Nutritional Advisor System for Multi-Condition Patient Profiles

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current nutritional guidance for patients often fails to consider multiple medical conditions, leading to uncertainty about the suitability of foods or nutrients for managing one condition versus another.

Innovation Solution

A method that ranks nutrients based on their beneficial or harmful properties for specific medical conditions, using a database system to generate personalized lists of good and bad foods/nutrients, accounting for multiple conditions and their interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If physicians provide a list of foods/nutrients to avoid and recommend based on a single medical condition, then the guidance is simple and easy to follow, but it fails to account for multiple medical conditions the patient may have

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the complex task of multi-condition nutritional analysis into manageable components: individual condition assessment modules that evaluate each medical condition separately, followed by an integration layer that combines results. This allows the system to handle multiple conditions without overwhelming complexity, processing each condition through standardized evaluation routines before synthesizing personalized recommendations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a universal nutritional assessment framework that can handle any number of different medical conditions through a single integrated platform. Rather than creating separate guidance systems for each condition, the universal system evaluates all conditions simultaneously and produces unified personalized recommendations that account for the entire health profile.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Loss of information

If physicians provide condition-specific nutritional lists, then the information is clear for each individual condition, but the patient cannot determine if a food is beneficial or detrimental across multiple conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidusability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges multiple condition-specific nutritional assessments into a single integrated evaluation. By combining the results from individual condition analyses, the system produces unified personalized recommendations that reflect the cumulative impact of all medical conditions, providing complete information while maintaining clarity through consolidated output.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary integration layer that processes and reconciles conflicting nutritional recommendations from different medical conditions. This intermediary layer evaluates interactions between conditions and produces balanced personalized guidance that accounts for the complex relationships between multiple health issues, making the information both complete and usable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Quantity of substance

If online resources provide extensive lists of good vs. bad foods, then information availability increases, but the information lacks personalization for individual health profiles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation quantityVSAvoidpersonalization capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies local quality by tailoring nutritional recommendations to the specific health profile of each individual. Rather than providing generic universal lists, the system customizes guidance based on the patient's unique combination of medical conditions, ensuring that the information is both abundant and specifically adapted to personal health needs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Measurement precision

If the system analyzes multiple medical conditions simultaneously, then personalized accuracy improves, but the computational complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepersonalization accuracyVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and standardizing individual condition assessments before integration. By preparing each medical condition evaluation in advance using standardized routines, the system reduces the computational burden of the final integration step, achieving high personalization accuracy without excessive processing time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8504385B2Personalized nutrition advisor
Publication Date: 2013.08.06 BAHAR MORY

AI summary

The instant invention describes various computer program products and methods of using the same in order to provide personalized nutritional advice to end users.