Vaporizer Cartridge Diffuser Element for Precise Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vaporizer devices face challenges in consistently metering and managing concentrate dosages, protecting products from heat and UV degradation, preventing cross-contamination, and providing user feedback, leading to inefficient vaporization and potential misuse due to complex loading mechanisms, lack of standardized dosing, and inadequate cartridge systems.
Innovation Solution
A removable vaporizer cartridge system with a diffuser element and metered dispenser that ensures precise dosing and tracking of liquid concentrates, incorporating a diffuser element as part of the cartridge for reduced contamination and optimized vaporization, and a smart chip for controlling heating based on the type of concentrate, allowing for controlled and efficient vaporization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a heater coil is used to vaporize concentrate, then vaporization can be achieved, but harmful byproducts (tar, PAH, carbon monoxide) are generated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the heater coil (thermal combustion system) with a diffuser element that utilizes capillary action and controlled vaporization without combustion. The diffuser element delivers concentrate to a heating surface that vaporizes it cleanly without the uncontrolled combustion that produces harmful byproducts like tar, PAH, and carbon monoxide.
Solution Approach 2:
The diffuser element acts as an intermediary between the concentrate reservoir and the heating element. It controls the delivery of concentrate through capillary wicking, ensuring uniform distribution and preventing direct contact between the heater coil and the concentrate, thereby eliminating harmful combustion byproducts.
2Ease of operation
If concentrate is loaded manually into the vaporization chamber, then loading flexibility is achieved, but dosing consistency and sealing reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The cartridge is pre-filled with a precise, consistent amount of concentrate during manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures dosing consistency and eliminates the need for manual loading, which would introduce variability. The pre-filled cartridge maintains sealing reliability throughout storage and use.
Solution Approach 2:
The cartridge system is designed to be self-contained with the concentrate already loaded and sealed. The user simply inserts the pre-filled cartridge into the device, eliminating manual loading operations. The system maintains its own sealing integrity without requiring user intervention in the loading process.
3Quantity of substance
If the cartridge is made larger to accommodate more concentrate, then storage capacity increases, but device portability and user friendliness deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the physical parameters of the cartridge system to optimize the balance between capacity and portability. By improving the efficiency of the diffuser element and the vaporization process, the system achieves better vaporization efficiency from smaller quantities of concentrate, allowing for compact cartridge sizes that remain portable while providing sufficient capacity for extended use.
4Reliability
If the diffuser element is integrated into the cartridge, then cross-contamination is prevented, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The diffuser element is merged with the cartridge structure, creating an integrated component. This combining of the diffuser and cartridge eliminates the need for separate diffuser elements that could become contaminated, as the diffuser is now an inherent part of the sealed cartridge system. The integration ensures that only the intended concentrate contacts the diffuser surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated diffuser element serves multiple functions: it acts as both the vaporization interface and a barrier to prevent cross-contamination. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby managing complexity while achieving contamination prevention.
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 solution provides consistent and controlled vaporization, reduces contamination risks, and enhances user safety by ensuring precise dosing and optimal heating conditions, improving the overall efficiency and user experience of vaporizer devices.
Implementation Method 1
The diffuser element is configured to receive the liquid concentrate from the reservoir and deliver the liquid concentrate to the heating element
Implementation Method 2
a heating element configured to heat the liquid concentrate delivered by the diffuser element
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AI summary
Provided is a system (100) and method (700) for a vaporizer cartridge system (104) wherein the cartridge (104) provides the diffuser (112). More specifically, an embodiment of the system includes a vaporizing device (102) providing a heating element proximate to a removable cartridge system (104) receiving port (804), and a dispenser trigger (132) structured and arranged to engage the removable cartridge (104) to dispense a predetermined amount of a liquid concentrate (110) from within the removable cartridge (104). The system further includes a cartridge with diffuser including: a housing (106); a reservoir (108) of liquid concentrate (110); a diffuser element (112); a metered dispenser (114) structured and arranged to dispense from the reservoir (108) into the diffuser element (112) a predetermined amount of liquid concentrate (110). An associated method (700) of use is also provided.