Method and system for vaporization of a substance

• US 20030150451A1
• Filed: 02/09/2002
• Published: 08/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vapir, Inc. (Home Bistro, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Advanced Inhalations Revolutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Shayan, Shaahin Sean
• Granted Patent: US 6,772,756 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/203.12
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/42 Cartridges or containers for inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/48 Fluid transfer means, e.g. pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/53 Monitoring, e.g. fault detection
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/041 using heaters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/042 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/065 using steam as driving gas
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/00 Inhalators drug delivery in endotracheal tubes A61M16/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 261/65 Vaporizers

Abstract

The present invention provides an apparatus for the vaporization of materials that release active constituents for inhalation without the creation of harmful byproducts such as carcinogens associated with combustion and inhalation of substances. According to a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for releasing volatile elements of a substance in disclosed, comprising in combination a power means, a heater means, a fan means sufficient to create an airflow, a temperature sensing means, a time and temperature control means, a source material holder which is insertable and removable for holding said substance, a receptacle for receiving a vapor that results from the release of volatile elements created by heated air directed from said heater means releasing said volatile elements and an opening for allowing release of said vapor.

Claims