Authenticatable Inhalation System with Locking Mouthpiece
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing inhalation systems lack effective mechanisms for combining desirable flavors with inhalable substances, authenticating users and systems to prevent unauthorized access, and optimizing space while ensuring safe heating temperatures to avoid toxin release.
Innovation Solution
A compact inhalation system featuring a fluid transfer member, a valve member with a locking mechanism, and a flavoring cartridge assembly that heats the inhaling substance to a temperature below its combustible point, releasing only a flavored aroma and not toxins, while incorporating user authentication through a mobile application and authentication server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If the temperature within the electronic vaporizer is increased to enhance vaporization efficiency, then the vaporization effectiveness is improved, but toxins are released from chemicals and artificial flavorings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by precisely controlling the heating temperature to remain below the combustion point of the inhaling substance. This temperature parameter optimization allows effective vaporization while preventing the thermal decomposition that releases toxins from chemicals and artificial flavorings, thus resolving the contradiction between vaporization effectiveness and toxin release
Solution Approach 2:
The patent converts the potential harm of high-temperature heating into benefit by using controlled low-temperature heating. Instead of allowing temperatures to rise to combustion levels, the system uses sufficient but controlled heat to achieve effective vaporization without reaching the harmful threshold, thus converting the potential harm into a beneficial controlled process
2Reliability
If a locking mechanism with user authentication is added to the inhalation system, then unauthorized access is prevented, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system that mediates between the user and the inhalation system. The mobile application serves as an intermediary that verifies user credentials and communicates with the vaporizer's locking mechanism, enabling secure access control without requiring complex integrated authentication hardware within the vaporizer itself
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces potential mechanical locking systems with an electronic/authentication-based system. Instead of using purely mechanical locks, the system uses digital authentication through mobile applications and electronic verification, reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining or enhancing security reliability
3Ease of operation
If the balloon is detached from the vaporizer and connected to a mouthpiece, then user portability is improved, but the risk of unauthorized access increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by implementing authentication and locking mechanisms before the balloon is detached from the vaporizer. The system establishes security controls in advance, ensuring that only authenticated users can access the vaporized substance, even when the system is portable and the balloon is separated from the main vaporizer unit
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively combines flavors with inhalable substances, ensures secure and authenticated access, optimizes space, and heats substances safely to prevent toxin release, thereby addressing the limitations of existing inhalation systems.
Implementation Method 1
the vaporizer heats the absorbent member with the inhaling substance received from the substance holder to a temperature lower than a combustible temperature of the inhaling substance for vaporizing the inhaling substance and releasing the inhaling fluid once converted to vapor
Implementation Method 2
Using a fan, the released cannabinoids are then transferred into a balloon attached to the nozzle of the crucible chamber
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AI summary
An inhalation system including a fluid transfer member, a valve member, a cartridge assembly, and a mouthpiece, and a method of use thereof are provided. The valve member connects to an open end of the fluid transfer member. The cartridge assembly, positioned within the valve member, includes a substance holder and an absorbent member accommodated within a cartridge for containing and absorbing an inhaling substance. When the valve member connects to a vaporizer, the vaporizer heats the absorbent member to vaporize and releases an inhaling fluid into the fluid transfer member. When the valve member connects to the mouthpiece, the valve member receives and transfers the inhaling fluid vapor from the fluid transfer member to a user's mouth via the mouthpiece. The locking mouthpiece assembly allows authentication of the user prior to releasing the inhaling fluid to the user's mouth.