Satiety Composition Using Prebiotics for Weight Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Individual weight management is a significant challenge in modern society, with increasing obesity leading to health issues such as premature death and chronic conditions, and existing methods like behavior and lifestyle modification, low-calorie diets, and pharmacological agents have limitations in effectively managing weight gain and improving satiety.

Innovation Solution

Compositions comprising a bulking agent, satiety modifying agent, and prebiotic agent, including glucomannan, lemon bioflavonoids, and resistant potato starch, formulated in a powder and administered with water to promote satiety, insulin sensitivity, and microbiome health, thereby supporting weight management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If behavior and lifestyle modification are used for weight management, then weight control is improved, but adherence and long-term effectiveness deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveweight control effectivenessVSAvoidadherence to program
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The composition enables the subject's own physiological systems to perform weight management functions. The synergistic agents work within the body to naturally regulate appetite, improve satiety, and modulate the microbiome without requiring external behavioral monitoring or lifestyle changes, thus achieving self-service weight management

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The composition acts as an intermediary between dietary intake and weight management outcomes. By introducing specific agents that modify gut microbiome composition and function, the composition mediates the relationship between food consumption and weight control, providing a bridge that achieves weight management without requiring direct behavioral modification

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Weight of moving object

If low-calorie diets are used for weight loss, then weight reduction is improved, but satiety and nutritional adequacy deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebody weightVSAvoidsatiety and nutrient intake
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The composition changes the physiological parameters of satiety and appetite regulation. By modifying gut microbiome composition and introducing specific agents, the composition alters hunger signals and satiety responses, enabling weight loss without the need for severe caloric restriction that would compromise nutritional adequacy

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The composition employs a composite formulation with multiple agents that work synergistically. This composite approach combines prebiotics, probiotics, and other functional ingredients to achieve both weight reduction and maintained satiety, providing a multi-component solution that addresses multiple nutritional needs simultaneously

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

3Weight of moving object

If pharmacological agents are used for weight management, then weight loss is improved, but side effects and safety deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebody weightVSAvoidside effects
Core Design Contradiction:
Weight of moving objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The composition uses food-based, naturally occurring agents rather than potent pharmaceutical compounds. These naturally derived ingredients have a long history of safe use and minimal side effects, providing a safer alternative to pharmacological weight management agents while still achieving weight loss through microbiome modulation and appetite regulation

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

Data Source

PatentUS20260053844A1Compositions and methods for weight loss and satiety improvement
Publication Date: 2026.02.26 SHAKLEE CORP

AI summary

Provided herein are compositions, formulations, and methods of treatment for weight loss and satiety improvement for a subject in need thereof, including a human subject in need thereof. The compositions may be used to improve satiety, insulin sensitivity and the microbiome in a subject in need thereof. The composition may further used for weight management and/or in mammals, including humans.