Personalized Dietary Supplement Particles Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The dietary and nutraceutical supplements industry faces challenges in manufacturing personalized products due to varying individual nutritional needs and differing regulatory recommendations across countries, leading to high production costs and compliance issues with existing 'one-fits-all' approaches.
Innovation Solution
The development of edible particles with a common active ingredient, allowing for versatile personalized compositions by combining different varieties, which are filled into single-serving packs, reducing the volume of powder to be swallowed and maintaining cost-effectiveness using existing equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If personalized mixes of micronutrients are manufactured to meet individual nutritional needs, then nutritional effectiveness is improved, but production cost increases tremendously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the personalized supplement into multiple particle varieties, each containing a specific combination of active ingredients. By dividing the complex personalized mixture into discrete particle types with defined compositions, the system enables efficient manufacturing through standardized production of each variety while maintaining customization capability through selective combination of varieties in the final personalized mix.
2Ease of operation
If the amount of powder in current products is reduced to improve compliance, then patient compliance improves, but the concentration of active ingredients must be increased which increases manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating different particle varieties with distinct active ingredient compositions tailored to specific nutritional needs. Each particle variety has a localized concentration profile optimized for its intended function, allowing the overall product to achieve high compliance through reduced total powder volume while maintaining effective concentrations of all necessary active ingredients through the diversified particle composition strategy.
3Reliability
If regulatory recommendations vary by country, then local health requirements are met, but manufacturing versatility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements universality by designing a core set of active ingredients and particle varieties that can satisfy multiple international regulatory requirements simultaneously. The standardized particle varieties serve multiple functions across different markets, allowing the manufacturing system to produce compliant personalized supplements for various countries without requiring entirely separate production lines, thereby maintaining versatility while meeting diverse local health standards.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to edible particles of a first and a second variety. Particles of the two varieties share at least one common active ingredient. Preferred active ingredients are micro- and macronutrients. Personalization of dietary supplements is achieved by adapting the amount of the second variety to the individual needs of a consumer whereas the amount of the first variety may be the same for many consumers. Such an approach reduces manufacturing cost, increases compliance and gives maximum versatility to achieve true personalization.