KR101394174B1 - Smart self care electrical stumulus apparatus using bio sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

A smart self-care electric stimulating device using a bio sensor, capable of optimizing skin stimulation and skin contact stability and using biometric information by using the bio sensor in order to supplement mechanical flexibility, contact stability, and skin stimulation, is disclosed. The smart self-care electric stimulating device using the bio sensor includes: a manipulating part operated according to a user′s command; a bio sensor part attached to a body part of the user and collecting biometric information of the user; a main operating part electrically connected to the manipulating part and the bio sensor part and transceiving an operating signal from the manipulating part and a biometric information signal from the bio sensor part; a display part electrically connected to the main operating part displaying a proper operating mode for the user′s body by analyzing the biometric information signal and the operating signal; a conductive pad electrically connected to the main operating part and worn on each part of the body; and an electric stimulation output adjusting part applying an electric stimulation signal having proper intensity for each part of the body to the conductive pad by analyzing the biometric information signal.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a smart self-care electrical stimulation device using a biosensor,

The present invention relates to a smart self-care electric stimulation device, and more particularly, to a smart self-care electric stimulation device that utilizes biometric information using a biosensor to complement mechanical flexibility, contact stability, skin irritation and the like to optimize skin contact stability and skin irritation Self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor capable of performing a self-care function.

As the quality of life improves, the growing need for health is expected to lead to the expansion of the self-care market. In Korea, however, research and investment in personal electric stimulation devices are insufficient.

In the case of acupuncture treatment, it is not possible to use acupuncture therapy because it may cause legal problems when a person who is not a Korean oriental medical practitioner does so despite the high interest and demand for acupuncture therapy in acupuncture clinics and general hospitals. In addition, it is relieving the fear and inconvenience of the needle by the supplementary therapy for the pain treatment.

In particular, the global interest in obesity is increasing day by day, and internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, plastic surgeon, and oriental medicine clinic are going out of their major courses to run obesity related clinics.

In addition, nursing services for people such as the elderly, the disabled, the sick, and the mother are becoming specialized fields in individuals due to nuclear family and aging. In this way, if the self-care personal electric stimulation device market which is growing in size is lacking in the products satisfying the consumers' desire among the domestic products, it will eventually depend on the imports, which in turn leads to waste of foreign currency, Lt; / RTI >

As a part of this, recently, research on pain treatment and obesity management products which are consuming a lot in the self-care personal electric stimulation device market has been actively carried out, but it is out of the limit of simple program of low frequency stimulator and related medical devices It is a fact that I can not. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop a self-care personal electric stimulation device that can be conveniently and effectively used by anyone based on the development and research of new devices.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2002-0089481 (published on November 29, 2002) discloses an electric stimulation apparatus and method.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a biosensor capable of easily and easily optimizing skin contact stability and skin irritation by utilizing biosensors using biosensors, And a smart self-care electric stimulation device using the biosensor that can be used.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor, comprising: an operation unit operated according to a command of a user; A biosensor attached to a body part of the user and collecting biometric information of the user; A main driving unit electrically connected to the operation unit and the biosensor unit and transmitting and receiving an operation signal from the operation unit and a biometric information signal from the biosensor unit; A display unit electrically connected to the main driving unit and analyzing the operation signal and the biometric information signal to display an operation mode suitable for the living body of the user; A conductive pad electrically connected to the main driving unit and worn for each part of the user's body; And an electric stimulation output controller for analyzing the bio-information signal and applying an electric stimulation signal of an appropriate intensity to the conductive pad according to a user's body part.

The smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to the present invention is a device for sensing the biometric information using a biosensor, which is out of the limit of a simple program of a conventional low frequency stimulator and related medical instruments, By outputting to the user, the electric stimulation region can be subdivided so that the user can control electric stimulation for each body part, and the problems of mechanical flexibility, contact stability, and skin irritation can be compensated.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a photograph schematically showing a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor of FIG. 1;
3 is a more detailed view of the main drive of FIG.
4 is a diagram for explaining an electrical stimulation output process.
5 is a view for explaining a driving method of a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The advantages and features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is capable of many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a smart self-care electric stimulation device using a biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a smart care electric stimulation device using the biosensor of FIG.

1 and 2, a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus 100 using a biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an operation unit 110, a biosensor unit 120, a main drive unit 130, A display unit 140, a conductive pad 150, and an electric stimulation output control unit 160. [

The operation unit 110 operates according to a command of the user 10. [ When the user 10 wears the conductive pad 150 and selects the treatment mode, the operation unit 110 outputs a selection signal of the selection signal and an output intensity according to the treatment mode to the main driver 130).

The operation unit 110 may include a power button, a time adjustment button, an intensity adjustment button, and a transfer mode button, and may further include buttons for various functions.

The power button serves to control the power on and off. The time adjusting button serves to adjust the time of the electrical stimulation applied to the conductive pad 150. These time adjustment buttons may be designed to be adjustable in intervals of 1 to 10 minutes. The intensity control button controls the intensity of the electric stimulus applied to the conductive pad 150. At this time, the intensity adjustment button is mounted for the purpose of adjusting the electric stimulation intensity by the user 10. The transfer mode button is installed for the purpose of cutting off the power when an emergency occurs.

In addition, the operation unit 110 may further include a remote controller receiving sensor for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a power button, a time adjusting button, and a transfer mode button using a remote controller. With this remote control sensor, the operation unit 110 may operate wirelessly according to the command of the user 10. [

The biosensor unit 120 is attached to a body part of the user 10 and collects biometric information of the user 10. At this time, the biosensor unit 120 measures the skin resistance according to the electrical conduction change of the skin of the user 10. In particular, the biosensor unit 120 may be attached to each of the body parts of the user 10, but is not limited thereto. The biosensor unit 120 may be attached to at least one selected from the hand, foot, abdomen, knee, .

The biosensor unit 120 measures the skin resistance value at the start of the operation by the operation unit 110 and transmits the skin resistance value measured every 10 to 20 minutes to the main driver 130. It is preferable that the biosensor unit 120 is attached to the conductive pad 150 so that the user 10 wears the conductive pad 150 on the human body and the biosensor unit 120 is attached to the body Since it can be easily attached.

The main driving unit 130 is electrically connected to the operation unit 110 and the biosensor unit 120 and transmits and receives an operation signal from the operation unit 110 and a biometric information signal from the biosensor unit 120. At this time, the main driving unit 130 analyzes the biometric information of the user 10 using the skin resistance value measured from the biosensor unit 120 to adjust the output intensity of the electric stimulation signal applied to the conductive pad 150 .

The display unit 140 is electrically connected to the main driver 130 and analyzes an operation signal and a biometric information signal to display an operation mode suitable for a body part of the user 10. [ At this time, the display unit 140 displays an operation indication, a time indication, an intensity indication, a mode indication, and the like to the user 10.

The display unit 140 may be an LCD panel, so that it is possible to display an image of a clear image quality and a sense of aesthetics can be maintained.

The conductive pad 150 is electrically connected to the main driver 130 and is worn by the body part of the user 10. The conductive pad 150 may include at least one selected from a hand, a belly, a foot, a knee pad, a circular pad, and the like. Among them, it is preferable to use the abdomen belt in which four to six channels of ceramics are arranged in the form of a spheroid. This is because the design position of the ceramic is diversified cognitively, so that it can be used precisely to the menstrual region irrespective of the human body structure of the user. Thus, when designing the structure with four or more channels, it is possible to diversify the design position of the ceramics cognitively, so that it can be easily used in accordance with the menstrual region regardless of the body structure of the user.

The electrical stimulation output controller 160 analyzes the biometric information signal and applies an electrical stimulation signal of an appropriate intensity to the conductive pad 150 according to the body part of the user 10.

When electric stimulation is applied to gyeongmaek or blood circulation and electric stimulation is applied to the body part, it affects the red blood cells containing iron of the human body, so the ionization tendency is small and the body fluid becomes acidified. Therefore, when electrical stimulation is applied to the human body while stimulating the sympathetic nerve and the electric stimulation is applied to the human body in reverse to the gyeongmaek and the blood circulation, the tendency of ionization increases and the surrounding tissues are relatively reduced to supply electrons. At this time, when the electrons are supplied, the blood is alkalized, and the parasympathetic nerves are stimulated. As a result, it can be effective for hypertension and acute inflammatory diseases. In this case, parasympathetic nerve is dominant up to 4 mm from the surface of the skin, and sympathetic nerve is dominant at depth above it. Thus, electric stimulation that strikes less than 4 mm stimulates parasympathetic nerves, and stimulates the sympathetic nerves by stimulating more than that.

In this case, the biometric information signal measured using the biosensor 120 is analyzed by the electrical stimulation output controller 160, and the biometric information signal is transmitted to the conductive pad (for example, 150, not only can the stimulation region be subdivided, but it may also be possible for the user 10 to control the electrical stimulation by body parts.

FIG. 3 is a more detailed view of the main drive unit of FIG. 1, which will be described in connection with FIG.

1 and 3, the main driving unit 130 includes an operation unit 110, a biosensor unit 120, a display unit 140, a conductive pad 150, and an electric stimulation output control unit 160, . At this time, the main driver 130 processes a command that the user 10 transmits via wired or wireless using the operation unit 110. [

The main driver 130 may include a control hardware 132 and control software 134. The control hardware 132 may comprise a micro controller unit (MCU), a memory, a pulse width modulation generator (PWM), and the like.

Particularly, the main driving unit 130 analyzes the biometric information signal of the user 10 input from the biosensor unit 120 and outputs an electric stimulation signal to the electric stimulation output control unit 160, Deliver command to provide electrical stimulation. That is, the main driving unit 130 receives and processes the command of the user 10, measures the biometric information of the user 10, and provides the user 10 with appropriate electrical stimulation using the measured information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an electrical stimulation output process, which will be described in connection with FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, biometric information of the user 10 collected using the biosensor unit 120 is stored in the control hardware 132.

The data obtained by analyzing the biometric information of the user 10 is stored in the memory of the control hardware 132. The output intensity value determined in the memory is transmitted to the electric stimulation output control unit 160, , A foot pad, a knee pad, a circular pad, and the like. At this time, the electric stimulation output may be performed for a predetermined time period, for example, 15 minutes by the sensor timer, or for a predetermined time period of the user 10.

The smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the simple program of the conventional low frequency stimulator and the related medical instruments, and recognizes the biometric information using the biosensor, By outputting the most suitable electric stimulation to the human body, the electric stimulation region can be subdivided so that the user can control the electric stimulation by the body region, and the problems of mechanical flexibility, contact stability, and skin irritation can be compensated.

Particularly, in the smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the operation is started by pressing the power button, the user's biometric information is measured by the biosensor attached to the conductive pad, The collected biometric information is transmitted to the main driving unit. The main driving unit analyzes the received biometric information and provides the user with the electric stimulus of appropriate intensity through the electric stimulation output control unit to the user using the conductive pad.

At this time, if the intensity of the electric stimulation output is not suitable for the user, the user can adjust the intensity using the intensity control button and adjust the time. In addition, when an emergency occurs, all operations can be stopped through the transfer mode button. All information about this situation is displayed to the user through the display unit, so that the user can check the information about the electric stimulation he / she is currently receiving.

Therefore, the smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to the embodiment of the present invention can easily and safely optimize skin contact stability and skin irritation by utilizing the biometric information using the biosensor, So that the stimulation region can be segmented and the use can be simplified.

Hereinafter, a method of driving a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a driving method of a smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using a biosensor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

In step S110, the output intensity value determined in the memory is transmitted to the electric stimulation output controller, and electric stimulation is applied to the conductive pad through the output port.

In step S120, the intensity of the electric stimulus applied to the conductive pad is determined. At this time, if the user satisfies the strength of the electric stimulation, the subsequent step S 130 is performed. If the user does not satisfy the strength of the electric stimulation, the user performs the step S 125. In step S125, the user adjusts the output of the electric stimulus to an intensity suitable for the user using the intensity control button on the operation unit.

In step S130, an electric stimulus is output for a predetermined operation time.

In step S140, it is determined whether or not the preset time has been normally completed. At this time, when the emergency stop command is issued, the operation time is reset to re-output the electric stimulation for a preset time.

In step S150, the electrical stimulation output is terminated.

As described above, in the method of driving the smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor according to the embodiment of the present invention, when the operation is started by pressing the power button, the biosensor attached to the conductive pad, And the collected bio-information is transmitted to the main driving unit. The main driving unit analyzes the received bio-information and supplies the electric stimulation of appropriate strength to the user through the electric stimulation output control unit .

At this time, if the intensity of the electric stimulation output is not suitable for the user, the user can adjust the intensity using the intensity control button, and the time can also be adjusted. In addition, when an emergency occurs, all operations can be stopped through the transfer mode button. All information about this situation is shown to the user through the display unit, which allows the user to view information about the electrical stimulus he is currently receiving.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. These changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention should be determined by the following claims.

100: smart self-care electric stimulation device 110:
120: Biosensor section 130: Main drive section
140: display part 150: conductive pad
160: Electrical Stimulation Output Adjustment Unit 10: User

Claims (10)

An operating unit operating according to a command of the user;
A biosensor attached to a body part of the user and collecting biometric information of the user;
A main driving unit electrically connected to the operation unit and the biosensor unit and transmitting and receiving an operation signal from the operation unit and a biometric information signal from the biosensor unit;
A display unit electrically connected to the main driving unit and analyzing the operation signal and the biometric information signal to display an operation mode suitable for the living body of the user;
A conductive pad electrically connected to the main driving unit and worn for each part of the user's body; And
And an electric stimulation output controller for analyzing the bio-information signal and applying an electric stimulation signal of a different intensity to the conductive pad according to a user's body part,
Wherein the biosensor part has one end attached to the conductive pad and the other end attached to the skin of the user,
The biosensor measures the skin resistance according to the electrical conduction change of the user skin, measures the skin resistance value at the start of the operation by the operation unit, transmits the skin resistance value measured every 10 to 20 minutes to the main driver ,
Wherein the main driver controls the output intensity of the electric stimulation signal applied to the conductive pad by analyzing the user's biometric information using the skin resistance value measured from the biosensor part, Self-care electrical stimulation device.
The method according to claim 1,
The conductive pad
Wherein the at least one pad comprises at least one of a finger, a hand, a belly, a foot, a knee pad, and a circular pad.
3. The method of claim 2,
The abdominal belt
A smart self-care electric stimulation apparatus using the biosensor, wherein four to six channels of ceramics are arranged in a spheroid shape.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The biosensor unit
Wherein the skin resistance of at least one of the hand, foot, abdomen, knee, arm and shoulder of the user is measured.
delete delete The method according to claim 1,
The biosensor unit
Wherein the biosensor is attached to the conductive pad.
The method according to claim 1,
The operating portion
A power button for controlling on and off of the power source,
A time adjusting button for adjusting a time of electric stimulation applied to the conductive pad,
An intensity control button for controlling intensity of an electric stimulus applied to the conductive pad;
And a transfer mode button for detecting the occurrence of an emergency and for shutting off the power supply.
10. The method of claim 9,
The operating portion
Further comprising a remote controller receiving sensor for wirelessly transmitting and receiving the power button, the time adjusting button, and the transfer mode button using a remote controller.

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