Addiction cessation systems, devices, and methods
Inventors
Jacobs, JR., Robert Francis • Geiman, J. Robert • Dean, Douglas Philip • Davis, JR., James McDowell • Marci, Carl David
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Publication Number
US-12114695-B2
Publication Date
2024-10-15
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Abstract
Systems and methods of an electronic cessation system. The system can include a mobile platform and a hand-held inhalation device including a flow sensor, aerosol sensing density and temperature sensors, a first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers, a rescue button, a power source, and a controller circuit comprising a hardware controller coupled to the power source, the sensors, the first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers, and the rescue button. The hardware controller is configured to perform a smoking cessation program that includes receiving input signals from the sensors, and the rescue button, and individually controlling the three aerosolizer drivers to provide aerosolizer generation signals to control a first, second and third aerosolizers of the aerosolizer pod to dynamically generate individually tailored aerosol mixtures from three substances in the aerosolizer pod based at least on the received input signals and the smoking cessation program information.
Core Innovation
A smoking cessation system includes a cessation device with a housing having a distal end and a proximal end, a channel in the housing with an opening on the distal end for receiving air and an opening positioned on the proximal end for communicating air to an aerosolizer pod coupled to the housing, and an aperture on the proximal end configured to receive the aerosolizer pod so that the housing at least partially surrounds the aerosolizer pod. The cessation system further includes a flow sensor positioned to sense air flowing through the channel and a rescue button, along with a power source and a controller circuit.
The controller circuit comprises a hardware controller coupled to the flow sensor, first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers, and the rescue button. The hardware controller includes a hardware processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing smoking cessation program information and executable instructions that configure the hardware controller to perform a smoking cessation program by receiving input signals from the flow sensor and the rescue button. The hardware controller individually controls the first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers to provide aerosolizer generation signals to control first, second, and third aerosolizers of the aerosolizer pod to generate an aerosol mixture based at least on the received input signals and the stored smoking cessation program information.
The system framework supports driving multiple aerosolizers independently to generate an aerosol mixture responsive to the sensed airflow and smoking cessation program information. Additional described aspects include providing operational use information and generating updated smoking cessation program information via a mobile platform and server/cloud, together with removable pod features such as a mixing chamber and container structures configured for mixture generation. Authorization and activation mechanisms are also described, including fingerprint-based activation, and additional environmental sensing such as ambient temperature and ambient pressure is referenced in the disclosed system.
Claims Coverage
The partial content provides one independent claim and dependent claim refinements, for a total of multiple inventive features focused on sensing, control, mixture characteristics, connectivity, and activation.
Housing channel and aerosolizer pod coupling with flow sensing
A cessation device housing includes a distal/proximal channel arrangement that receives air at a distal opening, communicates air to an aerosolizer pod at a proximal opening, and at least partially surrounds the aerosolizer pod when received in an aperture; a flow sensor senses air flowing through the channel.
Individually driven first/second/third aerosolizers under smoking cessation program
A controller circuit with a hardware controller receives input signals from the flow sensor and the rescue button, stores smoking cessation program information, and individually controls first, second, and third aerosolizer drivers to provide aerosolizer generation signals to control first, second, and third aerosolizers of the aerosolizer pod to generate an aerosol mixture based at least on the received input signals and the smoking cessation program information.
Program refinement using additional sensed temperature signals
First, second, and third temperature sensors sense temperatures of aerosol generated by first, second, and third aerosolizers and provide signals to the hardware controller, where operational use information is based at least in part on one or more of those received sensor signals.
Fingerprint authorized activation of the cessation device
A fingerprint sensor, under executable instructions, authorizes activation of the cessation device only when an input fingerprint matches a previously provided authorized fingerprint.
Desired aerosol characteristic control based on program information
The hardware controller sends aerosolizer control signals to control at least one of the first, second, and third aerosolizers to generate aerosol having a desired drop size based on the smoking cessation program information.
Desired aerosol mixture composition from first/second/third substances
The hardware controller sends control signals to first, second, and third aerosolizers to generate an aerosol mixture containing desired amounts of a first substance, second substance, and third substance according to smoking cessation program information.
Cloud backend providing updated smoking cessation program information
A cloud-based back-end computing system receives operational use information from a mobile platform and provides updated smoking cessation program information back to the mobile platform.
The coverage centers on a housing-based airflow channel and pod arrangement with flow sensing, an independently controlled first/second/third aerosolizer drive structure executing a smoking cessation program from stored program information and sensor/button inputs, and refinements for per-aerosolizer temperature sensing, fingerprint-authorized activation, control of desired drop size, targeting of desired mixture composition from three substances, and mobile/cloud updating of the smoking cessation program information.
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