Topical Plant Extract Weight Reduction System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current weight reduction systems fail to provide a simple, convenient, and effective method for individuals to reduce body fat through topical application of natural or biodegradable products, especially for use in private settings during daily activities.

Innovation Solution

A topical plant matter weight reduction system involving the application of natural products like green tomatoes, potatoes, and other fruits/vegetables to the epidermal layer exterior to adipose tissue, allowing for softening and dissipation of fat, with a reusable applicator apparatus facilitating the process.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If topical application of natural products is used for weight reduction, then ease of operation and convenience are improved, but effectiveness in reducing body fat is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvenience of topical applicationVSAvoideffectiveness of fat reduction
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple natural plant extracts (green tomato extract, potato extract, ginger extract) with specific chemical compounds (lycopene, catechin, gingerol) to create a composite topical formulation. This composite approach synergistically enhances the fat-dissolving effectiveness while maintaining the convenience of topical application, resolving the contradiction between ease of use and treatment reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

Solution Approach 2:

The patent specifies precise concentrations of active ingredients (e.g., lycopene at 0.1-10%, catechin at 0.1-5%, gingerol at 0.1-5%) to optimize the chemical parameters of the formulation. By controlling these concentration parameters, the patent ensures sufficient fat-reduction effectiveness while maintaining topical applicability, thus resolving the effectiveness-convenience contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If dieting and exercise programs are used for weight reduction, then effectiveness in reducing body fat is improved, but loss of time and complexity of operation increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffectiveness of body fat reductionVSAvoidtime required for dieting and exercise
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical and behavioral systems of dieting and exercise with a chemical system - topical plant extracts that directly act on adipose tissue. This substitution eliminates the need for time-consuming dietary restrictions and exercise routines, providing fat reduction through direct chemical action on the skin, thus resolving the time-loss versus effectiveness contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces topical plant extracts as an intermediary substance that mediates fat reduction without requiring behavioral changes or physical exertion. These extracts act as intermediaries between the user and the adipose tissue, enabling fat dissolution through chemical action rather than through calorie deficit or increased energy expenditure, thereby resolving the time investment versus effectiveness contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If pharmaceutical drugs are used for weight reduction, then effectiveness in controlling appetite and reducing body fat is improved, but harmful factors and safety concerns increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffectiveness of appetite control and fat reductionVSAvoidside effects and health risks
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts potentially harmful synthetic pharmaceutical agents into beneficial natural plant extracts. By using naturally occurring compounds (lycopene from green tomatoes, catechin from potatoes, gingerol from ginger), the patent eliminates the harmful side effects associated with synthetic appetite suppressants and fat-burning drugs while maintaining fat-reduction effectiveness, thus resolving the safety versus effectiveness contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses natural plant extracts that are biodegradable and safe for topical application, replacing long-term pharmaceutical dependence with short-term, safe, natural treatments. These natural compounds work locally on the skin without systemic absorption concerns, providing effective fat reduction without the cumulative harmful effects of chronic pharmaceutical use, thereby resolving the safety-harms contradiction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

Data Source

PatentUS10076645B2Weight reduction system and method
Publication Date: 2018.09.18 LICHTENSTEIN JOSEPH
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AI summary

A method of topically applying natural plant product for dissipation of human adipose tissue, comprising: (a) topically applying an inner portion of a natural plant product to an epidermal layer exterior to adipose tissue to be dissipated of a user's body for a period of time, upon which a percentage of the adipose tissue softens and dissolves, thus, reducing the adipose tissue of the user's body; (b) removing the topically applied inner portion of the natural plant product from the epidermal layer for another period of time; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b); and weight reduction apparatus comprising a topical applicator having a receiving container adapted to removably receive a natural plant product and having an opening or a porous wall adapted to facilitate pulp, juices, and/or extracts of the natural plant product to contact a user's epidermal layer exterior to the adipose tissue to be dissipated.