Skin-Penetrating Lipolysis Patch Using Glycerol Oxidation for Power
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing biofuel cell technologies lack specific means for extracting living-body-derived substances like sugar and fat, and methods for generating energy from these substances are not effectively disclosed, hindering the development of effective fat decomposition and energy generation techniques for disease prevention, health maintenance, and beauty applications.
Innovation Solution
A lipolysis device with a base material having a glycerol introduction portion containing lipolytic enzymes and a glycerol oxidation portion with glycerol oxidase, which pricks the skin to decompose fat and oxidize glycerol, generating energy by combining the anode and cathode reactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If a biofuel cell uses multiple enzymes to decompose fatty acids for energy generation, then the energy production capability is improved, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts and utilizes glycerol as a specific decomposition product from fat decomposition, separating this useful component from the complex fatty acid decomposition process. By focusing on glycerol oxidation rather than complete fatty acid breakdown, the system achieves energy generation with simpler enzymatic requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the biochemical reaction pathway from complete fatty acid decomposition to selective glycerol oxidation. This parameter change in the metabolic pathway allows using a single enzyme (glycerol oxidase) instead of multiple enzymes, thereby reducing device complexity while maintaining energy production capability.
2Power
If a biofuel cell extracts and processes multiple living-body-derived substances like sugar and fat, then the energy generation potential is improved, but the manufacturing precision and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts glycerol specifically from fat decomposition and utilizes it for energy generation, avoiding the need to process multiple different substances. This selective extraction simplifies the manufacturing and operational requirements compared to processing multiple living-body-derived substances simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention makes the lipolysis device have multiple functions: it can decompose fat for both energy generation and beauty/health effects. By using glycerol as a common intermediate product, the system achieves multi-functionality without requiring separate processing pathways for different substances.
3Productivity
If a lipolysis device uses protrusions to prick the living body for enzyme delivery, then the fat decomposition efficiency is improved, but the ease of operation and user comfort deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The invention uses a flexible adhesive sheet with protrusions that can conform to the skin surface. This thin film structure allows for gentle application and easy removal, improving ease of operation and user comfort while maintaining the fat decomposition efficiency through the protrusion-mediated enzyme delivery.
Solution Approach 2:
The protrusions are pre-formed on the adhesive sheet before application, allowing the enzymes to be delivered efficiently upon contact. This preliminary preparation ensures high fat decomposition efficiency without requiring complex application procedures, thereby maintaining ease of operation.
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 device effectively decomposes fat in living bodies to produce glycerol, which is then oxidized to generate energy, offering a slimming effect and a method for energy production, simplifying the configuration by using a single enzyme for glycerol oxidation rather than multiple enzymes for fatty acids.
Implementation Method 1
a glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme... to decompose fat in the living body and obtain glycerol
Implementation Method 2
a glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase that oxidizes glycerol introduced from the glycerol introduction portion
Implementation Method 3
can generate electric power by combining an oxidation reaction of a biofuel at an anode with a reduction reaction of oxygen or the like at a cathode
Data Source
AI summary
A lipolysis device that includes: a base material having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a glycerol introduction portion on the first surface of the base material, the glycerol introduction portion having a protrusion containing a lipolytic enzyme or a peptide compound having equivalent activity to that of the lipolytic enzyme; and a glycerol oxidation portion on the second surface of the base material, the glycerol oxidation portion containing glycerol oxidase that oxidizes glycerol introduced from the glycerol introduction portion.