Apparatus for calculating nutrient requirement amount, an apparatus for suggesting a nutritional supplement, a blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement and a blending system of a nutritional supplement

• US 8,666,767 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nutrition Act Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Nutrition Act Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Masahito, Sano, Kayo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lubin, Valerie
• Application Number:
  US12/841,498
• Publication Number:
  US 20100287005A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,321 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 705/16, 435/13
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

It is provided with a medical inquiry processing unit for acquiring the response to a medical inquiry presenting medical inquiry items to a person to be examined, a nutrient requirement amount calculating unit for calculating the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined from the response to the medical inquiry, a nutritional supplement suggesting unit for suggesting the blend of a nutritional supplement based on the nutrient requirement amount of the person to be examined and a nutritional supplement blending unit for blending nutrients to prepare the nutritional supplement based on the blend of the nutritional supplement.

Claims

1. A blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement for blending nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement based on a result of checking a nutritional condition of a person to be examined, comprising:

a calculator configured to;

present a medical inquiry item to said person to be examined and acquire a response to a medical inquiry;

calculate nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined from said response to said medical inquiry;

suggest a blend of said nutritional supplement based on said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

blend nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement based on said blend of said nutritional supplement;

judge a presumed disease name based on a result of calculating said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

select a recommended medical institution corresponding to said presumed disease name;

output medical treatment recommendation information recommending a medical treatment at said selecting recommended medical institution; and

output a presumed disease name satisfying a presumption condition in a case that the presumption condition in a presumed disease name database is satisfied, said presumed disease name database configured to store said response to said medical inquiry, a nutritional condition indicating that a taken nutrient is sufficient, and said presumed disease name in association with one another.

2. The blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calculator is configured to:

receive a preparation request of said nutritional supplement based on blend information from said person to be examined; and

blend nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement in a case that said preparation request is received from said person to be examined.

3. The blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the calculator is configured to:

judge whether said person to be examined is taking in nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and whether said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients, as a result of said medical inquiry; and

output said medical treatment recommendation information in a case that it is judged that said person to be examined is taking in said nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients.

4. The blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said nutritional supplement is in liquid form, tablet form, capsule, or granules form.

5. The blending apparatus of a nutritional supplement as claimed in claim 4, wherein said nutritional supplement is a tablet or capsule.

6. A method of blending nutrients to prepare a nutritional supplement based on a result of checking a nutritional condition of a person to be examined, comprising steps performed by a calculator, the steps comprising:

presenting with a calculator a medical inquiry item to said person to be examined and acquiring a response to a medical inquiry;

calculating with the calculator nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined from said response to said medical inquiry;

suggesting with the calculator a blend of said nutritional supplement based on said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

blending with the calculator nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement based on said blend of said nutritional supplement;

judging with the calculator a presumed disease name based on a result of calculating said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

selecting with the calculator a recommended medical institution corresponding to said presumed disease name;

outputting with the calculator medical treatment recommendation information recommending a medical treatment at said selecting recommended medical institution; and

outputting with the calculator a presumed disease name satisfying a presumption condition in a case that the presumption condition in a presumed disease name database is satisfied, said presumed disease name database configured to store said response to said medical inquiry, a nutritional condition indicating that a taken nutrient is sufficient, and said presumed disease name in association with one another.

7. The method of blending nutrients as claimed in claim 6, wherein the steps further comprise:

receiving a preparation request of said nutritional supplement based on blend information from said person to be examined; and

blending nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement in a case that said preparation request is received from said person to be examined.

8. The method of blending nutrients as claimed in claim 6, wherein the steps further comprise:

judging whether said person to be examined is taking in nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and whether said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients, as a result of said medical inquiry; and

outputting said medical treatment recommendation information in a case that it is judged that said person to be examined is taking in said nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients.

9. The method of blending nutrients as claimed in claim 6, wherein said nutritional supplement is in liquid form, tablet form, capsule, or granules form.

10. The method of blending nutrients as claimed in claim 9, wherein said nutritional supplement is a tablet or capsule.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when read by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of blending nutrients to prepare a nutritional supplement based on a result of checking a nutritional condition of a person to be examined, the method comprising:

presenting a medical inquiry item to said person to be examined and acquiring a response to a medical inquiry;

calculating nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined from said response to said medical inquiry;

suggesting a blend of said nutritional supplement based on said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

blending nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement based on said blend of said nutritional supplement;

judging a presumed disease name based on a result of calculating said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined;

selecting a recommended medical institution corresponding to said presumed disease name;

outputting medical treatment recommendation information recommending a medical treatment at said selecting recommended medical institution; and

outputting a presumed disease name satisfying a presumption condition in a case that the presumption condition in a presumed disease name database is satisfied, said presumed disease name database configured to store said response to said medical inquiry, a nutritional condition indicating that a taken nutrient is sufficient, and said presumed disease name in association with one another.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a preparation request of said nutritional supplement based on blend information from said person to be examined; and

blending nutrients to prepare said nutritional supplement in a case that said preparation request is received from said person to be examined.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

judging whether said person to be examined is taking in nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and whether said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients, as a result of said medical inquiry; and

outputting said medical treatment recommendation information in a case that it is judged that said person to be examined is taking in said nutrients based on said nutrient requirement amount and said nutrient requirement amount of said person to be examined is not improved in regard to at least one of said nutrients.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 11, wherein said nutritional supplement is in liquid form, tablet form, capsule, or granules form.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein said nutritional supplement is a tablet or capsule.