Sense indicator composition
AssigneeContemporary Health Systems, LLC
InventorIra Schneider
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Abstract
Compositions, kits, and methods for indicating a symptom of a disease. The composition may include one or more components having a taste or smell property as an indicator of a symptom of a disease. When applied to a user's tongue or mouth, detection or lack of detection of the taste or smell property may indicate a person has temporarily lost his/her sense of smell or taste as a result of a disease, particularly COVID-19 infection or exposure.
Claims15
A sense indicator composition as an indicator of a symptom of a disease comprising:
- an active ingredient having a taste and smell property as an indicator of a symptom of a disease;
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- one or more non-active ingredients.
A method of indicating if a user has a symptom associated with exposure to COVID-19 virus, comprising:
- applying to a user's nose or tongue, a sense composition comprising one or more components having a taste and smell property as an indicator of a symptom of exposure to the COVID-19 virus;
- determining the taste or smell property of said composition as an indication that said user may have a symptom of a disease, wherein,
- if the user can smell the particular smell property, the user may not be suffering from the loss of smell as a symptom of COVID-19 infection,
- if the user is unable to smell the smell property, such inability to do so may indicate a symptom of being infected with COVID-19,
- if the user can taste the particular taste property, the user may not be suffering from the loss of taste as a symptom of COVID-19 infection, and
- if the user is unable to taste the taste property, such inability to do so may indicate a symptom of being infected with COVID-19.
A kit having two or more sense indicator compositions as an indicator of temporary loss of a user's sense of smell or taste as a result of exposure to COVID-19 virus, comprising:
- a first sense indicator composition having an active ingredient having a first taste and smell property, one or more non-active ingredients, and a delivery unit;
- a second sense indicator composition having an active ingredient having a second taste and smell property, said second taste and smell property being different than said first taste and smell property, one or more non-active ingredients, and a delivery unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.