# US 10,765,254 B2 · Dispensing system for delivering customized quantities of dietary and nutraceutical supplements and flavor in a single and multi-serve configurations

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- Number: US 10,765,254 B2
- Document ID: US10765254B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/978,936
- Filed: 2018-05-14
- Published: 2020-01-02
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-28
- Assignees: Mixfit Inc.
- Applicants: Mixfit Inc.
- Inventors: Marco Iotti; Enald Beqiraj; Reza Zanjani; Jesse Caruso; Gianluca Colantonio
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765254B2

## CPC

- A47J 31/00: Apparatus for making beverages (household machines or implements for straining foodstuffs A47J19/00; preparation of non-alcoholic beverages, e.g. by adding ingredients to fruit or vegetable juices, A23L2/00; coffee or tea pots A47G19/14; tea infusers A47G19/16; brewing of beer C12C; preparation of wine or other alcoholic beverages C12G)
- A47J 31/402: {Liquid dosing devices}
- A23L 33/00: Modifying nutritive qualities of foods; Dietetic products; Preparation or treatment thereof
- A47J 31/407: {with ingredient-containing cartridges; Cartridge-perforating means}
- A47J 31/461: {Valves, e.g. drain valves}
- A61K 9/0095: {Drinks; Beverages; Syrups; Compositions for reconstitution thereof, e.g. powders or tablets to be dispersed in a glass of water; Veterinary drenches (A61K9/0007 takes precedence; eatable gels or foams A61K9/0056; oral mucosa adhesive forms A61K9/006)}
- G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers
- G16H 20/60: relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- A23L: FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF (preservation thereof A23B)
- A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA

## Abstract

A system and method for delivery of a beverage with a customized quantities of dietary and nutraceutical supplements in real time having a beverage delivery apparatus with a plurality of storage compartments. Each of the storage compartments configured to contain at least one seed capsule that contains the dietary and nutraceutical supplements. The dispensing apparatus for delivering a beverage with customized quantities of dietary and nutraceutical supplements and flavor in single and/or multi-serve configurations is also provided. The system further has a cloud-based data center with a nutrient recommendation engine configured to create a personalized nutrient mix regimen profile and to provide specific recommendation to a user.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dispensing system for delivering a beverage with customized quantities of dietary and nutraceutical supplements and flavor in single and/or multi-serve configurations, the dispensing system comprising:
a beverage delivery apparatus having a plurality of storage compartments each configured to store at least one canister, wherein each canister contains dietary and nutraceutical supplements, and wherein each of the storage compartments further comprising:
a dispensing unit having a top portion, a bottom portion and a measuring assembly, wherein the top portion has a first end and the bottom portion has a hinge end and a piercing end, and the first end of the top portion connects the top portion to the bottom portion at the hinge end of the bottom portion, and wherein the top portion is configured to receive the canister and the bottom portion has a funneling part configured to receive and dispense the dietary and nutraceutical supplements contained within the canister when the top portion having the canister connected with the funneling part of the bottom portion and the dispensing unit pivots to dispense the dietary and nutraceutical supplements contained within the canister, and wherein the measuring assembly comprises a motor and an auger screw, wherein motor is configured to rotate the auger screw thereby collecting predetermined quantiles of the dietary and nutraceutical supplements by the means of a known number of turns that are needed in order to collect and dispense an exact amount of the dietary and nutraceutical supplements;
a receiving chamber configured to receive the dietary and nutraceutical supplements from the dispensing unit and to blend the dietary and nutraceutical supplements with a liquid;
a single-serve assembly configured to dispense a single serving of the dietary and nutraceutical supplements into the beverage;
at least one flavoring component configured to deliver a flavored ingredient to the beverage;
a liquid container;
a controller for controlling dispensing of the customized quantities of dietary and nutraceutical supplements;
a cloud-base data center that comprises a nutrient recommendation engine which is configured to collect and analyze a user data, categorize the user data and to communicate with the dispensing unit through the controller a type and a dosage of the dietary and nutraceutical supplement to be dispensed into the receiving chamber based on the user data.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one mobile device connected with the cloud-base data center and configured to communicate the user data to the cloud-base data center.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one monitoring device connected with the cloud-base data center and configured to communicate the user data to the cloud-base data center in real time.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The dispensing system according to claim 3, wherein the at least one monitoring device is capable of collecting the user's bio-data in real time, wherein the user's bio-data comprises bioenergy and nutrients consumption, bioenergy and nutrients intake, heart rate and/or physical activity.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein the user data comprises information on biometrics data, direct and indirect input on food consumption, nutritional goals and activities.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein the nutrient recommendation engine configured to create a personalized nutrient mix regimen profile and to provide specific recommendation of a mix of the dietary and nutraceutical supplements based on the personalized nutrient mix regimen profile of the user and the user data.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, further comprising a user identification component.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system according to claim 1, wherein the beverage delivery apparatus further comprises a user interface configured to allow the user to input the user data and/or approve a delivery of a consumable beverage by the dispensing system.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system of claim 1, wherein the nutrient recommendation engine uses a modified Nutrient Balance Concept (NBC) having a qualifying index (QI) and a disqualifying index (DI) calculated by formula (I) and formula (II):
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### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system of claim 1, wherein the flavoring component comprises
a flavor housing;
an exoskeleton, the exoskeleton is configured to receive a flavor pouch, wherein the flavor housing has a pressure inlet and a pressure control outlet configured to increase and control pressure to bypass a counter pressure valve of the flavor pouch and release the predetermined volume of a flavoring.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The dispensing system of claim 1, wherein each dispensing unit of the plurality of dispensing units further comprises:
a drawer slidably connected to a support;
a first guide and a second guide configured to receive an identification technology and a locking mechanism of the capsule assembly, respectively, and the identification technology formed to be received by a detector;
a dosing screw that terminates in a dispensing outlet; and
a bracket configured to fixedly attach the dispensing unit to the apparatus.