JPH08280730A - Body warmer mounting vest for thermotherapic treatment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enhance a thermotherapic effect by forming a vest in such a manner that anyone is able to easily and exactly mount a body warmer for a thermotherapic treatment in the lesion of the human body. CONSTITUTION: This vest 11 is formed by joining a rear surface part 12, left front part 13 and right front part 14 formed of fabrics by hook-and-loop fasteners 15, 16. Cords 17 are respectively mounted at the side parts of the rear surface part 12, the left front part 13 and the right front part 14 and the side parts of the vest 11 are joined by connecting the front and rear cords 17. Further, a pocket 19 for contg. the body warmer 18 for the thermotherapic treatment is mounted in the section corresponding to, for example, the liver is mounted at the rear surface of the right front part 14 of the vest 11. A pocket for contg. the body warmer 18 for the thermotherapic treatment is mounted at the section corresponding to, for example, the pancreas is mounted at the rear surface of the rear surface part 12. The body warmers formed by sealing polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 500 to 6000 as a heat accumulating medium into a hermetic bag is used for the body warmers 18 for the thermotherapic treatment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an anka wearing vest for hyperthermia for easily performing hyperthermia (therapy for applying heat to the affected part of the body to cure it).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, hyperthermia (a therapy for applying heat to an affected part of the body to cure it) has been attracting attention as being effective in treating cancer and low back pain. In order to easily perform this hyperthermia treatment even in a general home, the present inventor has disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 63-63.
Anka for hyperthermia treatment disclosed in JP-A-220864 was developed. In this heat treatment anka, polyethylene glycol is enclosed in a sealed bag as a heat storage medium, and the latent heat accompanying the phase change of this polyethylene glycol is used to efficiently store heat. The polyethylene glycol to be enclosed has an average molecular weight of 500. The melting temperature of polyethylene glycol is 30 ° C to 65 ° C.
The temperature is set in the range of ℃, and the affected part of the body is warmed by the heat of that temperature.

[0003]

In order to enhance the effect of hyperthermia treatment, it is necessary to fix the hyperthermia anchor for immobilization on the affected part of the human body so that it does not move while being accurately applied. For this reason, conventionally, a towel or a towel was used to wrap the heat treatment anka around the human body.

[0004] However, not only is the work of accurately fitting the heat treatment anka to the affected part of the human body using a towel, a towel or the like, but also the movement of the human body causes the heat treatment bean paste to be displaced. It is easy, and some patients do not know the exact position of the affected area to which the heat treatment bean paste is placed.Therefore, it is possible that the heat treatment bean paste may be attached to a position that is misaligned from the affected area. It is a factor that reduces the effect of treatment.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is that anyone can easily attach the thermotherapy anchor to the affected part of the human body, and the thermotherapy effect can be obtained. It is to provide a vest that can be enhanced for heat treatment.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the anther-wearing vest for hyperthermia treatment according to claim 1 of the present invention has a pocket for inserting the anthera for heat treatment in a region corresponding to an affected part of a human body. It has been provided.

Further, as in the vest for attaching anther for thermotherapy according to claim 2, the shoulder portion and the side portion are provided with length adjusting means for adjusting the length according to the physique. Is preferred.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the anther for heat treatment has an average molecular weight of 500 as a heat storage medium in a sealed bag.
It is advisable to use one in which polyethylene glycol of up to 6000 is enclosed.

[0009]

In the above-mentioned thermal treatment anchor attachment vest (hereinafter simply referred to as "best") according to claim 1, since a pocket for inserting the thermal treatment anchor is provided at a site corresponding to the affected part of the human body, the patient can Simply put on this vest and put the heat treatment bean paste in your pocket (or just put on the vest that has the heat treatment bean paste in your pocket) to easily put the heat treatment bean paste on the affected area of the human body. Can be installed correctly.

Further, since the vest according to claim 2 is provided with the length adjusting means at the shoulder portion and the side portion, by adjusting the length adjusting means, the position of the pocket can be adjusted according to the size of the patient. Can be adjusted, the vest can be freely sized (that is, the range of size can be expanded), and the same vest can be used for patients with different physiques.

[0011] Also, as a heat storage medium to be enclosed in a thermotherapy treatment, an average molecular weight of 500 to 60 is provided.
When the polyethylene glycol of 00 is used, the temperature for the heat treatment (melting temperature of polyethylene glycol) is 30 ° C to 6 which is a temperature range suitable as a heat source for the heat treatment.
The temperature can be set in the range of 5 ° C., and the latent heat associated with the phase change can be used to efficiently store heat in that temperature range.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the vest 11, and FIG. 2 is the vest 11.
FIG. 3 is a side view of the vest 11, and FIG. Best 1
1 is made by connecting a back surface portion 12 made of cloth, a left front portion 13 and a right front portion 14 with surface fasteners 15 and 16, respectively. The planar fastener 15 on the shoulder portion of the vest 11 also functions as a length adjusting means for adjusting the length according to the physique. Also, the back part 12 of the vest 11
A string 17 is attached to each side part of the left front part 13 and the right front part 14, and by connecting the front and rear strings 17, the side part of the vest 11 is connected and the tie position of the string 17 is adjusted to the physique. It also functions as a length adjusting means for adjusting the side length by adjusting. Furthermore, on the back side (inside) of the right front part 14 of the vest 11, for example, a pocket 19 for attaching the heat treatment bean curd 18 is attached to a part corresponding to the liver, and on the back side (inside) of the back part 12. Is an anther for hyperthermia treatment at the part corresponding to the pancreas, for example.
A pocket 20 for holding 8 is attached.

As shown in FIG. 4, the above-mentioned heat treatment bean curd 18 has a sealed bag 21 in which polyethylene glycol 22 having an average molecular weight of 500 to 6000 is enclosed as a heat storage medium. The sealed bag 21 has a melting point of 100 ° C.
The above thermoplastic sheet (for example, a sheet of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, nylon, etc.) is heat-sealed at the periphery thereof, and has a double structure including an inner bag and an outer bag in order to prevent the polyethylene glycol 22 from leaking. Has become.

As described above, when the polyethylene glycol 22 having an average molecular weight of 500 to 6000 is used as the heat storage medium, the temperature of the heat treatment bean curd 18 (the melting temperature of the polyethylene glycol 22) is the temperature suitable as the heat source for the heat treatment. The temperature can be set in the range of 30 ° C to 65 ° C, and the latent heat associated with the phase change can be used to efficiently store heat in that temperature range, thus maintaining the thermotherapy effect for a long time. You can Furthermore, the melting temperature can be adjusted by changing the average molecular weight of polyethylene glycol 22, and for example, when used for cancer treatment, in the temperature range where only cancer cells are killed without adversely affecting benign cells of the human body. 40 ° C ~ 45
The melting temperature may be set to about ℃.

When heat is stored in the heat treatment bean curd 18, as shown in FIG. 5, the heat treatment bean curd 18 is put in the warming cabinet 23 and heated at a temperature of 65 ° C. or lower. In this warm storage 23, a self-temperature control type sheet heating element 26 is arranged on the inner surface of the heat insulating wall 24 and the shelf 25, and the heat insulating door 31 seals the inside of the storage to keep the storage temperature at 65 ° C. or less. (For example, 60 ° C to 6
(4 ° C). The configuration of the sheet heating element 11 (see FIG. 6) is, as described in detail in JP-B-3-42681, a thermosensitive electrical resistance composition made by uniformly dispersing carbon powder in polyethylene glycol. No. 27, the thermosensitive electrical resistance composition 27 is mixed with the electrode 28 and roll-formed into a planar shape, and both front and back surfaces thereof are made of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic film 30 having a nonwoven fabric 29 bonded to the inner surfaces thereof. The heat-sensitive electric resistance composition 2 is sandwiched and sandwiched by heat-sealing the peripheral edge of the plastic film 30.
7 is sealed.

In this case, carbon powder to be dispersed in polyethylene glycol can be used in various forms, for example, widely used from amorphous carbon black to crystalline graphite, and the mixing ratio thereof is 18 to 22% by weight. It is preferable to set within the range. However, it is preferable that a carbon powder having a low bulk density such as acetylene black has a small mixing ratio, and a carbon powder having a low bulk density such as graphite has a large mixing ratio.

The feature of the sheet heating element 26 thus constructed is that the molecular weight of polyethylene glycol is, for example, 500.
By setting appropriately in the range of up to about 20,000, 5
The heat generation temperature can be arbitrarily set within the range of 70 ° C to 70 ° C, and the vertical fluctuation of the heat generation temperature is different from that of the conventional PTC.
Compared to heaters, it is significantly smaller and has the advantage of not requiring a thermostat for temperature control.

Anka 1 for hyperthermia treatment as in this embodiment
If 8 is put in the heating cabinet 23 and heated at a temperature slightly higher than the melting point temperature of the polyethylene glycol 22 in the heat treatment bean curd 18, the temperature of the heat treatment bean curd 18 will not become too hot. Completed, the heat treatment bean curd 18 taken out from the warm storage 23 is kept as it is in the pockets 11 and 2 of the best 11
It can be put in 0 and used immediately.

However, the means for accumulating the heat treatment bean curd 18 is not limited to the warm storage 23, and the heat treatment bean curd 18 may be put in an electromagnetic range for heat storage or soaked in hot water for heat storage. However, it goes without saying that it is good.

According to the embodiment described above, since the pockets 19 and 20 for accommodating the heat treatment anchor 18 are provided at the site corresponding to the affected part of the human body, the patient is in the best 11
Wearing and wearing heat treatment anka 18 in pockets 19 and 20
Simply put (or just wear the vest 11 with the heat treatment anchor 18 in the pockets 19 and 20) and anyone can easily attach the heat treatment anchor 18 to the affected part of the human body accurately. In addition, the thermal treatment anchor 18 is not displaced due to the movement of the human body, and the effect of the thermal treatment can be enhanced.

Further, since the sheet-like fasteners 15 and the strings 17 which serve as length adjusting means are provided on the shoulders and the sides of the vest 11, the pockets can be adjusted according to the size of the patient by adjusting these. The positions of 19 and 20 can be adjusted, the vest 11 can be freely sized (that is, the range of size can be expanded), and the same vest 11 can be used for patients with different physiques. Therefore, it is not necessary to finely arrange the sizes of the vests 11, which is advantageous in terms of cost and is easy to store and manage even when used in a large amount in a hospital.

In the above embodiment, the planar fastener 15 is used as the length adjusting means for the shoulder portion of the vest 11, but other length adjusting means such as a cord or band may be used. Similarly, as the length adjusting means for the side of the vest 11, instead of the string 17, a sheet fastener or a band may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, pockets 19 and 20 are provided on the back side of the vest 11 for holding the heat treatment bean curd 18.
Although the vest 11 is attached to the vest 11, a pocket for storing the heat treatment bean curd 18 may be attached to the front side of the vest 11.

In addition, it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented with various modifications within the scope not departing from the gist, such as changing the positions and the number of the pockets 19 and 20 and changing the design of the vest 11. .

[0025]

As is apparent from the above description, according to claim 1 of the present invention, since a pocket for putting the heat treatment anka is provided in a portion corresponding to the affected part of the human body, anyone can easily perform it. The heat treatment anchor can be accurately attached to the affected part of the human body, and the heat treatment effect can be enhanced.

Further, according to the second aspect, since the length adjusting means is provided at the shoulder part and the side part of the vest, by adjusting the length adjusting means, the position of the pocket can be adjusted according to the size of the patient. It is possible to adjust, and the vest can be freely sized (that is, the size range can be expanded).

Further, in claim 3, as the heat storage medium to be enclosed in the heat treatment, the average molecular weight is 500 to 6000.
Since polyethylene glycol is used, the temperature of the heat treatment for heat treatment (melting temperature of polyethylene glycol)
Is a temperature range of 30 ° C, which is suitable as a heat source for hyperthermia
The temperature can be set in the range of 65 ° C., and the latent heat associated with the phase change can be used to efficiently store heat in that temperature range, and the thermotherapy effect can be maintained for a long time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a vest showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Rear view of the vest

[Figure 3] Side view of the vest

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an anka for heat treatment.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an open state of the warm storage.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged vertical sectional view of a planar heating element.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 ... Vest, 12 ... Rear part, 13 ... Left front part, 14 ... Right front part, 15 ... Planar fastener (length adjusting means), 16 ...
Surface fasteners, 17 ... Strings (length adjusting means), 18 ... Anka for thermotherapy, 19, 20 ... Pockets, 21 ... Sealing bags, 22 ... Polyethylene glycol, 23 ... Storage box, 2
6 ... Sheet heating element, 27 ... Thermosensitive electrical resistance composition, 28 ... Electrode, 29 ... Nonwoven fabric, 30 ... Plastic film.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An anchor wear vest for thermal therapy, characterized by comprising a pocket for accommodating the thermal therapy anchor in a region corresponding to an affected part of a human body. 2. An anchor wearing vest for hyperthermia treatment according to claim 1, wherein the shoulder portion and the side portion are provided with length adjusting means for adjusting the length according to the physique. 3. The heat treatment bean curd is characterized in that polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 500 to 6000 is enclosed as a heat storage medium in a sealed bag.
Alternatively, the vest for wearing the anka for heat treatment according to 2.