JP2003126213A - Treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide treatment equipment capable of shortening the preparation time before treatment by allowing hot water to gradually approach a temperature fitted to the treatment and controlling the temperature of the hot water monitoring the temperature of a patient finally without injuring him. SOLUTION: The treatment equipment is equipped with a water tank, a hot water supply means for supplying hot water to the water tank, a heating quantity control means 29, the supplied hot water temperature detection means 10 of the hot water supply means, a hot water temperature detection means 21 and the living body temperature detection means 28 in the treatment body. The detection means are successively changed over to detect the temperature of hot water and the temperature of the object of the living body and, in a preparation stage, the supply time of hot water to the water tank is shortened and the temperature of the living body becoming actual treatment temperature finally is held to the optimum treatment temperature.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a therapeutic apparatus for accumulating warm water of a predetermined temperature in a water tank and putting a small animal such as a human being or a cat in it to treat heat of cancer or AIDS.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cancer and AIDS that develop in humans and cats can destroy cancer cells and AIDS virus by maintaining the affected area at a predetermined temperature for a certain period of time.

Such a treatment is called a so-called hyperthermia treatment method, and an excellent therapeutic effect can be obtained by using it together with an anti-cancer agent or radiation treatment.

A specific treatment method is disclosed in JP-A-10-336.
As shown in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 26-26, hot water is stored in the water tank so that the temperature fluctuation range is as small as possible at 42.5 ° C., and a human or cat who develops while maintaining this hot water temperature is placed in the water tank. Maintain the body temperature at 42.5 degrees for several hours.

The most effective point of this treatment method is not only the treatment of the diseased part which is progressing, but also the treatment of metastatic malignant cells which cannot be visually observed.

[0006]

However, in the actual treatment, immersing a human or cat therapeutic body in warm water of 42.5 ° C. for a long time of about 2 hours causes a great deal of damage to the therapeutic body. Become.

[0007] Therefore, the treatment time, that is, the time from the end of the treatment to the removal of the treatment body is the optimum time for the treatment body and is the minimum. Is desirable.

For that purpose, hot water having a temperature slightly lower than the treatment temperature is taken out in advance by a hot water supply device such as an electric water heater or an oil hot water boiler, and the hot water is stored in a water tank,
Furthermore, the heater is used to heat up to the treatment temperature.

This treatment temperature is set, detected and controlled by a temperature sensor installed in the water tank. In the conventional treatment method, the hot water temperature in the water tank is the treatment temperature.
When the temperature reached 2.5 degrees, the treatment body was placed in the aquarium and the treatment was started.

However, even if the treatment body is put in the water tank after the temperature of the hot water in the water tank reaches 42.5 degrees, the inside of the treatment body is 4
Although it has not risen to 2.5 degrees, the temperature inside the treatment body gradually rises after several tens of minutes, but in reality the hot water temperature in the aquarium is controlled at 42.5 degrees, It took a considerable time for the temperature inside the treatment body to reach 42.5 degrees.

As a result, the temperature inside the treatment body is not actually suitable for the treatment until the temperature reaches 42.5 degrees, and the treatment body is only damaged.

This is because the fat and muscle inside the treatment body perform adiabatic action. Even if the water temperature is 42.5 degrees, the living body temperature inside the treatment body is permanently up to 42.5 degrees. It could not rise and could not be treated at all.

A method of increasing the temperature of the hot water in the water tank to 43 degrees Celsius and 43.5 degrees Celsius in consideration of the heat insulation of the fat and muscles of the treatment body, and as a result, heating the temperature inside the treatment body to 42.5 degrees. It is possible to raise it to 43.5 degrees, but if you raise the temperature somewhere, the temperature sensor will make an error and the temperature of the hot water will rise, and the temperature inside the treatment body will rise even at 0.5 degrees. It will be very dangerous.

According to the present invention, the temperature of hot water used for treatment is gradually brought close to the temperature suitable for treatment, and finally the temperature of hot water is controlled while monitoring the temperature of the living body inside the treatment body so that the treatment temperature has high accuracy. Moreover, the damage to the therapeutic body is reduced.

[0015]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed to a water tank for containing a therapeutic body, a hot water supply means for supplying hot water to the water tank, a heating means for heating while circulating hot water in the water tank, and this heating means. Means for controlling the amount of heating by means, a hot water temperature detecting means for detecting the hot water temperature supplied by the hot water supplying means, a hot water temperature detecting means for detecting the hot water temperature in the water tank, and a living body for detecting the internal temperature of the therapeutic body The hot water supply temperature detection means supplies hot water having a first hot water temperature lower than the treatment temperature, and the hot water temperature detection means controls the heating amount control means to make the treatment temperature higher than the first temperature. The third hot water temperature is controlled to be close to the second hot water temperature, and further the actual treatment temperature is reached by the living body temperature detecting means
It was designed to get the temperature.

Further, the hot water supply temperature detecting means, the hot water temperature detecting means and the living body temperature detecting means are such that the respective detecting means sequentially detect the object temperature to obtain a desired temperature.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the treatment apparatus of the present invention,
2 is a system diagram of the same, FIG. 3 is a flowchart, FIG. 4 is a flowchart following FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is a graph showing the temperature of the object at each stage.

(1) is an aquarium for storing warm water and containing a therapeutic body (H) for small animals such as humans and cats, (2) is a mounting table for the therapeutic body (H) installed in the aquarium, and (3) is for example It is a hot water supply means composed of a water heater such as an electric water heater or a petroleum hot water boiler. In this embodiment, hot water of about 85 degrees is always stored. (4) is a water supply pipe connected to the water heater, (5)
Is a hot water supply pipe connected to a part of the water heater, (6) is a water injection pipe connected to the water supply pipe (4), (7) is a water stop plug of the water injection pipe, and (8) is the water injection pipe (6 )
And a hot water supply pipe (5) are connected to each other so that hot water having a first temperature (40.5 ° ± 1 °) lower than the treatment temperature is poured, and the first temperature is a hot water supply temperature detecting means. (1
0) (Hereinafter referred to as hot water supply sensor) Based on the hot water temperature detected, it is obtained by adjusting the opening degree of the mixing valve by a program input to the personal computer and mixing with water.

(11) is a pouring pipe for pouring hot water discharged from the mixing valve (9) into the water tank (1),
2) is a flow meter for measuring the flow rate of the warm water of the first temperature provided in a part of the pouring pipe, (13) is a pouring solenoid valve provided in a part of the pouring pipe, and (14) is the pouring It is a filter that is provided in a part of the pipe and removes impurities such as dust in the hot water that passes through the pouring pipe (11).

(15) is a water injection solenoid valve provided in a part of the water injection pipe (6) connected to the pouring pipe (11), and (16)
Is a water injection temperature sensor that is provided in a part of the water injection pipe and detects the temperature of water injected.

(17) is a circulation pipe that connects the pouring pipe (11) between the pouring valve (13) and the filter (14) and the bottom of the water tank (1), and (18) is one of the circulation pipes. (19) is a pump that is provided in a part of the circulation pipe to start operation by operating the flow switch, and (20) is a part of the circulation pipe that heats hot water in the water tank A heating means (hereinafter referred to as a heater) and (21) are hot water temperature detection means (hereinafter referred to as a hot water temperature sensor) provided in a part of the circulation pipe for detecting the hot water temperature taken out from the water tank. The heating amount control means is controlled by the combination of the program and the heater (20) to control the second temperature (4) higher than the first temperature and close to the treatment temperature.
2.5 ± 0.1 degree).

A part of the pouring pipe (11), the filter (14), and the circulation pipe (17) including the pump (19) and the heater (20) constitute a heating circulation passage (22).

(23) is a drainage pipe connected to the bottom of the water tank (1), (24) is a drainage solenoid valve provided in a part of the drainage pipe, and (25) is a manual operation provided in a part of the drainage pipe. (26) is a water level sensor that is provided in a part of the drain pipe to detect the amount of water in the water tank, and (27) is an overflow pipe.

The therapeutic body (H) mounted on the mounting table (2) described above.
A living body temperature detecting means (28) (hereinafter referred to as a living body sensor) for detecting the body temperature is set in the body (near the rectum) of the body, and this sensor detects the body temperature, and the actual treatment temperature (42.5 The above-mentioned heating amount control means (29) is controlled by the program of the personal computer so as to reach the third temperature of ± 0.08 degrees.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the first temperature is 40.5 ± 1 degrees, the second temperature is 42.5 ± 0.1 degrees, and the third temperature is 32.5 ± 0.1 degrees.
The temperature was set to 42.5 ± 0.08 degrees, but the first temperature is for putting a predetermined amount of hot water in the water tank within a short time and may be a coarse temperature about 2 degrees lower than the third temperature. The temperature may be 39 ° C., 40 ° C., 41 ° C. or the like, but the condition is that it is lower than the second temperature.

The second temperature is set to the hot water temperature which is almost the treatment temperature, but this is only the hot water temperature in the water tank, and is not the set hot water temperature in which the living body temperature is taken into consideration. It is a temperature that can be finely adjusted to the treatment temperature.

The third temperature represents the temperature inside the living body where the treatment is actually performed, and this temperature is the most basic.

Therefore, even if the temperature of the hot water in the aquarium is generally stable at 42.5 degrees, which is the treatment temperature, the temperature of the living body in the body is below 42.5 degrees due to fat and muscles, and treatment cannot be performed. The living body temperature is detected by the living body sensor (28) and the temperature inside the living body is directly set to the treatment temperature.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 and the graph shown in FIG. First, the second temperature (42.5 ± 0.1 degrees in the embodiment) and the third temperature (42.5 ± 0.1 degrees in the example) based on the amount of hot water stored in the water tank, the treatment time, and the individual information of the treatment body (H) by initial setting from the personal computer. In the embodiment, it is set to 42.5 ± 0.08 degrees) (S1).

The individual information of the therapeutic body (H) includes the amount of body fat, age, sex, individual data of the therapeutic body (patient) such as illness treated in the past, and the like. If there is a large illness currently being treated, the temperature of the third hot water is slightly lowered, and accordingly, the second temperature is also lowered to be lower than the third temperature.

When the mixing valve (9) is in the "open" state (S2), hot water supply is started (S3), and at the same time the hot water supply temperature (ta) is monitored by the hot water supply sensor (10). At the upper limit side of the allowable range of 41.5 degrees or less,
And it is determined that the lower limit is 39.5 degrees or more (S
4) to (S6).

When it is determined that the first temperature is 40.5 ± 1 ° C which is the initial setting (S7), the flow meter (12) and the water level sensor (26) supply water until a predetermined amount of hot water is stored in the water tank. When the hot water storage amount is reached as a target, the mixing valve (9) is brought into the “closed” state (S8) to (S10).

In step (S5), when the hot water supply temperature (the temperature that should be the first temperature) is 41.5 degrees or more, the "open" degree of the mixing valve (9) is decreased to increase the amount of water mixed. Lower the hot water temperature (S11).

In step (S6), when the hot water supply temperature (the temperature that should be the first temperature) is 39.5 degrees or less, the "open" degree of the mixing valve (9) is increased to reduce the amount of water mixed. Raise the bath temperature to obtain the temperature shown in FIG. 5A (S1
2).

Thus, the pump (19) is activated to draw the hot water in the water tank to the circulation pipe (17) side so that the heater (2)
After being heated by 0), it is sent back into the water tank. The hot water temperature (hot water storage temperature) in the water tank is the hot water temperature sensor (21).
Are detected by (S13) and (S14).

Hot water storage temperature (tb) which is the second temperature in the water tank
Is less than or equal to 42.6 degrees, which is the upper limit allowable range and less than or equal to 42.4 degrees, which is the lower limit allowable range, when the second temperature is 42.5 degrees ± 0.1 degrees of the predetermined temperature shown in FIG. 5B. The temperature of the living body temperature (tc) is measured by the living body sensor (28) by changing the temperature measuring sensor (S15) to (S18).

As described above, the living body temperature (t
c) is less than or equal to 42.58 degrees, which is the upper limit allowable range, and is greater than or equal to 42.42 degrees in FIG. 5C, which is the lower limit allowable range (S19), (S20), and the therapeutic body (H) is placed on the mounting table ( 2)
To start the actual treatment (S21), (S2
2).

Until the set treatment time is over, the heating of the heater (20) is stopped by the output of the personal computer while observing the living body temperature by the living body sensor (28) (S2
3), restart the operation to maintain the third temperature (S25),
(S26).

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, the hot water supply temperature detecting means supplies hot water having a first temperature lower than the treatment temperature, and then the temperature detecting means is switched to the second temperature closer to the treatment temperature than the first temperature. Since the temperature is controlled and the temperature detecting means is further switched to obtain the third temperature inside the living body which is the actual treatment temperature, the temperature detecting means is sequentially switched so that hot water having a rough temperature is initially used. Hot water is supplied all at once to shorten the preparation time for treatment, then gradually approach the treatment temperature to control the bath temperature, and further detect the living body temperature to obtain a reliable treatment temperature and not reach a dangerous temperature. It is possible to heat the inside of the living body at an accurate treatment temperature.

Further, the means for detecting hot water supply, hot water temperature, and living body temperature sequentially detect the temperature of the object to obtain the desired temperature, so that the temperature at each site is detected in accordance with the flow of hot water. The temperature is controlled, and finally, the temperature of the object can be managed in a series of flows in which the temperature inside the living body is detected and controlled, and a highly accurate treatment temperature can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a treatment apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system diagram of the same.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the same.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart following FIG.

FIG. 5 is a graph showing the temperature of the object for each stage.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 aquarium 3 Hot water supply means 10 Hot water supply temperature detection means (hot water supply sensor) 19 pumps 20 Heating means (heater) 21 Hot water temperature detection means (hot water sensor) 28 Body temperature detection means (biological sensor) 29 Heating amount control means

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor, Hisashi Shiga             3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Tottori             Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Nomura Matsumura             3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Tottori             Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yukio Ito             3-201 Minamiyoshikata, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture Tottori             Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 4C094 AA01 DD14 FF02 GG01                 4C099 AA01 CA01 EA06 GA30 PA01

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A water tank for containing a therapeutic body, a hot water supply means for supplying hot water to the water tank, a heating means for heating while circulating hot water in the water tank, and a heating amount control means by the heating means. A hot water supply temperature detecting means for detecting a hot water temperature supplied by the hot water supplying means, a hot water temperature detecting means for detecting a hot water temperature in the water tank, and a living body temperature detecting means for detecting an internal temperature of a treatment body, The hot water supply temperature detection means supplies hot water having a first temperature lower than the treatment temperature, and the hot water temperature detection means controls the heating amount control means to control the second temperature closer to the treatment temperature than the first temperature. A treatment apparatus, wherein the living body temperature detecting means obtains a third temperature which is an actual treatment temperature. 2. The hot water supply temperature detecting means, the hot water temperature detecting means, and the living body temperature detecting means, each detecting means sequentially detects an object temperature to obtain a desired temperature. Treatment device.