Vaporizer Cartridge With Open Sided Chamber And Precise Temperature Control
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Vaporizers for plant-based materials and essential oils often overheat, leading to combustion and the release of unwanted carcinogens, and suffer from clogging and sticky residue issues due to condensing vapor, which complicates the inhalation process and requires better temperature management.
Innovation Solution
A vaporizer system with a base and removable carriage featuring a controller, temperature sensors, and multiple heating elements that maintain precise temperature control and minimize residue buildup by using PWM heating and a disposable cartridge with an integral fluid pathway to prevent clogging and odiferousness.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If conduction heating systems are used to vaporize plant material, then vaporization efficiency is improved, but overheating and combustion occur releasing carcinogens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements precise temperature control by changing the heating parameter from uncontrolled high-temperature conduction heating to controlled low-temperature vaporization. The system maintains temperature within a specific range (below combustion point) to vaporize cannabinoids without combusting plant material, thus resolving the contradiction between vaporization efficiency and harmful combustion byproducts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs temperature sensing and control feedback mechanisms to monitor and adjust heating in real-time. This feedback system prevents overheating by continuously comparing actual temperature with target temperature and adjusting power delivery accordingly, ensuring efficient vaporization without reaching combustion temperatures that produce carcinogens.
2Quantity of substance
If heating temperature is increased to release more compounds, then cannabinoid availability is improved, but combustion occurs adding unwanted material to inhalation gases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the temperature parameter to a specific range that maximizes cannabinoid vaporization while staying below the combustion threshold. By precisely controlling temperature rather than using high-temperature heating, the system releases sufficient cannabinoids for therapeutic effect without generating harmful combustion byproducts.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs periodic or pulsed heating cycles rather than continuous high-temperature heating. This periodic action allows vaporization to occur in controlled bursts, maximizing compound release while preventing sustained temperatures that would lead to combustion and harmful material generation.
3Productivity
If vapor is allowed to cool and condense, then vaporization efficiency is improved, but sticky residue coats the vaporizer surface making it hard to remove
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the condensation process from the main vaporizer body by implementing a separate condensation chamber or pathway. This separation allows vapor to condense away from the heating element and internal surfaces, maintaining vaporization efficiency while preventing sticky residue buildup on critical components, thus easing cleaning and maintenance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs disposable cartridges or consumable components that are replaced rather than cleaned. This approach eliminates the cleaning difficulty associated with residue buildup by using inexpensive disposable units, while the main vaporizer body remains free of residue and easy to maintain.
4Reliability
If temperature control is made more precise to prevent combustion, then safety is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback-based temperature control system using temperature sensors and control circuitry that automatically adjusts heating power to maintain safe temperatures. This feedback mechanism provides reliable safety control without requiring complex manual intervention, as the system self-regulates based on real-time temperature measurements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs self-regulating heating elements or materials that inherently maintain temperature within safe ranges without requiring complex external control systems. This self-service approach achieves reliable safety through the physical properties of the heating system itself, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining precise temperature control.
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 reduces clogging and odiferousness, ensuring safe and efficient vaporization of plant materials without combustion, maintaining precise temperature control to release desired compounds like THC and terpenes, and allowing for sequential heating to maximize cannabinoid availability.
Implementation Method 1
Conduction heating systems traditional tend to overheat and singe plant materials
Implementation Method 2
Cannabis oil containing vapor condenses as it cools
Implementation Method 3
maintain precise temperature control and minimize residue buildup by using PWM heating
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein are methods and systems to vaporize extract, plant material containing organic material and the like, including a removable carriage with a chamber having an annular wall with and an open side within the removable carriage. The chamber having at least one intake inlet fluidly connected with the chamber and at least one outlet configured to connect the chamber to an inhalation opening. The carriage fits into a base which includes a controller and power supply. The base provides at least two heating elements oriented to cover the open side of the chamber when the carriage is fully inserted, an insulator separating the two heating elements; and, two temperature sensors each one in thermal contact with a heating element and in signal communication with the controller.