| US 7,475,684 B2 | ||
| Thermal vaporization apparatus and method | ||
| Bertram A. Balch, Venice, Calif. (US); and Daniel G. Seng, Venice, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Vaporbrothers, Inc., Bloomington, Ind. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 18, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/871,239. | ||
| Application 10/871239 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/256633, filed on Sep. 27, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/326027, filed on Sep. 29, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0117895 A1, Jun. 02, 2005 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 16/10 (2006.01); A61M 16/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/00 (2006.01); A62B 7/00 (2006.01); F24J 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 128—203.16 [128/203.27; 128/204.17] | 36 Claims |
| 1. A vaporizer apparatus for extracting active ingredients from a specimen, the vaporizer apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising a plurality of housing walls, an interior space defined by the plurality of housing walls, and at least
one opening formed upon the housing walls, the at least one opening defining an open passage for accessing the interior space;
a heating element assembly operable with electrical power comprising a first dimension mounted within the interior space of
the housing at an angle from at least one of the plurality of housing walls;
a shield having a body section for covering at least a portion of the heating element assembly, said shield being held in
said interior space by a holding structure attached to said housing; and
wherein said at least one opening has a second dimension larger than said first dimension for permitting an adaptor carrying
the active ingredients to removably couple with the shield to communicate with the heating element.
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