Diffusional Patch Reducing Hernia Mass via Oil Mixture

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current treatments for disc hernia and sports injuries are often slow, invasive, and do not effectively address the mechanical issues of edema and pain without radiation, leading to prolonged recovery times and reduced quality of life.

Innovation Solution

A diffusional patch with a specific oil mixture, comprising ingredients like dextrin palmitate derivatives, paraffin, and herbal oils, is used to reduce edema and hernia mass by diffusing into the affected area, reducing pressure on nerves and alleviating pain through osmotic and anti-inflammatory effects without surgical intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If surgical intervention is used to treat disc hernia, then the hernia mass is removed quickly, but the treatment becomes invasive and recovery time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvehernia mass reduction speedVSAvoidinvasiveness and recovery time
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces surgical mechanical intervention with a diffusional chemical-physical process. The oil mixture diffuses through the skin and into the herniated disc tissue, using osmotic pressure and molecular diffusion to reduce hernia mass without physical surgery. This substitutes the mechanical cutting and removal system with a molecular-level diffusional system that achieves similar therapeutic effects without invasion.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The oil mixture acts as an intermediary substance that mediates between the external environment and the herniated disc tissue. It carries active ingredients through the skin barrier and into the disc, facilitating mass reduction through osmotic and diffusional effects. This intermediary approach avoids direct surgical contact while achieving therapeutic mass reduction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of time

If traditional edema treatment is used, then treatment duration is prolonged, but the patch reduces edema quickly through diffusion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment durationVSAvoidpatch composition complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of timeVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patch utilizes porous or semi-permeable materials that allow the oil mixture to diffuse through controlled pathways. This porous structure enables rapid transport of active ingredients into the affected tissue while maintaining a relatively simple patch design. The porosity facilitates quick edema reduction through enhanced diffusional flux without requiring complex delivery systems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the physical-chemical parameters of the treatment by using an oil-based mixture with specific viscosity, saturation, and diffusion characteristics. These parameter changes enable rapid penetration and action compared to traditional treatments. The oil mixture's specific properties (saturation state, molecular size, solubility) are optimized to achieve quick edema reduction while keeping the patch formulation manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-affected harmful factors

If radiation therapy is used for sports injuries, then pain relief is achieved, but the treatment introduces harmful radiation exposure

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepain relief effectivenessVSAvoidradiation exposure
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the natural osmotic pressure and diffusional tendencies—physical processes that normally occur slowly—into beneficial therapeutic effects by using an optimized oil mixture. Instead of using harmful radiation to achieve pain relief, the invention harnesses and amplifies natural diffusional processes through carefully selected oil ingredients, achieving pain relief without introducing harmful factors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent substitutes radiation-based pain relief mechanisms with a diffusional-chemical mechanism. The oil mixture delivers anti-inflammatory and analgesic ingredients through diffusion and osmosis, replacing the electromagnetic radiation approach with a molecular diffusion approach that achieves similar pain relief without radiation exposure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

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 patch effectively decreases hernia mass and pain within 15-18 hours by diffusing the oil mixture into the affected area, reducing osmotic pressure and promoting water discharge, thereby alleviating nerve pressure and improving clinical symptoms without the need for surgical intervention or radiation.

Implementation Method 1

The main object of the present invention is to provide a rapid and mechanical improvement in treatments of disc hernia and sports injuries by reducing the edema in volume and in mass by throwing out the liquid inside by means of diffusion effect

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectDiffusion: Diffusion

Implementation Method 2

The patch effectively decreases hernia mass and pain within 15-18 hours by diffusing the oil mixture into the affected area, reducing osmotic pressure and promoting water discharge

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectOsmosis: Osmosis

Data Source

PatentUS10406192B2Artcure diffusional patch
Publication Date: 2019.09.10 METUAS MEDIKAL SAGLIK HIZMETLERI DANISMANLIK IHRACAT ITHALAT A S SIRKETI
  • US10406192B2 patent drawing
  • US10406192B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The present invention is a diffusional patch having an oil mixture (20) providing mechanical treatment support by reducing the edema in volume and in mass by throwing out the liquid inside by means of diffusion effect after entering into the region with edema by means of the diffusion effect and placed into a porous sheath (10) in microfiber structure, in order to be used in treatment of region with edema which may occur in sports injuries and/or disc hernia (50); characterized in that said oil mixture (20), of which the ingredient proportions in weight are given, comprises the below mentioned ingredients and does not comprise water: Ingredient Amount (%) Dextrin Palmitate Derivatives 1-10 Paraffin 1-30 Oleum nigellae sativae (black cumin oil) 0-20 Oleum origani (carvacrol) 0-20 Oleum lauri expressum (laurel oil) 0-30 Oleum chamomillae (chamomile oil) 0-30 Balsamum meccae (balsam oil) 0-30 Styrax liguidus (sweetgum) 0-30 Oleum limonis (lemon oil) 0-10 Oleum rosmarini (rosemary oil) 0-10 Olive oil 0-30 Oleum vitis vinifera 0-10.