Vibrating Platform for Intestinal Transit Speed

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Solution Overview

Problem

Aging leads to slowed digestive muscle function, causing nutrients and toxins to be absorbed and retained in the gastrointestinal system for longer, resulting in weight gain and toxin buildup, potentially leading to disease and inflammation.

Innovation Solution

A powered appliance with a vibrating platform that exercises the muscles controlling the small and large intestines, using a configurable array of vibrators to energize intestinal action, with adjustable frequency and amplitude to stimulate muscle activity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If aging progresses, then digestive muscle function slows down, but this causes nutrients and toxins to be absorbed and retained longer, leading to weight gain and toxin buildup

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedigestive muscle function speedVSAvoidtoxin buildup and weight gain

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies mechanical vibration through a powered arrangement with vibrators that contact the abdominal area to stimulate and energize the digestive muscles. This vibration therapy increases muscle activity and accelerates the movement of food and toxins through the gastrointestinal tract, directly addressing the slowed digestive function caused by aging while preventing toxin buildup and weight gain.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #18Mechanical vibration

2Quantity of substance

If processed food moves slower through the gastrointestinal system, then nutrient absorption increases, but this also extends toxin retention time and deteriorates food quality

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenutrient absorption quantityVSAvoidtoxin retention and food quality deterioration

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The vibrational stimulation from the powered arrangement accelerates the transit of processed food through the gastrointestinal system. By increasing muscle contraction frequency and intensity, the system reduces the residence time of both nutrients and toxins, allowing adequate nutrient absorption while preventing excessive toxin retention and food quality deterioration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #18Mechanical vibration

Solution Approach 2:

The patent employs periodic vibration cycles that stimulate digestive muscles in rhythmic patterns. This periodic action mimics and enhances natural peristaltic movements, creating efficient transit conditions that balance nutrient absorption with toxin expulsion, preventing the harmful effects of prolonged food retention.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #19Periodic action

3Use of energy by moving object

If the digestive tract muscles work at reduced speed due to aging, then energy consumption decreases, but this results in slower transit and greater toxin absorption

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveenergy consumption of digestive musclesVSAvoidtoxin absorption and disease risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Use of energy by moving objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The external vibrational stimulation compensates for the reduced energy output of aging digestive muscles. The powered arrangement provides the necessary mechanical energy to accelerate muscle contraction and food transit, thereby reducing toxin absorption and disease risk without requiring the aging muscles to consume excessive energy on their own.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #18Mechanical vibration

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 appliance improves gastrointestinal health by increasing the speed of food and toxin transit through the intestines, reducing nutrient absorption and toxin buildup, thereby enhancing overall health with short-term treatments.

Implementation Method 1

A powered arrangement is adapted for exercising the muscles controlling the digestive action of the small and large intestines of the human body

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectVibration: Vibration

Data Source

PatentUS20240358575A1Improved system for gastrointestinal health

Publication Date: 2024.10.31 LACY FRANKLIN R

AI summary

A vibrating platform with a plurality of body contact members which vibrate as the vibrating platform vibrates, the contact members being arranged into an array which makes contact with a patient's body over an area defined by the dimension of the small and large intestines over the patient's body and vibrate the muscles controlling digestive action, including disease control, when the contact members contact the exterior of the human body.