Combination Medication for Upper Respiratory Congestion

Solution Overview

Problem

Current treatments for upper respiratory and oral pharyngeal congestion often require multiple medications, which can be inconvenient and costly, and do not effectively address both congestion and allergy-related symptoms simultaneously.

Innovation Solution

A combination medication comprising a decongestant, antihistamine, and optionally an antitussive and analgesic, formulated in various pharmaceutically acceptable forms such as liquids, pills, or capsules, to provide relief from cough, congestion, and allergy symptoms in a single dosage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If multiple separate medications are administered to treat different symptoms of upper respiratory congestion, then each specific symptom can be addressed, but the treatment becomes inconvenient and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeffectiveness of symptom treatmentVSAvoidconvenience of medication administration

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple active ingredients (decongestant, antihistamine, antitussive, and analgesic) into a single pharmaceutical composition that can be administered as one dosage form, thereby maintaining comprehensive symptom treatment while improving convenience and reducing cost

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If multiple separate medications are administered to treat different symptoms of upper respiratory congestion, then each specific symptom can be addressed, but the treatment cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeffectiveness of symptom treatmentVSAvoidcost of medication

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple active ingredients (decongestant, antihistamine, antitussive, and analgesic) into a single pharmaceutical composition that can be administered as one dosage form, thereby maintaining comprehensive symptom treatment while improving convenience and reducing cost

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Ease of operation

If a combination medication is formulated to address multiple symptoms, then convenience and cost savings are achieved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of medication administrationVSAvoidcomplexity of pharmaceutical formulation

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple active ingredients (decongestant, antihistamine, antitussive, and analgesic) into a single pharmaceutical composition that can be administered as one dosage form, thereby maintaining comprehensive symptom treatment while improving convenience and reducing cost

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The pharmaceutical composition is designed to perform multiple therapeutic functions simultaneously by incorporating ingredients that address different symptoms (congestion, allergy, cough, and pain) in a single administration

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS9757376B2Pharmaceutical compositions

Publication Date: 2017.09.12 GM PHARMA

AI summary

A composition of an antitussive, a decongestant, or an antihistamine to treat upper respiratory and oral pharyngeal congestion and related symptoms in a patient.