JP2006167215A - Hair growing and restoring apparatus and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair growing and restoring apparatus capable of efficiently permeating hair growing/restoring agent to the head of a subject. <P>SOLUTION: This hair growing and restoring apparatus is provided with bellows 40 extensively provided on the inner surface side of a hair cap 1 and abutting on the head H at its tip part, a contraction/extension mechanism contracting/extending the bellows 40, a hair growing/restoring agent feed mechanism feeding the hair growing/restoring agent to a space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H, an air feed mechanism 3 feeding air to the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H, and a decompression mechanism decompressing by sucking the air from the pace S. The air feed mechanism 3 and the decompression mechanism 6 are activated to remove sebum from the head H, the contraction/extension mechanism is activated to massage the head H and improve the blood circulation and the hair growing/restoring mechanism 5 is activated in that state to feed the hair growing/restoring agent to the head H. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair growth apparatus and a hair growth method for promoting hair growth and hair growth on the head of a subject.

Hair growth agents that are sprayed on the head to promote hair growth and hair growth on the head are known. Various proposals have been made to efficiently apply this hair growth agent to the head.
Conventionally, a hair cap body provided with an exhaust port, an intake port and an injection port, and a breathable head support portion disposed in the hair cap body and disposed so as to partition the head and the intake port. A hair cap provided is known (Patent Document 1).
In patent document 1, the vacuum pump which hold | maintains the airtight chamber formed between a hair cap and a scalp in a vacuum state is connected to an exhaust port, and is a structure to which a hair restorer is supplied from an injection port.
The breathable head support portion is a net-like body in which square-shaped communication holes (10 to 50 mm in size) are arranged in a net shape, and this net-like body has a peripheral portion fixed to the cap body. Therefore, even if the sealed chamber is in a vacuum state, the head does not contact the exhaust port.

Japanese Patent No. 2818935 (Claims 1 and 8, paragraph number “0030” and FIG. 5)

In order to infiltrate the hair growth agent applied to the head to the back of the pores, it is conceivable to concentrate and press a predetermined position on the head to improve blood circulation.
However, in Patent Document 1, since the breathable head support portion is a mesh body that covers the entire surface of the head, an equal force is transmitted from the mesh body to the entire surface of the subject's head, so that the head is specified. It does not push the position, and blood circulation cannot be improved.
Therefore, in patent document 1, there exists a subject that there exists a limit in penetrating a hair growth agent etc. to a pore efficiently.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a hair growth device and a hair growth method that can efficiently penetrate a hair growth agent into the head of a subject.

  The hair growth device of the present invention includes a hair cap that covers the head of a person to be treated, a protrusion that is provided on the inner surface side of the hair cap so as to be extendable and contracted, and a telescopic portion that expands and contracts the protrusion. A mechanism, a hair growth agent supply mechanism that supplies a hair growth agent to the space between the hair cap and the head, and an air supply that supplies gas to the space between the hair cap and the head And a pressure reducing mechanism that sucks and decompresses gas from a space between the hair cap and the head.

The patient who has previously cleaned the head wears the hair cap deeply until the protrusion comes into contact with the head. Then, the air supply mechanism and the pressure reducing mechanism are operated to repeat the pressure reduction and pressurization of the space formed between the hair cap and the head to remove sebum from the pores. After that, the expansion / contraction mechanism is operated to expand and contract the protrusion, and the pressure of the protrusion applied to the head is changed to massage. In this state, the hair growth agent supply mechanism is operated to supply the hair growth agent to the head.
In the present invention, the hair growth agent penetrates from the pores to the back of the pores by capillarity, and the blood circulation is improved by the massage effect by the protrusions, so that the hair growth agent penetrated quickly spreads to the scalp. The hair growth agent penetrates efficiently.

In the present invention, the hair cap includes an outer shell portion and an inner shell portion, and an internal space is formed between the outer shell portion and the inner shell portion. It is preferable that a plurality of bellows communicating with each other, and the expansion and contraction mechanism supply gas to the inside of the bellows through the internal space.
In this invention, since the gas supplied from the expansion / contraction mechanism is once stored in the internal space of the hair cap and sent to the individual bellows, the gas is sent to the plurality of bellows with equal pressure, thereby pressing the head. The forces can be equal. Therefore, by massaging the entire head evenly, it is possible to improve blood circulation and efficiently penetrate the hair growth agent into the back of the pores.
And the structure of an expansion-contraction mechanism becomes simple compared with the case where gas supply piping is connected for every bellows.

Further, it is preferable that a planar heating element is provided on the inner surface side of the hair cap facing the head, and the planar heating element includes a far infrared radiation material that radiates far infrared rays.
In this invention, the head is warmed by the planar heating element, and the blood circulation of the head is improved by the far-infrared effect. Also from this point, the hair growth agent efficiently penetrates into the pores. be able to.

In the hair growth method of the present invention, the head of the person to be treated is covered with a hair cap provided with a protrusion on the inner side surface, and the protrusion is brought into contact with the head so that the hair cap is between the head and the head. A space is formed, and the pressure reduction and pressurization of the formed space are repeated, and then the projection is expanded and contracted to massage the head, and the space between the hair cap and the head is brought into the atmosphere. After opening, the hair growth agent is supplied to the head.
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an effect of providing a hair growth method that can efficiently penetrate a hair growth agent into the head of a subject.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of the present embodiment.
In FIG. 1, the hair growth device of this embodiment includes a hair cap 1 worn by a person to be treated, a device body 2 that supports the hair cap 1 so that the height can be adjusted, and four hair caps 1 connected to the hair cap 1. Piping 31-34.
The hair cap 1 includes an outer shell portion 11 and an inner shell portion 12 each having rigidity that does not elastically deform, and a sealed internal space 13 is formed between the outer shell portion 11 and the inner shell portion 12. ing. At least the inner shell portion 12 of the outer shell portion 11 and the inner shell portion 12 is formed of a heat insulating material.
The hair cap 1 has the same external shape as a motorcycle helmet, and its front surface covers the head H of the person to be treated to the vicinity of the eyebrows, its side surface to the position above the ear, and its back surface to the vicinity of the neck. is there.

A plurality of bellows 40 as protrusions are provided in the form of dots on the inner peripheral portion of the inner shell portion 12 of the hair cap 1. The arrangement positions of these bellows 40 are positions corresponding to acupoints (points that improve blood circulation when pressed), which are clarified in oriental medicine or the like, and are arranged at least in the treatment area.
The bellows 40 is formed of an appropriate material such as rubber or synthetic resin, and has a substantially disk-shaped top portion 40A in which a projecting portion (not shown) can come into contact with the head H, and the top portion 40A. And a bellows-like cylindrical portion 40B formed integrally with the cylindrical portion 40B.
The opening end of the cylindrical portion 40B is fixed to the inner shell portion 12, and the inside of the bellows 40 and the inner space 13 are communicated with each other through a communication hole 12A formed in the inner shell portion 12 (see FIG. 2). ).

Of the pipes 31 to 34, two pipes 31 and 32 are high-pressure air supply pipes, and one of these pipes 31 has a space S between one end of the hair cap 1 and the head of the patient. The other end is connected to an air supply source (not shown). An on-off valve 35 is provided in the middle of the pipe 31. In the present embodiment, the air supply mechanism 3 includes the air supply source, the pipe 31, and the on-off valve 35.
One end of the remaining pipe 32 is opened in the internal space 13 of the hair cap 1, and the other end is connected to the pipe 31. An on-off valve 36 is provided in the middle of the pipe 32. By repeating this opening / closing operation of the opening / closing valve 36, the amount of air sent from the air supply source to the bellows 40 through the pipe 32 and the internal space 31 is controlled, and the bellows 40 expands and contracts. In the present embodiment, the telescopic mechanism 4 includes the internal space 13 of the hair cap 1, the pipe 32, and the opening / closing valve 36.

The pipe 33 is a hair growth agent supply pipe. One end of the pipe 33 is opened in the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head of the person to be treated, and the other end is connected to the pipe 31. A drug storage container 50 is connected in the middle of the pipe 33, and the hair growth agent stored in the drug storage container 50 is supplied to the space S through the hair growth agent supply pipe 33. In addition, an on-off valve 37 is provided on the upstream side of the drug storage container 50 in the hair growth agent supply pipe 33. In the present embodiment, the hair growth agent supply mechanism 5 includes the drug storage container 50, the pipe 33, and the opening / closing valve 37.
The hair growth agents stored in the drug storage container 50 are for the purpose of hair growth effect, those for the purpose of hair growth effect, those for the purpose of both hair growth and hair growth, Any liquid, powder, granule, or gas may be used as long as it contains hair and can be distributed through the hair growth agent supply pipe 33.

The pipe 34 is a vacuum pipe, and one end thereof is opened in the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head of the patient, and the other end is connected to a suction device (not shown). When this suction device is activated, the pressure in the space S is reduced until the air is sucked into a substantially vacuum state.
A filter 38 is provided in the middle of the pipe 34 so that when the suction device is operated, the dust floating in the space S and sebum removed from the pores are not sent to the suction device. It is for making.
In the present embodiment, the decompression mechanism 6 includes the pipe 34, the suction device, and the filter 38.

The apparatus main body 2 includes a cylindrical body 21 that fixes the top of the hair cap 1 and a frame 22 that supports the cylindrical body 21 so as to be movable up and down. The frame 22 is a chair (see FIG. Not shown). The apparatus main body 2 is provided with a control device for controlling driving of the air supply mechanism 3, the expansion / contraction mechanism 4, the hair growth agent supply mechanism 5, the on-off valves 35 to 37 of the pressure reduction mechanism 6, the suction device, and the like. This control device drives and controls the air supply mechanism 3, the expansion / contraction mechanism 4, the hair growth agent supply mechanism 5, and the decompression mechanism 6 according to a program inputted in advance.
The cylindrical body 21 has an opening 21 </ b> A for inserting the pipes 31 to 34 on the side thereof.
As a mechanism for raising and lowering the cylindrical body 21 with respect to the frame 22, a rack provided on the cylindrical body 21, a pinion meshing with the rack, and a motor connected to the pinion and fixed to the frame 22 are provided. The structure can be illustrated.

An air band 7 is provided in a lower part of the inner periphery of the inner shell 12 of the hair cap 1 and hitting the ear of the user.
The air band 7 is formed from an elastic material such as rubber or synthetic resin, and its inside is hollow. When air is supplied to the cavity from an air supply source (not shown), the air band 7 expands to seal the space S between the head of the person to be treated and the hair cap 1.

A planar heating element 8 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the inner shell portion 12 so as to fill the space between the bellows 40 and the pipes 31, 33 and 34.
The structure of the planar heating element 8 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the planar heating element 8 is made of a heater body 81 affixed to the inner peripheral surface of the inner shell portion 12 made of a heat insulating material, and a synthetic resin in which a far infrared radiation material affixed to the heater body 81 is mixed. A sheet 82 and a coating 83 attached to the synthetic resin sheet 82 are provided.
The heater body 81 is formed in a planar shape. As the heater body 81, a nichrome wire is used as a heat generating portion, the nichrome wire is meandered, or a thermoplastic resin such as carbon black is electrically conductive. An example is a PTC heater in which a pair of electrodes are provided on a sheet-like heating resistor sheet formed by fusing particles. The heating resistance sheet of the PTC heater has a positive temperature coefficient characteristic (PTC characteristic) in which the electrical resistance value increases with an increase in temperature.

The synthetic resin sheet 82 is made of a synthetic resin such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP), and examples of the far infrared radiation material mixed therein include black silica powder, carbon, and ceramic. These far-infrared radiation materials are granular or powdery, and are supplied to the hopper of the extrusion molding apparatus together with the resin pallet when the synthetic resin sheet 82 is molded by extrusion molding or the like.
The coating 83 is formed from a synthetic resin that transmits heat.

Next, the hair growth method according to this embodiment will be described.
[Head washing process]
First, the head H of the patient is washed. In this cleaning, a shampoo mainly composed of a surfactant or a shampoo mainly composed of bacteria such as SB bacteria is used.
[Preparation process]
The user covers the hair cap 1 deeply until the head H hits at least some of the bellows 40. In this state, a space S is formed between the bellows 40 and the head H. Further, the height of the hair cap 1 is adjusted by adjusting the relative position between the tubular body 21 of the apparatus main body 2 and the frame 22.
Furthermore, air is sent into the air band 7 to make the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H sealed.

[Sebum removal process]
The decompression mechanism 6 and the air supply mechanism 3 are alternately operated to repeat the decompression and pressurization of the sealed space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H. This depressurization and pressurization are performed for a predetermined time (predetermined cycle). Thereby, the sebum clogged in the pores of the head H is removed. The removed sebum is collected by the filter 38.
[Blood circulation promotion process]
After finishing the sebum removal step or simultaneously with the sebum removal step, the blood circulation promotion step is performed. In this blood circulation promotion step, the planar heating element 8 generates heat while emitting far infrared rays. Thereby, the head H is warmed. Further, the bellows 40 is expanded and contracted by operating the expansion / contraction mechanism 4, whereby the bellows 40 already in contact with the head H changes the pressing force to the head H and the bellows not in contact with the head H. 40 presses the head H by extending. Due to the expansion and contraction of the bellows 40, the scalp of the head H is massaged and coupled with the warming of the head H, blood circulation is improved.

[Hair growth agent input process]
The operation of the decompression mechanism 6 and the air supply mechanism 3 is stopped, and the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H is opened to the atmosphere.
The hair growth agent supply mechanism 5 is operated in this atmospheric pressure state, and the hair growth agent is put into the space S between the cap 1 and the head H. This hair growth agent adheres to the head H.
Since the pores of the head H are in an open state with the sebum removed, a minute gap is formed between the hairs and the pores. From this gap, the hair growth agent penetrates to the back of the pores by capillary action.
After the hair growth agent is put into the space S and a predetermined time has elapsed, or while the hair growth agent is put into the space S, the expansion / contraction mechanism 4 is operated to expand and contract the bellows 40 and massage the head H.

Therefore, the hair growth apparatus of this embodiment includes a hair cap 1 that covers the head H of the person to be treated, and a bellows 40 that is provided on the inner surface side of the hair cap 1 so as to be extendable and contracted, and whose tip is in contact with the head. The expansion mechanism 4 that expands and contracts the bellows 40, the hair growth agent supply mechanism 5 that supplies the hair growth agent to the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H, the hair cap 1 and the head H, An air supply mechanism 3 for supplying air to the space S between them, and a pressure reducing mechanism 6 for sucking air from the space S to reduce the pressure. The sebum was removed, the stretching mechanism 4 was actuated to massage the head H to improve blood circulation, and the hair growth agent supply mechanism 5 was actuated to supply the hair growth agent to the head H in that state.
Therefore, since the hair growth agent penetrates from the pores to the back of the pores due to capillary action and the blood circulation is improved by the massage effect, the hair growth agent that penetrates quickly spreads to the scalp. It will penetrate efficiently.

  The hair cap 1 includes an outer shell portion 11 and an inner shell portion 12, and an inner space 13 is formed between the outer shell portion 11 and the inner shell portion 12, and a plurality of bellows 40 are arranged. In addition, each of these interiors is configured to communicate with the internal space 13, and the expansion / contraction mechanism 4 is configured to supply air to the inside of the bellows 40 via the internal space 13. Accordingly, since the air supplied from the expansion / contraction mechanism 4 is once stored in the internal space 13 of the hair cap 1 and sent to the individual bellows 40, the air is sent to the plurality of bellows 40 with equal pressure, so that the head The force pressing H can be made equal. Therefore, by massaging the entire head evenly, blood circulation can be improved and the hair growth agent can be efficiently penetrated into the pores.

  The internal space 13 serves as a common pipe that communicates with the plurality of bellows 40. Since the internal space 13 is formed in the hair cap 1, compared to the case where the gas supply pipe is connected to each bellows 40. The structure of the telescopic mechanism 4 is simplified.

  A sheet heating element 8 is provided on the inner surface of the hair cap 1 facing the head H. Since the sheet heating element 8 includes a far infrared radiation material that radiates far infrared rays, the sheet heating element 8 is provided. The blood circulation of the head H is improved by the heating of itself and the far-infrared effect by the far-infrared emitting material, and also from this point, the hair growth agent can be efficiently penetrated into the pores.

Moreover, in this embodiment, since the air band 7 was provided in the inner peripheral lower part of the inner shell part 12 of the hair cap 1, the space S between the head H and the hair cap 1 can be sealed. Therefore, the space S can be sealed with a simple structure.
Moreover, since the air band 7 has a structure in which air is supplied and swells, even a patient having a different size of the head H can easily form a space S between the head H and the hair cap 1. Can be sealed

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and modifications, improvements, and the like within the scope that can achieve the object of the present invention are included in the present invention.
For example, in the said embodiment, although it was set as the structure which provided multiple bellows 40, in this invention, the structure which provides only one bellows 40 may be sufficient. In this case, it is preferable to provide the bellows 40 in the vicinity of the ends of the pipes 31, 32 and 34.

In the present invention, the protrusion is not limited to the bellows 40. For example, a cylinder may be attached to the inner shell portion 12, and a piston may be disposed inside the cylinder so as to be able to advance and retract. .
Moreover, it is not necessary to repeat depressurization and pressurization of the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H, and each may be performed only once.

In the said embodiment, although air was used as a gas supplied to the inside of the hair cap 1, this gas may be anything as long as it is harmless to a human body. For example, nitrogen may be used.
In the present invention, it is not necessary to provide the planar heating element 8. In this case, the head H can be warmed by mixing the heated water vapor with the gas sent to the space S between the hair cap 1 and the head H.

  In the present invention, urethane foam or the like may be provided in the lower part of the inner periphery of the hair cap 1 instead of the air band 7. In short, what is necessary is just to seal between the hair cap 1 and the head H using some means.

  The present invention can be used for hair growth for various subjects regardless of gender and age.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a hair growth apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. Sectional drawing which shows the waist | hip | lumbar part of the said embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the structure of a planar heating element.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Hair cap 3 ... Air supply mechanism 4 ... Expansion / contraction mechanism 5 ... Hair growth agent supply mechanism 6 ... Depressurization mechanism 8 ... Planar heating element 11 ... Outer shell part 12 ... Inner shell part 13 ... Inner space 40 ... Bellows (protrusion) )
H ... head S ... space

Claims (4)

  A hair cap that covers the head of the person to be treated; a protrusion that is provided on the inner surface side of the hair cap so as to be extendable and contracted; and a telescopic mechanism that expands and contracts the protrusion; the hair cap and the head A hair growth agent supplying mechanism for supplying a hair growth agent to the space between the head, an air supply mechanism for supplying gas to the space between the hair cap and the head, the hair cap and the head A hair growth device comprising: a pressure reducing mechanism that sucks and decompresses gas from a space between the first portion and the second portion. The hair growth device according to claim 1,
The hair cap includes an outer shell portion and an inner shell portion, an internal space is formed between the outer shell portion and the inner shell portion, and the protrusion has a plurality of internal communication with the internal space. The hair growth apparatus, wherein the expansion / contraction mechanism supplies gas to the inside of the bellows through the internal space. In the hair growth apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
A hair-growth hair-growth apparatus characterized in that a planar heating element is provided on the inner surface of the hair cap facing the head, and the planar heating element comprises a far-infrared radiation material that radiates far-infrared radiation. .   The head of the person to be treated is covered with a hair cap provided with a protrusion on the inner surface, and a space is formed between the hair cap and the head by bringing the protrusion into contact with the head. After repeating the decompression and pressurization of the space, and then massaging the head by expanding and contracting the protrusion, and opening the space between the hair cap and the head to the atmosphere, the hair growth agent A hair growth method for hair growth, characterized in that it is supplied to the head.

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