US 11,771,853 B2
Hand-held inhalable vapor producing device and method
Noah Mark Minskoff, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Robert Stanford Magyar, Victoria (CA)
Assigned to Michael Edward Breede, Ridgefield, CT (US)
Filed by Michael Edward Breede, Ridgefield, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/383,442.
Application 16/383,442 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2017/056354, filed on Oct. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/407,385, filed on Oct. 12, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0230997 A1, Aug. 1, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A61M 11/04 (2006.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A24F 1/32 (2006.01); B23K 26/00 (2014.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01)
CPC A61M 15/06 (2013.01) [A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A24F 1/32 (2013.01); A24F 40/42 (2020.01); A24F 40/44 (2020.01); A24F 40/48 (2020.01); A24F 40/485 (2020.01); A61M 11/042 (2014.02); B23K 26/0006 (2013.01); B23K 26/0093 (2013.01); H02J 7/00 (2013.01); A24F 40/10 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A61M 2205/368 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3653 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); H02J 7/0045 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held inhalable vapor producing device comprising:
a channel positioned to receive a liquid from an opening of a cartridge;
a thermal valve with a first conformation that seals the opening and a second conformation that unseals the opening to enable the liquid to flow from the cartridge into the channel;
a thermally absorbing plate in fluid communication with the channel, the thermally absorbing plate including a plurality of pores that receive the liquid from the channel; and
a heat source configured to apply heat to the thermal valve and the thermally absorbing plate.