Chewable Pouch Perforations for Controlled Flavor Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current oral flavor delivery methods lack a convenient and controlled mechanism for releasing flavors that provide a pleasurable sensory experience while ensuring discreet and efficient consumption of non-tobacco flavor products.
Innovation Solution
A chewable pouch with perforations, made from materials like gelatin, carrageenan, latex, silicone, or plastic, that releases flavor products through controlled manipulation, offering both disintegrable and non-disintegrable options, and can be impregnated with additional flavorants and active ingredients.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a chewable pouch with perforations is used to deliver flavor products, then controlled flavor release and pleasurable oral experience are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pouch is divided into multiple layers with different properties (disintegrable layer, non-disintegrable layer) and contains multiple perforations of varying sizes, allowing controlled release of flavor product while maintaining structural organization
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the pouch have different properties - some areas are disintegrable while others are non-disintegrable, and perforations vary in size and distribution to control flavor release patterns in different locations
2Ease of operation
If disintegrable and/or dissolvable pouch materials are used, then ease of disposal and comfort are improved, but manufacturing precision and material selection difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pouch combines disintegrable materials (gelatin, carrageenan) with non-disintegrable materials (latex, silicone, plastic) in a single structure, allowing different portions to serve different functions while maintaining overall structural integrity
Solution Approach 2:
The pouch incorporates multiple layers with different dissolution rates and disintegration characteristics, allowing controlled release patterns and varying flavor duration based on material parameter changes
3Duration of action of moving object
If multiple layers with different flavor and dissolution rates are used, then flavor duration and sensory experience are improved, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pouch is segmented into multiple layers, each containing different flavor products and having different dissolution rates, allowing sequential or simultaneous release of flavors to extend overall duration
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-layer structure enables periodic release of different flavors at different rates, creating a temporal pattern of flavor delivery that extends the overall duration of action
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 provides a pleasurable oral experience with controlled flavor release, ensuring efficient consumption and varying flavor duration, while being discreet and comfortable to use, with options for dissolvable or non-dissolvable pouches that suit different user preferences.
Implementation Method 1
A user orally manipulates the pouch by chewing and sucking to release the flavor product through the perforations in the pouch to the user
Implementation Method 2
After the enclosed non-tobacco flavor product has been consumed, the pouch is digested
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a disintegrable or non-disintegrable oral flavor delivery product. The product includes a disintegrable or non-disintegrable chewable pouch with a plurality of perforations. The pouch encloses a non-tobacco flavor product that can be in a gel, semi-liquid, and/or liquid form. A user chews, sucks, and/or manipulates the pouch to cause the enclosed flavor product to leach out of the perforations into the user's mouth.