JP3152285U - Germanium medical device - Google Patents

Abstract

A germanium medical device having a high therapeutic effect is provided. The germanium medical device includes germanium and a ceramic that generates negative ions, and the volume ratio of the ceramic is 50% or more. Moreover, the side which contacts skin is shape | molded in the shape of a pyramid. This germanium medical device does not require a plating layer on the surface, and the electrical action of germanium on the living body is greater than that of the conventional one. Also, negative ions generated from ceramic have a beneficial effect on the human body. When used as a patch type healing device, the apex and ridge of the pyramid stimulate the skin. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a germanium medical device used by being attached to the skin in order to relieve symptoms such as stiff shoulders, low back pain, and muscle pain, and in particular, aims to improve the therapeutic effect.

A conventional germanium medical device that is attached to a shoulder or waist and used as a sticking type healing device is described in, for example, Patent Document 1 below. In this medical device, as shown in the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2, the surface of a conical shaped body 1 containing germanium as a main component is covered with triple plating layers 3, 4, and 5.
The formed body 1 is composed of germanium alone or a mixture of germanium and another metal or glass. In the case of germanium alone, a high-purity purified germanium (purity 99.999%) ingot is melted and placed in a predetermined mold. It is formed by casting, or is formed by pressing a fine powder obtained by pulverizing the ingot into a conical shape and sintering at an appropriate temperature. Further, the compact 1 of the mixture is formed by mixing the germanium fine powder with a metal such as copper, silver, aluminum, tin or the like, or glass fine powder, press-molding it, and then sintering.

The plating layer is composed of three layers of a copper tin alloy plating layer 3, a gold plating layer 4 and a rhodium plating layer 5. The copper-tin alloy plating layer 3 is an underlayer having excellent adhesion to germanium, and the gold plating layer 4 functions as a bonding layer for bonding the underlayer and the rhodium plating layer 5 as a decorative layer. The rhodium plating layer 5 prevents corrosion of germanium due to secretions from the human body, and further exhibits a metallic luster like platinum to increase the commercial value.
Moreover, since germanium is a brittle crystal, the plating layer also functions to reinforce the mechanical strength of the germanium molded body 1.
In this germanium medical device, the bottom side of the cone is fixed to an adhesive piece that is one size larger than the molded body in order to constitute a patch type healing treatment device. It is affixed to the affected area to press.

JP 2004-305409 A

  High-purity germanium is an intrinsic semiconductor, and a pair of holes and electrons is generated by thermal energy at ambient temperature. The hole electron pair disappears with a certain lifetime, but in the case of germanium, the generation of hole electron pairs is far more frequent than the disappearance even at a temperature of about body temperature. The healing effect of germanium has not been fully elucidated, but the exchange of electrons with the affected area is performed by the electrical action of the hole that draws electrons, normalizing the abnormal potential of the affected area, and healing diseases such as inflammation It is considered a thing.

However, since the conventional germanium medical device is surrounded by the conductive plating layer, the electrical effect on the living body of the germanium molded body is reduced by the shielding effect, and the therapeutic effect by germanium can be sufficiently exerted. I can't.
Further, the conventional germanium medical device has a conical shape, and the position of the skin where the apex of the conical shape hits is limited. For this reason, even if it is intended to stimulate the vase of the human body with this tool, it is difficult to accurately press the apex of the cone shape against the vase of the human body.

  The present invention was created in consideration of such circumstances, and aims to provide a germanium medical device having a high therapeutic effect.

The germanium medical device of the present invention includes germanium and a ceramic that generates negative ions, wherein the volume ratio of the ceramic is 50% or more, and the side in contact with the skin is shaped into a pyramid shape. .
This germanium medical device does not require a plating layer on the surface, and the electrical action of germanium on the living body is greater than that of the conventional one. Also, negative ions generated from ceramic have a beneficial effect on the human body.

  Moreover, since the germanium medical device of this invention is shape | molded in the shape of a pyramid on the side contact | abutted to skin, it can irritate | stimulate skin not only by the top of a pyramid but the ridgeline of a pyramid.

The germanium medical device of the present invention can achieve a high therapeutic effect because the electrical action of germanium effectively affects the human body and can exert the action of negative ions on the human body.
Moreover, when using as a sticking type | mold tension treatment apparatus, it is easy to irritate | stimulate skin without removing a pot and can improve a therapeutic effect.

The figure which shows the germanium medical device in embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the conventional germanium medical device

FIG. 1 shows a germanium medical device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1A is a side view, FIG. 1B is a plan view, and FIG. 1C is a bottom view.
This germanium medical device is a molded body 10 in which the lower part is a cylinder 11 and the upper part is molded in the shape of an octagonal pyramid 12, and the bottom surface of the cylindrical body 11 of this molded body 10 is used to form a sticking type therapeutic device. It is fixed to an adhesive piece (not shown) that is one size larger than the molded body 10.
The compact 10 is composed of a mixture of 30% by volume of germanium powder having a purity of 99.999% and 70% by volume of ceramic powder having an anion generation effect.

As the ceramic having the negative ion generation effect, for example, a ceramic described in JP-A-2003-342479 can be used. This ceramic contains 40 to 50% by weight of zirconium oxide, 25 to 30% by weight of silicon oxide and 2 to 8% by weight of anhydrous phosphoric acid, and contains a very small amount of radium which is a natural radioactive element.
From this ceramic, a very small amount of radiation is generated that has no problem with the human body, and it is considered that it acts on moisture in the air to produce negative ions (radiation hormesis effect). Negative ions have the feature of activating the defense mechanism of the living body and bringing effects such as aging, cancer suppression, and immune function.

The compact 10 was formed by mixing a fine powder of germanium having an average particle diameter of about 1 μm and a fine powder of a ceramic, pressing the mixture, and then sintering at an appropriate temperature. The dimensions of the obtained molded body 10 are such that the diameter of the cylinder 11 portion is 7.9 mm, the thickness of the cylinder 11 portion is 0.9 mm, and the maximum thickness of the octagonal pyramid 12 portion is 1.8 mm. The maximum thickness of the compact 10 combined with the pyramid 12 (the thickness of the apex portion of the octagonal pyramid 12) is 2.7 mm.
The molded body 10 has a radiation equivalent of about 0.1 μSv / h, and the amount of negative ions generated is about 1200 / ml (air).

The molded body 10 has high mechanical strength because ceramic contained in a larger amount than germanium plays a role of connection. In addition, since most of the surface of the molded body 10 is occupied by a chemically stable ceramic, there is no risk of corrosion even if human secretions adhere. Therefore, the molded body 10 does not require a plating layer.
The molded body 10 having no plating layer has nothing to prevent the electron attracting action due to the holes of germanium. Therefore, although the germanium content is lower than the conventional germanium medical device having the plating layer (FIG. 2). The electrical effect on the living body is rather increased.

Moreover, the ceramic which comprises the molded object 10 generate | occur | produces the negative ion which brings a beneficial effect to a human body.
In addition, since the ridge line of the octagonal pyramid 12 of the molded body 10 is angular, it can irritate the contacted skin as with the apex of the octagonal pyramid 12. For this reason, in the patch-type tension treatment device using the molded body 10, it is easy to stimulate the human body with the molded body 10.
Together, these germanium medical devices can exhibit a high therapeutic effect.

Here, the case where the germanium powder is 30% by volume and the ceramic powder having the effect of generating negative ions is 70% by volume is shown. However, if the composition ratio of the ceramic powder is not less than 50% by volume, An effect can be obtained.
Although the case where the molded body 10 is formed into an octagonal pyramid is shown here, the shape may be other than an octagon as long as it is a pyramid shape having a ridgeline, and may be a hexagon, a decagon, a hexagon, a pentagon, a quadrangle, and the like.
Further, the ceramic composition is not limited to that described above. The natural radioactive element included in the ceramic may be another uranium series radioactive element, a thorium series radioactive element, or an actinium series radioactive element.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Molding body 3 Copper tin alloy plating layer 4 Gold plating layer 5 Rhodium plating layer 10 Molding body 11 Cylinder 12 Octagonal pyramid

Claims (1)

  A germanium medical device comprising germanium and a ceramic that generates negative ions, wherein the ceramic has a volume ratio of 50% or more, and a side in contact with the skin is formed into a pyramid shape.

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