Chemical Printer for Customized Mixing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for recreating targeted sensory and pharmaceutical experiences from plant materials, such as Cannabis, are often costly and difficult due to the expense and unavailability of specific strains and preparation methods, making it challenging to reproduce desired effects in inhalants, vaping products, and beverages.
Innovation Solution
The use of a chemical printer to infuse substrates with specific chemical signatures, allowing for on-demand customization of inhalants and beverages by printing predetermined dosages of active ingredients and terpenes onto substrates for cigarettes, vaping devices, and beverage dispensers, dynamically adjusting chemical amounts to match desired experiences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If specific strains and preparation methods are used to create targeted sensory experiences, then the quality and accuracy of the experience is improved, but the cost and difficulty of obtaining and reproducing the product increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a chemical signature (a digital copy or representation) of the complex blend of chemicals in the original strain, capturing the essential chemical profile without requiring the actual strain. This chemical signature can then be used to reproduce the targeted experience using different, more accessible feedstock materials, thereby copying the effect without copying the expensive or unavailable original material.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the physical strain material into a set of chemical parameters (the chemical signature) that describe the blend's composition. By working with these parameterized chemical representations rather than the physical strain itself, the system enables precise control and reproduction of the targeted experience while using alternative materials that are easier to source and less expensive.
2Reliability
If expensive and difficult-to-obtain strains are used, then the targeted sensory experience is achieved, but the cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using the expensive original strain material, the patent creates and uses a chemical signature that copies the essential chemical characteristics. This digital/chemical representation allows reproduction of the consistent experience without requiring the costly physical strain, thereby decoupling experience consistency from material cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables the use of cheaper alternative feedstock materials that can be processed to match the chemical signature. Rather than relying on expensive, potentially rare strains, the system uses more readily available and less expensive materials that can be chemically adjusted or blended to achieve the same targeted experience.
3Manufacturing precision
If specific preparation methods are used to create targeted experiences, then the quality of the product is improved, but the complexity of the process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex physical preparation methods (such as specific cultivation, harvesting, and processing techniques required for certain strains) with a chemical analysis and reproduction approach. By using chemical signatures and mechanical mixing/printing of chemical components, the system achieves the same quality outcomes through a different, potentially more controllable and less complex process pathway.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the preparation process from a series of complex physical and biological steps into a chemical parameter-based system. By defining the target experience in terms of chemical composition parameters rather than procedural steps, the system simplifies the manufacturing approach while maintaining or improving product quality through precise chemical control.
Data Source
AI summary
In remotely rendering chemical signatures, a remote request received from a user comprises a requesting user identifier, a substrate specification, and a chemical signature. The chemical signature includes identifiers for one or more chemicals comprising a selected set of chemicals, and for each identified chemical at least a quantity of the selected set of chemicals. The received remote request is directed to a chemical printer that prints chemicals on the substrate based at least on the chemical signature. The printed substrate may be tagged with a predetermined digital tag format based at least on the requesting user identifier.