Provision device, reactant unit and method for providing a product

Abstract

The invention relates to a provision device (100), a reactant unit (102), and a method for providing a product, such as a cosmetic or medical product; said device / unit / method allows cosmetic or medical products to easily and cost-effectively be prepared for use directly before use, enabling the use of sensitive and / or unstable ingredients, and also allowing the product to be stored and / or used over a particularly long period despite greatly reduced incorporation of additives or dispensing with additives altogether.

Description

[0001] Provisioning device, reactant unit and method for providing a product

[0002] The present invention relates to a dispensing device, a reactant unit and a method for dispensing a product, for example a cosmetic or medical product.

[0003] Cosmetic and medical products can be in the form of mixtures, preferably consisting of liquids and / or solids. For example, a cosmetic or medical product can be a solution or a suspension. Cosmetic and medical products formulated as solutions, suspensions, creams, or ointments are particularly well-known.

[0004] Such cosmetic or medical products are usually manufactured, filled, and packaged on a large scale in factories. To enable a long usage and / or storage period, additives must be added to these products, which are often undesirable for health or environmental reasons. Furthermore, large-scale production means that several weeks or even months can pass between the time of manufacture and the time of application. In particular, sensitive ingredients may therefore be unusable or only usable with enormous additional effort (e.g., refrigeration).

[0005] The present invention therefore aims to provide cosmetic or medical products that can be easily and cost-effectively manufactured immediately before use and which consequently allow the use of particularly sensitive and / or unstable ingredients. Preferably, despite the absence of preservatives and stabilizers or despite a significant reduction in their use compared to conventional products, a particularly long shelf life can be achieved for a predecessor product of the cosmetic or medical product to be manufactured.

[0006] The present invention preferably enables the composition of cosmetic or medical products that were previously inconceivable, at least for consumers and / or end users. The problem underlying the present invention is solved by the subject matter of the independent claims. Preferred optional features of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent claims and / or described below.

[0007] According to a first aspect of the invention, a basic structure of a dispensing device for dispensing a cosmetic or medical product is preferably provided as follows:

[0008] A dispensing device for dispensing a product preferably comprises the following: a starting material receptacle for receiving a starting material unit containing a starting material; and one or more treatment units for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the starting material.

[0009] It can be advantageous if the supply device includes a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act mechanically on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle.

[0010] The mechanical treatment unit preferably allows for indirect action on one or more starting materials within the starting unit, for example through a shell of the starting unit.

[0011] It can be advantageous if a mixing and / or stirring step can be carried out on or in the reactant unit using the mechanical treatment unit. This allows the one or more reactant materials to be mixed and / or stirred preferably within the casing of the reactant unit.

[0012] In one embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that the supply device comprises a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake.

[0013] The thermal treatment unit preferably allows for indirect action on one or more starting materials within the starting unit, for example, through a casing of the starting unit. For example, it can be provided that a heating step, for example, an active heating step, and / or a cooling step, for example, an active cooling step, can be carried out on or in the starting unit by means of the thermal treatment unit. Preferably, it can be provided that an active heating step followed by an active cooling step can be carried out sequentially on or in the starting unit.

[0014] The dispensing device is preferably portable and / or energy self-sufficient. Dispensing a product then preferably requires no external power supply and can take place at any location, for example, during everyday activities.

[0015] It can be advantageous if the starting material unit is a minimum quantity unit. A single quantity unit and / or minimum quantity unit is preferably dimensioned such that the manufactured product can be used once or a few times before the manufactured quantity is used up. This allows the product to be provided on demand and eliminates the need for long storage of the finished product.

[0016] In one embodiment of the invention, the supply device may include an energy storage unit for providing energy for one or more treatment steps, for example for carrying out one or more thermal treatment steps and / or one or more mechanical treatment steps, preferably mixing and / or stirring steps.

[0017] The energy storage unit is or comprises, for example, an electrical energy storage unit, preferably a battery or accumulator.

[0018] The energy storage unit is preferably rechargeable, preferably by temporarily connecting the provisioning device to an external power supply.

[0019] It can be advantageous if the supply device includes a housing that surrounds the input receiver.

[0020] It can be provided that a reactant unit, in a sealed state, can be inserted into the reactant receptacle from outside the housing. In the sealed state of the reactant unit, preferably one or more processing steps can be carried out on the reactant, whereby the product can be manufactured from the reactant and the reactant unit thus becomes a product unit.

[0021] The product unit is preferably removable from the feedstock while still sealed.

[0022] It can be advantageous if the dispensing device is a dispensing device for dispensing a cosmetic product or medical device.

[0023] In one embodiment of the invention, the provisioning device comprises an interaction unit by means of which a user can initiate the execution of one or more treatment steps, preferably selecting from a plurality of available treatment steps.

[0024] The interaction unit includes, for example, an operating unit and / or a display unit and / or an interface unit for data-technical coupling of the provisioning device with another, in particular external, device, such as a smartphone or computer.

[0025] The dispensing device can be used, in particular, in combination with one or more reactant units. The present invention therefore also relates to a combination of a dispensing device, for example, a dispensing device according to the invention, and one or more reactant units, for example, one or more reactant units according to the invention.

[0026] The present invention further relates to a method for providing a product. The method preferably comprises one or more of the features and / or advantages described in connection with the provisioning device, the combination, the reactant unit, and / or the use. In principle, all features and / or advantages mentioned in this description and the appended claims are suitable and preferably also intended to advantageously further develop the described provisioning device, the described combination, the described reactant unit, the described method, and / or the described use, such that features and / or advantages described with regard to a particular aspect or in a particular context are always to be understood also with regard to the further aspects and contexts.

[0027] It can be advantageous if the procedure includes the following:

[0028] Providing a reactant unit containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle; and performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units, whereby the reactant is transformed into the product.

[0029] It may be provided that a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit is used to act mechanically on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle, for example indirectly, preferably through a shell of the reactant unit on the one or more reactant materials of the reactant.

[0030] In one embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that a mixing step and / or stirring step is carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the mechanical treatment unit and / or that a thermal treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit is used to thermally act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle, preferably through a shell of the reactant unit on one or more reactant materials of the reactant.

[0031] It can be advantageous if a heating step and / or a cooling step is carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the thermal treatment unit, preferably for the active heating and / or active cooling of one or more reactant materials.

[0032] The starting material receptacle is preferably arranged within a housing, wherein the starting material unit is preferably introduced into the starting material receptacle from outside the housing in a closed state; wherein, in this closed state of the starting material unit, one or more treatment steps are preferably carried out on the starting material, whereby the product is produced from the starting material and whereby the starting material unit becomes a product unit; and wherein the product unit is preferably removed from the starting material receptacle in a still closed state.

[0033] The product is preferably a cosmetic or medical device. It can be advantageous if a user can initiate one or more treatment steps and / or select from a number of available treatment steps using an interaction unit.

[0034] The described provisioning device is particularly suitable for carrying out the described procedure.

[0035] According to a second aspect of the invention, details of the reactant uptake are preferably provided as follows:

[0036] A dispensing device for dispensing a product preferably comprises the following: a starting material receptacle for receiving a starting material unit containing a starting material; and one or more treatment units for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the starting material.

[0037] It can be advantageous if the feedstock intake is a cavity within a housing of the supply device.

[0038] The duct uptake is preferably located directly or indirectly adjacent to one or more treatment units. This allows for particularly simple and efficient treatment of the duct.

[0039] For example, it may be provided that the starting material is taken up indirectly or directly by one or more units designed as mechanical treatment units.

[0040] Treatment units are adjacent.

[0041] Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that the feedstock uptake is directly or indirectly adjacent to one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units.

[0042] The feedstock is preferably arranged between a) on the one hand, one or more treatment units designed as mechanical treatment units, and b) on the other hand, one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units. A feedstock unit arranged in the feedstock can thus preferably be subjected to mechanical treatment from one side and thermal treatment from another, particularly opposite, side.

[0043] It can be advantageous if the dispensing device includes a fixing unit by means of which a feed unit can be fixed to or in the feed holder. Particularly during mechanical processing, this can effectively prevent unwanted slippage or damage to the feed unit.

[0044] The fixing unit comprises, for example, one or more clamping elements, such as a clamping ring that is at least approximately completely closed in a ring shape or intermittent.

[0045] For example, an edge area of ​​a production unit can be fixed using one or more clamping elements.

[0046] In one embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that the provisioning device comprises a housing which includes at least two housing parts that are, for example, movable relative to each other.

[0047] The product receptacle can preferably be made accessible by opening the two housing parts relative to each other. Conversely, the product receptacle can preferably be made inaccessible by closing the two housing parts relative to each other.

[0048] The closing movement and / or during the closing movement preferably fixes the reactant unit in the reactant receptacle, for example by pressing a clamping ring onto an edge area of ​​the reactant unit.

[0049] It can be advantageous if the supply device comprises a housing which includes at least two housing parts, wherein a wall of the feedstock is arranged and / or formed on one of the housing parts and wherein a further wall of the feedstock is arranged and / or formed on another of the housing parts.

[0050] The reactant unit is preferably clampable between the two housing parts. It can be advantageous if one or more walls of the reactant receptacle are shell-shaped or trough-shaped. This allows the reactant unit to be positioned securely and with repeatable accuracy within the reactant receptacle.

[0051] It can be advantageous if the reactant uptake is at least partially and / or at least approximately complementary to a reactant unit.

[0052] Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that the reactant unit is designed to be at least sectionally and / or at least approximately complementary to the reactant uptake.

[0053] It can be advantageous if the feedstock includes a flexible cover unit, which in particular covers a mechanical processing unit and separates, for example, one or more mechanical processing elements, such as one or more mixing elements, one or more roller elements, and / or one or more activation elements, etc., from the feedstock unit. Mechanically complex and therefore difficult-to-clean components of the mechanical processing unit are thus preferably effectively separated from the feedstock unit, resulting in a particularly high degree of cleanliness of the feedstock. Furthermore, this preferably protects sensitive components of the mechanical processing unit from damage by the feedstock material in the event of accidental damage to the feedstock unit, which could lead to leakage of feedstock material.

[0054] The cover unit is, for example, a rubber cover or another flexible, reversibly deformable and / or elastically compliant cover.

[0055] It can be advantageous if the reactant intake in a closed state has an extent in a first spatial direction which corresponds at least approximately to 5 times, for example at least approximately to 10 times, an extent in a second spatial direction, wherein the first spatial direction and the second spatial direction are arranged perpendicular to each other.

[0056] The first spatial direction is, for example, a principal extension direction of the reactant uptake. The second spatial direction is, for example, a thickness direction or height direction of the reactant uptake. A third spatial direction is preferably perpendicular to the first and second spatial directions. The extent of the reactant uptake in the third spatial direction preferably corresponds at least approximately to the extent in the first spatial direction.

[0057] The first and third spatial directions, for example, are at least approximately horizontally oriented. The second spatial direction, for example, is at least approximately vertically oriented.

[0058] It may be provided that the feedstock has at least approximately and / or at least sectionally a circular cross-section, preferably with reference to a cross-section along a plane that is parallel to the first and third spatial directions.

[0059] Alternatively, it may be provided that the feedstock intake has at least approximately and / or at least partially a rectangular, square or polygonal cross-section.

[0060] It can be advantageous if the reactant uptake includes a section designed to be complementary to a withdrawal access of the reactant unit.

[0061] It may be provided that the feedstock intake comprises several sections which differ from each other in functional and / or geometric terms.

[0062] For example, the feedstock intake may include one or more temperature control sections and / or one or more clamping sections and / or one or more neutral sections and / or one or more mixing sections and / or one or more activation sections.

[0063] In one or more temperature control sections, preferably one or more temperature control steps, for example heating steps and / or cooling steps, can be carried out.

[0064] The reactant unit can preferably be fixed in one or more clamping sections. In one or more neutral sections, mechanical and / or thermal influences on the contents of the reactant unit can preferably be prevented or at least minimized, at least temporarily.

[0065] In one or more mixing sections, preferably one or more mechanical treatment steps, for example mixing and / or stirring steps, can be carried out.

[0066] In one or more activation sections, preferably one or more activation steps, for example triggering and / or internally opening one or more reactant chambers, can be carried out.

[0067] It can be advantageous if different or distinct temperature control steps can be carried out in several different temperature control sections, differing, for example, in terms of heating duration, cooling duration, heating power and / or cooling power.

[0068] It may be provided that one or more temperature control sections and one or more mixing sections are arranged on opposite sides of the feedstock intake.

[0069] This allows action to be taken on the reactant unit and the at least one reactant material contained therein from opposite sides of the reactant unit.

[0070] One or more activation sections on the one hand and one or more neutral sections on the other are preferably arranged on opposite sides of the reactant receptacle. This preferably prevents a reactant material to be added at a later time from being mechanically and / or thermally treated while one or more other reactant materials are being mechanically and / or thermally treated.

[0071] It may be provided that each input unit is always individually and / or manually inserted into and removed from the input unit. Alternatively, it may be provided that the supply device includes a conveying unit by means of which an input unit can be automatically fed into and / or removed from the input unit.

[0072] In one embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that the supply device comprises a supply unit, for example a supply container, by means of which several reactant units can be supplied and successively fed to the reactant intake.

[0073] It can be advantageous if the dispensing device includes several dispensing units, for example several dispensing containers, by means of which reactant units of different types can be dispensed and selectively fed to the reactant intake, for example automatically after suitable initiation or selection by a user.

[0074] Each of the multiple template units is then preferably assigned to a type of reactant unit.

[0075] The second aspect also includes a procedure for providing a product, the procedure comprising the following:

[0076] Providing a reactant unit containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle; and performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units, whereby the reactant is transformed into the product.

[0077] It can be advantageous if the reactant is arranged between a) on the one hand one or more treatment units designed as mechanical treatment units and b) on the other hand one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units.

[0078] It can be advantageous if the feedstock includes one or more temperature control sections and / or one or more clamping sections and / or one or more neutral sections and / or one or more mixing sections and / or one or more activation sections, wherein one or more temperature control steps, for example heating steps and / or cooling steps, are preferably carried out in the one or more temperature control sections; and / or wherein the feedstock unit can be fixed in the one or more clamping sections; and / or wherein a mechanical and / or thermal effect on the contents of the feedstock unit is prevented or at least minimized, at least temporarily, in the one or more neutral sections; and / or wherein one or more mechanical treatment steps, for example mixing and / or stirring steps, are preferably carried out in the one or more mixing sections;and / or wherein, in one or more activation sections, preferably one or more activation steps, for example, triggering and / or internally opening one or more reactant chambers, are carried out.

[0079] According to a third aspect of the invention, details of the reactant unit are preferably provided as follows:

[0080] The reactant unit is specifically designed and configured for use in a described dispensing device for dispensing a product.

[0081] Preferably, the reactant unit has a shell that surrounds one or two or more than two reactant chambers for receiving one or two or more than two reactant materials.

[0082] It may be provided that the shell is at least partially flexible, for example made of a deformable material, optionally of a non-destructively deformable material.

[0083] The shell can preferably assume different shapes in a reversibly deformable manner, at least in sections, in particular forming a shape-variable cover for one or more or all reactant chambers.

[0084] It can be advantageous if two opposite sides of the shell are compressible and / or deformable until they are directly adjacent to each other, whereby in particular, at least locally, all the initial reactant material lying between them is displaced, at least approximately.

[0085] The casing is preferably deformable and / or filled with the one or more reactant materials in such a way that the one or more reactant materials remain completely within the casing even if the casing is deformed, particularly during mechanical treatment, and the casing is not damaged. A force can preferably be transmitted through the casing to the one or more reactant materials.

[0086] It can be advantageous if the envelope comprises or is formed from one or two or more than two envelope elements, for example one or two or more than two foil elements.

[0087] A foil element is in particular formed from a flat, flexible and / or compliant material with low material thickness, for example with a material thickness of less than 0.5mm, preferably less than 0.1mm, optionally less than 50pm.

[0088] It may be provided that the shell comprises exactly two or more than two shell elements, each of which delimits one or two or more than two reactant chambers, optionally provided that exactly two foils are arranged opposite each other and connected to each other, enclosing two or more than two reactant chambers between them.

[0089] In one embodiment, it may be provided that the filling level of one or more of the reactant chambers is less than 90%, for example less than 75%, of the maximum filling level of the respective reactant chamber.

[0090] A maximum fill level is preferably defined by the maximum possible volume of the reactant chamber, which results from its geometry.

[0091] It can be advantageous if the fill level of one or more feed chambers allows for kneading.

[0092] The term "working" refers to the recurring deformation of elastic or plastic materials through mechanical processing such as kneading, pressing or pulling.

[0093] It can be advantageous if the shell comprises two or more shell elements made of different materials. For example, one shell element can be made of or comprise a metallic material.

[0094] Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that a shell element is made of or comprises a plastic material.

[0095] Preferably, the casing includes both a casing element made of or comprising a metallic material and a casing element made of or comprising a plastic material.

[0096] Furthermore, it may be provided that the shell element comprises two shell elements made of identical material.

[0097] It can be advantageous if the casing includes a casing element, for example a foil element, which comprises a metallic material or is at least largely made of a metallic material.

[0098] For example, the casing element may be provided with a coating, such as a sealing layer to seal one or more reactant chambers or a thermally conductive layer to optimize the thermal treatment of one or more reactant materials.

[0099] In one embodiment, it may be provided that the casing includes at least an approximately dimensionally stable base, for example the underside, and / or a deformable mechanical side, for example the top side.

[0100] The dimensionally stable base is used, for example, for thermal treatment. The mechanical side is used, for example, for mechanical treatment.

[0101] It can be advantageous if one or both of the casing elements are made of or comprise an aluminum foil element.

[0102] Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that one or both shell elements are or comprise an elastomeric film element. It can be advantageous if the shell comprises a shell element, for example a film element, which is made of a plastic material or at least largely composed of a plastic material.

[0103] Such a shell element forms, in particular, a flexible top surface of the shell.

[0104] It can be advantageous if the cover comprises exactly two or more than two cover elements, for example exactly two or more than two foil elements, which are welded together.

[0105] In one embodiment of the invention, the casing is provided to be a multi-chamber bag, for example a multi-chamber sealed-edge bag.

[0106] The casing is preferably a bag and comprises several reactant chambers, optionally with an edge area of ​​the casing being sealed by sealing, in particular welding.

[0107] It may be provided that the shell surrounds several reactant chambers, which in an initial state of the reactant unit are fluidly separated from each other by means of one or more predetermined breaking separating elements.

[0108] It can be advantageous if one or more predetermined breaking elements are designed as a weld seam, by means of which two shell elements of the shell are connected to each other.

[0109] The one or more predetermined breaking points preferably have a lower breakthrough resistance than an edge region of the casing, for example, than an edge seal seam of the casing. The reactant chambers can thus preferably be opened relative to each other by applying external pressure without damaging the casing externally.

[0110] It can be advantageous if the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers, with one or more reactant chambers being / are provided which surround (another) reactant chamber at least section by section.

[0111] For example, the reactant unit may comprise several reactant chambers, wherein a) one or more reactant chambers are arranged and / or designed in a ring shape; and / or b) one or more reactant chambers are arranged at least approximately centrally in the reactant unit.

[0112] For example, a central reactant chamber is surrounded by one or more other reactant chambers in a ring shape.

[0113] The reactant unit preferably has at least approximately and / or at least partially a circular or polygonal cross-section.

[0114] Optionally, the starting material unit can have an access section, for example a piercing closure, for removing the manufactured product, preferably while maintaining the sterility of the product.

[0115] Alternatively or additionally, the starting unit can have an access section that can be opened without tools, for example a screw cap or a tear-off closure, which can be opened by a user without tools and through which the product can be removed.

[0116] An access section is preferably designed to be resealable and / or self-closing and / or self-sealing.

[0117] The reactant unit is preferably designed to be rotationally symmetric at least in sections and / or at least approximately symmetric, for example with respect to an axis of symmetry perpendicular to two principal extension directions of the reactant unit.

[0118] Alternatively, the reactant unit can optionally be designed asymmetrically, for example with respect to a plane perpendicular to a principal extension plane of the reactant unit.

[0119] It can be advantageous if the reactant unit has a greater extent in two principal directions than in a perpendicular direction, which is, for example, a thickness direction. The extent of the reactant unit in the two principal directions is preferably at least five times, for example at least ten times, the extent of the reactant unit in the direction perpendicular to the principal directions.

[0120] It can be advantageous if the starting material unit includes one or more starting materials for the provision of a cosmetic or medical product, in particular includes.

[0121] The reactant unit preferably comprises the following: one or more reactant chambers which contain one or more base materials as reactant material; and / or one or more reactant chambers which contain one or more cosmetically and / or medically effective additive materials as reactant material.

[0122] In particular, one or more reactant chambers, which contain one or more base materials as reactant material, and one or more reactant chambers, which contain one or more cosmetically and / or medically effective additive materials as reactant material, are provided as part of a reactant unit.

[0123] It can be advantageous if several reactant chambers in an initial state of the reactant unit are separated from each other by means of one or more predetermined breaking-off elements, wherein the one or more predetermined breaking-off elements are preferably breakable in order to allow, preferably while preserving the coating of all reactant materials by means of the coating, a mixing of a) the one or more base materials with the one or more additive materials; and / or b) the several base materials with each other; and / or c) the several additive materials with each other.

[0124] In particular, it may be provided that the multiple reactant chambers can be successively connected to one another by breaking open several predetermined breaking elements, in order to allow mixing of the base material with the additive material while maintaining the encapsulation of all reactant materials by means of the encapsulation. It may be provided that a) at least one base material is a liquid, for example, a water-containing liquid or at least a liquid consisting largely of water; and / or b) at least one (for example, another) base material is lipid-containing or at least consists largely of lipids; and / or c) at least one additive material is a cosmetically and / or medically active substance or comprises one.

[0125] A cosmetically and / or medically effective substance is, for example, a vitamin and / or a messenger substance and / or a hormone and / or a pharmaceutical product.

[0126] In this description, a lipid is specifically a water-insoluble substance, for example a fat, a wax, etc.

[0127] Preferably, the water-insoluble substance is referred to as a lipid, regardless of its natural or artificial origin.

[0128] An additive material can be, for example, a sensitive or unstable substance, or it can include such a substance. A sensitive or unstable substance is, in particular, a substance that degrades immediately or at least within a short time upon contact with atmospheric oxygen, UV radiation, and / or one or more of the base materials, or at least loses its desired effect. Examples of sensitive or unstable substances include antibiotics, antifungals, vaccines, chemotherapeutic agents, hormone products, and, more generally, proteins and / or peptides.

[0129] In one embodiment of the invention, the additive material may be a lyophilized substance and / or a highly concentrated substance. Mixing it with one or more base substances preferably results in rehydration, hydration, dissolution, dilution, or other admixture, whereby the product thereby obtained is brought into a ready-to-use state.

[0130] The starting unit optionally includes one or more identification elements, to which, for example, one or more of the following information can be assigned and / or removed:

[0131] Type of reactant unit; type and / or quantity and / or dosage of one or more reactant materials in the reactant unit;

[0132] Number of different starting materials;

[0133] Number and / or type and / or geometry and / or positioning of one or more or all reactant chambers;

[0134] Age and / or shelf life of the starting unit and / or the starting materials;

[0135] Shelf life of one or more products that can be manufactured from the starting materials; age and / or person approval for the use of the product to be manufactured; user-related information.

[0136] It can be advantageous if one or more identification elements are designed as or include the following: an edge structure of the starting unit, for example a perforation or other mechanical modification of the starting unit; a barcode or DataMatrix code; an electronic identification element, for example an RFID chip and / or another machine-readable electronic storage unit.

[0137] It may be advantageous to perform a release check and / or an authenticity check and / or a durability check locally and / or using an internet connection or other network connection by means of the provisioning device and / or using one or more identification elements before a provisioning process can be initiated.

[0138] For this purpose, a detection unit of the staging unit can automatically capture information from or related to one or more identification features. The detection unit then preferably communicates with a control unit of the detection unit after the release check and / or authenticity check and / or shelf-life check to release or block a staging process.

[0139] For example, this can ensure that only specified originals are used.

[0140] reactant units and / or items still within their shelf life

[0141] Input units can be used to provide a product. The detection unit can, for example, be integrated into the input unit and may include, in particular, a reader for an identification element, such as an RFID reader, etc.

[0142] One or more identification elements are preferably detectable and / or readable by contact or without contact.

[0143] It can be advantageous if the reactant unit includes a piercing or screw closure, through which an interior of the reactant unit is accessible.

[0144] Preferably, the interior of a reactant unit comprising a piercing closure is accessible through the piercing closure while maintaining sterility of the materials contained in the interior of the reactant unit, in particular of the product after its manufacture.

[0145] The reactant unit preferably has an opening area in or at which the casing can be opened after the production of a product.

[0146] The opening area could, for example, be a perforation or other material weakness that allows the casing of the reactant unit to be easily opened.

[0147] Alternatively or additionally, a feed unit may include a screw cap or valve through which the manufactured product can be removed from the feed unit. This can offer a simple and convenient removal option, especially for larger feed units.

[0148] The reactant unit is particularly suitable for use in a supply device.

[0149] The dispensing device for dispensing a product comprises the following: a starting material receptacle for receiving a starting material unit containing a starting material; one or more processing units for performing one or more processing steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the starting material. A combination of a dispensing device and one or more starting material units is described, for example.

[0150] It can be advantageous to provide several types of feed units that differ from one another in terms of feed materials and / or quantities. This allows different products to be manufactured preferably using the same supply device.

[0151] The multiple reactant units, which differ from one another, for example, with regard to reactant materials and / or quantities, preferably have at least approximately the same geometry and / or shape and / or size. In particular, identical casings are preferably provided.

[0152] The several types of reactant units are preferably designed to be at least approximately identical with regard to their basic geometry and / or size.

[0153] It can be advantageous if the feedstock and / or feedstock unit includes one or more orientation aids and / or positioning aids to ensure that the feedstock unit is always correctly positioned for reliable treatment of the feedstock contained therein.

[0154] In one embodiment of the invention, the reactant unit may be a flat sachet.

[0155] According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the details of a mechanical treatment unit are preferably provided as follows:

[0156] A dispensing device for dispensing a product preferably comprises the following: a starting material receptacle for receiving a starting material unit containing a starting material; one or more treatment units for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the starting material.

[0157] It can be advantageous if the dispensing device includes a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle. It can also be provided that the dispensing device includes a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act indirectly on a reactant material received in the reactant unit through a casing of the reactant unit.

[0158] For example, the mechanical treatment unit can be designed as a mixing unit and / or stirring unit, wherein a mixing step and / or stirring step, for example a homogenization step, can preferably be carried out on or in the feedstock unit by means of the mechanical treatment unit.

[0159] The mechanical treatment unit preferably comprises one or more treatment elements, for example one or more roller elements, which are movable relative to the feed unit to carry out a treatment step.

[0160] One or more roller elements are, for example, cylindrical in shape. Alternatively or additionally, one or more spherical roller elements may be provided.

[0161] One or more treatment elements are preferably rotatably mounted on a shaft and roll on and / or along the feed unit.

[0162] Alternatively or additionally, treatment elements designed as rolling elements, such as rolling cylinders and / or rolling balls, may be provided.

[0163] In one embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that one or more treatment elements are movable on the reactant unit, in particular linearly movable back and forth and / or rotating.

[0164] It can be advantageous to have an intermediate layer and / or a cover element between one or more treatment elements and the feed unit. For example, a flexible separating element or cover element can be positioned below one or more mechanical treatment elements, so that the treatment elements only indirectly affect the feed unit, thus effectively preventing damage to the feed unit. It can also be advantageous if one or more treatment elements can be pressed onto the feed unit and if their movement sets one or more feed materials arranged in the feed unit in motion and / or drives them.Preferably, this results in a local pressure increase within the reactant unit, which in turn leads to a strong fluid flow of the reactant materials and thus preferably to a good mixing or homogenization of the reactant materials.

[0165] The mechanical treatment unit optionally includes a drive unit for powering one or more treatment elements.

[0166] It can be advantageous if one or more treatment elements can be moved by means of the drive unit into a rotary movement and / or an eccentric movement and / or a translational movement, especially relative to a duct unit arranged in the duct holder.

[0167] The supply device may preferably include an activation unit by means of which one or more predetermined breaking elements of a reactant unit can be broken open, for example by applying pressure to a reactant chamber of the reactant unit.

[0168] It can be advantageous if the activation unit includes an activation element, which is designed, for example, as a pressure stamp. This makes it particularly easy to apply pressure to a reactant chamber.

[0169] An activation unit can, for example, comprise a magnetically and / or electrically, preferably electromagnetically, driven motion unit for driving one or more activation elements.

[0170] The activation unit can be located, for example, centrally or at the edge of the reactant intake and / or reactant unit.

[0171] It can be advantageous if one or more treatment elements of the mechanical treatment unit are movable around the activation unit, for example, rotating around the activation unit.

[0172] In a further embodiment of the invention, the mechanical treatment unit itself may comprise or form the activation unit. For example, one or more treatment elements may be provided which are movable with different movement patterns, in particular to perform, on the one hand, a movement pattern for mechanical treatment and, on the other hand, a movement pattern for activating one or more feed chambers, i.e., for breaking open one or more predetermined breaking elements. For example, an optionally eccentric or purely rotary movement of one or more treatment elements may be provided in order to selectively exclude one or more feed chambers from mechanical treatment and include them in the treatment.

[0173] Alternatively or additionally, the supply device may include a mechanical treatment unit designed as a vibration unit and / or an ultrasound unit. Such a vibration unit and / or ultrasound unit can preferably act on the preferably pre-mixed starting material through a casing of the starting material unit, for example to homogenize the starting material.

[0174] A vibration unit can, for example, include an electromagnetically driven vibration element which – similar to a loudspeaker, for example – can be excited to vibrations that can be transferred to the reactant unit and the reactant material contained therein.

[0175] The vibration unit is in particular a loudspeaker which, with its vibrating part, is in direct contact with the reactant unit and thus performs a mechanical treatment of the reactant material arranged in the reactant unit.

[0176] Alternatively, the vibrating part of the loudspeaker can be arranged at a distance, so that the mechanical treatment is carried out by the sound pressure generated by the loudspeaker.

[0177] A vibration unit can, for example, be a piezoelectric element, in particular a piezoelectric loudspeaker.

[0178] It can be advantageous if the mechanical treatment unit extends at least approximately over the entire starting material receptacle, so that the mechanical treatment unit can act on one or more starting materials arranged in the starting material unit, at least approximately across the entire unit. This preferably allows for uniform mechanical treatment of the starting material.

[0179] The mechanical treatment unit is, or preferably forms, a homogenization unit.

[0180] The treatment unit, designed as a mechanical treatment unit, is used, for example, to mix, stir and / or homogenize the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake.

[0181] It may be provided that two or more than two starting materials are initially present in separate starting material chambers of the starting material unit and that one or more predetermined breaking-off elements are broken up in order to bring the starting materials together and then mix or stir them, for example to homogenize them.

[0182] One or two or more than two starting materials are preferably thermally treated before, during or after a mechanical treatment step.

[0183] It can be advantageous if one or two or more than two starting materials are heated before and / or during the execution of a mechanical treatment step, for example to at least approximately 50 °C, preferably to at least approximately 65 °C, and / or to at most approximately 85 °C, preferably to at most approximately 80 °C.

[0184] Alternatively or additionally, it may be provided that one or two or more than two starting materials are cooled during and / or after the execution of a mechanical treatment step, for example to below 20 °C, preferably to below 15 °C, and / or to not less than 0 °C, preferably to not less than 5 °C.

[0185] Optionally, the reactant unit can have three or more reactant chambers, which are connected at different times during the preparation process by breaking several predetermined breaking points, in order to mix and / or stir different reactant materials together at different times, preferably with the casing remaining intact as an enclosure for all materials. The product is, for example, a cosmetic product or a medical device.

[0186] According to a fifth aspect of the invention, the details of a thermal treatment unit are preferably provided as follows:

[0187] A dispensing device for dispensing a product preferably comprises the following: a starting material receptacle for receiving a starting material unit containing a starting material; one or more treatment units for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the starting material.

[0188] It can be advantageous if the supply device includes a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake.

[0189] In particular, it may be provided that the provision device includes a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act indirectly through a shell of the reactant unit on one or more reactant materials contained in the reactant unit.

[0190] The thermal treatment unit includes, for example, a heating unit by means of which one or more starting materials included in the starting unit can be actively heated.

[0191] Alternatively or additionally, the thermal treatment unit may include a cooling unit by means of which one or more starting materials included in the starting unit can be actively cooled.

[0192] For example, the thermal treatment unit may include a Peltier unit which comprises one or more Peltier elements and by means of which one or more feed materials included in the feed unit can be selectively actively heated and / or actively cooled.

[0193] Alternatively or additionally, the thermal treatment unit may include a microwave unit and / or an induction unit and / or an electric resistance heating unit, by means of which one or more feed materials contained in the feed unit can be actively heated. It may be advantageous to provide several separate feed materials arranged in separate feed chambers, which can be actively heated and / or actively cooled separately and / or in isolation from one another.

[0194] The thermal treatment unit optionally has several temperature control zones, which preferably border different sections of the feedstock and / or a feedstock unit arranged therein, for example different feedstock chambers of the feedstock unit, wherein the several temperature control zones are preferably individually temperature controllable.

[0195] One or more sections are, for example, circular sectors or annular sectors. Alternatively or additionally, a central section can be provided, which is surrounded in particular by several sections of the feed system designed as annular sectors.

[0196] It may be provided that the thermal treatment unit includes one or more sensor units by means of which a temperature and / or a temperature profile and / or a temperature change in one or more temperature control areas of the thermal treatment unit can preferably be determined or detected.

[0197] For example, this can be used to directly or indirectly measure and / or calculate a temperature.

[0198] Preferably, one or more sensor units are coupled with a control unit for controlling and / or regulating the thermal and / or mechanical treatment process.

[0199] It can be advantageous if the thermal treatment unit includes one or more thermal buffer elements, which are arranged, for example, between one or more thermal treatment elements on the one hand and the feedstock on the other. Optionally, it can be provided that the one or more thermal treatment elements of the thermal treatment unit can be used to control the temperature of the thermal buffer elements, and vice versa. A thermal buffer element is, for example, made of or comprising a metal, in particular a metal plate.

[0200] A thermal buffer element can, for example, be used to equalize the temperature control output of one or more heating units and / or one or more cooling units.

[0201] It can be particularly advantageous if one or more or all of the heat buffer elements comprise a heat buffer material that is designed as a phase change medium or includes a phase change medium. This preferably allows for a staged temperature control behavior, which, through suitable material selection, can be used in particular to prevent overheating and / or undercooling of the starting material and / or a product manufactured therefrom.

[0202] In one embodiment of the invention, it can be provided that the phase change medium is selected such that a liquid-solid phase transition of the phase change medium takes place above at least approximately 60 °C, optionally above at least approximately 70 °C, and / or below at most approximately 90 °C, optionally below at most approximately 80 °C.

[0203] This preferably prevents or at least slows down any further temperature increase, even with further energy input in the aforementioned phase transition range.

[0204] In a further embodiment of the invention, it can also be provided that one or more or all of the thermal buffer elements comprise two thermal buffer materials, which are designed as phase change media or comprise a phase change medium, wherein the two thermal buffer materials have different phase transitions and are, if necessary, spatially separated from each other, so that two different temperature buffer zones are formed. For example, it can be provided that a phase change medium is selected such that a liquid-to-solid phase transition of the phase change medium occurs above at least approximately 60 °C, optionally above at least approximately 70 °C, and / or below at most approximately 90 °C, optionally below at most approximately 80 °C.Additionally, a further phase change medium can preferably be selected such that a liquid-to-solid phase transition of the phase change medium occurs above at least approximately -5 °C, optionally above at least approximately -2 °C, and / or below at most approximately 10 °C, optionally below at most approximately 5 °C. Such a material selection enables, in particular, the reliable production of creams and ointments that are to be heated to, but not above, a temperature range of approximately 70 °C during their manufacture and which are subsequently to be cooled but not frozen.

[0205] For example, a wax, such as paraffin and / or carnauba wax, can be used as the phase change medium for the upper temperature range.

[0206] For the lower temperature range, water, for example, can be used as the phase change medium.

[0207] Because one or more or all of the heat buffer elements are preferably arranged between the thermal treatment unit and the reactant unit and thus serve for heat buffering, the phase transition temperature may, for example, be in the lower temperature range below the fixed point of the product to be manufactured, since in any case the cooling effect of the cooling unit is mitigated even in the case of partial solidification of the phase change medium.

[0208] It can be advantageous if the total heat capacity of one, several, or all heat buffer elements is greater than the total heat capacity of the reactant material incorporated in the reactant unit.

[0209] For example, it can be provided that the total heat capacity of one, several, or all of the heat buffer elements is greater by a factor of 2, for example, a factor of 5, preferably a factor of 10, than the total heat capacity of the feed material incorporated in the feed unit. This preferably results in better controllable temperature control of the feed material, in particular avoiding local overheating or undercooling.

[0210] It can be advantageous if the supply device includes a thermal sink, which is arranged, for example, on the side of the thermal treatment unit facing away from the feedstock intake. Excess heat or cold is preferably absorbed by means of such a thermal sink. It can be provided that the total heat capacity of the thermal sink is greater than the total heat capacity of the feedstock material received in the feedstock unit and / or than one, more, or all of the thermal buffer elements.

[0211] In particular, it can be provided that the total heat capacity of the thermosink is greater by a factor of 2, for example a factor of 5, preferably a factor of 10, than the total heat capacity of the feed material incorporated in the feed unit and / or than one or more or all of the heat buffer elements. By appropriately dimensioning the thermosink, multiple uses of the supply device within short periods of time are preferably possible without having to wait for passive cooling or passive heating of the supply device itself.

[0212] It can be advantageous if the thermosink includes a heat exchanger or is coupled to a heat exchanger, wherein heat can preferably be transferred to an environment of the supply device by means of the heat exchanger and / or wherein heat can preferably be absorbed from an environment of the supply device by means of the heat exchanger.

[0213] In one embodiment of the invention, the dispensing device may include a control unit by means of which a dispensing process can be carried out depending on a) a current starting temperature of the dispensing device; and / or b) a starting temperature of one or more components of the dispensing device; and / or c) an ambient temperature of the dispensing device; and / or d) a starting temperature of the reactant unit.

[0214] In particular, a thermal treatment is preferably automatically adjustable to optimize temperature maxima and / or temperature minima and / or a temperature profile and / or to adapt it to specifications.

[0215] The control unit allows, in particular, the initiation of various temperature control and mixing programs. A method for providing a product preferably includes the following:

[0216] Providing a reactant unit containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle; performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units, whereby the reactant is transformed into the product.

[0217] Optionally, it can be provided that in the process, a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit is used to act successively on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake, first by active heating and then by active cooling.

[0218] It can be advantageous if two or more than two starting materials of the starting unit are independently temperature-treated using the thermal treatment unit.

[0219] At least one heating process can be carried out separately for the starting materials and / or be individually adapted, for example to take into account different heat capacities or quantities of the starting materials. This is preferably followed by mixing, in particular homogenization, of the starting materials.

[0220] In one embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that a) two or more than two starting materials are preferably initially present in separate starting material chambers of the starting material unit; b) that one or more thermal treatment steps are preferably carried out on one or more of the starting materials in one or more starting material chambers of the starting material unit, wherein at least one starting material in at least one starting material chamber is excluded from one or more or all of the thermal treatment steps; and c) that subsequently one or more or all of the predetermined breaking elements of the starting material unit separating the starting material chambers from one another are broken open in order to bring the starting materials into contact with each other and to mix or stir them together, for example to homogenize them.

[0221] It can be advantageous if one or two or more than two reactant materials are heated in the reactant unit, for example to at least approximately 50 °C, preferably to at least approximately 65 °C, and / or to at most approximately 85 °C, preferably to at most approximately 80 °C.

[0222] Before the start of a treatment process, the temperature of the starting materials is preferably room temperature / ambient temperature.

[0223] It may be provided that one or two or more than two or all of the starting materials are cooled, for example to below 20 °C, preferably to below 15 °C, and / or to not less than 0 °C, preferably to not less than 5 °C.

[0224] For example, one or two or more than two or all of the starting materials are cooled during and / or after a mechanical treatment step and / or after a heating step has been carried out.

[0225] In particular, temperature-sensitive starting materials are preferably added only after the other starting materials have cooled sufficiently.

[0226] It can be advantageous if two or three or more than three reactant chambers of the reactant unit are provided, which are connected to each other at different times during the provisioning process by breaking several predetermined breaking-off elements in order to mix and / or stir different reactant materials together at different times and / or with different temperatures.

[0227] The mechanical treatment unit and the thermal treatment unit are preferably spatially separated from each other, with the reactant intake and thus a reactant unit to be treated being arranged in between.

[0228] According to a sixth aspect of the invention, the details of a control system for providing the product are preferably provided as follows:

[0229] A method for providing a product preferably comprises the following: providing a reactant unit containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle; performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units, whereby the reactant is transformed into the product. It may be advantageous if the reactant comprises several reactant materials which are present in separated form in spatially separated reactant chambers of the reactant unit.

[0230] In particular, it may be provided that the starting materials are brought into contact with each other during one or more treatment steps by connecting the starting material chambers fluidly, for example by breaking up the predetermined breaking elements of the starting material unit that separate the starting material chambers from each other.

[0231] Preferably, it can be provided that the starting material remains completely enclosed within the starting material unit until the product is finished.

[0232] In particular, it may be provided that, up to and including the completion of the product, only the reactant chambers are connected to each other, but no fluid connection or opening to the outside is created.

[0233] One or more starting materials are preferably mechanically treated by means of a mechanical treatment unit, for example mixed, and / or thermally treated by means of a thermal treatment unit, for example actively heated and / or actively cooled.

[0234] It can be advantageous to heat one or more starting materials to the same temperature before mixing them together. This can be particularly beneficial for producing a stable emulsion.

[0235] One or more starting materials present as additives are preferably substances which, when in contact with or in combination with one or more of the starting materials present as base materials, exhibit a reduced shelf life and / or reduced or more difficult storage.

[0236] For example, an additive material is a fat-soluble substance that is highly perishable upon contact with or in combination with water, or that can only be stored under refrigeration. By storing the additive material separately within a dedicated reactant chamber, it can be kept in a stable and easily storable state. A reactant unit may be a multi-purpose reactant unit, comprising several different reactant materials that can be mixed in various ways, for example, to produce products with different dosages (especially pharmaceuticals) and / or differently colored products (especially cosmetics). Depending on the product being manufactured, different reactant chambers may be opened or remain closed.

[0237] Preferably, an interaction unit of the supply device allows selection of which product is to be supplied by means of such a feed unit.

[0238] It can be advantageous if the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers with different reactant materials and if different treatment steps are carried out on several reactant materials, for example, different thermal and / or mechanical treatment steps.

[0239] The thermal and / or mechanical treatment steps may differ from each other, particularly with regard to treatment duration and / or treatment intensity and / or treatment type (heating / cooling).

[0240] The reactant unit may comprise several reactant chambers with different reactant materials, and at least one approximately identical treatment step may be performed on several reactant materials in different reactant chambers, for example, at least one approximately identical thermal and / or mechanical treatment step. This allows, for example, different reactant materials to be heated uniformly.

[0241] Preferably, it can be provided that one or more parameters of the reactant unit and / or one or more reactant materials are determined and / or recorded and / or used to control and / or regulate one or more treatment steps.

[0242] One or more parameters include, for example, one or more of the following product-related pieces of information: temperature;

[0243] Viscosity; number of different starting materials;

[0244] Selection of starting material;

[0245] Amount of starting material;

[0246] Number and / or type and / or geometry and / or positioning of one or more or all reactant chambers;

[0247] Type of reactant unit;

[0248] Age and / or shelf life of the starting material.

[0249] For example, depending on the temperature of the feedstock unit and / or one or more feedstock materials, a predetermined and / or desired temperature profile curve can be followed during the supply process.

[0250] For example, depending on the viscosity, which can be determined indirectly by measuring the torque on the mechanical treatment unit, it is possible to infer a manufacturing progress, such as a successful phase transition of a starting material.

[0251] Depending on the determined number of different feed materials, depending on the choice of feed material, depending on the quantity of feed material, depending on the number and / or type and / or geometry and / or positioning of one or more or all feed chambers and / or depending on the type of feed unit, a selection or preselection of the product or products to be manufactured can preferably be made automatically.

[0252] Depending on the age and / or shelf life of the starting material, a manufacturing process can be varied or blocked. For example, if the expiration date is approaching or has just passed, an additional sterilizing heating process can be initiated.

[0253] It can be advantageous to use one or more of the following external pieces of information to carry out one or more treatment steps: ambient temperature; one or more user inputs, for example, desired target temperature and / or delivery time;

[0254] Time of day; pre-recorded user information, such as user attributes and / or user preferences.

[0255] For example, it may be possible to produce a product that is adapted to a current weather situation at the current location and / or to a skin type of a user of the delivery device by appropriately selecting a subset of the total additive material available in the starting unit, which, for example, has a sun protection function.

[0256] In one embodiment of the invention, a release test may be performed, and only after a positive result of the release test are the one or more processing steps for manufacturing the product carried out. This preferably prevents unauthorized persons, such as children, from gaining access to a potentially hazardous product. Furthermore, this preferably ensures the desired / expected product quality.

[0257] For the release test, preferably one or more of the following test steps are carried out:

[0258] Identification of a user;

[0259] Identification of a provided reactant unit;

[0260] Comparison with a treatment plan and / or a calendar;

[0261] Obtaining an external approval confirmation.

[0262] This ensures, for example, that a user only has access to the products intended for them.

[0263] An external release confirmation is obtained, for example, via a server and / or a cloud. This allows, for instance, a doctor to authorize a specific medication for a patient within a predetermined timeframe. This preferably ensures that the user / patient only has access to the medication intended for them at a specific time. Furthermore, it preferably ensures that only the product in the quantity actually required by the user / patient is manufactured. A release confirmation can also enable, for example, the individual execution of specific product dispensing processes, particularly for the reliable control of high-priced or drug-intensive products.

[0264] User identification can be achieved, for example, by means of a chip, an ID card, an app (e.g., a smartphone app), a fingerprint scan, or other biometric information or characteristics of the user.

[0265] Identification of a provided input unit is achieved, for example, by means of a label, a barcode, a DataMatrix code, an RFID chip, etc.

[0266] It can be advantageous if the control device and / or an interface device enables monitoring and / or logging of the dispensing device's usage, for example, by archiving usage data and / or transmitting it to a physician and / or pharmacy or other service provider. This allows, in particular, monitoring the regularity of medication intake for the benefit of a patient, enabling intervention if necessary. For example, in nursing homes or hospitals, self-service stations for patients can be set up, ensuring that each patient always receives only the medication intended for them in the required quantity.

[0267] The deployment device is preferably remotely controllable by means of a separate external device, for example a smartphone. For example, a connection via the interface unit can be provided.

[0268] In one embodiment of the invention, it may be provided that the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers and that different products can be produced by a suitable selection from one or more of these reactant chambers, for example products that differ from each other with regard to a dosage of the cosmetically and / or medically active ingredient and / or with regard to a selection of the cosmetically and / or medically active ingredient.

[0269] The dispensing device is, in particular, a medical device or a cosmetic device. It may be provided that one or more parameters of the starting material and / or the product to be dispensed are determined and / or recorded during the product's manufacture, optionally allowing for automatic adjustments to the subsequent manufacturing process based on these parameters.

[0270] For example, the actual consistency of the raw material can be automatically compared with a predefined or desired target consistency, and / or a temperature profile during the preparation process can be determined. Depending on this, the treatment duration can be adjusted to ensure the desired product quality.

[0271] It can be advantageous if a mechanical treatment step is a homogenization step for homogenizing two or more than two starting materials, whereby a mechanical treatment unit is used to act on the starting materials; and a) wherein a degree of homogenization is determined by directly and / or indirectly determining and / or measuring the viscosity of the starting materials; and / or b) wherein the mechanical treatment step is terminated after reaching a predetermined and / or desired degree of homogenization.

[0272] Furthermore, it may be possible to determine the degree of homogenization, for example, by optical methods or by measuring flows during the mechanical treatment of the starting material.

[0273] It can be advantageous if, depending on one or more determined and / or recorded parameters, an evaluation is carried out, for example by comparison with target values ​​of the respective parameter, to determine whether the manufactured product meets specified criteria, whereby it may optionally be provided that the result of this evaluation is displayed on a display unit.

[0274] For example, this allows monitoring to detect whether an additive has been unintentionally overheated and thus potentially lost its medical efficacy. Depending on one or more determined and / or recorded product-related pieces of information and / or one or more determined and / or recorded external pieces of information displayed on a display unit, one or more usage information items are shown to the user, for example, on a display unit and / or a separate device for controlling the dispensing device: a recommended maximum usage time of the product after dispensing; one or more handling instructions; one or more supplementary product information items; one or more warnings or safety instructions; one or more references to complementary products.

[0275] The recommended maximum usage period of the product after its provision is, in particular, a minimum shelf life date.

[0276] One or more handling instructions include, in particular, user instructions and instructions for storing the product after its manufacture.

[0277] One or more supplementary product information items include, for example, information about the cosmetic or medical effect and / or information about the product composition.

[0278] One or more warning or safety notices include, for example, allergy information, intolerance information and / or interaction information.

[0279] Complementary products are, in particular, separately available products for use with or in addition to the manufactured product.

[0280] An interaction unit of the provisioning device can preferably be used to communicate visually and / or acoustically whether a provisioning device is feasible and / or whether a provisioning device was successfully carried out.

[0281] It may be provided that one or more treatment steps, for example one or more thermal treatment steps, are carried out over a predetermined period, for example depending on an input and / or predefined production schedule. In one embodiment, it may be provided that at least water and one or more lipids, initially in separate form, are used as starting materials.

[0282] For example, a reactant chamber for water and a reactant chamber for one or more lipids can be provided. In addition, preferably one or more reactant chambers can be provided for one or more additive materials.

[0283] The starting materials forming the base materials are preferably heated, homogenized and cooled before one or more additive materials are added.

[0284] It can be advantageous if the product can be removed via a dispensing access point of the feed unit, for example a piercing closure of the feed unit, for example if it can be removed in a sterile manner.

[0285] A piercing closure is preferably designed to be pierced with a needle to allow the removal of medications or other liquids, wherein the opening created by the needle preferably reseals itself after the needle is removed. This keeps the contents sterile and prevents leakage of the receiving unit. Such an access section enables, for example, the use of medical devices administered by syringe. Vaccines, in particular, are conceivable examples of such products.

[0286] Alternatively or additionally, the starting unit can have an access section that can be opened without tools, for example, a screw cap or a pull tab, which can be opened by a user without tools and through which the product can be removed. Such an access section enables, for example, the use of orally administered medical devices, whereby the product can be introduced directly from the starting unit into a patient's mouth.

[0287] Antibiotics, in particular, are conceivable products in this context.

[0288] An access section is preferably designed to be resealable and / or self-closing and / or self-sealing. It may be provided that one or more starting materials are present in lyophilized form and are mixed with one or more further starting materials to produce a ready-to-use product.

[0289] The provisioning device preferably comprises a control unit which is designed and configured in such a way that a method described herein can be carried out on the provisioning device.

[0290] It can be advantageous if the dispensing device includes an interaction unit by which a user can identify themselves and / or the feedstock unit in preparation for product manufacturing, for example to initiate a release check.

[0291] The interaction unit is or preferably comprises an operating unit on a housing of the provisioning device or an interface unit for connecting the provisioning device to an external device, for example a smartphone.

[0292] In one embodiment of the invention, the dispensing device may include a reminder function and / or an attention function by which a user can be alerted to an intended and / or pending application of a product. This can be achieved, for example, by means of an acoustic and / or visual signal, particularly via the interaction unit.

[0293] The intended and / or pending application could be, for example, taking or otherwise administering medication, such as an antibiotic or a healing ointment, or applying a cosmetic product. It can be helpful if an application plan, such as a medication schedule, can be stored for use with the reminder and / or attention functions.

[0294] Further features and / or advantages, which are conceivable and can be used advantageously in connection with each of the above aspects, may include the following:

[0295] It may be provided that the provisioning device includes one or more

[0296] The system comprises adapter elements. A basic shape of the feedstock can preferably be varied by means of one or more adapter elements, in particular to adapt to feedstock units of different shapes and / or dimensions.

[0297] For example, one or more adapter elements can be designed to be at least approximately ring-shaped in order to ensure stable positioning within the educt holder for feed units with different diameters.

[0298] In a further embodiment, it can be provided that one or more adapter elements are designed to be at least partially complementary to one side of the feedstock receptacle.

[0299] Preferably, one or more adapter elements with, in particular, different thicknesses are provided, wherein the one or more adapter elements can be inserted into the feedstock at least approximately over their entire surface in order to easily vary the free height of the feedstock for receiving feedstock units with different heights.

[0300] The one or more adapter elements are preferably elastically flexible and / or thermally conductive, so that the mechanical and / or thermal treatment of the reactant unit is possible and / or not impaired even when using the adapter element.

[0301] The following products, in particular, may be manufactured: antibiotics, antifungals, vaccines, chemotherapeutic agents, and / or hormone products. The active ingredients may initially be present in lyophilized form in one or more separate reactant chambers. In one or more further reactant chambers of the same reactant unit, one or more base materials, particularly for dissolving, rehydrating, etc., are preferably provided. The ready-to-use product can then preferably be prepared by simple mixing.

[0302] The volume of a single reactant chamber or of all reactant chambers of a reactant unit together is preferably at most approximately 10 ml, for example at most approximately 5 ml, preferably at most approximately 2 ml.

[0303] Other applications may require larger quantities, which can be produced by appropriately dimensioning the feedstock. Further preferred features and / or advantages of the invention are the subject of the following description and the graphical representation of exemplary embodiments.

[0304] The figures show:

[0305] Figure 1: a schematic perspective representation of a dispensing device for dispensing a product, wherein the dispensing device is in a closed state;

[0306] Figure 2: a schematic perspective view of the dispensing device from Figure 1 in its open state, showing a reactant unit for insertion into a reactant receptacle of the dispensing device;

[0307] Figure 3: a schematic vertical section through the provisioning device from Figure 1 in the open state of the same according to Figure 2;

[0308] Figure 4: a schematic vertical section through the provisioning device from Figure 1 corresponding to Figure 3 in the closed state of the same according to Figure 1;

[0309] Figure 5: an enlarged representation of area V in Figure 4;

[0310] Figure 6: a schematic sectional view of area V in Figure 4 corresponding to Figure 5, wherein an activation element of an activation device is arranged in an activated state;

[0311] Figure 7: an enlarged representation of area VII in Figure 4;

[0312] Figure 8: a schematic top view of a mechanical treatment unit of the supply device from Figure 1;

[0313] Figure 9: a schematic vertical longitudinal section through a reactant unit;

[0314] Figure 10: an enlarged view of area X from Figure 9; Figure 11: an enlarged view of area XI in Figure 9;

[0315] Figure 12: a top view of the upper side of the staging device from Figure 1;

[0316] Figure 13: a schematic sectional view of an alternative embodiment of a dispensing device in which a feed container is provided for dispensing several starting materials; and

[0317] Figure 14: a schematic perspective representation of an alternative embodiment of a reactant unit.

[0318] Identical or functionally equivalent elements are provided with the same reference symbols in all figures.

[0319] A supply device shown in Figures 1 to 12, designated as a whole by 100, serves to supply a product using a reactant.

[0320] The reactant is contained in a reactant unit 102, which can be inserted into the supply device 100 in order to produce a product from the reactant.

[0321] The provisioning device 100 comprises a housing 104 which has several housing parts 106.

[0322] For example, a lower housing part 106 is designed as a base part 108.

[0323] For example, an upper housing part 106 is a cover part 110.

[0324] The lower housing part 106, in particular the base part 108, is, for example, at least approximately cylindrical in shape.

[0325] The upper housing part 106, in particular the cover part 110, is also, for example, at least approximately cylindrical. The cover part 110 is preferably movably arranged relative to the base part 108, for example by means of a connecting element 112.

[0326] The connecting element 112 can, for example, be a hinge 114, so that the lid part 110 can be pivotably fixed to the base part 108.

[0327] The lid part 110 can, for example, be arranged in the closed state shown in Figure 1, in which the lid part 110 rests, for example, over its entire surface on the base part 108.

[0328] In an unfolded state, which is an open state, the lid part 110 is pivoted away from the base part 108, see in particular Figure 2.

[0329] A locking mechanism 116 of the provisioning device 100 can preferably be used to lock the housing parts 106 in the closed state of the provisioning device 100.

[0330] On an outside side of the provisioning device 100, for example on a top side of the cover part 110, the provisioning device 100 preferably has an interaction unit 118.

[0331] The interaction unit 118 is primarily used for interaction with a user. A user can preferably initiate and / or control a provisioning process of the provisioning device 100 using the interaction unit 118.

[0332] The interaction unit 118 includes, for example, an operating unit 120 and a display unit 122.

[0333] The control unit 120 can, for example, have one or more control elements 124, such as control knobs, push buttons, etc.

[0334] The supply device 100 preferably enables the treatment of the reactant unit 102, in particular of a reactant material arranged within the reactant unit 102. For this purpose, the supply device 100 comprises one or more treatment units 126. For example, the supply device 100 comprises a mechanical treatment unit 128 by means of which mechanical action can be taken on the reactant unit 102.

[0335] The mechanical treatment unit 128 is, for example, a mixing unit 130, by means of which one or more starting materials can be mixed.

[0336] The mixing unit 130 comprises, for example, one or more mixing elements 132, which are designed in particular as roller elements 134 and are movable over the reactant unit 102 in order to set a reactant material arranged within the reactant unit 102 in motion and thus mix it.

[0337] As can be seen particularly from Figures 2 and 3, the mechanical treatment unit 128 comprises two mixing elements 132 designed as roller elements 134, which are rotatable about a central axis 136. The two roller elements 134 themselves are additionally rotatably arranged about element axes 138 oriented perpendicular to the central axis 136. The two roller elements 134 are arranged on opposite sides of the central axis 136 and, in particular, with element axes 138 that are coaxial with each other. By rotating the roller elements 134 about the central axis 136, they can roll on the feed unit 102, thereby rotating the roller elements 134 about the element axes 138 and thus generating as little frictional resistance as possible on the feed unit 102.

[0338] The mechanical treatment unit 128 also includes a drive unit 140, by means of which the roller elements 134 can be driven.

[0339] The drive unit 140, for example, is an electric motor.

[0340] The drive unit 140 may be oriented perpendicular to the central axis 136. A gear unit 142 may then preferably transmit torque from the drive unit 140 to a shaft 144 of the mechanical treatment unit 128, which carries the roller elements 134. The shaft 144 is, in particular, a hollow shaft 146, which rotatably supports the roller elements 134 at its radially outer end.

[0341] An activation element 148 of an activation unit 150 of the supply device 100 is preferably arranged within the hollow shaft 146. The activation element 148 is, for example, a pressure plunger 152, which is movable parallel to the central axis 136.

[0342] To initiate this movement, the activation unit 150 includes, for example, a movement unit 154.

[0343] By means of the movement unit 154 the activation element 148 is preferably movable in the direction of the reactant unit 102, in particular to compress the reactant unit 102 locally.

[0344] All of the aforementioned components of the mechanical treatment unit 128 and the activation unit 150 are preferably arranged on or integrated into the cover part 110.

[0345] The provisioning device 100 preferably further comprises a fixing unit 156, by means of which the reactant unit 102 can be fixed in a predetermined position.

[0346] The fixing unit 156 includes, for example, a fixing element 158, which is designed, for example, as a clamping element 160.

[0347] The clamping element 160 is, for example, a clamping ring which is ring-shaped, in particular circular, and preferably acts in such a way as to fix the reactant unit 102 in such a manner that the reactant unit 102 can be held in position relative to the mechanical treatment unit 128.

[0348] The provision device 100 comprises, as a further treatment unit 126, preferably a thermal treatment unit 162.

[0349] The thermal treatment unit 162 serves in particular to heat and / or cool the at least one reactant material arranged in the reactant unit 102.

[0350] The thermal treatment unit 162 preferably comprises at least one thermal treatment element 164, which is, for example, designed as a Peltier element 166. The thermal treatment unit 162 preferably enables heat transfer to the reactant unit 102, wherein the reactant material in the reactant unit 102 can be heated indirectly, namely through a shell of the reactant unit 102 which will be described later.

[0351] For this purpose, the reactant unit 102 can be attached to the thermal treatment unit 162 in a particularly flat manner.

[0352] To avoid local overheating or undercooling, the thermal treatment unit 162 preferably comprises one or more homogenizing elements 168.

[0353] The one or more homogenizing elements 168 are arranged in particular between the one or more thermal treatment elements 164 and the reactant unit 102.

[0354] The one or more homogenizing elements 168 thus form, for example, cover elements 170 for covering the one or more thermal treatment elements 164.

[0355] It can be provided that one or more homogenizing elements 168 form one or more heat buffer elements 172. By means of the one or more heat buffer elements 172, in particular, a heat transfer from the one or more thermal treatment elements 164 to the reactant unit 102 can be delayed in time and / or homogenized.

[0356] In particular, when one or more thermal treatment elements 164 are designed as Peltier elements 166, heat generation on one side of the Peltier element 166 simultaneously results in cooling on the opposite side.

[0357] The thermal treatment unit 162 therefore preferably comprises one or more thermosinks 174, which are arranged in particular on the side of the one or more thermal treatment elements 164 facing away from the reactant unit 102 and serve to absorb or release heat.

[0358] The one or more thermal sinks 174 are preferably dimensioned such that their heat storage capacity is significantly larger, for example at least approximately twice, preferably at least approximately five times, the heat storage capacity of those components which are arranged on the side of the one or more thermal treatment elements 164 facing the reactant unit 102.

[0359] It may be provided that one or more thermal treatment elements 164 enable uniform heating of the starting material arranged in the starting unit 102.

[0360] Preferably, several thermal treatment elements 164 can be controlled independently of one another, in particular to temperature different starting materials within a single starting unit 102 at different rates. This can be particularly advantageous for starting materials with different quantities, different heat capacities and / or different thermal treatment requirements.

[0361] The provisioning device 100 preferably further comprises one or more sensor units 176.

[0362] The one or more sensor units 176 are, for example, temperature sensors by means of which a temperature control process can be monitored.

[0363] For example, by using one or more sensor units 176, control and / or regulation of one or more thermal treatment elements 164 can be carried out in order to optimally control and / or regulate a process for providing a product.

[0364] The provisioning device 100 also preferably comprises an energy storage unit 178.

[0365] The energy storage unit 178 is, for example, a battery or an accumulator. Furthermore, the energy storage unit 178 can also be a receptacle for a battery or an accumulator, provided that these are not supplied with the staging device 100.

[0366] The dispensing device 100 preferably also includes a control unit 180, which serves in particular for the electronic linking of the components of the dispensing device 100. For example, a command entered via the interaction unit 118 can be converted into a desired processing operation for the production of the product by means of the control unit 180.

[0367] The provisioning device 100 further preferably comprises an interface unit 182.

[0368] The interface unit 182 can, for example, also be an interaction unit 118, which can be used to influence a production process or provisioning process.

[0369] The interface unit 182 can also be, for example, a component of the interaction unit 118.

[0370] The interface unit 182 allows the provisioning device 100 to be preferably electronically coupled to an external device, for example to a smartphone using Bluetooth, WLAN coupling, etc.

[0371] As can be seen in particular from Figures 2 and 3, the provisioning device 100 comprises a reactant receptacle 184 for receiving the reactant unit 102.

[0372] The reactant inlet 184 is preferably designed to be at least approximately complementary to the reactant unit 102.

[0373] For example, the feed intake 184 includes a trough-shaped, lower intake area 186, which in particular is at least approximately circular and is directly adjacent to the thermal treatment unit 162 or forms a part of it.

[0374] The receiving area 186 forms in particular a cavity 188 for receiving the reactant unit 102.

[0375] The receiving area 186 of the feedstock receiving unit 184 is, in particular, a component of the lower housing part 106, especially the base part 108, or arranged thereon. Adjacent to the thermal treatment unit 162, and thus temperature-controlled, is a temperature-controlled section 190 of the feedstock receiving unit 184, in particular of the receiving area 186 of the feedstock receiving unit 184.

[0376] Furthermore, a neutral section 192 and a clamping section 194 are preferably provided.

[0377] The neutral section 192 serves in particular to create an area of ​​the reactant intake 184 which preferably remains thermally unchanged during the execution of one or more tempering processes, i.e., in which preferably no heating or cooling takes place.

[0378] This neutral section 192 thus enables, in particular, the recession of one or more parts of the reactant unit 102 and thus of one or more reactant materials within the reactant unit 102. The neutral section 192 is, for example, arranged centrally and / or in the reactant receptacle 184, for example opposite the activation unit 150, which will be discussed in more detail later.

[0379] The clamping section 194 is, for example, an outer edge region of the receiving area 186 of the educt receiving 184.

[0380] The clamping section 194 corresponds in particular to the fixing element 158, especially the clamping element 160.

[0381] The reactant unit 102 can preferably be clamped between the fixing element 158 ​​and the clamping section 194 of the reactant receptacle 184 with an edge region 196 of the reactant unit 102.

[0382] Opposite the temperature control section 190 is a mixing section 198 of the feedstock intake 184, which is formed by the mechanical treatment unit 128.

[0383] Centrally within the mixing section 198 is an activation section 200 of the reactant intake 184, which is formed in particular by the activation unit 150.

[0384] As can be seen in particular from the closed position of the supply device 100 shown in Figure 4, the reactant unit 102, when arranged in the reactant receptacle 184, is clamped between the mechanical treatment unit 128 and the thermal treatment unit 162, with the reactant unit 102 being fixed by means of the fixing unit 156.

[0385] Before discussing in more detail the function of the individual components and the manufacturing process for providing the product, the reactant unit 102 will now be described in more detail with reference to Figures 9 to 11.

[0386] The reactant unit 102 shown in Figure 2 is shown enlarged in Figures 9 to 11. The reactant unit 102 is, for example, a flat, at least approximately circular body, which comprises several reactant chambers 202.

[0387] The reactant chambers 202 serve to hold reactant material 204.

[0388] In particular, various starting materials 204 are provided.

[0389] For example, the reactant unit 102 comprises one or more base materials 206, which form reactant material 204. In addition, preferably one or more additive materials 208 are provided, which form reactant material 204.

[0390] The reactant unit 102 preferably has several reactant chambers 202 such that the reactant materials 204 can be stored in separate reactant chambers 202.

[0391] In particular, one or more base materials 206 can be stored separately from each other and at the same time from one or more additional materials 208.

[0392] The reactant unit 102 comprises a shell 210 which encloses all reactant chambers 202.

[0393] The shell 210 is formed in particular from one or more shell elements 212.

[0394] For example, a shell element 212 is provided which forms a top surface 214 of the reactant unit 102. Furthermore, a shell element 212 is preferably provided which forms a bottom surface 216 of the reactant unit 102. The two shell elements 212 are, for example, made of a thin, elastically compliant and / or flexible material.

[0395] For example, one or both of the envelope elements are 212 foil elements 218.

[0396] The two shell elements 212 are connected directly to each other, particularly in an edge region 196, in order to seal the edge region 196 in a fluid-tight manner.

[0397] In a more internal area of ​​the reactant unit 102, further connections between the shell elements 212 are preferably provided such that several sections of an interior of the shell 210 are fluidly separated from each other.

[0398] In particular, this forms the various reactant chambers 202.

[0399] The connection of the two shell elements 212 for separating the reactant chambers 202 from each other is preferably formed by predetermined breaking separating elements 220 of the reactant unit 102.

[0400] Such predetermined breaking elements 220 are preferably welded joints, in particular plastic welded joints, or adhesive joints. A predetermined breaking element 220 is in particular a spatial separation between two reactant chambers 202, which can be broken open by mechanical stress.

[0401] For example, by increasing the pressure in one of the reactant chambers 202, the two shell elements 212 can be made to separate from each other in the area of ​​a predetermined breaking element 220, thus releasing the connection between adjacent reactant chambers 202.

[0402] The connection in the edge region 196 preferably remains unchanged. The casing 210 thus remains completely sealed to the outside, even if one or more predetermined breaking elements 220 are broken. Rather, this only connects the reactant chambers 202 to one another in order to bring the reactant materials 204 contained therein into contact with each other and / or to mix them together.

[0403] The two sides of the feed unit 102 are shaped and / or designed differently. In particular, a substantially flat underside 216 is provided, which thus enables a uniform, smooth contact of the feed unit 102 with a thermal treatment unit 162.

[0404] This underside 216 is therefore, in particular, a thermal side 224, via which heat can be introduced into or extracted from the starting material 204 particularly easily and efficiently. An opposing top side 214 of the starting material unit 102 is preferably a mechanical side 226, which is designed and / or shaped to allow mechanical treatment of the starting material 204.

[0405] In particular, the shell 210 is designed to be elastically deformable on the mechanical side 226 in order to be able to act mechanically on the starting material 204 through the shell element 212.

[0406] In particular, a reactant chamber 202 with an additional material 208 is preferably provided in a central area of ​​the reactant unit 102.

[0407] This central reactant chamber 202 is, for example, surrounded in an annular shape by a predetermined breaking point 220 and is thus separated from the base materials 206.

[0408] As can be seen in particular from Figures 5 and 6, this reactant chamber 202 filled with additional material 208 can be compressed by means of the activation element 148 of the activation unit 150.

[0409] The activation element 148, in particular the pressure stamp 152, compresses the reactant chamber 202 filled with additive material 208 in such a way that the pressure in it increases so much that the predetermined breaking separating element 220 surrounding this reactant chamber 202 breaks open and thus the additive material 208 escapes into one or more surrounding reactant chambers 202.

[0410] As can be seen in particular in Figure 6, the activation element 148 can finally be used to compress the reactant chamber 202 to such an extent that the entire reactant chamber 202 is no longer present, but rather the two shell elements 212 are directly adjacent to each other.

[0411] The additive material 208 previously contained in the reactant chamber 202 has then been completely displaced into the surrounding reactant chamber 202. In the surrounding reactant chamber 202, the additive material 208 is now mixed with the base material 206 already contained therein. For this purpose, the roller elements 134 of the mechanical treatment unit 128 act on the reactant chamber 202.

[0412] The activation element 148 preferably remains in the compressed position shown in Figure 6 in order to prevent the mixture of additive material 208 and base material 206 now present from the area of ​​influence of the roller elements 134 back into the area of ​​the activation element 148, which would ultimately make mixing more difficult or partially impossible.

[0413] The reactant chamber 202, which now contains all the additive material 208 and the base material 206, is surrounded by the edge region 196 according to Figure 7 and is secured against an undesirable bursting of the shell 210 in this edge region 196 by the fact that the clamping element 160 additionally fixes the edge region 196.

[0414] The additive material 208 can, for example, be a temperature-sensitive material.

[0415] The base material 206, on the other hand, is preferably a material that undergoes a heating process.

[0416] For example, the base material 206 is water and fat / oil. Specifically for the production of a cream or ointment, the water must be mixed and / or homogenized with the lipid-containing component (fat / oil) in a heated state. This is done using the thermal treatment unit 162. The temperature-sensitive additive material 208 must be thermally protected during the thermal treatment of the base material 206.

[0417] For this purpose, the neutral section 192 is provided, to which the reactant chamber 202, which contains the additive material 208, is adjacent.

[0418] It is therefore possible to thermally process a portion of the starting material 204, namely one or more base materials 206. Once the processing step is complete and the one or more base materials 206 have reached a sufficiently low temperature to prevent damage or impairment of the additive material 208, the additive material 208 can then be added. The additive material 208 is, or comprises, in particular, medically or cosmetically active components, which are then mixed into the base material 206 and thus made available for easy application by a user.

[0419] Depending on the selection of the base material 206, several reactant chambers 202 are preferably provided in which the different base materials 206 can be stored separately from one another.

[0420] These reactant chambers 202 are then arranged in particular around the central reactant chamber 202, which is filled with the additive material 208.

[0421] By means of the mechanical treatment unit 128, preferably one or more predetermined breaking elements 220 between these reactant chambers 202 containing the base materials 206 can be broken open in order to first mix the base materials 206 together, in particular to homogenize them. During this process, preferably one or more thermal treatment processes are carried out. In particular, the base materials 206 are preferably heated to a temperature of approximately 70 °C, subjected to mechanical treatment, and finally, in particular during further mechanical treatment, actively cooled.

[0422] If the thermal treatment unit 162 comprises one or more Peltier elements 166, the thermal treatment unit 162 can, in particular, first be used to actively heat, before then being actively cooled by simply reversing the electric current using the one or more Peltier elements 166.

[0423] As already explained, the additive material 208 is initially kept thermally unchanged during this process before it is added to the base material 206 after the base materials 206 have cooled to a predetermined temperature, for example below room temperature, in particular between, for example, 5 and 10 °C.

[0424] In further variants of reactant units 102 not shown, several reactant chambers 202 with different or identical additive materials 208 may also be provided.

[0425] In particular, using several individually activatable activation elements 148, a selection can be made of the additive materials 208 to be added to the one or more base materials 206, for example, to select a desired dosage of the additive material 208 and / or a desired mixture of different additive materials 208 for the production of the desired product.

[0426] This selection is made in particular via the interaction unit 118 through appropriate user input.

[0427] Such a reactant unit 102, which offers several options for the production of different products, can be used on the one hand for personal cosmetic products. On the other hand, it can be used to provide medications in different dosages for different applications and / or groups of people.

[0428] In any case, the provisioning device 100 makes it particularly easy to provide a product, for example a medical device or cosmetic product, using a reactant unit 102, without the need for preservatives and other additives required for stable storage of the product's components.

[0429] The function of the dispensing device 100 will now be explained using the example of a vitamin-containing cream.

[0430] First, the supply device 100 is opened by folding the cover part 110 upwards after opening the closure 116, thus releasing the reactant receptacle 184.

[0431] The user then inserts a feed unit 102 into the feed receptacle 184. The dispensing device 100 can then be folded down and locked in the closed position by means of the latch 116. Optionally, automatic breaking of one or more, but preferably not all, of the predetermined breaking elements 220 can already be provided.

[0432] The starting material unit 102 is preferably clamped in the starting material receptacle 184, with the fixing unit 156 in particular ensuring reliable and fixed fixation of the starting material unit 102. To manufacture the product, the user must now start the production process.

[0433] For this purpose, the user interacts with the interaction unit 118, for example by entering information about the inserted reactant unit 102 and / or making a selection of the product to be produced using the reactant unit 102 via an operating unit 120 by operating the control elements 124.

[0434] The user is guided through the options via display unit 122. After the manufacturing process has started, display unit 122 shows, for example, the production progress and / or an estimated completion time and / or a remaining completion time.

[0435] Alternatively or additionally to operating the control unit 120 and / or using the display unit 122, the user can access the dispensing device 100 via a separate device, such as a smartphone, using the interface unit 182. This allows the user to select a product to be manufactured and, for example, to influence details of the production process. For instance, the user can select a desired final temperature for the product to be manufactured, in order to adapt it to their personal needs or preferences. For example, it might be desirable to produce an aftershave lotion at a cooler temperature to achieve a more pleasant effect on the skin. For medical creams, on the other hand, a temperature close to body temperature might be desirable to minimize any potential discomfort.

[0436] Once the user has entered all the required information and started the production process, the individual preparation steps, in particular the treatment steps for preparing the product, are carried out automatically. This involves, in particular, mixing and homogenizing the base materials 206 using the mechanical treatment unit 128. A thermal treatment process to heat the base materials 206 to an optimal mixing temperature is preferably carried out before, during, or after this process.

[0437] Once a desired degree of mixing, in particular homogenization, of the base materials 206 has been achieved, the base material 206 is cooled in order to be mixed with the additive material 208. The additive material 208 is thereby displaced from its reactant chamber 202, in particular by means of the activation element 148. After complete mixing of the base material 206 with the additive material 208, the dispensing process ends, and the product can be removed from the dispensing device 100.

[0438] Since the finished product is still completely enclosed within the shell 210 of the reactant unit 102, the reactant unit 102, which is then a product unit, must be removed from the reactant receptacle 184 in order to use the product.

[0439] The cover 210 is then broken open by the user, for example along a perforation or other predetermined breaking point, in order to remove and apply the contents, i.e. the finished product.

[0440] As can be seen in particular in Figure 14, the contents of the casing 210 can also be accessed in other ways. For example, in the medical field, a dispensing port 228 can be provided for optimized product removal. The dispensing port 228 can, for example, be a screw cap through which the starting material unit 102 can be opened. In the embodiment shown in Figure 14, the dispensing port 228 is, for example, a piercing closure 230 through which the product can be removed using a needle, particularly in a sterile form.

[0441] The alternative embodiment of a starting material unit 102 shown in Figure 14, which has such a withdrawal access 228, may require an alternative design of a dispensing device 100 for the production of the product. The basic structure of the dispensing device 100 can preferably remain unchanged. Only a geometric adaptation of the starting material receptacle 184 is then necessary, which is then designed to be at least approximately complementary to the shape of the starting material unit 102 according to Figure 14.

[0442] The reactant unit 102 according to Figure 14 includes, as a further option for all conceivable reactant units 102, an identification element 232.

[0443] Such an identification element 232 can, in particular, serve to uniquely identify the starting material unit 102 and / or to verify or confirm its authenticity or other properties. For example, this can ensure that a production process only starts if a person authorized to manufacture the product initiates it, if the minimum shelf life of the starting material unit 102 has not yet been exceeded, if, for example, a doctor has approved the production of the product, and / or if a medication plan, stored in particular via the interaction unit 118, specifies the administration of the product to be manufactured at a given time.

[0444] The identification element 232 can, for example, be an RFID chip, a barcode, or a DataMatrix code. Furthermore, the embodiment of the reactant unit 102 shown in Figure 14 corresponds in structure and function to the reactant unit 102 described above and to the alternative variants described above, so reference is made to the preceding description in this respect.

[0445] An alternative embodiment of a dispensing device 100 shown in Figure 13 differs from the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 12 essentially in that one or more dispensing containers 234 are additionally provided.

[0446] The one or more storage containers 234 serve in particular to store several reactant units 102.

[0447] By means of a conveying unit 236, the reactant units 102 can preferably be fed one after the other to the reactant intake 184 in order to manufacture products automatically.

[0448] In particular, when several feed containers 234 are provided for receiving different feed units 102, a large number of different products can be accessed and their production initiated as required by simply selecting the desired product at the interaction unit 118.

[0449] Furthermore, the embodiment of the provisioning device 100 shown in Figure 13 corresponds in terms of structure and function to the variants described above, so reference is made to their preceding description in this respect.

[0450] Because the products can be provided on demand and very close to the time of consumption by means of the described supply devices 100 and the described starting materials units 102, preservatives and other additives in the starting materials units 102 are preferably unnecessary. This allows the products to be better tolerated by users. Furthermore, this can minimize overproduction of medically and / or cosmetically active products and thus also any resulting groundwater and / or environmental pollution.

[0451] By selecting appropriate materials for the reactant unit 102, in particular by selecting recycled materials for the production of the reactant unit 102, a significant contribution can be made to the resource-saving production and use of pharmaceuticals and cosmetic products.

[0452] Reference symbol list

[0453] Deployment device

[0454] reactant unit

[0455] Housing

[0456] Housing part

[0457] Base part

[0458] Lid part

[0459] Connecting element

[0460] hinge

[0461] Closure

[0462] Interaction unit

[0463] Control unit

[0464] Display unit

[0465] Control element

[0466] Treatment unit, mechanical treatment unit, mixing unit

[0467] Mixing element

[0468] Roller element central axis

[0469] Element axis

[0470] drive unit

[0471] Gear unit

[0472] Wave

[0473] Hollow shaft

[0474] Activation element

[0475] Activation unit

[0476] Printing stamp

[0477] Movement unit

[0478] Fixing unit

[0479] Fixing element

[0480] Clamping element, thermal treatment unit, thermal treatment element, Peltier element, equalizing element, cover element, heat buffer element, thermosink, sensor unit, energy storage unit, control unit

[0481] Interface unit, feed intake, intake area, cavity

[0482] Temperature section, neutral section, clamping section, edge area, mixing section

[0483] Activation section, reactant chamber, reactant material, base material, additive material, casing

[0484] Envelope element

[0485] Top side Bottom side Foil element Breakaway element Thermal side Mechanical side

[0486] Access point, piercing seal, identification element, feed container, conveying unit. Preferred embodiments are the following:

[0487] 1. Supply device for supplying a product, wherein the supply device comprises: a reactant receptacle for receiving a reactant unit containing a reactant; one or more treatment units for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be produced from the reactant.

[0488] 2. Provisioning device according to embodiment 1, characterized in that the provisioning device comprises a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act mechanically on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake.

[0489] 3. Supply device according to embodiment 2, characterized in that a mixing step and / or stirring step can be carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the mechanical treatment unit.

[0490] 4. Provisioning device according to one of embodiments 1 to 3, characterized in that the provisioning device comprises a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake.

[0491] 5. Provisioning device according to embodiment 4, characterized in that a heating step and / or a cooling step can be carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the thermal treatment unit, for example, first an active heating step and then an active cooling step.

[0492] 6. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 5, characterized in that a) the supply device is portable and / or energy self-sufficient and / or b) the reactant unit is a minimum quantity unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 6, characterized in that the supply device comprises an energy storage unit for providing energy for one or more treatment steps, for example, for carrying out one or more thermal treatment steps and / or one or more mechanical treatment steps, in particular mixing and / or stirring steps. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 7, characterized in that the supply device comprises a housing that surrounds the reactant intake.wherein a reactant unit, in a sealed state, can be inserted into the reactant receptacle from outside the housing; wherein, in this sealed state of the reactant unit, one or more treatment steps can be performed on the reactant, whereby the product can be manufactured from the reactant and the reactant unit thus becomes a product unit; and wherein the product unit, still sealed, can be removed from the reactant receptacle. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 8, characterized in that the dispensing device is a dispensing device for dispensing a cosmetic product or medical device. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 9, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises an interaction unit by means of which a user can initiate the execution of one or more treatment steps.preferably selectable from a plurality of available treatment steps. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 10, characterized in that the feedstock receptacle is a cavity within a housing of the dispensing device. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 11, characterized in that the feedstock receptacle is directly or indirectly adjacent to one or more treatment units. A dispensing device according to embodiment 12, characterized in that the feedstock receptacle is directly or indirectly adjacent to one or more treatment units designed as mechanical treatment units. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 12 or 13, characterized in thatthat the feedstock is directly or indirectly adjacent to one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units. A supply device according to one of embodiments 12 to 14, characterized in that the feedstock is arranged between a) on the one hand, one or more treatment units designed as mechanical treatment units, and b) on the other hand, one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units. A supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 15, characterized in that the supply device comprises a fixing unit by means of which a feedstock unit can be fixed to or in the feedstock. A supply device according to embodiment 16, characterized in that the fixing unit comprises one or more clamping elements, for example, a clamping ring.by means of which, for example, an edge region of a reactant unit can be fixed. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 17, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a housing which includes at least two housing parts which are movable relative to each other, wherein the reactant receptacle can be made accessible by an opening movement of the two housing parts relative to each other and wherein the reactant receptacle can be made inaccessible by a closing movement of the two housing parts relative to each other, optionally for fixing a reactant unit in the reactant receptacle. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 18, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a housing which includes at least two housing parts,wherein a wall of the feedstock is arranged and / or formed on one of the housing parts and wherein a further wall of the feedstock is arranged and / or formed on a further of the housing parts. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 19, characterized in that one or more walls of the feedstock are shell-shaped or trough-shaped. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 20, characterized in that the feedstock, in a closed state, has an extension in a first spatial direction which corresponds at least approximately to 5 times, for example at least approximately to 10 times, an extension in a second spatial direction, wherein the first spatial direction and the second spatial direction are arranged perpendicular to each other. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 21, characterized in thatthat the feedstock has at least approximately and / or at least partially a circular cross-section. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 22, characterized in that the feedstock comprises several sections which differ from one another in functional and / or geometric terms. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 23, characterized in that the feedstock comprises one or more temperature control sections and / or one or more clamping sections and / or one or more neutral sections and / or one or more mixing sections and / or one or more activation sections, wherein in the one or more temperature control sections preferably one or more temperature control steps, for example heating steps and / or cooling steps,are feasible; and / or wherein the reactant unit can be fixed in one or more clamping sections; and / or wherein in one or more neutral sections, at least temporarily, a mechanical and / or thermal effect on the contents of the reactant unit can be prevented or at least minimized; and / or wherein one or more mechanical treatment steps, for example, mixing and / or stirring steps, are preferably feasible in one or more mixing sections; and / or wherein in one or more activation sections, one or more activation steps, for example, triggering and / or internally opening one or more reactant chambers, are preferably feasible. Provisioning device according to embodiment 24, characterized in thatthat one or more temperature control sections and one or more mixing sections are arranged on opposite sides of the feedstock. Supply device according to one of embodiments 24 or 25, characterized in that one or more activation sections and one or more neutral sections are arranged on opposite sides of the feedstock. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 26, characterized in that the supply device comprises a feed unit, for example a feed container, from which several feedstock units can be supplied and successively fed to the feedstock. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 27, characterized in that the supply device comprises a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit.by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receiving unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 28, characterized in that the supply device comprises a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act indirectly through a shell of the reactant unit on a reactant material received in the reactant unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 29, characterized in that the mechanical treatment unit is designed as a mixing unit and / or stirring unit, wherein a mixing step and / or stirring step, for example a homogenization step, can preferably be carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the mechanical treatment unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 28 to 30, characterized in that the mechanical treatment unit comprises one or more treatment elements,For example, one or more roller elements, which are movable relative to the feed unit for carrying out a treatment step. A dispensing device according to embodiment 31, characterized in that the one or more treatment elements can be pressed onto or against the feed unit and that, by its / their movement, one or more feed materials arranged in the feed unit can be set in motion and / or driven. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 28 to 32, characterized in that the mechanical treatment unit comprises a drive unit for driving one or more treatment elements. A dispensing device according to embodiment 33, characterized in that the one or more treatment elements can be set into a rotary motion and / or an eccentric motion and / or a translational motion by means of the drive unit.in particular relative to a reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 34, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises an activation unit by means of which one or more predetermined breaking elements of a reactant unit can be broken open, for example by applying pressure to a reactant chamber of the reactant unit. Dispensing device according to embodiment 35, characterized in that the activation unit comprises an activation element, which is designed, for example, as a pressure stamp. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 35 or 36, characterized in that the activation unit is arranged centrally or in an edge region of the reactant receptacle and / or reactant unit. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 35 to 37, characterized in thatthat one or more treatment elements of the mechanical treatment unit are movable around the activation unit, for example, rotating around the activation unit. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 38, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a mechanical treatment unit designed as a vibration unit and / or as an ultrasound unit, which in particular comprises an electromagnetically driven vibration element, wherein the vibration element is preferably a piezoelectric element, in particular a piezoelectric loudspeaker element. A dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 39, characterized in that the mechanical treatment unit extends at least approximately over the entire feedstock receptacle.so that, by means of the mechanical treatment unit, it is possible to act on one or more reactant materials arranged in the reactant unit, at least approximately, across the entire reactant unit. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 40, characterized in that the dispensing device is a dispensing device for dispensing a cosmetic product or medical device. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 41, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit, by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 42, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit.by means of which it is possible to indirectly act on one or more reactant materials contained in the reactant unit through a casing of the reactant unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 or 43, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit comprises a heating unit by means of which one or more reactant materials contained in the reactant unit can be actively heated. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 44, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit comprises a cooling unit by means of which one or more reactant materials contained in the reactant unit can be actively cooled. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 45, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit comprises a Peltier unit,which comprises one or more Peltier elements and by means of which one or more reactant materials received in the reactant unit can be selectively actively heated and / or actively cooled. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 46, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit has several temperature control zones, which preferably adjoin different sections of the reactant receiving unit and / or a reactant unit arranged therein, for example, different reactant chambers of the reactant unit, wherein the several temperature control zones are preferably individually temperature-controllable. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 47, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit comprises one or more sensor units,by means of which a temperature and / or a temperature profile and / or a temperature change in one or more temperature control zones of the thermal treatment unit can preferably be determined or detected. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 48, characterized in that the thermal treatment unit comprises one or more heat buffer elements which are arranged between one or more thermal treatment elements on the one hand and the feedstock intake on the other, so that the one or more heat buffer elements and the feedstock unit can be temperature-controlled by means of the one or more thermal treatment elements of the thermal treatment unit. Supply device according to embodiment 49, characterized in that one or more or all of the heat buffer elements comprise a heat buffer material.which is designed as a phase change medium or comprises a phase change medium. Supply device according to embodiment 50, characterized in that the phase change medium is selected such that a liquid-to-solid phase transition of the phase change medium occurs above at least approximately 60 °C, optionally above at least approximately 70 °C, and / or below at most approximately 90 °C, optionally below at most approximately 80 °C. Supply device according to one of embodiments 49 to 51, characterized in that the total heat capacity of one or more or all of the heat buffer elements is greater than the total heat capacity of the reactant material incorporated in the reactant unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 52, characterized in that the supply device comprises a thermosink.which is arranged on a side of the thermal treatment unit facing away from the feedstock intake. Supply device according to embodiment 53, characterized in that the total heat capacity of the thermosink is greater than the total heat capacity of the feedstock material received in the feedstock unit and / or than one or more or all of the heat buffer elements. Supply device according to one of embodiments 42 to 54, characterized in that the supply device comprises a control unit by means of which a supply process can be carried out depending on a) a current start temperature of the supply device; and / or b) a start temperature of one or more components of the supply device; and / or c) an ambient temperature of the supply device; and / or d) a start temperature of the feedstock unit. Supply device according to one of embodiments 1 to 55,characterized in that the dispensing device comprises a control unit which is designed and configured such that a method according to one of embodiments 91 to 134 can be carried out on the dispensing device. Dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 56, characterized in that the dispensing device comprises an interaction unit by means of which a user can identify himself and / or the feedstock unit in preparation for product manufacturing, for example, to initiate a release check. Dispensing device according to embodiment 57, characterized in that the interaction unit is an operating unit on a housing of the dispensing device or an interface unit for connecting the dispensing device to an external device, for example, a smartphone. Feedstock unit,Optionally for use in a dispensing device for dispensing a product, for example, a dispensing device according to any one of embodiments 1 to 58, wherein the reactant unit has a shell that surrounds one or two or more than two reactant chambers for receiving one or two or more than two reactant materials. Reactant unit according to embodiment 59, characterized in that the shell is at least partially flexible, for example, made of a deformable material, optionally of a non-destructively deformable material. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 or 60, characterized in that the shell comprises or is formed from one or two or more than two shell elements, for example, one or two or more than two film elements. Reactant unit according to embodiment 61, characterized in that the shell comprises exactly two or more than two shell elements.each of which delimits one, two, or more than two reactant chambers, optionally provided that exactly two films are arranged opposite each other and connected to one another, enclosing two or more than two reactant chambers between them. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 62, characterized in that the fill level of one or more of the reactant chambers is less than 90%, for example, less than 75%, of the maximum fill level of the respective reactant chamber. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 63, characterized in that the casing comprises two or more than two casing elements, which are formed from different materials. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 64, characterized in that the casing comprises a casing element, for example, a film element,which comprises a metallic material or is at least largely composed of a metallic material. A reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 65, characterized in that the casing comprises a casing element, for example a film element, which comprises a plastic material or is at least largely composed of a plastic material. A reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 66, characterized in that the casing comprises exactly two or more than two casing elements, for example exactly two or more than two film elements, which are welded together. A reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 67, characterized in that the casing is a multi-chamber bag, for example a multi-chamber sealable bag. A reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 68, characterized in that the casing surrounds several reactant chambers.which are fluidly separated from one another in an initial state of the reactant unit by means of one or more predetermined breaking elements. Reactant unit according to embodiment 69, characterized in that the one or more predetermined breaking elements are designed as a weld seam by means of which two shell elements of the shell are connected to one another. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 69 or 70, characterized in that the one or more predetermined breaking elements have a lower breakthrough resistance than an edge region of the shell, for example, than an edge seal seam of the shell. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 71, characterized in that the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers, wherein one or more reactant chambers are provided which at least partially surround a (further) reactant chamber. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 72, characterized in thatthat the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers, wherein a) one or more reactant chambers are arranged and / or configured in an annular form; and / or b) one or more reactant chambers are arranged at least approximately centrally in the reactant unit. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 73, characterized in that the reactant unit has at least approximately and / or at least partially a circular or polygonal cross-section. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 74, characterized in that the reactant unit is at least partially and / or at least approximately rotationally symmetrical with respect to an axis of symmetry extending perpendicular to two principal directions of extension of the reactant unit. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 75, characterized in thatthat the reactant unit is asymmetrically designed with respect to a plane perpendicular to a principal extension plane of the reactant unit. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 76, characterized in that the reactant unit has a greater extension in two principal extension directions than in a direction perpendicular thereto, which is, for example, a thickness direction. Reactant unit according to embodiment 77, characterized in that the extension of the reactant unit in the two principal extension directions is each at least 5 times, for example, at least 10 times, the extension in the direction perpendicular to the principal extension directions. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 78, characterized in that the reactant unit comprises one or more reactant materials for providing a cosmetic or medical product. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 79,characterized in that the reactant unit comprises the following: one or more reactant chambers, which have one or more base materials as reactant material; and / or one or more reactant chambers, which have one or more cosmetically and / or medically effective additive materials as reactant material. Reactant unit according to embodiment 80, characterized in that several reactant chambers are separated from one another in an initial state of the reactant unit by means of one or more predetermined breaking elements, wherein the one or more predetermined breaking elements are breakable in order to allow, while maintaining the coating of all reactant materials by means of the coating, a) the one or more base materials with the one or more additive materials; and / or b) the several base materials with each other; and / or c) the several additive materials with each other. Reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 81, characterized in thatthat a) at least one base material is a liquid, for example, a water-containing liquid or a liquid consisting largely of water; and / or b) at least one (for example, another) base material contains lipids or consists largely of lipids; and / or c) at least one additive material is a cosmetically and / or medically active substance or comprises such a substance. Starting material unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 82, characterized in that the starting material unit comprises one or more identification elements to which one or more of the following information can be assigned and / or extracted:

[0493] Type of reactant unit;

[0494] Type and / or quantity and / or dosage of one or more reactant materials in the reactant unit;

[0495] Number of different starting materials;

[0496] Number and / or type and / or geometry and / or positioning of one or more or all reactant chambers;

[0497] Age and / or shelf life of the starting unit and / or the starting materials;

[0498] Durability of one or more products that can be manufactured from the starting materials

[0499] Products;

[0500] Age and / or person approval for the use of the material to be produced

[0501] Product; user-related information. A production unit according to embodiment 83, characterized in that one or more identification elements are designed as or comprise the following: an edge structure of the production unit, for example, a perforation or other mechanical modification of the production unit; a barcode or DataMatrix code; an electronic identification element, for example, an RFID chip and / or another machine-readable electronic storage device. A production unit according to any one of embodiments 59 to 84, characterized in that the production unit comprises a piercing closure or screw cap by means of which an interior of the production unit is accessible. A production unit according to any one of embodiments 59 to 85, characterized in that the production unit has an opening area in or on which the casing can be opened after the manufacture of a product.A combination of a dispensing device according to one of embodiments 1 to 58 and one or more reactant units according to one of embodiments 59 to 86. A combination according to embodiment 87, characterized in that several types of reactant units are provided, which differ from one another with respect to the reactant materials and / or quantities of contents. A combination according to embodiment 88, characterized in that the several types of reactant units are at least approximately identical with respect to their basic geometry. A dispensing device for dispensing a product, wherein the dispensing device comprises: a reactant receptacle for receiving a reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 86, wherein the reactant unit contains a reactant; one or more processing units for carrying out one or more processing steps, whereby the product can be manufactured from the reactant.Method for providing a product, wherein the method comprises: providing a reactant unit containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle;

[0502] Performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units, whereby the product is produced from the starting material. A method according to embodiment 91, characterized in that a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit acts mechanically on the starting material unit arranged in the starting material receptacle. A method according to embodiment 92, characterized in that a mixing step and / or stirring step is carried out on or in the starting material unit using the mechanical treatment unit. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 93, characterized in that a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit acts thermally on the starting material unit arranged in the starting material receptacle. A method according to embodiment 94, characterized in thatthat a heating step and / or a cooling step is carried out on or in the reactant unit by means of the thermal treatment unit. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 95, characterized in that the reactant receptacle is arranged within a housing; and that the reactant unit, in a closed state, is inserted into the reactant receptacle from outside the housing; and that, in this closed state of the reactant unit, one or more treatment steps are carried out on the reactant, whereby the product is produced from the reactant and the reactant unit becomes a product unit; and wherein the product unit is removed from the reactant receptacle while still closed. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 96, characterized in that the product is a cosmetic product or a medical device. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 97, characterized in thatthat a user initiates the execution of one or more treatment steps and / or selects from a plurality of available treatment steps by means of an interaction unit. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 98, characterized in that the reactant is arranged between a) on the one hand, one or more treatment units designed as mechanical treatment units and b) on the other hand, one or more treatment units designed as thermal treatment units. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 99, characterized in that the reactant intake comprises one or more temperature control sections and / or one or more clamping sections and / or one or more neutral sections and / or one or more mixing sections and / or one or more activation sections, wherein one or more temperature control steps are preferably carried out in the one or more temperature control sections.for example, heating steps and / or cooling steps are carried out; and / or wherein the reactant unit can be fixed in one or more clamping sections; and / or wherein, in one or more neutral sections, at least temporarily, a mechanical and / or thermal effect on the contents of the reactant unit is prevented or at least minimized; and / or wherein, preferably, one or more mechanical treatment steps, for example, mixing and / or stirring steps, are carried out in one or more mixing sections; and / or wherein, preferably, one or more activation steps, for example, triggering and / or internally opening one or more reactant chambers, are carried out in one or more activation sections. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 100, characterized in that, by means of a treatment unit designed as a mechanical treatment unit, mixing,The process involves stirring and / or homogenizing the reactant unit arranged in the reactant intake. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 101, characterized in that two or more than two reactant materials of the reactant unit are mixed or stirred, for example homogenized, by means of the mechanical treatment unit. A method according to embodiment 102, characterized in that two or more than two reactant materials are initially present in separate reactant chambers of the reactant unit and that one or more predetermined breaking points are opened to bring the reactant materials into contact with each other and then to mix or stir, for example homogenize. A method according to one of embodiments 102 or 103, characterized in that one or two or more than two reactant materials are initially present in separate reactant chambers of the reactant unit and that one or more predetermined breaking points are opened in order to bring the reactant materials into contact with each other and then to mix or stir, for example homogenize.thermally treated during or after a mechanical treatment step. Method according to embodiment 104, characterized in that one or two or more than two starting materials are heated before and / or during a mechanical treatment step, for example to at least approximately 50 °C, preferably to at least approximately 65 °C, and / or to at most approximately 85 °C, preferably to at most approximately 80 °C. Method according to one of embodiments 104 or 105, characterized in that one or two or more than two starting materials are cooled during and / or after a mechanical treatment step, for example to below 20 °C, preferably to below 15 °C, and / or to not less than 0 °C, preferably to not less than 5 °C. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 106, characterized in thatthat three or more than three reactant chambers of the reactant unit are provided, which are connected to one another at different times during the preparation process by breaking several predetermined breaking elements in order to mix and / or stir different reactant materials together at different times. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 107, characterized in that the reactant unit arranged in the reactant receptacle is successively subjected to active heating and then active cooling by means of a treatment unit designed as a thermal treatment unit. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 108, characterized in that two or more than two reactant materials of the reactant unit are independently temperature-controlled by means of the thermal treatment unit. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 109, characterized in thata) that two or more than two reactant materials are initially present in separate reactant chambers of the reactant unit; and b) that one or more thermal treatment steps are carried out on one or more of the reactant materials in one or more reactant chambers of the reactant unit, wherein at least one reactant material in at least one reactant chamber is excluded from one or more or all of the thermal treatment steps; and c) that subsequently one or more or all of the predetermined breaking elements of the reactant unit separating the reactant chambers from one another are broken open in order to bring the reactant materials into contact with one another and to mix or stir them together, for example to homogenize them. A process according to one of embodiments 91 to 110, characterized in that one or two or more than two reactant materials are heated in the reactant unit, for example to at least approximately 50 °C.preferably to at least approximately 65 °C, and / or to at most approximately 85 °C, preferably to at most approximately 80 °C. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 111, characterized in that one or two or more than two or all of the reactant materials are cooled, for example to below 20 °C, preferably to below 15 °C, and / or to not less than 0 °C, preferably to not less than 5 °C. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 112, characterized in that two or three or more than three reactant chambers of the reactant unit are provided, which are connected to one another at different times during the preparation process by breaking several predetermined breaking elements in order to mix and / or stir different reactant materials together at different times and / or at different temperatures. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 113, characterized in thatthat the starting material comprises several starting materials which are present in separated form in spatially separated starting material chambers of the starting material unit. Method according to embodiment 114, characterized in that the starting materials are brought into contact with one another during one or more treatment steps by fluidly connecting the starting material chambers to one another, for example by breaking open predetermined breaking elements of the starting material unit that separate the starting material chambers from one another. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 115, characterized in that the starting material remains completely enclosed within the starting material unit until and including the completion of the product. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 116, characterized in that one or more starting materials are mechanically treated by means of a mechanical treatment unit, for example by mixing,and / or are thermally treated by means of a thermal treatment unit, for example, actively heated and / or actively cooled. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 117, characterized in that the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers with different reactant materials and that different treatment steps are carried out on several reactant materials, for example, different thermal and / or mechanical treatment steps. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 118, characterized in that the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers with different reactant materials and that at least one at least approximately identical treatment step is carried out on several reactant materials in different reactant chambers.For example, at least one at least approximately identical thermal and / or mechanical treatment step. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 119, characterized in that one or more parameters of the reactant unit and / or one or more reactant materials are determined and / or recorded and / or used for controlling and / or regulating one or more treatment steps. A method according to embodiment 120, characterized in that one or more parameters comprise one or more of the following reactant-related information:

[0503] Temperature;

[0504] Viscosity;

[0505] Number of different starting materials

[0506] Selection of starting material;

[0507] Amount of starting material;

[0508] Number and / or type and / or geometry and / or positioning of one or more or all reactant chambers;

[0509] Type of reactant unit;

[0510] Age and / or shelf life of the starting material. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 121, characterized in that one or more of the following external information is used to carry out one or more treatment steps:

[0511] Ambient temperature; one or more user inputs, for example, desired target temperature and / or deployment time;

[0512] Time of day; pre-recorded user information, for example, user characteristics and / or user preferences. Method according to one of embodiments 91 to 122, characterized in that a release test is performed and that only after a positive test result of the release test are one or more processing steps for manufacturing the product carried out. Method according to embodiment 123, characterized in that one or more of the following test steps are carried out for carrying out the release test:

[0513] Identification of a user;

[0514] Identification of a provided reactant unit;

[0515] Comparison with a treatment plan and / or a calendar; obtaining external approval. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 124, characterized in that the reactant unit comprises several reactant chambers and that different products can be produced by a suitable selection from one or more of these reactant chambers, in particular products that differ from one another with regard to the dosage of the cosmetically and / or medically active ingredient and / or with regard to the selection of the cosmetically and / or medically active ingredient. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 125, characterized in that one or more parameters of the reactant and / or the resulting product are determined and / or recorded during the production of the product, whereby it may optionally be provided that the further production process is automatically influenced depending on this.Method according to embodiment 126, characterized in that a mechanical treatment step is a homogenization step for homogenizing two or more than two starting materials, wherein a mechanical treatment unit acts on the starting materials; and a) wherein a degree of homogenization is determined by direct and / or indirect determination and / or detection of a viscosity of the starting materials; and / or b) wherein the mechanical treatment step is terminated after reaching a predetermined and / or desired degree of homogenization.Method according to one of embodiments 126 or 127, characterized in that, depending on the one or more determined and / or recorded parameters, an evaluation is carried out, for example by comparison with target values ​​of the parameters, to determine whether the manufactured product meets specified criteria, wherein it may optionally be provided that the result of this evaluation is displayed on a display unit.A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 128, characterized in that, depending on one or more determined and / or recorded product-related pieces of information and / or depending on one or more determined and / or recorded external pieces of information, one or more usage information is displayed to the user on a display unit, for example: a recommended maximum usage period of the product after its provision; one or more handling instructions; one or more supplementary product information; one or more warning or safety instructions; one or more references to complementary products. A method according to one of embodiments 91 to 129, characterized in that one or more treatment steps, for example, one or more thermal treatment steps, are carried out over a predetermined period of time, for example, depending on an entered and / or predetermined production schedule.A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 130, characterized in that at least water and one or more lipids, initially separated from one another, are used as starting materials. A method according to embodiment 131, characterized in that these starting materials are heated, homogenized, and cooled before one or more additive materials are added. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 132, characterized in that the product can be removed via a dispensing access point of the starting unit, for example, a piercing or screw cap of the starting unit, for example, by sterile dispensing. A method according to any one of embodiments 91 to 133, characterized in that one or more starting materials are present in lyophilized form and are mixed with one or more further starting materials to produce a ready-to-use product.Use of a provisioning device according to one of embodiments 1 to 58 or 90 and / or a combination according to one of embodiments 87 to 89 and / or a reactant unit according to one of embodiments 59 to 86 for carrying out a method according to one of embodiments 91 to 134.

Claims

Patent claims 1. Supply device (100) for supplying a product, wherein the supply device (100) comprises: a reactant receiving unit (184) for receiving a reactant unit (102) containing a reactant; one or more treatment units (126) for carrying out one or more treatment steps, whereby the product can be produced from the reactant.

2. Provisioning device (100) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the provisioning device (100) comprises a treatment unit (126) designed as a mechanical treatment unit (128) by means of which it is possible to act mechanically on the reactant unit (102) arranged in the reactant receptacle (184).

3. Provisioning device (100) according to claim 2, characterized in that a mixing step and / or stirring step can be carried out on or in the reactant unit (102) by means of the mechanical treatment unit (128).

4. Provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the provisioning device (100) comprises a treatment unit (126) designed as a thermal treatment unit (162), by means of which it is possible to act on the reactant unit (102) arranged in the reactant intake (184).

5. Provisioning device (100) according to claim 4, characterized in that a heating step and / or a cooling step can be carried out on or in the reactant unit (102) by means of the thermal treatment unit (162), for example, first an active heating step and then an active cooling step.

6. Provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a) the provisioning device (100) is portable and / or energy self-sufficient and / or b) that the reactant unit (102) is a minimum quantity unit.

7. Provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the provisioning device (100) comprises an energy storage unit (178) for providing energy for one or more treatment steps, for example for carrying out one or more thermal treatment steps and / or one or more mechanical treatment steps, in particular mixing and / or stirring steps.

8. Supply device (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the supply device (100) comprises a housing (104) which surrounds the reactant receptacle (184), wherein a reactant unit (102) in a closed state can be inserted into the reactant receptacle (184) from outside the housing (104); wherein in this closed state of the reactant unit (102) one or more treatment steps can be carried out on the reactant, whereby the product can be produced from the reactant and the reactant unit (102) thus becomes a product unit; and wherein the product unit can be removed from the reactant receptacle (184) in a still closed state.

9. Provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the provisioning device (100) is a provisioning device (100) for providing a cosmetic product or medical device.

10. Provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the provisioning device (100) comprises an interaction unit (118) by means of which a user can initiate the execution of one or more treatment steps, preferably by selecting from a plurality of available treatment steps.

11. Combination of a provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 10 and one or more reactant units (102).

12. Method for providing a product, the method comprising the following: Providing a reactant unit (102) containing a reactant in a reactant receptacle (184); Performing one or more treatment steps using one or more treatment units (126), whereby the starting material becomes the product.

13. Method according to claim 12, characterized in that a treatment unit (126) designed as a mechanical treatment unit (128) is used to act mechanically on the reactant unit (102) arranged in the reactant receiving (184).

14. Method according to claim 13, characterized in that a mixing step and / or stirring step is carried out on or in the reactant unit (102) by means of the mechanical treatment unit (128).

15. Method according to one of claims 12 to 14, characterized in that thermal action is applied to the reactant unit (102) arranged in the reactant receiving (184) by means of a treatment unit (126) designed as a thermal treatment unit (162).

16. Method according to claim 15, characterized in that a heating step and / or a cooling step is carried out on or in the reactant unit (102) by means of the thermal treatment unit (162).

17. A method according to any one of claims 12 to 16, characterized in that the reactant receptacle (184) is arranged within a housing (104); and that the reactant unit (102) is introduced into the reactant receptacle (184) from outside the housing (104) in a closed state; and that in this closed state of the reactant unit (102), one or more treatment steps are carried out on the reactant, whereby the product is produced from the reactant and the reactant unit (102) becomes a product unit; and wherein the product unit is removed from the reactant receptacle (184) in a still closed state.

18. Method according to one of claims 12 to 17, characterized in that the product is a cosmetic product or a medical device.

19. Method according to one of claims 12 to 18, characterized in that a user initiates the execution of one or more treatment steps and / or selects from a plurality of available treatment steps by means of an interaction unit (118).

20. Use of a provisioning device (100) according to one of claims 1 to 10 for carrying out a method according to any one of claims 12 to 19.

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