Wearable Breath Analysis Device for Personalized Product Recommendations
Solution Overview
Problem
Current genetic and microbiome testing services are inconvenient, invasive, and compromise privacy, with lengthy turnaround times and results that are often irrelevant or not tailored to individual needs, lacking immediacy and solution-based approaches.
Innovation Solution
A method and system for secure, home-based biological testing using biomarkers and a wearable device that analyzes breath samples, providing immediate and personalized product recommendations without disclosing genetic or microbiome information, ensuring privacy and convenience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If conventional genetic testing services are used, then genetic analysis can be performed, but the process is time-consuming and inconvenient requiring clinic visits or sample posting
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables users to perform genetic testing themselves at home by collecting their own breath samples using a portable device, eliminating the need for clinic visits or postal services. The user independently completes sample collection, device operation, and result retrieval.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces complex laboratory-based mechanical testing systems with a portable breath analysis device that uses chemical sensors to detect genetic markers directly from breath samples, enabling rapid at-home testing.
2Reliability
If biological samples are sent to remote laboratories, then genetic analysis can be performed, but privacy and confidentiality concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts the genetic analysis capability from centralized laboratories and places it in a portable device that processes samples locally. The device contains integrated sensors and processing circuits that perform genetic marker detection without requiring external laboratory infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The portable device acts as an intermediary between the user's biological sample and the analysis process, performing local processing and only transmitting minimal result data to remote servers, thereby protecting genetic information privacy while maintaining analysis reliability.
3Productivity
If generic analysis reports are provided, then testing can be completed, but results are not tailored to individual needs and lack actionable recommendations
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-loads the portable device with a database of genetic markers, product information, and recommendation algorithms before use. This enables the device to immediately analyze test results and generate personalized product recommendations without requiring post-testing processing or interpretation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the genetic analysis into specific detectable markers and matches them with corresponding product categories and recommendations. The device divides the complex genetic profile into actionable insights that directly inform product selection and health recommendations.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented system for providing recommendations to a user in respect of consumable or topically appliable products, such as food and beverages. At least a part of the system is a body-worn part (e.g., a wearable device). The system includes a product code reader, one or more sensors for obtaining data indicative of one or more physiological/biochemical functions of the user, or indicative of a user environment, and a processor configured to determine product recommendations for products identified using the product code reader, based upon a user's personal biological information and data obtained using the sensor(s). The wearable device can include a memory storing a database of product codes and associated product recommendations.