation; wherein the first engagement mechanism of the first aerosol delivery device and the second engagement mechanism of the second aerosol delivery device are arranged to releasably co-engage with one another to selectively couple the first aerosol delivery device to the second aerosol delivery device so the first aerosol delivery device and the second aerosol delivery device may be used together to deliver the first and second aerosols to a single user when they are coupled together and may be used independently to deliver the first and second aerosols to different users when they are not coupled together.

Induction-based aerosol delivery device

An aerosol delivery device includes a receptacle configured to receive a substrate configured to carry an aerosol precursor composition, and a resonant transformer including a transmitter coupling device and a resonant receiver coupling device that is positioned in proximity to the substrate when received in the receptacle. The aerosol delivery device also includes a pulse width modulation (PWM) inverter configured to drive the resonant transformer. The PWM inverter includes a bridge circuit coupled to the transmitter coupling device, and a PWM controller embodied as an integrated circuit and configured to output a PWM signal to the bridge circuit configured to drive the transmitter coupling device to generate an oscillating magnetic field and induce an alternating voltage in the resonant receiver coupling device when exposed to the oscillating magnetic field. The alternating voltage causes the resonant receiver coupling device to generate heat and thereby vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.

Medicine vaporizer apparatus and methods of using the same
11583640 · 2023-02-21 · ·

A medicine vaporizer apparatus comprises a base with an upwardly extending heating element disposed within a rigid tube. Air is drawn into the rigid tube through an aperture in the rigid tube below the heating element and directed over the heating element to then be drawn through a flexible tube and through a filter or screen comprising an amount of medicine. Heated air flows over the amount of medicine and vaporizes the same, wherein the medicine is thereafter drawn into the lungs of a patient pulling the air therethrough with his or her mouth. Thermal separation and cooling of various parts prevents accidental injury to users and provides an inert air path for the air therethrough. The apparatus further provides controlled incineration and/or vaporization of the medicine.

Connectors for forming electrical and mechanical connections between interchangeable units in an aerosol delivery system

The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery devices comprise a control device that includes a battery, a control component, and an outer housing that defines receiving chamber, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece portion, a tank that contains a liquid composition, and a heater configured to heat the liquid composition. The cartridge and the control device each include at least one connector configured to provide a magnetic and an electrical connection between the cartridge and the control device such that the cartridge can be removably and operatively received into the cartridge receiving chamber of the control body, wherein the at least one connector of the cartridge is located on the mouthpiece portion.

Aerosol delivery device with improved connectivity, airflow, and aerosol paths

The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device and a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control device that includes an outer housing defining a cartridge receiving chamber, and further includes a power source and a control component, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece, a tank, a heating assembly, and a bottom cap. The mouthpiece defines an exit portal in an end thereof, and the tank is configured to contain a liquid composition therein. The cartridge is configured to be removably coupled with the receiving chamber of the control device, and the heating assembly defines a vaporization chamber and is configured to heat the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. An inlet airflow is defined by a gap between the cartridge and the control device that originates at an interface between an outer peripheral surface the mouthpiece and control device.

Shape memory material for controlled liquid delivery in an aerosol delivery device

The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device and a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the cartridge may comprise a housing defining a liquid reservoir, an atomizer configured to produce an aerosol, the atomizer comprising a first liquid transport element, a second liquid transport element, and a microvalve located between the liquid reservoir and the second liquid transport element. The microvalve may comprise a base member including at least one channel, and an actuating member at least a portion of which comprises a shape-memory material, and which is configured to move between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position, the actuating member substantially blocks fluid flow from the liquid reservoir through the channel, and in the second position, the actuating member allows fluid flow from the liquid reservoir through the channel and to the second liquid transport element.

Electronic vaporizer

An electronic vaporizer is provided. The electronic vaporizer includes a cartridge that facilitates provision of a vaporized solution to an individual. The cartridge includes a housing that includes an interior, wherein the housing is one of a polymer housing or a ceramic housing. The cartridge also includes a heating element located in the interior of the housing, wherein the heating element is configured to vaporize a solution for oral provision to the individual. The vaporizer may also include a power harvesting device operative to acquire energy from the environment for use with powering the heating element.

Nebulizer unit with directly connectible ampoule
11497863 · 2022-11-15 ·

A nebulizer unit includes a housing, which includes an aerosol generator with a feed chamber disposed at one side, an ampoule receiver, an opening device with at least one opening, which is in communication with the feed chamber, and an ampoule with liquid, which comprises at least one opening, with which it can be inserted or used in the ampoule receiver, wherein the ampoule has a connection region, which interacts with a connector of the ampoule receptacle in order to hold the ampoule firmly in the ampoule receiver and to connect the openings and such that they are leak tight.