US 12,389,950 B2
Fixed dose cartridge for vaporizer device
Conrad Legendy, San Francisco, CA (US); Maya Voskoboynikov, San Francisco, CA (US); Colt Stander, Millbrae, CA (US); Pradyumna Upadhya, San Jose, CA (US); and Katherine Murphy, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to PaxLabs, Inc.
Filed by Pax Labs, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/837,850.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,333, filed on Apr. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0315253 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 40/57 (2020.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC A24F 40/57 (2020.01) [A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/53 (2020.01); A24F 40/65 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); A61M 15/008 (2014.02); A24F 40/60 (2020.01); A61M 15/0081 (2014.02); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3561 (2013.01); A61M 2205/50 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a controller of a vaporizer device, that a total amount of energy consumed is less than a target maximum energy, wherein the vaporizer device comprises a cartridge configured to contain a vaporizable material, wherein the total amount of energy consumed represents a percentage of the vaporizable material that is depleted;
obtaining, by the controller of the vaporizer device, a predetermined dose indicative of a preset amount of aerosol to generate for a single use of the vaporizer device, wherein the predetermined dose is indicative of the preset amount of aerosol associated with the cartridge and accessible to the controller, wherein the predetermined dose is defined by a preset amount of energy to be applied to generate the preset amount of aerosol;
applying, by the controller and to a heating element in the cartridge, the preset amount of energy defining the predetermined dose to generate the preset amount of aerosol, wherein the preset amount of energy defining the predetermined dose is applied in response to the total amount of energy consumed being less than the target maximum energy;
determining, based on determining that the total amount of energy consumed is less than the target maximum energy, whether a timeout period has elapsed following completion of the single use; and
applying, based on determining that the timeout period has elapsed, the preset amount of energy defining another predetermined dose to generate the preset amount of aerosol,
wherein the preset amount of aerosol is generated by heating the vaporizable material using the preset amount of energy defining the predetermined dose.