Injectable Trace Element Composition With Vitamin B12 Stabilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing trace element solutions for livestock suffer from low concentrations, requiring large quantities for injection, causing tissue damage and abscesses, and often necessitate separate injections for different elements, with instability and chemical incompatibilities leading to murky and unstable mixtures that cannot be stored for long periods.
Innovation Solution
A trace element solution comprising zinc, manganese, selenium, copper, and Vitamin B12, with specific ratios and concentrations, stabilized by butaphosphan, enabling high concentrations and visual stability for injectable use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If trace element solutions are prepared with high concentrations, then the effectiveness of supplementation is improved, but tissue damage and abscesses at injection sites increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses EDTA (ethylene diamino tetra acetic acid) as a chelating agent to form stable complexes with trace elements. This intermediary compound allows high concentrations of trace elements to be delivered in a biocompatible form that reduces tissue irritation and abscess formation at injection sites.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical form of trace elements from simple salts to EDTA complexes, which fundamentally alters their biological compatibility and injection tolerance. This parameter change enables high concentrations to be administered without the harmful effects associated with conventional trace element solutions.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple trace element solutions are provided separately, then each element can be individually optimized, but the complexity of administration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple trace elements (zinc, manganese, selenium, copper, chromium, iodine) into a single injectable solution. Each element is complexed with EDTA and formulated together, allowing all essential trace elements to be administered in one injection rather than multiple separate injections.
Solution Approach 2:
The EDTA complexing agent serves multiple functions simultaneously: it chelates different trace elements, maintains solution stability, prevents precipitation, and reduces tissue irritation. This multi-functional approach enables a single solution to provide comprehensive trace element supplementation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If additional nutritional components are added to trace element solutions, then the nutritional completeness is improved, but solution stability and storage life decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The EDTA complex acts as a stabilizing intermediary that protects added nutritional components (such as vitamins and amino acids) from degradation. The chelated trace elements in EDTA complexes prevent catalytic oxidation and other degradation reactions that would otherwise occur with free trace elements, thereby maintaining solution stability during storage.
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 solution provides a stable, high-concentration injectable trace element supplement that maintains Vitamin B12 stability, allowing effective and efficient delivery with minimal tissue damage, suitable for livestock supplementation.
Implementation Method 1
stabilized by butaphosphan, enabling high concentrations and visual stability for injectable use
Implementation Method 2
Different chemical compounds and complexes have been investigated for applying the trace elements
Data Source
AI summary
A trace element solution comprises at least the following metals: zinc; manganese; selenium; and copper; and which comprises Vitamin B12. The solution furthermore comprises butaphosphan to stabilize the Vitamin B12 and the inclusion of butaphosphan may have synergistic activity with the minerals.