CANNABIS DRUG DELIVERY AND MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20120304990A1
• Filed: 07/20/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PalliaTech, Inc.
• Original Assignee: PalliaTech, Inc.
• Inventors: Todd, William W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,910,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/203.14
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/041 using heaters
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 11/042 electrical
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0028 using prepacked dosages, one for each application, e.g. capsules to be perforated or broken-up
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 15/0081 Locking means
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0063 Compressors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/276 preventing unwanted use
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3368 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3592 using telemetric means, e.g. radio or optical transmission
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/502 User interfaces, e.g. screens or keyboards
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6009 for matching patient with his treatment, e.g. to improve transfusion security
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes

Abstract

This invention relates to a new technology that enables administration of Cannabis to patients for medical purposes. In one embodiment, this invention is a component of a system of technologies, processes and concepts that creates a new method of producing, delivering, administering and regulating the use of medical cannabis.

Claims

1-38. -38. (canceled)

39. A medical inhalation system, comprising:

a medical inhalation device for the delivery of a dose of medical Cannabis, including a housing having an inlet for receiving air from an external environment and introducing the air into the housing, a heat source for heating the air within the housing to provide heated air, a vaporization chamber, and an outlet;

and a dose cartridge including the dose of medical Cannabis,

wherein the dose cartridge is sized and shaped to be inserted into the vaporization chamber of the medical inhalation device,

wherein the medical inhalation device is adapted to heat the dose of medical Cannabis by the heated air within the vaporization chamber for a heating time period to produce therapeutically-active ingredients from the dose of medical Cannabis, and

wherein the medical inhalation device is adapted to maintain the dose of medical Cannabis within the vaporization chamber for a time period prior to the delivery of a vaporized form of the therapeutically-active ingredients from the dose of medical Cannabis through the outlet.

40. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, wherein the vaporization chamber is closed when the dose of medical Cannabis is heated.

41. The medical inhalation system of claim 40, wherein the vaporization chamber is closed when the activated medical Cannabis is maintained therein.

42. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, further comprising a control system for measuring, controlling and maintaining the temperature of the heated air.

43. The medical inhalation system of claim 42, wherein the control system controls the heating time period.

44. The medical inhalation system of claim 42, wherein the control system further controls the volume of the heated air passing through the dose of medical Cannabis.

45. The medical inhalation system of claim 42, wherein the control system includes a vapor data sensor and a vapor data recorder.

46. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, wherein the flow of the heated air is controlled by a pump located within the housing.

47. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, wherein the dose of medical Cannabis is maintained within the vaporization chamber within a predetermined temperature range.

48. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, further comprising a control system for determining authorized use of the dose of medical Cannabis with the medical inhalation device.

49. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the control system queries a database to match the dose of medical Cannabis with user, usage and product data.

50. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the control system queries a database to match the dose cartridge containing the dose of medical Cannabis with the authorized medical inhalation device, wherein the control system is capable of locking out the medical inhalation device when the dose cartridge is not authorized for use with the device, and wherein the control system locks out the medical inhalation device when a frequency of use of the device exceeds a usage limit.

51. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the control system is capable of locking out the medical inhalation device when biometric identification of a user does not match the identity of an authorized user of the medical inhalation device.

52. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the control system locks out the medical inhalation device when the system detects evidence of tampering or alteration of the inserted dose cartridge.

53. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the control system locks out the medical inhalation device when the dose cartridge is not authorized for use at a particular location.

54. The medical inhalation system of claim 48, wherein the dose cartridge includes dose cartridge data.

55. The medical inhalation system of claim 54, wherein the dose of medical Cannabis is a single, measured unit.

56. The medical inhalation system of claim 55, wherein the dose cartridge includes a screen positioned within the dose housing, and wherein the dose of medical Cannabis is encapsulated by the screen.

57. The medical inhalation system of claim 39, further comprising a recorder for recording usage data relating to the use of the medical inhalation device and the dose of medical Cannabis.

58. The medical inhalation system of claim 57, further comprising a system for communicating the usage data and product data to an authorized party.