CN101304700A - Lice extermination system and method - Google Patents
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Apparatus (10) is provided for treating an infested area (27) of a subject, the apparatus including a housing (20), and an illumination unit (22), which is coupled to the housing (20) and includes a light source (28) configured to emit light having an emission spectrum selected from the group consisting of: visible light and infrared light, which spectrum is better absorbed by an infestation of the area (27) than by tissue of the subject, the infestation including at least one infestation selected from the group consisting of: lice, and lice eggs, and the tissue including at least one tissue selected from the group consisting of: skin of the subject, and hair of the subject. The apparatus (10) further includes an optical guide unit (24), coupled to the housing (20), and configured to distribute the light to the area (27). Other embodiments are also described.
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The cross reference of related application
The application requires the preference of following application: (a) U.S. Provisional Patent Application of submitting on August 17th, 2,005 60/709,353, (b) U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/715,545 of JIUYUE in 2005 submission on the 8th, (c) U.S. Provisional Patent Application of submitting on February 8th, 2,006 60/771,937; These applications all are transferred to the application's assignee, and these applications are incorporated into this by reference.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to the processing to insect pest, specifically, the present invention relates to eliminate the method and apparatus of louse.
Background technology
People's pediculosis is meant people's scalp, health or pubes zone insect pest louse.The louse of head lays eggs on hair.Ovum is hatched larva, and larva grows up to sophisticated louse.Generally adopt chemical drugs that the insect pest of louse is handled traditionally, for example comprise shampoo, emulsion and cream such as the insecticides of benzene hexachloride (lindane), Malathion (malathion) or permethrin, these chemical drugss can kill louse and can not kill ovum.After these chemical drugss are handled, come to remove ovum with hands by scrutiny insect pest zone.For the purpose of chemically treated likely effectiveness, chemical treatment needs to repeat once usually at least, is removing the louse that the ovum omitted during the ovum hatches out with hands so that eliminate.Louse produces antibody to general chemical drugs just gradually.
In order to overcome the manual difficulty of removing louse, ovum and larva, developed a large amount of lice combs, wherein just comprise comb with meticulous isolated broach and comb with broach of special shape (for example, bottom broadening, prismatic).Some combs incorporate magnifier assist to search ovum.Some combs incorporate adhesive tape or gum spot catch louse.Thereby assisting to rock or mesh broach, some combs incorporate motor make comb become easy through hair, combing hair and/or injury louse.In order to kill the louse that captures between broach, some combs comprise the heater element that is used to heat broach.
Some combs comprise the vacuum accessory that is used to remove louse and flea, catch them thereby guide lice enters adhesive tape, and/or guide lice is by being marked with the filter of insecticide.Some combs comprise the device of electrocuting that is used for electrocuting at a distance louse.Some combs comprise revolving brush, and it is swept to louse on the sponge that is marked with insecticide.Some combs have the hollow broach, and by these hollow broach, comb is distributed to root of hair (for example, referring to the European patent application EP 1002477A1 of Lorenzo, this application is incorporated into this by reference) with steam or steam or insecticide.Thereby some combs are launched ultraviolet and head is carried out disinfection are removed insect and fungus.
Described in the moulding part that is arranged in hair and/or hair-care or the styling instrument or near UV photo-emission source at the United States Patent (USP) 6,053,180 of this Kwan that is merged in by reference.The UV photo-emission source is described as can help to kill and colonizes in originally on one's body microorganism that comprises spore, virus, fungus, antibacterial and louse of hair and/or fur and apparatus.
Described a kind of hand-held hair collating unit at this people's such as Kantor that are merged in by reference United States Patent (USP) 5,353,817, this device comprises: shell, and it is suitable for being held by user's hands; Array, it has a plurality of conduction teeth that stretch to the outside from shell; Fixture, it is used for a plurality of teeth are fixed on shell; Bringing device, it is used for applying electromotive force between adjacent teeth, thereby the louse or other insect that just in time are between the adjacent teeth are electrocuted; And mobile device, thereby it is used for selectively some teeth of a plurality of teeth are moved with respect to other teeth of described a plurality of teeth and helps it is cleared up.
United States Patent (USP) 5,072,746 and 5,178,168 at this Kantor that is merged in has by reference been described a kind of hand-held hair collating unit, and this device comprises: shell, and it is suitable for being held by user's hands; Array, it has a plurality of conduction teeth that stretch to the outside from shell; Fixture, it is used for tooth is fixed on shell; And bringing device, thereby it is used for electrocuting louse or other insect that suitably is between the adjacent teeth applying electromotive force between the adjacent teeth.
United States Patent (USP) 5,078,157 this people such as Golan that are merged in has by reference been described the equipment that is used for treatment of hair, and this equipment comprises: the hands handle; With the bonded hair separation equipment of handle, it is along the axis longitudinal extension; Thereby be used to that the relative axis of hair separation equipment is vibrated and repeat to tackle one group of hair and make the easy equipment that becomes that passes through of hair separation equipment; Be used to prevent that the hair separation equipment from knocking the equipment of the accompanying scalp part of hair.The hair separation equipment is with the relative axis vibration with relative less amplitude of higher relatively frequency, and this frequency is typically greater than 4000 circle per minutes and is preferably more than 10000 circle per minutes, and this amplitude typically is not more than 5 degree and preferably be not more than 2 degree.
Described to be used for eliminating at this people's such as Debourg that are merged in by reference United States Patent (USP) 5,628,332 and be present in a large amount of hairs that grow out from skin surface or the parasitic technology of fur, this device comprises: hand-held main body; Comb, it is fixed on this main body and comprises a plurality of teeth, and these teeth have be suitable in hair or hair the part that moves when this device are used; And energy source, it is used for promoting at least partly when hair or hair are mobile when tooth the temperature of hair or hair, thus wherein at least a portion of toothed portion be heat conduction and functionally be connected and eliminate the hair that contacts with described part or the parasite on the hair with the energy source that is used to provide enough heats.
United States Patent (USP) 6 this people such as Van Scoik that are merged in by reference, 685,969 and U.S. Patent Application Publication 2004/0126403 described by smearing the synthetic that can make the temperature of processing region become higher or lower than usual to eliminate skin epizoa such as flea, flat louse, acarid and louse from people or animal host.In one embodiment, processing is that the synthetic of release heat carries out when contacting with water by smearing.
United States Patent (USP) 6 this people such as Van Scoik that are merged in by reference, 689,394 have described by smearing in the insect pest zone and can make that the synthetic of organism dehydration eliminates skin epizoa such as flea, flat louse, acarid and louse from people or animal host.In one embodiment, processing is to have very by smearing that the anhydrous in fact synthetic of strongly hydrophilic carries out.Along with synthetic carries out hydration, it makes the insect dehydration and helps and for example by combing insect machinery is moved.
United States Patent (USP) 6 this people such as Burns that are merged in by reference, 875,421,6,440,388 and 5,997,846 have described by being bonded to chitin and can seeing that the dyestuff that the light time sends fluorescence contacts the method that comprises chitinous organism that detects on this zone with the specific region of people or animal.Appear in the processing region if comprise chitinous organism, the chitin of the organism dyestuff that just bonds so, and in case see light comprises chitinous organism and just becomes visible and be removed.
United States Patent (USP) 6 at this Pearlman that is merged in by reference, 541,455,6,350,734,6,303,581 and 6,265,384 have described the Method and kit for that is used to remove, handle or prevent the head louse infestation, it comprises smears can dry louse the stopping agent (pediculostatic agent) and keep the sufficiently long time so that the louse transfixion of effective dose partly on the louse infestation zone, described reagent is carried out drying and removes dried reagent smearing a little, thereby removed louse and nit.
United States Patent (USP) 5 at this Dolev that is merged in by reference, 261,427 have described a kind of lice comb device, and it is built into a portable hand-held shell, it comprise be used for heated air and will heat after air flow towards the hair-dryer of the one group of broach orientation that invests shell.Each broach in a plurality of broach all is formed with the cavity that the end has opening.Air communication after the heating is crossed broach and is directed and blows out at opening part, and the air after the heating departs from scalp at opening part by concave surface, blows out so it will invest root of hair neighbouring louse or nit.The temperature of the air after the heating has been eliminated louse and nit.
The method of utilizing the visual synthetic of nit to remove nit from the human or animal's that infected by insect pest hair has been described at this people's such as Reid that are merged in by reference United States Patent (USP) 5,972,987.Synthetic comprises the use of certain dyestuff, and this dyestuff can be adsorbed to the surface of nit, so another person can more easily see and remove ovum in combing or other moving process.Painted diffuse and also has dissolved propellant in one embodiment in water or spirit solvent.Synthetic is applied on the hair of infected person or infected animal, by brushing to handle or wash processing it is removed after drying subsequently.Be adsorbed to the chitin ectoskeleton of nit and the coloured material of adhesive and remain on the nit, thereby help the visual recognition of nit and nit is eliminated from hair.
United States Patent (USP) 5 at this Spiesel that is merged in by reference, 997,847 have described and are used for infecting the verminal method of arthropod by using fluorescent dye to detect the host, and wherein dyestuff dyes and their accompanying skin or hair do not dyeed vermin and/or parasitic ovum.Dyestuff can be combined in shampoo or the cleaning solvent and be applied on host's the scalp or other zone.Through after the suitable time, the solvent or the shampoo that comprise dyestuff are cleaned, and hair and the adjacent domain to the host checked under ultraviolet or nearultraviolet rays.This irradiation can make painted vermin and/or ovum shinny, therefore, diagnoses and removal subsequently thereby they become to be detected easily.What this method can be used for detecting sarcoptic mite (promptly hide on skin demodicid mite), head louse, health and pubic lice and any other arthropod vermin and they comprises the chitinous ovum of certain percentage.
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In an embodiment of the present invention, louse and ovum are eliminated device and are comprised shell, photoconduction and light source, and described light source has compared with the louse of skin of people or animal and the work of hair energy quilt and/or the emission spectra that ovum absorbs better.Typically, the emission spectrum of selection can be present in the ectoskeleton of louse and ovum and the hair or the chitin in the skin (a kind of polysaccharide) that are not present in people or animal absorb better.Even in order also to carry out evenly and irradiation completely this zone under the situation that distributes entirely or partly block at the insect pest zone head of a quilt, photoconduction typically is used for scattering light on a plurality of directions.Emission spectra typically comprises the wavelength that is in visible or infrared light (near, in or the far away) spectral region.It is hand-held typically or independent to eliminate device.For some application, eliminate device and be merged in comb, the helmet, glove or any other louse and ovum elimination device.
Therefore, according to embodiments of the invention, provide a kind of equipment that is used to handle the insect pest zone of main body, described equipment comprises:
Shell;
Illumination unit, it is connected to described shell, and described illumination unit comprises being built into and is used for radiative light source, the described light that emits has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light, described insect pest zone can absorb its spectrum better than organizing of described main body, described insect pest comprises at least a insect pest that chooses from the group of being made of following insect pest: louse and nit, and described tissue comprises from by at least a tissue to choose the group that undertissue was formed: the skin of described main body and the hair of described main body; With
Optical guide unit, it is connected to described shell, and described optical guide unit is built into described light is disseminated to described zone.
In one embodiment, insect pest comprises louse and ovum, and light source is built into to be used to launch and has the spectrographic light that can be absorbed by described insect pest better compared with described tissue.
Use for some, equipment comprises and is built into the cooling unit that is used to eliminate the unnecessary heat that is produced by described light source.For some application, equipment comprises comb, head-shield and/or glove, and photoconduction can be integrated on these objects.For example, comb can comprise tooth, and optical guide unit can comprise the photoconduction that is integrated into tooth.Use for some, light source comprises at least a light-emitting component that chooses from the group of being made up of following light-emitting component: incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED.For some application, optical guide unit is built into and is used for from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
In an embodiment, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.Use for some, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.Replacedly, use for some, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.Replacedly, use for some, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.Further replacedly, for some application, described emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has wavelength and be between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of equipment that is used to handle the insect pest zone of main body also is provided, described equipment comprises:
Shell;
Illumination unit, it is connected to described shell, and described illumination unit comprises being built into and is used for radiative light source, the described light that emits has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made of following light: visible light and infrared light, and carapace mass-energy absorbs described spectrum better than organizing of described main body; With
Optical guide unit, it is connected to described shell, and described optical guide unit is built into described light is disseminated to described zone.
Use for some, equipment comprises and is built into the chiller that is used to eliminate the unnecessary heat that is produced by described light source.For some application, equipment comprises head-shield, and photoconduction can be integrated on this head-shield.Replacedly, equipment comprises glove, and photoconduction can be integrated on these glove.Further replacedly, equipment comprises comb, and photoconduction can be integrated on this comb.For example, comb can comprise tooth, and optical guide unit can comprise the photoconduction that is integrated into tooth.
Use for some, light source comprises at least a light-emitting component that chooses from the group of being made up of following light-emitting component: incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED.For some application, optical guide unit is built into and is used for from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
In an embodiment, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.Use for some, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.Replacedly, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.Replacedly, described emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has wavelength and be between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.Further replacedly, described emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.
In one embodiment, equipment comprises being built into by the hair that moves described main body and assists light with described emission to be applied to assembly in the described insect pest.For example, this assembly can be built into the hair that promotes and/or separate main body.For some application, this assembly comprises that comb, single port attract applicator, multiport to attract applicator, flexible fastener and/or one or more hair fastener.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of method of handling main body also is provided, described method comprises step:
Discern the insect pest zone of described main body, described insect pest comprises at least a insect pest that chooses from the group of being made up of following insect pest: louse and louse ovum;
Launch such light, described light has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light, described insect pest zone can absorb described spectrum better than organizing of described main body, and described tissue comprises from by at least a tissue to choose the group that undertissue was formed: the skin of described main body and the hair of described main body; And
Light is disseminated to described zone.
According to embodiments of the invention, a kind of method of handling main body also is provided, described method comprises step:
Discern the insect pest zone of described main body;
Launch such light, described light has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light, and carapace mass-energy absorbs described spectrum better than organizing of described main body; And
Light is disseminated to described zone.
In one embodiment, the step of scattering light comprises that the light of assisting launch by the hair of mobile agent is applied in the described insect pest, for example promotes and/or separates hair.For some application, slip-on head is given out a contract for a project to draw together and is utilized comb to move hair, utilizes list or multiport to attract applicator to come hair is applied attraction, binds the hair to flexible fastener temporarily, and/or utilizes one or more hair fastener to come mobile hair.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic block diagram according to the elimination system of the louse of the embodiment of the invention and ovum;
Fig. 2 is the chitinous transmitted spectrum that uses in according to the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the cross sectional representation of the light source of the system shown in Figure 1 of each embodiment according to the present invention;
Fig. 4 A and 4B are the cross sectional representation of the illumination unit of the system shown in Figure 1 of each embodiment according to the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation according to the optical guide unit of the system shown in Figure 1 of the embodiment of the invention; With
Fig. 6 is that it comprises head-shield according to the sketch map of the system shown in Figure 1 of the embodiment of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic block diagram according to the elimination system 10 of the louse of the embodiment of the invention and ovum.System 10 comprises shell 20, illumination unit 22, optical guide unit 24 and power supply 26.Symbolically shown as light 44, optical guide unit 24 is disseminated to insect pest zone 27 such as body head with light.
Referring to Fig. 2, it is the figure of the chitinous transmitted spectrum that measures according to the embodiment of the invention.Illumination unit 22 is built into launches such light, and this light has louse and/or ovum can be than the emission spectra that absorbs better of organizing of people such as skin and hair or animal.Typically, emission spectra is selected at being present in louse and the ovum and is not present in hair of people or animal or the chitinous relative high absorbance in the skin.Therefore, typically, insect pest can absorb emission spectra better than organizing of main body.Typically, such irradiance is set, its rank enough is used to eliminate louse and/or ovum still is not enough to again main body is caused pain or tissue injury.
Below table highlights the several peak values in the light transmittance spectrogram shown in Figure 2:
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| Peak value # | Wave number (cm -1) | Wavelength (micron) | Light transmittance % |
| 1 | 3305.9 | 3.026 | 13.7 |
| 2 | 2963.1 | 3.375 | 14.3 |
| 3 | 2929.6 | 3.414 | 14.6 |
| 4 | 1650.3 | 6.06 | 10.0 |
| 5 | 1538.5 | 6.5 | 11.6 |
| 6 | 1396.4 | 7.161 | 15.0 |
| 7 | 1000.0 | 10.0 | 23.0 |
The emission spectra of the light that system 10 sends is discrete or successive, and typically comprises the wavelength in visible light and infrared light (near, in or the far away) spectral region.For example, wave-length coverage may fall between 0.5 micron to about 10 microns, between for example about 3 microns to 3.5 microns, between about 6 microns to 7 microns and/or between about 9 microns to 10 microns.
Fig. 3 A and 3B are the cross sectional representation of the light source 28 of each embodiment according to the present invention.In these embodiments, light source 28 comprises the incandescent source that is heated to the temperature that is suitable for launching selected emission spectra.Incandescent source comprises filament 40, and for example, this filament comprises tungsten, tantalum or molybdenum, and it is rolled (for example, twist up) and by current flow heats.Filament 40 is centered on by pipe 42, and pipe comprises the transparent material of infrared light such as quartz, silicon, GaAs (GaAs), germanium or sapphire.For example, light source 28 can comprise two-tube emitter of medium wave or short-wave transmitter " Quatro " No.45131608, the both is that (Hanau Germany) makes, and system 10 can comprise the cooling unit 32 such as aerator or water cooling system by Heraeus Holding GmbH.In the no masking structure shown in Fig. 3 A, symbolically shown as light 44, light source 28 is from all direction emission light.In the structure shown in Fig. 3 B, light source 28 also comprises the shell 46 of a part that has covered pipe 42, so light only sends from the part direction on hemicycle.Shell 46 can reflect typically, and for example, it comprises gold, aluminum or silver.
Fig. 4 A and 4B are the cross sectional representation of the illumination unit 22 of each embodiment according to the present invention.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 A, illumination unit 22 comprises a plurality of uncovered light sources 28, such as the light source of being described with reference to Fig. 3 A hereinbefore.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 4 B, illumination unit 22 comprises a plurality of light sources 28 that cover that have, such as the light source of being described with reference to Fig. 3 B hereinbefore.Structure shown in Fig. 4 A and the 4B typically is used to the situation that single source 28 is not enough to provide energy needed.
Refer again to Fig. 1, the light that sends from illumination unit 22 passes through optical guide unit 24, the light that optical guide unit 24 typically is used for will arriving on a plurality of directions spreads out, even thereby under the situation that the regional head of a quilt distributes entirely or partly blocks, also can carry out evenly (that is uniform energy density (watts/cm2)) and irradiation completely to the insect pest zone.Optical guide unit 24 comprises image optics device or nonimaging optics device.
Referring to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is the structural representation according to the optical guide unit 24 of the embodiment of the invention.In this embodiment, optical guide unit 24 comprises nonimaging optics irradiator 50, and its light that is built into lamp 28 is dispersed on the insect pest zone 27 in fact equably.For example, light 44a and 44b are from the different direction point of arrivals 52.Because light arrives all basically points in insect pest zone 27 from different directions, so typically, light can arrive the zone that is shielded by the barrier such as hair on one or more directions.
Referring to Fig. 6, Fig. 6 is the sketch map of the embodiment of system 10, and wherein optical guide unit 24 comprises one or more optical fiber 60.In this embodiment, system 10 comprises head-shield 62, and it is suitable for surrounding at least a portion in insect pest zone 27, and typically, the insect pest zone is the head of main body.Typically, head-shield 62 shapes such as the helmet.
In an embodiment of the present invention, system 10 is built into has about 0.08 light to the flux of about 0.24watts/cm2 in the wave-length coverage that is provided at 1 to 7 micron, and its peak value is about 2.5 microns (middle wave launchers).In an embodiment, system 10 is built into has about 0.23 light to the flux of about 0.46watt s/cm2 in the wave-length coverage that is provided at 0.5 to 5 micron, and its peak value is about 1.2 microns (short-wave transmitters).
Following form shows the louse lethality result of experiment of carrying out according to the embodiment of the invention:
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In experimental group 1, ten louse and ten ovum side by side are exposed under the continuous light from short-wave transmitter, and the short-wave transmitter emission peak is that 1.2 microns and wavelength are in the light in 0.5 to 5 micrometer range.In experimental group 2 and 3, ten louse and ten ovum are exposed under the continuous light from middle wave launcher, and middle wave launcher emission peak is that 2.5 microns and wavelength are in the light in 1 to 7 micrometer range.In experimental group 3, the band pass filter that is used for the scope of 2.8um to 3.8um is placed between emitter and louse and the ovum.Each experimental group comprises the control group to ten louse and ten ovum.The louse of control and ovum are not exposed under the light from emitter, and the lethality in whole three groups all is between 0% to 10%.Notice maximum permissible exposure (MPE) level that illumination levels all is less than or equal to health standards and is allowed in the experimental group 2 and 3.
In an embodiment of the present invention, shell 20 is suitable for the handle as system 10.Replacedly, system 10 is suitably for independently.For some application, system is merged in comb, the helmet, glove or any other louse and ovum cancellation element.For example, system 10 can comprise glove and the illumination unit with one or more LED.Use for some, optical guide unit 24 comprises the photoconduction that is merged in the comb, for example is incorporated into the photoconduction in the tooth of comb.Replacedly or additionally, system 10 comprises that hair promotes and/or hair-separation component, so that help rayed in insect pest.For example, this assembly comprises comb, and single port or multiport attract applicator, can be bind to hair flexible fastener (for example, Velcro), one or more hair fasteners, the people's such as Golan that are incorporated into this by reference that perhaps mentioned in front United States Patent (USP) 5,078,157 described equipment.
In an embodiment of the present invention, technology and equipment described here is to combine with the louse of describing in one or more patent and patent application openly and the ovum elimination technology and equipment of description in the present invention's technical background part above.
Though system 10 is described to be suitable for handling louse infestation at this, system can also be used to handle other vermin such as flea, flat louse, acarid and acaricide.Replacedly, notice that system and method described here generally can be used for both epizoite pests of humans and animals.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention be not limited to above to have shown and described those.In fact, scope of the present invention comprises combination and the sub-portfolio that those skilled in the art can make the various features of above describing when the description of reading the front, and to its variation that does not belong to prior art and remodeling that carries out.
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1. equipment that is subjected to the insect pest zone that is used to handle main body, described equipment comprises:
Shell;
Illumination unit, it is connected to described shell, and described illumination unit comprises being built into and is used for radiative light source, the described light that emits has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light, can absorb described spectrum better compared with the described insect pest of organizing of described main body zone, described insect pest comprises at least a insect pest that chooses from the group of being made of following insect pest: louse and nit, and described tissue comprises from by at least a tissue to choose the group that undertissue was formed: the skin of described main body and the hair of described main body; With
Optical guide unit, it is connected to described shell, and described optical guide unit is built into described light is disseminated to described zone.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said insect pest comprises louse and ovum, and wherein said light source is built into and is used to launch the light with the emission spectra that can be better than described tissue be absorbed by described insect pest.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 1 comprises cooling unit, and it is built into and is used to eliminate the unnecessary heat that is produced by described light source.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 1 comprises head-shield, and wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described head-shield.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 1 comprises glove, and wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described glove.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said light source comprise at least a light-emitting component that chooses from the group of being made up of following light-emitting component: incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical guide unit are built into and are used for from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
8. as the described equipment of one of claim 1 to 7, comprise comb, wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described comb.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein said comb comprises tooth, and wherein said optical guide unit comprises the photoconduction that is integrated into described tooth.
10. as the described equipment of one of claim 1 to 7, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
12. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.
13. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has wavelength and be between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
14. equipment as claimed in claim 10, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.
15. an equipment that is subjected to the insect pest zone that is used to handle main body, described equipment comprises:
Shell;
Illumination unit, it is connected to described shell, and described illumination unit comprises being built into and is used for radiative light source, the described light that emits has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light absorb described spectrum better compared with the carapace mass-energy of organizing of described main body; With
Optical guide unit, it is connected to described shell, and described optical guide unit is built into described light is disseminated to described zone.
16. equipment as claimed in claim 15 comprises cooling unit, it is built into and is used to eliminate the unnecessary heat that is produced by described light source.
17. equipment as claimed in claim 15 comprises head-shield, wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described head-shield.
18. equipment as claimed in claim 15 comprises glove, wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described glove.
19. equipment as claimed in claim 15, wherein said light source comprise at least a light-emitting component that chooses from the group of being made up of following light-emitting component: incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED.
20. being built into, equipment as claimed in claim 15, wherein said optical guide unit is used for from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
21. as the described equipment of one of claim 15 to 20, comprise comb, wherein said optical guide unit is integrated on the described comb.
22. equipment as claimed in claim 21, wherein said comb comprises tooth, and wherein said optical guide unit comprises the photoconduction that is integrated into described tooth.
23. as the described equipment of one of claim 15 to 20, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.
24. equipment as claimed in claim 23, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
25. equipment as claimed in claim 23, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.
26. equipment as claimed in claim 23, wherein said emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has wavelength and be between 3 to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
27. equipment as claimed in claim 23, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said light source is built into emission and has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.
28. as claim 1 or 15 described equipment, it comprises assembly, described assembly is built into by the hair that moves described main body and assists the light of described emission is applied in the described insect pest.
29. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly is built into the hair that is used to promote described main body.
30. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly is built into the hair that is used to separate described main body.
31. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly comprises comb.
32. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly comprise that single port attracts applicator.
33. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly comprise that multiport attracts applicator.
34. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly comprises flexible fastener.
35. equipment as claimed in claim 28, wherein said assembly comprises one or more hair fastener.
36. a method of handling main body, described method comprises step:
Discern the insect pest zone of described main body, described insect pest comprises at least a insect pest that chooses from the group of being made up of following insect pest: louse and louse ovum;
Launch such light, described light has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light, can absorb described spectrum better compared with the described insect pest of organizing of described main body zone, described tissue comprises from by at least a tissue to choose the group that undertissue was formed: the skin of described main body and the hair of described main body; And
Light is disseminated to described zone.
37. method as claimed in claim 36, wherein said insect pest comprises louse and ovum, and the step of wherein said identification insect pest comprises that identification comprises the insect pest of louse and ovum.
38. method as claimed in claim 36 comprises the unnecessary heat that elimination is produced by described light emission.
39. method as claimed in claim 36, the step of wherein said distribution light comprise with head-shield be placed on described insect pest zone at least a portion around, and described light spread out in described head-shield.
40. method as claimed in claim 36, wherein said radiative step comprises from glove launches described light.
41. method as claimed in claim 36, wherein said radiative step comprise that utilization is from launching described light by at least a light-emitting component that chooses the group that incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED formed.
42. method as claimed in claim 36, the step of wherein said distribution light comprise from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
43. as the described method of one of claim 36 to 42, wherein said radiative step comprises from comb launches described light, and the step of wherein said distribution light is included in and utilizes the described zone of described comb combing when described light is launched.
44. method as claimed in claim 43, wherein said radiative step comprises from the tooth and hair of described comb penetrates described light.
45. as the described method of one of claim 36 to 42, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.
46. method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
47. method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.
48. method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has wavelength and is between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
49. as method as described in the claim 45, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.
50. a method of handling main body, described method comprises step:
Discern the insect pest zone of described main body;
Launch such light, described light has the emission spectra that chooses from the group of being made up of following light: visible light and infrared light absorb described spectrum better than the carapace mass-energy of organizing of described main body; And
Light is disseminated to described zone.
51. method as claimed in claim 50 comprises the unnecessary heat that elimination is produced by described light emission.
52. method as claimed in claim 50, the step of wherein said distribution light comprise with head-shield be placed on described insect pest zone at least a portion around, and described light spread out in described head-shield.
53. method as claimed in claim 50, wherein said radiative step comprises from glove launches described light.
54. method as claimed in claim 50, wherein said radiative step comprise that utilization is from launching described light by at least a light-emitting component that chooses the group that incandescent light-emitting component, laser instrument and LED formed.
55. method as claimed in claim 50, the step of wherein said distribution light comprise from the described light of a plurality of lateral dispersions.
56. as the described method of one of claim 50 to 55, wherein said radiative step comprises from comb launches described light, and the step of wherein said distribution light is included in and utilizes the described zone of described comb combing when described light is launched.
57. method as claimed in claim 56, wherein said radiative step comprises from the tooth and hair of described comb penetrates described light.
58. as the described method of one of claim 50 to 55, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 0.5 micron to 10 microns.
59. method as claimed in claim 58, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
60. method as claimed in claim 58, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 3 microns to 3.5 microns.
61. method as claimed in claim 58, wherein said emission spectra has between 3 microns to 3.5 microns and the wavelength in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has wavelength and is between 3 to 3.5 microns and the light of the described emission spectra in the scope between 6 microns to 7 microns.
62. as method as described in the claim 58, wherein said emission spectra has the wavelength in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns, and wherein said radiative step comprises that emission has the light that wavelength is in the described emission spectra in the scope between 9 microns to 10 microns.
63. as claim 36 or 50 described methods, the step of wherein said distribution light comprises by the hair that moves described main body assists the light of described emission is applied in the described insect pest.
64., wherein move described hair and comprise the hair that promotes described main body as the described method of claim 63.
65., wherein move described hair and comprise the hair that separates described main body as the described method of claim 63.
66., wherein move described hair and comprise and utilize comb to move described hair as the described method of claim 63.
67., wherein move described hair and comprise and utilize single port to attract applicator to come described hair is applied attraction as the described method of claim 63.
68., wherein move described hair and comprise and utilize multiport to attract applicator to come described hair is applied attraction as the described method of claim 63.
69., wherein move described hair and comprise temporarily described hair is bundled to flexible fastener as the described method of claim 63.
70., wherein move described hair and comprise and utilize one or more hair fastener to move described hair as the described method of claim 63.
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