Single-Serve Cannabis Pod for Consistent Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The delivery of medical cannabis is challenging due to variable dosing with smoking methods, stigma associated with smoking, and difficulties for patients with medical conditions, making it hard to ensure proper dosage and accessibility.
Innovation Solution
A single-serve cannabis beverage pod system using a brewing machine, where cannabis is decarboxylated and pulverized, combined with an extraction agent, and packaged in a container designed for use with Keurig or Tassimo machines, allowing for consistent and controlled extraction of cannabinoids into a beverage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If smoking is used to deliver cannabis, then decarboxylation occurs and active cannabinoids are produced, but dosing variability increases and reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-decarboxylates cannabis before packaging it in single-serve containers, eliminating the need for patients to perform decarboxylation themselves through smoking. This preliminary action ensures consistent conversion of THCA to THC, resolving the dosing variability issue while maintaining ease of use through simple water infusion.
2Ease of operation
If smoking is used for cannabis delivery, then active ingredients are delivered, but stigma and health concerns increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the combustion-based smoking mechanism with a water infusion system similar to coffee makers. This substitution eliminates the harmful effects of smoking while maintaining accessibility, as patients use familiar, non-stigmatizing beverage preparation devices to consume cannabis.
3Measurement precision
If smoking is used to deliver cannabis, then cannabinoids are activated, but control over delivery precision decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides cannabis into pre-measured, single-serve portions in individual containers, each containing a precise amount of decarboxylated cannabis. This segmentation ensures that each serving delivers a consistent, controlled dose, eliminating the dosing variability inherent in smoking while maintaining precision through standardized packaging.
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
This method provides a consistent and controlled delivery of THC and other cannabinoids, overcoming the variability of smoking and stigma issues, ensuring precise dosing and ease of use for medical cannabis patients.
Implementation Method 1
allowing for consistent and controlled extraction of cannabinoids into a beverage
Implementation Method 2
Acidic cannabinoids, such as THCA and cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) may be converted to more active cannabinoids, through a process known as decarboxylation. For example, THCA is converted to delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) through decarboxylation.
Data Source
AI summary
Single-serve containers for use in brewing a cannabis-based beverage are described, as are methods for preparing a single-serve container configured for receipt in a single-serve brewing machine. The method includes: adding a processed cannabis product to the single-serve container; adding, to the single-serve container, at least one of an extraction or flavoring agent; and sealing the single-serve container.