HYBRID VAPOR DELIVERY SYSTEM UTILIZING NEBULIZED AND NON-NEBULIZED ELEMENTS

• US 20160331037A1
• Filed: 05/16/2016
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lunatech, LLC
• Original Assignee: Lunatech, LLC
• Inventors: Cameron, John
• Granted Patent: US 9,888,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/05 Devices without heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/10 Devices using liquid inhalable precursors
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/30 Devices using two or more structurally separated inhalable precursors, e.g. using two liquid precursors in two cartridges
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/46 Shape or structure of electric heating means
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/485 Valves; Apertures
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/50 Control or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/60 Devices with integrated user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: A24F 40/65 Devices with integrated communication means, e.g. wireless communication means
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An electronic vapor device is disclosed comprising a vapor outlet, a first container for storing a vaporizable material, a second container for storing a non-vaporizable material, a vaporizer component coupled to the first container configured for vaporizing the vaporizable material at a vaporization rate to generate a first vapor and for providing the first vapor to the vapor outlet, and a nebulizer component coupled to the second container configured for nebulizing the non-vaporizable material at a nebulization rate to generate a second vapor and for providing the second vapor to the vapor outlet.

Claims

1. An electronic vapor device comprising:

a vapor outlet;

a first container for storing a vaporizable material;

a second container for storing a non-vaporizable material;

a vaporizer component coupled to the first container configured for vaporizing the vaporizable material at a vaporization rate to generate a first vapor and for providing the first vapor to the vapor outlet; and

a nebulizer component coupled to the second container configured for nebulizing the non-vaporizable material at a nebulization rate to generate a second vapor and for providing the second vapor to the vapor outlet.

3. The electronic vapor device of claim 1, further comprising a mixing chamber coupled to the vaporizer component and the nebulizer component to receive the first vapor and the second vapor, to mix the first vapor and the second vapor and, to provide the mixed vapor to the vapor outlet.

4. The electronic vapor device of claim 3, wherein a composition of the mixed vapor varies based on at least one of the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate.

5. The electronic vapor device of claim 1, further comprising a processor, configured for determining the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate and for providing the vaporization rate to the vaporizer component and the nebulization rate to the nebulizer component.

6. The electronic vapor device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to independently control the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate.

7. The electronic vapor device of claim 5, further comprising a network access device, and wherein the processor is further configured to receive the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate from a remote server via the network access device.

8. The electronic vapor device of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to receive data from the remote server indicating a medically prescribed dose of at least one of the vaporizable material and the non-vaporizable material and for determining the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate based on the data.

9. The electronic vapor device of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to receive data from the remote server indicating a formula for producing a specific flavor of vapor and for determining the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate based on the data.

10. The electronic vapor device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to determine that a user of the electronic vapor device has access tights to the formula.

11. The electronic vapor device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to adjust at least one of the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate during use of the electronic vapor device.

12. The electronic vapor device of claim 1, further comprising an input device configured for receiving the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate.

13. The electronic vapor device of claim 12, wherein the input device comprises one or more of, a touchscreen, a switch, a dial, a knob, a slider, or a button.

14. The electronic vapor device of claim 1, wherein the vaporizer component comprises a heating element for vaporizing the vaporizable material and the nebulizer component comprises at least one of a vibrating mesh for nebulizing the non-vaporizable material into a mist, an atomizer for atomizing the non-vaporizable material into an aerosol, an ultrasonic nebulizer for nebulizing the non-vaporizable material into a mist, and a heating element for enhancing effectiveness of a nebulizing process.

15. The electronic vapor device of claim 1, wherein the electronic vapor device is coupled to an electronic communication device.

17. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining an amount of the vaporizable material based on the vaporization rate;

determining an amount of the non-vaporizable material based on the nebulization rate;

withdrawing the amount of the vaporizable material into a vaporizer component for vaporization; and

withdrawing the amount of the non-vaporizable material into a nebulizer component for vaporization.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein determining the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate comprises:

determining a formula for the mixed vapor; and

determining the vaporization rate and the nebulization rate based on the formula.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein vaporizing the vaporizable material based on the vaporization rate to create the first vapor and nebulizing the non-vaporizable material based on the nebulization rate to create the second vapor are performed in serial or simultaneously.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein mixing the first vapor and the second vapor to create a mixed vapor comprises:

receiving the first vapor and the second vapor into a mixing chamber to mix the first vapor and the second vapor; and

expelling the mixed vapor through the exhaust port for inhalation by a user.

2. The electronic vapor device of claim I, wherein the vaporizer component and the nebulizer component vaporize the vaporizable material and nebulize the non-vaporizable material, respectively, in serial or simultaneously.

16. A method comprising:

determining a vaporization rate and a nebulization rate;

vaporizing a vaporizable material based on the vaporization rate to create a first vapor;

nebulizing a non-vaporizable material based on the nebulization rate to create a second vapor;

mixing the first vapor and the second vapor to create a mixed vapor; and

expelling the mixed vapor through an exhaust port.