JP3205511U - Germanium-containing conductor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a conductor containing germanium in silicon rubber, which is connected to an electromuscular stimulation device and holds an electrode pad that can be attached to various parts of the body and improves adhesion between the body and the electrode pad. A conductor 100 including one or a plurality of electrode pads 20 connected to an electric muscle stimulator for electrically stimulating muscles inside a user's body, the electrode pads 20 being a base sheet 10. The silicon rubber 30 holds the electrode pad 20 and the user's body in close contact, and the silicon rubber 30 contains 0.5% to 1% by mass of powdered germanium. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a conductor connected to an electric muscle stimulating device for electrically stimulating muscles inside a user's body.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-136605 discloses a belt capable of fixing a plurality of electrode pads to an arbitrary place as a prior art conductor.
Further, as a treatment device in which germanium is mixed with silicon rubber, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-328907 discloses a magnetic treatment device in which a magnet is embedded in an adhesive pad containing silicon as a main agent and titanium or germanium as a secondary material. Has been.

JP 2002-136605 A JP 2005-328907 A

  However, the conductor with a belt disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a gap in a place other than the place where the conductor is installed, has poor adhesion with the user's body, and performs effective electrical treatment. I couldn't. In addition, there is a problem that no stimulus can be given even though a place other than the electrode pad is in contact with the body. In addition, the conventional magnetic therapy device disclosed in Patent Document 2 has a problem that only a thermal effect such as magnetic force and germanium can be enjoyed.

  The present invention adopts the following configuration in order to solve the above problems.

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A conductor according to the present invention is a conductor provided with one or a plurality of electrode pads connected to an electric muscle stimulator for electrically stimulating muscles inside a user's body. The material sheet and the above-described electrode pad and the user's body are held by silicon rubber, and the above-mentioned silicon rubber is blended with powdered germanium, and the above-mentioned silicon rubber is blended in an amount of 0.5. % To 1% by mass.

  Another structure of the conductor according to the present invention is characterized in that the particle size of germanium is 0.1 μm to 50 μm.

  According to the lead of the present invention, not only the effect of electrical stimulation from the electrode pad by the electromuscular stimulation device but also the thermal effect of germanium contained in the silicon rubber installed around the electrode pad can be enjoyed. Can do. In addition, germanium around the electrode pad can be activated by an electric pulse generated by the electric muscle stimulating device, and the thermal effect of germanium can be effectively increased. As a result, it is possible to alleviate various obstacles due to insufficient blood flow by promoting the stagnant blood flow.

It is a block diagram of the conductor which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is another block diagram of the conductor which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a connection diagram of a conductor and an electric muscle stimulator according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the function structure of the electric muscle stimulating device which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the signal pattern of a stationary pulse signal. It is explanatory drawing which shows the signal pattern of an EMS signal.

Germanium has a thermal effect, and a germanium warm bath in which germanium is dissolved in hot water is known as a thermotherapy.
It is known that germanium is activated under the influence of heating, light, X-rays, electric field, etc., and the activated germanium has an effect of increasing the thermal function.

The present invention pays attention to this characteristic, and the electric muscle stimulating device is made by blending powdered germanium into silicon rubber that holds the electrode pad of the conductor and improves the adhesion between the user's body and the conductor. The germanium compounded in the silicon rubber is activated by the electric pulse to be output, thereby improving the functions of electrical stimulation and thermal effect.
Hereinafter, the present invention will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a conductor 100 according to the present invention includes an electrode pad 20 in which carbon is kneaded as a conductive material on a non-conductive base sheet 10, and a periphery of the electrode pad 20. Silicon rubber 30 containing powdered germanium is installed.

The non-conductive substrate sheet 10 may be made of any material as long as it is non-conductive, but it needs only to have a certain degree of flexibility since it is brought into close contact with the user's body. The back surface of the electrode pad 20 is fixed to the base sheet 10.

A lead wire is connected to the back surface of the electrode pad 20 and is electrically connected to an electromuscular stimulation device, which will be described later, and applies electrical stimulation to the user's body.

The silicon rubber 30 holds and fixes the electrode pad 20 together with the base material sheet 10 to bring the conductor 100 and the treatment site desired by the user into close contact with each other.
By adding about 0.5% to 1% germanium, the thermal effect of germanium can be provided even in the absence of electrical stimulation by the electrode pad.
Further, germanium is activated by an electric pulse emitted from the electrode pad, and a thermal effect can be more efficiently given.

Germanium is used in powder form. The smaller the particle size of the germanium powder, the more preferable. Specifically, the particle size is preferably 0.1 to 50 μm.
This is because if the particle diameter is larger than 50 μm, the mixture with silicon rubber tends to collapse when the mixing ratio is 0.5% or more. Moreover, it is because it can mix suitably with a silicon rubber, so that a particle size is small.

The reason for changing the germanium concentration from 0.5% to 1% is that if the germanium concentration is 0.5% or less, the user is less likely to feel the thermal effect. Conversely, if the germanium concentration is 1% or more, the silicon rubber It is because it is easy to collapse.

Since the other part which comprises the conductor 100 uses the existing thing, it abbreviate | omits for details. For example, a joining terminal and a lead wire joined to the electric muscle stimulating device are formed using a predetermined conductive material.

Such a conductor 100 may be used in close contact with the treatment site, but a plurality of conductors 100 are used as shown in FIG. Also good.
In addition, the number of electrode pads installed on the conductor 100 is five and three, but this is only an example, and it is confirmed that an arbitrary number can be installed. It should be noted.

The number of electrode pads 20 installed varies depending on the desired treatment site. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, the one with five electrode pads 20 installed is used for the waist or abdomen, and the one with three electrode pads 20 shown in FIG. 2 is used for the feet or arms. To do.

  Hereinafter, an electric muscle stimulator (hereinafter referred to as a controller) connected to the conductor will be described.

  The controller 40 has two output systems consisting of channel 1 and channel 2 and outputs a low-frequency pulse signal to supply a low-frequency pulse voltage to the conductor 100.

  On the upper surface of the controller 40, the insertion ports for the channel 1 and the channel 2 are respectively provided.

  A plug terminal connected to the plug terminal of the conductor 100 is inserted into this insertion port and used.

  The controller 40 supplies a low-frequency pulse voltage through these insertion ports in order to apply electrical stimulation to the muscle of the treatment site where the conductor 100 is closely attached.

  A front panel of the controller 40 is provided with a liquid crystal panel that indicates an output state and a charging state, a power button, a program setting button, and an output adjustment button.

The power button is an operation button for turning on / off the power of the controller 40.

  The program setting button is an operation button for selecting an operation mode. The controller 40 is preset with a plurality of operation modes that can be selected in accordance with the treatment site, body shape, and the like.

The user presses the power button to turn on the power, and then presses the program setting button to select a desired operation mode. When the operation mode is selected, the mode number that is the identification number is displayed on the mode display portion of the liquid crystal panel.

  The output adjustment button is an operation button for setting the output level of channel 1 or channel 2. The controller of the present embodiment can set 0 to 40 output levels. The output level set for channel 1 is displayed on the level display section of the liquid crystal panel.

  The liquid crystal panel has a timer display unit in addition to the mode display unit and the level display unit described above. The remaining time of the operation time is displayed on the timer display section. In the controller of the present embodiment, the operation time required for one treatment process is set to 15 minutes.

  A connection port is provided below the controller 40. A power cord is connected to the connection port.

Next, the control system of the controller 40 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the controller.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 40 includes a power supply circuit 49, a switch circuit 50, a buzzer circuit 51, a display panel unit 52, a channel control unit 53-1, a channel control unit 53-2, and a control unit 54. Is done.

  The power supply circuit 49 is a circuit that is connected to a commercial AC power supply via a power cord and supplies power to each unit.

  The switch circuit 50 includes operation buttons such as a power button, a program setting button, and an output adjustment button. Based on the operation of each operation button, the switch circuit 50 generates a corresponding signal and inputs it to the control unit 54.

  The buzzer circuit 51 outputs a buzzer sound based on the control of the control unit 54 and notifies the end of the operation time and the occurrence of an error.

  The display panel unit 52 includes a liquid crystal panel and a panel drive circuit, and displays the mode number, output level, remaining time, etc. of the selected operation mode based on the control of the control unit 54.

  The channel control unit 53-1 and the channel control unit 53-2 are configured by a circuit that controls the output of the low frequency pulse signal based on the control of the control unit 54.

  The channel control unit 53-1 controls the output via each insertion port 50a which is the output port of the channel 1, so that the steady pulse signal generation unit 55-1, the EMS signal generation unit 56-1 and the output control unit 57 are controlled. -1.

  Similarly, the channel control unit 53-2 controls a steady pulse signal generation unit 55-2, an EMS signal generation unit 56-2, and an output in order to control an output through each insertion port 50b which is an output port of the channel 2. A control unit 57-2 is provided.

  The channel control unit 53-1 controls the output of the channel 1 as a first supply unit based on the control of the control unit 54. The channel control unit 53-2 controls the output of the channel 2 as a second supply unit based on the control of the control unit 54.

The stationary pulse signal generators 55-1 and 55-2 are composed of circuits that generate stationary pulse signals.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a signal pattern of a stationary pulse signal.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the stationary pulse signal is composed of positive and negative pulse signals having a predetermined amplitude voltage Vp and a pulse width Wp, and is output at a pulse frequency fp. Here, the amplitude voltage Vp, the pulse width Wp, and the pulse frequency fp are parameters, and are set according to each operation mode.

The EMS signal generators 56-1 and 56-2 include a circuit that generates an EMS signal.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a signal pattern of the EMS signal.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the EMS signal is composed of a plurality of pulse signals having a constant pulse width Wp and modulating the output voltage V. The EMS signal generators 56-1 and 56-2 increase the output voltage V of the pulse signal from 0 to a predetermined amplitude voltage Vp, maintain it for a certain time Th, and then decrease it from Vp to 0. Thereafter, the next EMS signal is output across the pause time Tr. If the time required to increase the output voltage V from 0 to Vp is the ramp-up time Tu, and the time required to decrease the output voltage V from 0 is the ramp-down time Td, the energization time To of each EMS signal is To = Tu + Th + Td. The energization time To and the rest time Tr are parameters, and are set according to each operation mode. The EMS signal is used to apply a surge stimulus to the muscle at the treatment site.

  The output control units 57-1 and 57-2 have a function of controlling the output systems of channel 1 and channel 2, respectively. That is, the output control unit 57-1 controls the output through the insertion port 50a of the channel 1. Further, the output control unit 57-2 controls the output through the insertion port 50b of the channel 2.

Since the method of using the above-described electric muscle stimulator is the same as that of the existing electric muscle stimulator, the description thereof is omitted.

By using the lead according to the present invention, germanium is activated not only by the effect of electrical stimulation of the muscles but also by the electric pulse emitted by the electrical muscle stimulator, effectively increasing the thermal effect of germanium. Can do. Thereby, since blood flow is promoted, it becomes possible to relieve the disorder | damage | failure by blood flow fall.

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10 Substrate sheet 20 Electrode pad 30 Silicon rubber 40 Controller

Claims (2)

A conductor having one or more electrode pads connected to an electric muscle stimulator for electrically stimulating muscles inside a user's body,
The electrode pad is held by silicon rubber that adheres the base sheet, the electrode pad and the user's body,
A conductor characterized by containing 0.5% to 1% by mass of powdered germanium in the silicon rubber. 2. The conductor according to claim 1, wherein a particle diameter of the powdered germanium is 0.1 μm to 50 μm.

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