Purified Bee Venom Lip Composition for Moisture and Wrinkle Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current lip care products fail to effectively address dryness, chap, and desquamation of lips, often causing dependence and allergic reactions due to harsh ingredients, and lack long-lasting moisturizing and beautifying effects.

Innovation Solution

A bee venom composition is developed, purified using ultrafiltration and freeze-drying to remove allergenic substances, combined with moisturizing and repairing ingredients like honey, hyaluronic acid, and Vitamin E acetate, to provide long-lasting moisturization, sun protection, and lip plumping benefits.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Duration of action of moving object

If traditional lip care products containing vaseline, mineral oil, and chemical synthetic grease are used, then temporary moisturizing effect is achieved, but lip skin becomes dependent and allergic, increasing malaise

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemoisturizing effect durationVSAvoidallergic reaction and dependence

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of moving objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes harmful substances (vaseline, mineral oil, chemical synthetic grease, paraffin, earth wax) from traditional lip care products, retaining only safe and effective ingredients like bee venom, honey, and natural moisturizers. This extraction principle eliminates the harmful effects of dependence and allergy while maintaining moisturizing benefits.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of lip care products by replacing synthetic ingredients with natural alternatives. Specifically, it uses bee venom (0.01-5% w/w), honey (5-20% w/w), and other natural ingredients to achieve long-lasting moisturizing effects without causing allergic reactions or dependence.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Shape

If lip augmentation surgery is performed to achieve plump lips, then lip fullness is improved, but high cost and side effects including adverse drug reactions occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelip fullnessVSAvoidside effects and adverse drug reactions

Core Design Contradiction:

ShapeVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces expensive and risky surgical interventions with affordable, non-invasive cosmetic compositions. The lip care products use natural ingredients like bee venom and honey that can be applied topically to achieve lip plumping effects through collagen stimulation, avoiding surgical costs and associated side effects.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #27Cheap short-living objects (Disposable)

3Reliability

If crude bee venom is used directly in lip care products, then active substances with beautifying effects are present, but allergenic substances cause allergic reaction, inflammation and pain

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebeautifying effectVSAvoidallergic reaction and inflammation

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments crude bee venom into two distinct components: beneficial active substances (melittin, apamin) and harmful allergenic substances (hyaluronidase, phospholipase A2). By separating these components through purification processes, the patent retains the beautifying effects while eliminating allergic reactions and inflammation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent converts the harmful properties of crude bee venom into beneficial effects by selectively removing allergenic enzymes while preserving the active peptides. The purified bee venom composition maintains the lip-plumping and beautifying effects but eliminates the painful and allergic reactions associated with crude extracts.

Inventive Principle:

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

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 bee venom composition effectively relieves lip dryness and chap, enhances skin resilience, prevents UV damage, and reduces wrinkles, while being safe and non-irritating, offering comprehensive lip protection and beautification.

Implementation Method 1

crude bee venom is dissolved with water, followed by ultrafiltration using a membrane with a molecular weight cutoff (MWCO) 10000 Da

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectUltrafiltration: Semipermeable Membrane

Implementation Method 2

the filtrate is then freeze-dried to obtain the bee venom

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFreeze-drying: Freeze Drying

Data Source

PatentUS10085935B2Bee venom composition with effects of protecting and beautifying lip

Publication Date: 2018.10.02 SOUTH CHINA SEA INST OF OCEANOLOGY CHINESE ACAD OF SCI

AI summary

Provided herein is a bee venom composition with effects of protecting and beautifying lips, comprising cosmetic matrix components for use on lips and bee venom. The bee venom is prepared by using the following method: crude bee venom is dissolved with water, before ultrafiltrated using an ultrafiltration membrane with the molecular weight cutoff 10000 Da, and then the resulting filtrate is freeze-dried to obtain the bee venom.