Cannabinoid Alcoholic Drink Solubility and Neuroprotection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current alcoholic beverages pose significant health risks due to excessive and chronic consumption, particularly affecting the nervous system and brain, and existing methods for co-administering cannabidiol (CBD) with alcohol are inconvenient for widespread use.
Innovation Solution
A cannabinoid alcoholic drink is developed by dissolving a measured amount of CBD in ethanol, creating a stable cannabinoid solution that can be combined with various alcohols, ensuring CBD remains soluble and effective, with concentrations optimized to mitigate neurodegenerative effects while minimizing flavor impact.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If CBD is infused into alcoholic beverages, then neuroprotective benefits are provided, but CBD may precipitate out of solution over time
Solution Approach 1:
Ethanol serves as an intermediary solvent that bridges CBD and the aqueous alcoholic beverage. The patent uses ethanol to dissolve CBD first, creating a stable cannabinoid solution that can then be combined with consumable alcohols. This intermediary approach prevents CBD precipitation while maintaining compatibility with the final beverage composition.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent optimizes the concentration parameters of both CBD and ethanol to ensure complete dissolution and long-term stability. By carefully controlling the measured amount of CBD relative to the measured amount of ethanol, the formulation prevents precipitation while maintaining the desired neuroprotective concentration in the final beverage.
2Reliability
If high concentrations of CBD are used to ensure effectiveness, then neuroprotective benefits increase, but the drink's flavor is significantly altered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent optimizes the concentration parameters of both CBD and ethanol to ensure complete dissolution and long-term stability. By carefully controlling the measured amount of CBD relative to the measured amount of ethanol, the formulation prevents precipitation while maintaining the desired neuroprotective concentration in the final beverage.
3Reliability
If alternative routes of administration (transdermal, sublingual) are used for CBD, then compliance is improved, but subject convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges CBD administration with alcohol consumption into a single unified product. By infusing CBD directly into the alcoholic beverage, the invention eliminates the need for separate transdermal or sublingual application steps, allowing subjects to receive both substances simultaneously through a single convenient oral route.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution allows for the stable infusion of CBD into alcoholic beverages, reducing the deleterious effects of alcohol consumption, such as neurodegeneration, and providing neuroprotective benefits without significant alteration to the drink's flavor or quality.
Implementation Method 1
a first measured amount of cannabinoid and a second measured amount of ethanol... such that the cannabinoid fully dissolves in the ethanol and does not precipitate out
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AI summary
Cannabinoid Alcoholic Drinks (CADs) and methods for producing CADs utilize cannabinoids dissolved in ethanol The resulting cannabinoid/ethanol solution is then combined with one or more consumable alcohols to create a CAD. Cannabidiol (CBD) can be selected as the cannabinoid, and the solution of CBD and ethanol is called CBD/ethanol solution and combining it with one or more consumable alcohols yields a CAD.