Dynamic Pet Diet Supplement Formulation via Nutrient Profiling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current systems lack comprehensive tools for assessing and balancing the nutritional needs of pets, leading to difficulties in designing appropriate diets and supplements, as there is no comprehensive database for pet foods and no computerized system to generate nutritional profiles or assess dietary adequacy.
Innovation Solution
A computer program that automatically balances nutritional requirements, analyzes dietary combinations, and formulates custom supplements by generating a nutritional profile based on pet attributes and assessing commercial foods against specific needs, using advanced computational capabilities to rapidly test numerous diet combinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a supplement is formulated to meet the recommended daily requirement, then it provides adequate nutrition for some diets, but it may be deficient for other diets and excessive for others
Solution Approach 1:
The supplement formulation is made dynamic by adjusting nutrient levels based on the specific diet being supplemented. The system calculates the exact nutrient deficiencies for each diet and formulates supplements with customized nutrient concentrations, allowing the same supplement product to be adaptively formulated for different diets rather than using a static one-size-fits-all approach
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the parameters of the supplement formulation by varying nutrient concentrations based on dietary analysis. For each diet, the system modifies the supplement's nutrient profile to match the specific deficiencies, transforming the supplement from a fixed composition to a variable composition that adapts to different dietary bases
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive nutritional analysis is performed for all possible diet combinations, then accurate nutritional profiles can be generated, but the computational complexity and time required increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The comprehensive nutritional analysis is segmented into manageable components: first analyzing individual foods, then combining them systematically. The system breaks down the complex task of evaluating all diet combinations into smaller steps - assessing each food's nutritional profile, then methodically combining them while tracking nutrient accumulation, which reduces the computational burden compared to evaluating complete diets as single units
Solution Approach 2:
Preliminary nutritional data is established for individual foods and common dietary patterns before full diet analysis is performed. The system pre-calculates nutrient profiles for base foods and uses these as building blocks, reducing the computational complexity of analyzing complete diet combinations by starting with pre-processed nutritional information
3Ease of manufacture
If current supplement formulations are used without diet-specific analysis, then supplements can be manufactured and distributed easily, but they fail to address specific nutritional deficiencies in customized diets
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service nutritional balancing where the computer program automatically analyzes diets and calculates required supplement formulations without manual intervention. This automated approach maintains ease of manufacture by using standardized computational processes while achieving high manufacturing precision through algorithmic nutritional balancing, eliminating the need for manual formulation adjustments
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AI summary
The present invention provides a computer program for determining the optimum diet of an animal, determining what nutritional deficiencies exist in that diet, and formulating a supplement to correct those deficiencies. It allows the creation of a nutritionally complete and balanced diet with a sufficient but not excessive quantity of water, energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate, amino acids, fatty acids, vitamins, minerals, and vitamin-like nutrients. The specific compositions of supplements generated using the computer program are also claimed.