242 results about "Alcoholic drinking" patented technology

This invention relates to intelligent video surveillance fuzzy logic neural networks, camera systems with local and network-shared communications for facial, physical condition and intoxication recognition. The device we reveal helps reduce underage drinking by detecting and refusing entrance or service to subjects under legal drinking age. The device we reveal can estimate attention of viewers of advertising, entertainment, displays and the like. The invention also relates to method, and Vision, Image and related-data, database-systems to reduce the volume of surveillance data through automatically recognizing and recording only occurrences of exceptions and elimination of non-events thereby achieving a reduction factor of up to 60,000. This invention permits members of the LastCall™ Network to share their databases of the facial recognition and identification of subjects recorded in the exception occurrences with participating members' databases: locally, citywide, nationally and internationally, depending upon level of sharing permission.

The object of the present invention is to minimize the risks of dose dumping associated with the concomitant consumption of alcohol and certain modified-release pharmaceutical or dietetic forms. The invention relates to an oral form comprising microparticles of the reservoir type for the modified release of at least one active principle (AP), characterized in that it is resistant to immediate dumping of the dose of AP in the presence of alcohol. In particular, the oral form according to the invention is characterized in that the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcoholic solution is not reduced more than 3-fold relative to the time taken to release 50% of the AP in an alcohol-free aqueous medium. The form comprises an agent D, which is a pharmaceutically acceptable compound whose hydration or solvation rate or capacity is greater in an alcohol-free aqueous medium than in alcoholic solution

A vehicle access system is disclosed for preventing the operation of vehicles by operators who are impaired due to various reasons including alcohol consumption, drug use and fatigue. The system identifies the vehicle operator and implements automated tests or tests with manual intervention to determine the ability of vehicle operators to properly control the vehicle prior to and during the operation of the vehicle.

An automated medication dispensing system provides for triggering a medication administration message when an inferred event is detected for which a medication administration message is to be sent. The event might be the start, the beginning, or an anticipation of a start, of an eating event, detected by an event detection module from gestures of a user from a set of sensor readings. The message can be a signal to medication dispensing apparatus, and / or a reminder message to the user, an ancillary message to a caregiver, health professional, or others. The medication administration message might comprise a signal to an input of an insulin management system or an input of a meal-aware artificial pancreas. The events might also include a drinking event, a smoking event, a personal hygiene event, and / or a medication related event.

In order to provide an alcohol test device which can keep evidence that an identical person has been surely tested in an alcohol test, the alcohol test device includes an alcohol test unit which measures alcohol concentration from breath exhaled by a subject; a drinking determination unit which determines whether or not the subject is in a drunken state on the basis of a measurement result of the alcohol test unit; a camera unit which photographs a face image of the subject when the breath is exhaled into the alcohol test unit; a face authentication identical person determination unit which compares a face image photographed by the camera unit with a face image of the subject himself (herself) preliminarily photographed, and performs identical person authentication which determines whether or not the subject is the identical person; a result control unit which edits combining a result of identical person authentication by the face authentication identical person determination unit and a result of drinking determination by the drinking determination unit; and a result display unit which displays a result edited by the result control unit.

An anti-intoxication composition and method of making and using are provided for treating and preventing drinker's remorse and other toxic effects of excessive alcohol consumption by humans. The anti-intoxication composition is an acidic mixture containing sweeteners, flavoring agents, food additives and a processed mixture of metallic salts, sulfuric acid, ammonium sulfate and water. When the anti-intoxication composition is ingested, it promotes the beneficial metabolism of alcohol, primarily ethanol, in the body. The beneficial metabolism results in the conversion of alcohol to amino acids and eliminates the toxic reactions of a hangover, including, but not limited to, a pounding headache, nausea, dry mouth, shaking hands, hypersensitivity to bright lights and sounds.

Method and system for self-assessment of drinking behavior. According to one embodiment, the method includes examining a transdermal alcohol response curve obtained from a drinking event, querying a user on their feelings of intoxication after or during the event, and using the combination of the objective measurement and subjective feelings of intoxication to provide an alert or status during subsequent drinking events. In so doing, the method mitigates at least some of the drawbacks associated with conventional alcohol monitoring devices by correlating an individual's reported feelings of intoxication with an objective transdermal measurement of alcohol.

Disclosed are a method for determining whether a person is drunk after consuming alcohol on the basis of a difference among a plurality of formant energy energies, which are generated by applying linear predictive coding according to a plurality of linear prediction orders, and a recording medium and a terminal for carrying out the method. The alcohol consumption determining terminal comprises: a voice input unit for receiving voice signals and converting same into voice frames and outputting the voice frames; a voiced / unvoiced sound analysis unit for extracting voice frames corresponding to a voiced sound from among the voice frames; an LPC processing unit for calculating a plurality of formant energy energies by applying linear predictive cording according to the plurality of linear prediction orders to the voice frames corresponding to the voiced sound; and an alcohol consumption determining unit for determining whether a person is drunk after consuming alcohol on the basis of a difference among the plurality of formant energy energies which have been calculated by the LPC processing unit, thereby determining whether a person is drunk after consuming alcohol depending on a change in the formant energy energies generated by applying linear predictive coding according to the plurality of linear prediction orders to voice signals.

A drinking spout for beverage cans, bottles, cups or handheld containers that temporarily hold a drinking fluid (beverage), which can be carbonated or a hot drink under pressure and which is closed off by the spout. Spilling of the fluid held therein is prevented during awkward drinking situations such as in cars while driving, walking or other less controlled drinking conditions. The fluid in the container, remains under pressure while permanent access is possible through the spout. The spout comprises a suction piece that is leak tight attached to a valve housing which holds a spring, a centrally perforated inverted membrane and a valve. When suction is applied to the spout, the inverted membrane moves downwards thereby opening the valve against the internal pressure of the bottle or container and allowing fluid to pass to the mouth. When the suction stops, a spring closes the valve. Air venting is provided, through the same valve, when the internal gas pressure drops below the atmospheric pressure.

The invention discloses a compound prepared by probiotic-fermented traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) preparation as well as a preparation method and application of the compound. The compound takes a culture solution containing crude TCM drugs such as astragalus, semen hoveniae, flower of kudzuvine, radix paeoniae alba and ligusticum wallichii, and takes fermentation liquor fermented by probiotics, such as bifidobacterium bifidum, lactobacillus acidophilus and bacillus subtillis, as an effective ingredient. The compound disclosed by the invention can be used for promoting ethanol metabolism in the liver, lowering ethanol concentration in blood, enhancing the endurance capacity of a human body to alcohol, and alleviating discomforts of head and face redness, dizziness and the like caused by alcohol. Foods and healthcare foods prepared by the compound disclosed by the invention can be taken as safe and reliable anti-alcoholic products for preventing and alleviating excessive drinking.

The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine preparation having functions of neutralizing the effect of alcoholic drink, reducing blood fat and protecting the liver and cardio-cerebral blood vessels, which comprises the following compositions: 20 to 80 percent of pollen pini, 10 to 70 percent of kudzu root extract, 5 to 50 percent of nutmeg extract and 5 to 30 percent of auxiliary materials. The traditional Chinese medicine preparation is health-care food prepared from pure natural food, namely the pollen pini, kudzu roots and nutmeg which are taken as main raw materials by a reasonable formula, specially aims to people suffering from chronic alcohol drinking, fat people and patients suffering from hypertension, hyperlipemia and hyperglycemia and chronic diseases, and achieves the aim of protecting chemical liver damage by protecting the liver and resisting lipid overoxidation damage of the liver caused by alcoholism. The pollen pini contains rich antioxidative substances, and can lighten lipid overoxidation damage of alcohol on the liver, strengthen metabolism of fatty acid in hepatocyte, and reduce fat deposition in the hepatocyte; the nutmeg has the function of regulating spleen and stomach; and the kudzu roots also have the function of relieving cerebral vasospasm, so that the traditional Chinese medicine preparation achieves the aim of relieving symptoms such as headache, stomach upset, dyspepsia and poor health after drinking.

A system and method for monitoring and screening individuals subject to voluntary or mandatory personal conduct restrictions, such as prohibitions on alcohol and drug use, as well as geographic travel limitations using remote wireless communications and smartphone technology. A computer software program, including a Client Module and a downloadable Subject Module is preferably provided as part of the system to facilitate the execution of the method. Biometric verification of the Subject's identity is achieved via wireless communication from the subject to the Client. A comparison of a first facial photograph obtained from the subject in a known, non- impaired condition with a current facial photograph obtained from the subject and wirelessly transmitted to the client provides a basis for determining a probability of cognitive impairment. GPS data obtained from the Subject's smartphone enables compliance with travel requirements.

The invention relates to the technical field of health-care products for dispelling the effects of alcohol and particularly relates to a solid composition for dispelling the effects of the alcohol. The solid composition is composed of 30-38 parts of fructo-oligosaccharide, 25-30 parts of erythritol, 5-10 parts of L-glutamine, 6-8 parts of corn peptides, 4-8 parts of lobed kudzuvine root powder, 2-5 parts of hovenia acerba lindl, 5-10 parts of crataegus pinnatifida bunge, 3-5 parts of smoked plums, 1.0-1.5 parts of silicon dioxide and 0-0.28 part of stevioside. The solid composition can be used for rapidly reducing the content of alcohol in blood after being drunk so as to promote the metabolism and the elimination of the alcohol in the body; liver damage is reduced and fatty livers are prevented from being generated by invading livers by ethanol; the solid composition has the liver protection efficacy. The preparation method of a solid beverage for dispelling the effects of alcohol is simple and low in cost, and the solid beverage is reasonable in medicine compatibility and is sour and sweet and tasty; erythritol is innovatively added so that the product has a cool sweet mouth feel, and the bitter taste, traditional Chinese medicine tastes and the like in traditional Chinese medicines can be hidden; the consumption crowd is greatly expanded so that the market prospect is wide.

The invention discloses a solid wine, in particular to a solid effervescent wine, which is characterized in that: the solid wine adopts solid wine powder as raw material, and then auxiliary materials of antacids, alkaline agent, filler, adhesive, lubricant, sweetener, correction, toning agent, and stabilizer, etc. are added, to produce effervescent granules or effervescent tablets. When being put into the water, the solid effervescent wine disintegrates without any stirring, produces a great number of bubbles. Moving like the effervescent, the solid wine has the advantages of convenient storage, delivery and carrying, and no preservatives. The users can adjust the concentration of the wine in accordance with the needs. In addition, the solid wine is more suitable for travelling and for the elders and women who can not drink a lot.

The invention relates to healthcare radix puerariae nutrition powder capable of preventing alcoholic liver injury. The healthcare radix puerariae nutrition powder is characterized by being prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 800-850 parts of radix puerariae powder, 50-100 parts of seasoning powder, 25-30 parts of radix puerariae flowers, 5-10 parts of white paeony roots, 5-10 parts of ginseng, 20-25 parts of poria cocos, 20-30 parts of longan aril, 5-10 parts of medlar and 10-15 parts of carapace. The healthcare radix puerariae nutrition powder is good in mouth feel, has a very good effect of preventing alcoholic liver injury, guarantees that people can avoid liver injury caused by drinking while enjoying delicious foods such as cakes and noodles, and has a wide market prospect.

The invention relates to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines, and in particular relates to a traditional Chinese medicine composition capable of dispelling the alcohol effect and nourishing the liver and a preparation method thereof. The composition is prepared from root of kudzu vine, semen hoveniae, chrysanthemum, roasted malt, fingered citron, lalang grass rhizome, wolfberry, ginger slices, orange peels, hawthorn, mulberries and liquorice. The medicine composition disclosed by the invention has the functions of dispelling the alcohol effect, promoting liver detoxification, invigorating the stomach and tonifying the spleen, can effectively relieve bad symptoms such as headache, dizziness, emesis, thirst and stomach discomfort caused by too much drinking or alcoholism, and has an obvious protective effect for the liver, intestines and stomach.

The present invention discloses a liver protecting and alcoholism dispelling nutritional and health-care drink and particularly relates to a nutritional and health-care drink prepared by several traditional Chinese medicinal extracts. The nutritional and health-care drink is mainly prepared from the following Chinese herbal medicines: raisin tree seeds, dried orange peels, radix puerariae, pueraria lobata flowers, haws, corn silk, radix angelicae sinensis, and poria cocos. The health-care drink has health-care efficacies of lowering lipids, lowering blood pressure, protecting liver and dispelling alcoholism, and is especially suitable for the drinking of the middle aged and elderly people and drinking people.

The invention discloses a beverage with drink for relieving alcoholic effect and protecting liver. The beverage is prepared from a traditional Chinese herb fermented extract, a stabilizing agent, a sweetening agent, salt and water. The beverage is prepared from natural materials without side effect, can be used for effectively promoting alcohol metabolism and relieving the discomfort after drinking, has a remarkable protecting effect on alcoholic liver injury, and has functions of relieving alcoholic effect, increasing the liquor capacity, protecting liver and refreshing. The beverage has good taste, is convenient to drink, and can be taken while the liquor is drunk.

The invention discloses application of an infinite coordination polymer with a visual alcoholic strength sensing function. An ICP material coated with a guest molecule is instable to water and has an optical sensing function of the guest molecule, so that the alcoholic strength of white spirit can be directly and visually analyzed and measured. The method comprises the following steps of: dispersing the simply synthesized ICP material in ethanol, adding the commercially available white spirit, performing ultrasonic and centrifugal detection, performing visual analysis and fluorometric analysis on supernatant liquid, and substituting the measurement value into a standard curve so as to obtain the alcoholic strength of the white spirit. The method has the advantages of high sensitivity, fast response, low cost, low demand on sample quantity and the like; more important, the method is easy to operate, high in stability and suitable for field measurement. Therefore, the method for analyzing and measuring the alcoholic strength of white spirit has wide application prospects in aspects of controlling excessive alcohol consumption, preventing drunk driving, maintaining social public security and the like.

The invention relates to dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea containing traditional Chinese medicine components. The dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea containing traditional Chinese medicine components comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 10-20% of lucid ganoderma, 5-15% of pueraria flower, 15-25% of root of kudzu vine, 15-25% of hovenia dulcis thunb, 15-25% of schisandra chinensis and the balance of black tea. The dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea comprises traditional Chinese medicine components mainly, has an obvious dealcoholic liver protection effect and can speed up an alcohol digestion and composition process of multiple organs of a human body to alcohol, so that ethanol can be rapidly discharged from the human body, and damage to liver owning to excessively drinking is reduced; alcohol tolerance dose can be increased when the dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea is drunk before drinking, and various symptoms caused by drunkenness can be eliminated or alleviated when the dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea is drunk after drinking; the dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea has the effects of energizing, restoring consciousness, relieving fatigue, enhancing immunity and inducing urination. The dealcoholic liver protection health protection tea is easy to make and low in cost, has not toxic and side effect and meets national hygiene requirements.

The invention relates to a formula and a processing technology a health care beverage for relieving hangover and protecting liver, specifically a formula and a processing technology of a health beverage containing Ganoderma lucidum, flammulina velutipes and root of kudzu vine, and belongs to the field of food and beverage processing. High-quality Ganoderma sinensis, flammulina velutipes and root of kudzu vine as the raw materials are subjected to scientific processing to extract Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide, flammulina velutipes polysaccharide and pueraria flavones, which are prepared into a health care beverage with effects of protecting liver, relieving hangover and regulating immunity. The beverage is suitable for long-term drinking by long-time drinkers and people requiring liver protection, and has no toxic or side effect.

A health-care product for protecting liver from alcohol damage and nourishing stomach is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 5-50 parts of kudzuvine flower, 5-50 parts of kudzuvine root, 5-50 parts of artemisia capillaris, 5-50 parts of pollen, 1-10 parts of semen hoveniae extract, 1-10 parts of purple perilla extract, 1-10 parts of orange peel extract and 1-10 parts of talcum powder. The health-care product keeps the natural activity of all formulation raw materials, thereby achieving a remarkable anti-alcohol effect; while the effects of alcohol are dispelled, visceral organs, such as liver and stomach, are protected from damage caused by drinking; the anti-alcohol capability of the human body is enhanced, and the alcohol tolerance is improved. The product can be not only used in drinking emergency but also taken for a long time, has the effects of protecting the liver and nourishing the stomach, as well as reducing blood fat, blood pressure and blood sugar, losing weight and beautifying, can effectively regulate the navel and stomach functions, strengthen the organic immunity and delaying senescence, and has very good health-care effects on dyspepsia, constipation and the like.

The invention discloses an individual liquor capacity evaluation method and system based on related factors of liquor capacity. The method comprises the following steps: 1) collecting personal information and genetic information of an assessed person, the personal information including age, gender, weight, height and other input items, and 2) calculating the liquor capacity f according to the input personal information, and a gene coefficient and a metabolic formula corresponding to the genetic information. The system comprises an input module, an algorithm module and an output module. The input module is used for inputting the collected personal information and genetic information of the assessed person; the algorithm module is used for calculating the liquor capacity f according to inputpersonal information, a gene coefficient corresponding to genetic information and a metabolic formula, and the output module is used for outputting the liquor capacity f as a result and outputting aset EBAC score and drinking duration at the same time.

The invention provides an equipment and a system that addresses the key concerns of eating / drinking in public while minimizing the chance of contamination of the eater and the public in general. The equipment can be a face mask, a face shield or a helmet that completely encloses at least the mouth and the nose of a person while providing intermittent access to the mouth without removal of the equipment. A mouth opening is provided on the equipment which is selectively blocked or unblocked by a covering element moved by a moving mechanism that moves the cover element to block or unblock the mouth opening. The mouth opening is selectively blocked or unblocked based on the distance between an activating element provided on a utensil or a wearable device and a receiving element provided on the equipment.

The invention discloses an ALDH2 (aldehyde dehydrogenase 2) Gene polymorphism detection kit, having the advantages that detection sensitivity is high, the lowest detection limit is 7.8 pg DNA; the kitis simple to operate and allows point-of-care test without professional knowledge; the detection time is short, down to 45 min; the detection specificity is high, and the detection accuracy is very high since a specific fluorescent probe is used; nucleic acid extraction is not required, low-melting-point agarose is added, and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) is greatly avoided. When used with ParaDNA gene amplification detectors to carry out POCT (point-of-care test), the kit can be used to clinically provide guidance on the administration of nitroglycerin and the notification on the risk of alcohol drinking.

The present invention is a beverage for relieving and preventing harmful effects of alcohol consumption such as hangover and liver cell damage, which includes Curcuma longa Rhizome extract, L-Ornithineamino acid, and Inositol as active ingredients. The curcumin extracts standardized to ≥95% pure curcuminoids having at least 12% in the form of water-dispersible micelle liquid or at least 10% in the form of nanosuspension. A method for beverage composition includes a defined amount of curcumin extract, L-Ornithine Inositol, and sugar syrup, wherein the curcumin extract, L-Ornithine and Inositol Powder added to the separately prepared sugar syrup under constant stirring. The present invention accelerates In vivo decomposition of alcohol after drinking, thereby helping to relieve and prevent harmful effects of alcohol such as hangover and liver damage.

The invention discloses a compound pueraria flower soup alcohol effect-relieving beverage and a preparation method thereof. The beverage adopts pueraria flower and radix puerariae (fresh puerariae or dried puerariae slices) as main raw materials and is supplemented with poria cocos, dried ginger, dried orange peel, licorice, a sweetening agent, a sour agent, alpha-amylase, glucoamylase and other raw materials, and the clarified beverage with pueraria fragrance is prepared through a certain method. Six natural traditional Chinese medicines comprising pueraria flower, radix puerariae, poria cocos, dried ginger, dried orange peel and licorice each have efficacy, and the sweetening agent can improve the mouthfeel. Therefore, the beverage not only has functions of rapidly relieving alcohol effects, sobering up and protecting liver from being damaged by alcohol, but also can relieve stomach distension, nausea, vomiting, giddying, dizzying, thirst and other discomfortable feelings after drunkenness, eases heartbeat acceleration, blood pressure rising and other symptoms caused by excessive drinking, has the advantages of good mouthfeel, fresh and cool taste, no any toxic or side effects, simple preparation method, easy processing and long shelf life, and is a medicine-food dual-use item which meets national requirements and is both a food and a medicine.

The invention discloses hangover liver protection vinegar, a preparation method and application thereof in preparation of drugs or healthcare products for preventing and treating alcoholic liver injury. The hangover liver protection vinegar is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 1-80 parts of cordyceps militaris, 1-80 parts of fructus momordicae, 1-80 parts of medlar, 1-80 parts of hawthorn, 1-80 parts of kudzu root, 1-50 parts of licorice, 10-200 parts of honey and100-5000 parts of table vinegar. The hangover liver protection vinegar provided by the invention is screened and prepared by a large number of tests and is prepared from traditional natural medicine / food dual-purpose drugs with multiple healthcare functions; the hangover liver protection vinegar has no toxic or side effect, is safe and healthy, is free of flavoring agents, tastes sour and sweet and has unique flavor. As shown in experimental results, the hangover liver protection vinegar disclosed by the invention can greatly reduce AST and AST activity of mouse serum and MDA content of liver tissue in an alcoholic liver injury model, reinforce the SOD activity of the liver and has a good control effect on alcoholic liver injury and therefore can be widely applied to people who drinking liquor for a long time.

The present invention belongs to the field of health food, and is especially one kind of natural beverage liquid with sober-up function and its preparation. The beverage liquid consists of high grade squeezed olive oil and high grade cold milled lemon oil as the main components, and has no toxic side effect. It is delicious, and is drunk directly. It can protect stomach, liver and gall bladder and minimize the damage of alcohol on human body.

The invention discloses a drink with functions of dispelling effects of alcohol and protecting the liver, and a preparation method of the drink. The drink is prepared from the following materials: a base solution, enhanced ingredients and taste adjusting ingredients, wherein the base solution comprises manyflower solomonseal rhizome, Chinese mosla herb, root of lobed kudzuvine and flowers of lobed kudzuvine; the enhanced ingredients comprise antrodia camphorate, ginseng and mulberry juice; the taste adjusting ingredients comprise liquorice, platycodon root, dried tangerine peel, honey, sugar and edible flavor. The drink has the functions of dispelling effects of alcohol and protecting the liver, and has the advantages of being reasonable in preparation cost and the like, thus being widely popularized in all drinkers.