Excipient Powder Delivery System for Precise Supplement Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current packaging and distribution methods for supplements and pharmaceuticals, including protein powders and cannabis derivatives, are inconvenient, unhygienic, and lack precision in dosing, leading to inefficiencies and undesirable side effects.
Innovation Solution
An excipient powder formulation with a moisture barrier coating and disintegrants like sodium bicarbonate or arginine, which reacts with water to aid dispersion and absorption, packaged in a system that allows for customizable and precise delivery of active ingredients such as THC-A, CBD, and other supplements, designed for easy mixing and absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If supplement powder is packaged in a tub with a scooper, then the supplement can be stored and dispensed, but the packaging is inconvenient for carrying and requires multiple steps to consume
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the supplement powder into individual single-serving packets, each hermetically sealed. This segmentation eliminates the need for large tubs and scoopers, allowing consumers to carry multiple small packets conveniently and consume one packet at a time without complex packaging structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs disposable single-use packets that are hermetically sealed and discarded after one use. This eliminates the need for reusable tubs and scoopers, simplifying the packaging structure while improving portability and convenience for consumers.
2Measurement precision
If a scooper is used to measure supplement powder, then the powder can be dispensed, but there is lack of precision and control over the quantity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-measures and pre-ports the exact dosage of supplement powder into each single-serving packet during manufacturing. This preliminary action ensures precise dosage control without requiring consumers to manually measure with scoopers, maintaining simplicity while achieving accuracy.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If the tub is opened to access the scooper, then the supplement can be consumed, but it is unhygienic for consumers with uncovered hands
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses disposable hermetically sealed packets that maintain hygiene until use. Consumers can tear open the packet immediately before consumption without needing to open a shared tub, eliminating contamination risks from uncovered hands while maintaining ease of access to the supplement.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the supplement powder from a shared tub environment and places it into individual hermetically sealed packets. This extraction isolates each serving from potential contamination sources, ensuring hygiene while allowing easy access through simple packet tearing.
4Quantity of substance
If multiple supplements are included in a shake, then nutritional completeness is improved, but the process must be repeated for each supplement
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple supplement types into single integrated packets or allows easy combination of multiple single-serving packets. This merging approach enables consumers to consume multiple supplements simultaneously without repeating the opening and measuring process for each separate supplement, reducing preparation time while maintaining nutritional completeness.
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 excipient powder system enables rapid and precise delivery of active ingredients, improving convenience, hygiene, and bioavailability, allowing for efficient absorption and reducing side effects by ensuring even distribution and absorption of nutrients.
Implementation Method 1
The packaged product is a single use packet or sachet containing an excipient supplement powder with a density that enables the excipient powder to dissolve when it is added to or submerged in any liquid
Implementation Method 2
An excipient powder formulation with a moisture barrier coating and disintegrants like sodium bicarbonate or arginine, which reacts with water to aid dispersion and absorption
Implementation Method 3
the excipient powder to dissolve when it is added to or submerged in any liquid
Data Source
AI summary
An excipient powder product containing cannabinoids, terpenes and cannabidiol (CBD) and a process for producing an excipient supplement powder. The excipient powder having a density that enables the excipient powder to dissolve when it is added to or submerged in any liquid, including non-carbonated and carbonated liquids, with or without stirring. The floating delivery system yields an excipient powder bulk density that is lower than the gastric fluid and allows the active components to remain buoyant for extended time periods without affecting the rate of gastric emptying.