Concentrated Emulsion Composition for High-Viscosity Skin Care
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current concentrated skin care products require significant amounts of water for dilution, often resulting in low viscosity final products unsuitable for thicker applications like creams and balms, and traditional emulsions are difficult to mix without electronic equipment.
Innovation Solution
A concentrated emulsion composition containing 30-60% water, two emulsifying agents (0.05-7% each), and 0.1-5% thickener, stable at room temperature, which can be diluted with water to form a high-viscosity product without electronic mixing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If concentrated products are packaged to reduce packaging and shipping expenses, then packaging and shipping costs are reduced, but the products require significant amounts of water for dilution resulting in low viscosity final products
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the formulation parameters by incorporating thickeners (0.1-5% by weight) and specific emulsifying agents (0.05-7% by weight each) into the concentrated product. This allows the product to maintain high viscosity even after dilution with water, resolving the contradiction between reduced packaging volume and maintained product thickness.
2Quantity of substance
If traditional emulsions are used in concentrated form, then packaging volume is reduced, but they require vigorous mixing and electronic mixing apparatuses to achieve suitable end product
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses specific emulsifying agents (first emulsifying agent and second emulsifying agent, each 0.05-7% by weight) as intermediaries that facilitate stable emulsion formation. These emulsifying agents enable the concentrated product to be mixed easily by hand without requiring electronic mixing apparatuses, while still achieving the desired emulsified state.
3Ease of operation
If concentrated products are diluted with significant amounts of water, then the products become suitable for application, but the resulting final product has very low viscosity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite formulation combining water (30-60% by weight), emulsifying agents (0.05-7% each), and thickeners (0.1-5% by weight). This composite structure allows the product to be diluted to suitable application consistency while maintaining high viscosity through the thickening agents, achieving both applicability and desired texture.
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 composition allows for easy mixing by hand to create a stable, high-viscosity skin care product suitable for thicker applications, reducing packaging and shipping volume while maintaining product stability and efficacy.
Implementation Method 1
the concentrated composition is an emulsion, and the emulsion is stable at room temperature
Implementation Method 2
at least two emulsifying agents: a first emulsifying agent and a second emulsifying agent, where the weight percent of each of the at least two emulsifying agents is from about 0.05% to about 7%
Implementation Method 3
from 0.1% to about 5% by weight of a thickener, and where the concentrated composition is an emulsion
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AI summary
Concentrated compositions, methods of using concentrated compositions, kits including concentrated compositions, and diluted forms of the concentrated compositions, which can be used to provide a benefit to the skin of the user.