JPH06339531A - Low frequency therapeutic apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a low frequency therapeutic apparatus which facilitates the loading and unloading of an adhesive gel and inexpensive by arranging an electrode pad to be mounted on the body of a therapeutic apparatus being allowed to load or unload. CONSTITUTION:An electrode pad 1 has conducting surfaces 3a and 3b formed on a conductor electrode seat 2 and adhesive gels 4a and 4b are stuck onto the respective surfaces. A therapeutic apparatus body comprises an upper half part 10a and a lower half part 10b and a pair of protrusions 11a and 11b are formed on a relative side circumferential part of the lower half part 10b. The protrusions can be fitted into a pair of recessed parts 12a and 12b formed at respective parts of the upper half part 10a. Then, the electrode pad 1 is arranged between the upper half part 10a and the lower half part 10b and the protrusions 11a and 11b of the lower half part 10b are fitted into recessed parts 12a and 12b of the upper half part 10a. Thus, connection terminals 15a and 15b of the upper half part 10a are connected to connection terminals 13a and 14a of the lower half part 10b and connection terminals 13b and 14b of the lower half part 10b to the conducting surfaces 3a and 3b of the electrode pad 1 separately.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a low frequency treatment device for treating a living body (stiff shoulders, muscle aches, blood circulation promotion, etc.) by passing a low frequency current from the treatment device body through an electrode pad to the living body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a low-frequency treatment device, FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a treatment device main body 70 having a battery, a low-frequency current generation circuit, etc. inside and having ON and OFF switches 71 and 72, and a lower part of the main body 70 (on the living body sticking side) are integrally attached. Some include an electrode pad 73. The electrode pad 73 is formed by forming a conductive surface 75 having a pattern as shown in FIG. 15 on a conductor electrode sheet 74 and adhering adhesive gels 80 and 81 to the conductive surface 75. The conductive surface 75 has a connecting portion 76, and the connecting portion 76 is the main body 70.
Electrically connected to the circuit board inside.

In such a treatment device, as shown in FIG. 17, two adhesive gels 80 and 81 are provided on the conductive surface 75 of the electrode pad 73.
The adhesive pads 80 and 81 are used to attach the electrode pad 73 together with the treatment device body 70 to the living body.

[0004]

However, in the conventional treatment device as described above, two adhesive gels have to be pasted one by one, and thus the sticking of the adhesive gel is troublesome,
It is troublesome to remove each one. on the other hand,
There is also one in which two adhesive gels are connected in advance, but in this case, the cost of the adhesive gel becomes high.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a low-frequency therapeutic device in which the adhesive gel can be easily attached and detached at low cost.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a low frequency treatment device of the present invention (claim 1) is a treatment device main body having a power supply, a low frequency generation circuit and the like, and this treatment device main body. A low-frequency treatment device including an electrode pad for flowing a low-frequency current from the device to a living body, wherein the electrode pad is detachably attached to the treatment device body.

[0007] In the low frequency treatment device according to the first aspect of the present invention, as a concrete structure of the electrode pad which can be attached to and detached from the treatment device main body, an upper half portion and a lower half portion to which the treatment device main body is detachable The electrode pad is sandwiched between the upper half portion and the lower half portion (Claim 2), or the treatment device body inserts and removes the end portion of the electrode pad into the relative end portion on the living body side. There is a configuration (claim 3) in which a possible electrode pad insertion portion is provided and an end portion of the electrode pad is inserted into this electrode pad insertion portion.

The low frequency treatment device according to claim 4 comprises a treatment device main body having a power supply, a low frequency generation circuit and the like, and an electrode pad for passing a low frequency current from the treatment device main body to a living body. In the low frequency treatment device, the electrode pad has an adhesive gel attached to the electrode pad for attaching the electrode pad to a living body.
It is characterized in that it is integrally formed in the form of a single sheet, has release sheets on both sides, and has a fragile portion for removing the adhesive gel portion facing the treatment device body after attaching the electrode pad.

[0009]

In each of the treatment devices according to the first to third aspects, the electrode pad is attachable to and detachable from the treatment device body. When the electrode pad is specifically attached to the treatment device main body, in the treatment device according to claim 2, the upper half portion and the lower half portion may be integrated, and the electrode pad may be sandwiched between both portions. The electrode pad and the treatment device body are electrically connected. In the treatment device according to the third aspect, when the end portion of the electrode pad is inserted into the electrode pad insertion portion of the treatment device main body, both are electrically connected.

When removing the electrode pad from the main body of the treatment device, in the treatment device according to claim 2, the upper half portion and the lower half portion which are united may be individually separated, and in the treatment device according to claim 3, The end portion of the electrode pad may be pulled out from the electrode pad insertion portion. Thus, in the treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the electrode pad and the adhesive gel can be attached to and detached from the treatment device main body by one operation, and the adhesive gel can be attached or removed one by one. There is no need for troublesome work.

Further, in the treatment device according to claim 4, after peeling off the release sheet on one surface of the adhesive gel and attaching the exposed adhesive surface to the electrode pad, the adhesive gel portion facing the main body of the treatment device is fragile. Peel off the release sheet on the other side from the part, and then remove the remaining release sheet on the other side,
The adhesive gel enables the body of the treatment device to be attached to the living body.

As described above, in the treatment device according to claim 4,
The adhesive gel can be accurately and easily attached to a predetermined position of the electrode pad by one operation, and the adhesive gel can be provided at low cost.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The low frequency treatment device of the present invention will be described below based on embodiments. First, a side view of the electrode pad attached to the main body of the therapeutic device is shown in FIG. 1, a rear view thereof is shown in FIG. 2 (a), and a front view thereof is shown in FIG. 2 (b). This electrode pad 1 has conductive surfaces 3a, 3b having a pattern as shown in FIG.
Are formed, and the adhesive gels 4a and 4b are adhered to the conductive surfaces 3a and 3b, respectively. Each component of the electrode pad 1 is almost the same as the conventional one, and the conductor electrode sheet 2
Is made of a soft material such as PET film and can easily follow the curved surface of the living body.
Is made by printing carbon or the like. Also, the conductor electrode sheet 2
Has a thickness of about 100 μm, and the adhesive gels 4a and 4b have a thickness of about 1 to 2 mm.

An example of attaching such an electrode pad 1 to the main body of the treatment device is shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. 3 and 4 relate to the configuration of the treatment device according to claim 2, and the treatment device main body includes an upper half portion 10a and a lower half portion 10b. A pair of protrusions 11a and 11b are provided on the relative side peripheral portions of the lower half portion 10b.
Are formed, and the projections 11a and 11b are respectively formed by a pair of recesses 1 formed in corresponding portions of the upper half portion 10a.
It can be fitted to 2a and 12b. Therefore, by fitting the protrusion into the recess, the upper half portion 10a and the lower half portion 1
0b can be integrally connected, and conversely, by removing the protrusion from the recess, the upper half portion 10a and the lower half portion 10b can be separated.

The lower half portion 10b has connection terminals 13,
14 are provided in the shape of a ridge, and each connection terminal 13, 14
Are respectively two connection terminals 13a, 13b, 14a, 1
4b. On the other hand, the upper half portion 10a is provided with connection terminals 15a and 15b facing the connection terminals 13a and 14a of the lower half portion 10b. The upper half 10
The a has ON and OFF switches 16 and 17.

In this structure, the electrode pad 1 is arranged between the upper half portion 10a and the lower half portion 10b so that the longitudinal directions of the electrode pad 1 and the main body of the therapeutic device are orthogonal to each other.
the protrusions 11 of the lower half 10b in the recesses 12a and 12b of a.
Insert a and 11b. As a result, the connection terminals 15a and 15b of the upper half portion 10a come into contact with the connection terminals 13a and 14a of the lower half portion 10b, respectively, and the lower half portion 10a.
The connection terminals 13b and 14b of b contact the conductive surfaces 3a and 3b of the electrode pad 1, respectively. And the adhesive gel 4a,
The treatment device is attached to a treatment site or the like of the living body using 4b.
When removing the electrode pad 1 from the main body of the treatment device, the projection 11
It suffices to remove a and 11b from the recesses 12a and 12b.

The operation of the treatment device is the same as the conventional one. For example, if the ON switch 16 is pushed, the power is turned on, and by further pushing the ON switch 16, the strength is increased, and conversely, the OFF switch 17 is pushed. Will reduce the strength, and if you keep pressing it, the power will be turned off at the end. Next, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 show the configuration of the treatment device according to claim 3. In this treatment device, electrode pad insertion portions 21a and 21b into which the relative end portion of the electrode pad 1 is inserted are formed at the relative lower end portion of the treatment device main body 20, and the electrode pad insertion portions 21a and 21b respectively have elastic piece shapes. Connection terminal 22
a and 22b are projected. Also, the treatment device body 20 is
Similarly, it has ON and OFF switches 23 and 24.

In this treatment device, the long side of the electrode pad 1 is curved as shown in FIG. 6, and both ends thereof are inserted into the electrode pad insertion portions 21a and 21b, respectively, so that the electrode pad 1 is treated as a main body of the treatment device. It is attached to 20. As a result, the conductor electrode sheet 2 of the electrode pad 1 contacts the connection terminals 22a and 22b of the treatment device body 20, and the body 20 and the electrode pad 1 are electrically connected. In order to remove the electrode pad 1, the electrode pad 1 is also curved and both ends thereof are taken out from the electrode pad insertion portions 21a and 21b.

Furthermore, FIG. 7 shows the structure of the adhesive gel according to the therapeutic device of claim 3. The adhesive gel 30 has release sheets 31 and 32 adhered to both sides thereof, and has a cut surface (fragile portion) 3
Both side portions 30a, 30b and the central portion 3 with 3, 34 sandwiched therebetween.
It consists of three parts 0c. Both sides 30a, 30
b is the conductive surfaces 3a, 3b of the electrode pad as shown in FIG.
The central portion 30c corresponds to the main body of the treatment device.
The cut surfaces 33 and 34 are formed on the release sheet 31 and the adhesive gel, but not on the release sheet 32. As described above, the adhesive gels 30a, 30b,
The thickness of 30c is about 1 to 2 mm, and the release sheet 3
The thickness of 1, 32 is about 100 μm.

The adhesive gel 30 is attached to the electrode pad of the main body of the therapeutic device as shown in FIGS. 8 to 13.
First, in FIGS. 8 and 9, the entire adhesive gel 30 from which the release sheet 32 is removed is attached to the conductive surface 52 of the electrode pad 50 attached to the treatment device body 40 with the exposed adhesive surface thereof. As a result, both side portions 30 of the adhesive gel 30
a and 30b correspond to the conductive surface 52, and the central portion 30c corresponds to the treatment device body 40.

Then, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG.
The central portion 30c is peeled off from the cut surfaces 33, 34 and removed. At this time, the part of the release sheet 31 attached to the central part 30c is also removed at the same time. As a result, only the portion of the adhesive gel 30 corresponding to the treatment device body 40 disappears,
Both side portions 30a and 30b are separated. Finally, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, by peeling off the release sheet 31 attached to both side portions 30a, 30b of the adhesive gel 30, exposing the adhesive surfaces of both side portions 30a, 30b,
The treatment device can be attached to the living body by the adhesive gels 30a and 30b.

In such an adhesive gel 30, for example, an original plate in which both release sheets and the adhesive gel are integrated is punched into a predetermined size by a die, and at the time of this punching, one sheet and the adhesive gel are cut into half cuts. It is possible to manufacture by performing the above to form a cut surface. Such an adhesive gel 3
When 0 is used, the adhesive gel can be easily attached to the electrode pad without being displaced to a predetermined position, and the cost of the adhesive gel can be kept low.

[0023]

The low-frequency therapeutic device of the present invention has the following effects because it is configured as described above. (1) In the treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, since the electrode pad to which the adhesive gel is attached is attached to and detached from the treatment device main body, it is only necessary to attach the electrode pad to the treatment device main body. Is unnecessary, and it is not necessary to adhere two adhesive gels one by one to a predetermined position of the electrode pad as in the conventional case. Therefore, the electrode pad including the adhesive gel can be easily attached and detached.

Further, since the adhesive gel is adhered to the electrode pad in advance, there is no problem that the adhesive gel adheres to the hand when the electrode pad is attached and it is difficult to handle. (2) In the treatment device according to claim 4, the adhesive gel attached to the electrode pad is integrated into one sheet, and has a fragile portion for removing the central portion. Therefore, not only can the adhesive gel be easily attached to the predetermined position of the electrode pad attached to the treatment device main body without displacement, but also the adhesive gel can be provided at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of an electrode pad according to the treatment device according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

FIG. 2 is a rear view (a) and a front view (b) of the electrode pad shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view for explaining how to attach the electrode pad shown in FIG. 1 to the treatment device body according to the treatment device according to claim 2.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of the diagram shown in FIG. 3 viewed from the side.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view for explaining how to attach the electrode pad shown in FIG. 1 to the treatment device body according to the treatment device according to claim 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram of the diagram shown in FIG. 5 viewed from the side.

FIG. 7 is a side view of the adhesive gel according to the treatment device of claim 4.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a procedure of attaching the adhesive gel shown in FIG. 7 to an electrode pad attached to a treatment device body.

9 is a diagram of the diagram shown in FIG. 8 viewed from the side.

10 is a perspective view showing a procedure that follows the procedure shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. FIG.

11 is a diagram of the diagram shown in FIG. 10 viewed from the side.

12 is a perspective view showing a procedure following the procedure shown in FIGS. 10 and 11. FIG.

FIG. 13 is a diagram of the diagram shown in FIG. 12 viewed from the side.

FIG. 14 is an external perspective view of a treatment device according to a conventional example.

15 is a perspective view showing the back surface of the treatment device shown in FIG. 14. FIG.

16 is a side view when an adhesive gel is attached to the treatment device shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a view for explaining a method of attaching the adhesive gel to the treatment device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electrode pad 4a, 4b Adhesive gel 10a Upper half part of treatment device body 10b Lower half part of treatment device body 20 Treatment device body 30 Adhesive gel 31,32 Release sheet 33,34 Cut surface (fragile part)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A low frequency treatment device comprising a treatment device main body having a power supply, a low frequency generation circuit and the like, and an electrode pad for flowing a low frequency current from the treatment device main body to a living body, wherein the electrode pad is treated. A low-frequency treatment device that is detachably attached to the body of the device. 2. The treatment device main body comprises a detachable upper half portion and a lower half portion, and the electrode pad is sandwiched between the upper half portion and the lower half portion. Low frequency therapy device. 3. The treatment device main body has an electrode pad insertion portion into and from which the end portion of the electrode pad can be inserted and removed at a relative end portion on the living body side, and the end portion of the electrode pad is inserted into the electrode pad insertion portion. The low frequency treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the low frequency treatment device is inserted. 4. A low frequency treatment device comprising a treatment device main body having a power supply, a low frequency generation circuit and the like, and an electrode pad for flowing a low frequency current from the treatment device main body to a living body, wherein the electrode pad is It has an adhesive gel attached to this electrode pad for attaching this electrode pad to a living body, and this adhesive gel is integrally formed into a single sheet and has release sheets on both sides, and also has an electrode pad attachment. A low frequency treatment device having a fragile portion for removing an adhesive gel portion facing the treatment device body after wearing.