JPH119568A - Millimetric wave inspecting instrument and use thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a millimetric wave inspecting instrument and the use thereof which enable objective measurement of millimetric wave generated from a patient independently of the sense of an operator. SOLUTION: A contact 18 is pressed onto an inspection plate 14 and rotated by a motor 19 depicting a fixed track. Under such a condition, when a millimetric wave is incident from a horn 13, it is transmitted through a waveguide 11 and reaches the inspection plate 14 to cause a polarization in the inspection plate 14. The polarization enable s varying of a friction coefficient of the surface of the inspection plate 14 to change an friction sound between the contact 18 and the inspection plate 14 thereby measuring the millimetric wave.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a millimeter wave detector that detects a millimeter wave emitted from a human body due to a dysfunction of the brain and nervous system and measures the intensity thereof, and a method of using the same.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Conventionally, chiropractic, acupuncture,
It has been empirically recognized that techniques such as acupressure, manipulative treatment and the like are effective in correcting the spine and alleviating the tension of nerves and muscles for certain symptoms of the body. However, such a treatment method largely depends on the experience and intuition of the practitioner, and it is pointed out that it is difficult for patients to judge the effect of the treatment.

[0003] On the other hand, it has been elucidated that the brain and nervous system emit abnormal millimeter-wave electromagnetic waves from the body when a functional disorder occurs in the human brain and nervous system. Therefore, in recent years, by combining detection and measurement of such electromagnetic waves emitted from the human body with the above-mentioned procedure,
Attempts have been made to make objective decisions about treatment.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-130152 discloses an inspection device 1 shown in FIG. Inspection device 1
Is a cover 2 having a handle 2, a cover 3 having a test plate 9 coupled to a bottom wall rotatably screwed to a body wall at one end of the body 2, and a bottomed cylindrical shape having the cover 3 side opened. The horn 5 which expands outward from the throttle hole 8 in the center of the bulkhead 7
Is provided with a focusing chamber 6.

When the horn 5 side of the inspection device 1 is turned to the human body, electromagnetic waves emitted from the human body are guided into the focusing chamber 6 while being aggregated by the horn 5, reach the inspection plate 9, and Are converted to electrostatic properties so that the friction increases. At this time, a skilled practitioner can sense this change in friction while lightly rubbing the surface of the inspection plate 9 with a fingertip. In addition, the sensitivity of friction, the inspection plate 9 and the focusing chamber 6
The strength of the detected electromagnetic wave is represented by the distance from

Here, when there is a cerebral / nervous dysfunction or a nerve stress, an approximate nerve stress center can be found by emitting a millimeter wave as an electromagnetic wave while forming a radial part around the brain / nerve dysfunction. Therefore,
The practitioner senses the change in the intensity of the millimeter wave and simultaneously performs a press treatment at the nerve stress center which causes the emission of the millimeter wave. In this way, when the millimeter wave is not sensed, it is determined that the nerve tissue of the patient has recovered and the treatment has been completed, and the millimeter wave is not detected from the inspection device 1 until the nerve stress or the like recurs.

[0007]

However, according to the above-described method, since the sensing of the millimeter wave depends on the sense of the practitioner performing the sensing, the degree of the sensing is different for each practitioner, and the millimeter wave is detected. It is impossible to objectively judge the presence or absence of the detection of millimeter waves or the intensity of the millimeter wave detection. Also, even when the same operator uses the same tester 1, it is questionable whether or not it is always possible to detect a millimeter wave of a constant intensity at a constant intensity. Furthermore, since the practitioner must always trace the inspection plate 9 with the fingers of one hand, the treatment must be performed using only the other hand, and the workability of the treatment is extremely poor. In such a situation, it is easily expected that it is also difficult to trace the surface of the inspection plate 9 with a constant force. Therefore, when the test device 1 is used, it is possible to detect the approximate position of the nerve stress center of the patient, but it is difficult to objectively determine whether or not the patient's disorder has been cured. I have to say.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a millimeter wave that is objectively emitted from a patient without depending on the sensation of a practitioner. It is an object of the present invention to provide a millimeter-wave tester capable of measuring the frequency and a method of using the same.

[0009]

That is, according to the present invention, an opening is provided in the center of the bottom surface of a bottomed cylindrical waveguide, and the opening is provided at the center of the bottom of the waveguide. A metal conical horn is formed integrally with the outer surface of the bottom surface of the waveguide so as to expand outward, and the open end of one end of the cylindrical base and the open end of the waveguide coincide with each other. As described above, the waveguide and the horn are fitted and fixed inside the cylindrical base, while the bottom is formed of a test plate made of a dielectric, and the side parts are made of the same material as the cylindrical base. The formed bottomed cylindrical cap fits into the open end of the cylindrical base so that the distance between the bottom surface of the cap and the open end of the cylindrical base can be adjusted by sliding, and the bottom of the cap is closed. Press the contact at a constant pressure from the outside of the And a friction coefficient measuring device for measuring a friction coefficient of the test plate by rotating the power by a motor so that the contact traces an arc-shaped locus. Vessels are provided.

In such a millimeter-wave inspection device of the present invention, the distance between the motor, the inspection plate and the horn is preferably at least 400 mm. Also, in order to allow only required millimeter waves to pass, the diameter of the hole is preferably 7 mm or less, and the waveguide and horn are formed of brass, and a gold coating is formed on the inner surface of the waveguide. Is preferred. Further, it is preferable that the side surface of the cap is formed of a material having a property of transmitting millimeter waves, and a dielectric having a property of increasing the friction coefficient of the surface when the millimeter waves are irradiated is used as the test plate. It is preferably used.

In addition, it is preferable that a stand is provided on the cylindrical base, and a control panel for a friction coefficient measuring device is installed on the stand, or that the control panel can be installed separately from the stand. . Further, when the cap is slid with respect to the cylindrical base, the distance between the bottom surface of the cap and the opening end of the cylindrical base is preferably displayed following the sliding operation in accordance with the amount of slide.

Further, according to the present invention, a friction sound generated between the test plate and the contact in a state where the friction coefficient of the surface of the test plate is increased by the irradiation of the millimeter wave is applied to the cap and the cylinder. With the position that disappears when slid away from the mold base,
The use of the above-described millimeter-wave inspection device, wherein the intensity is the intensity of the millimeter wave is provided.

[0013]

According to the above-described millimeter-wave inspection device of the present invention and the method of using the same, it is possible to objectively detect a millimeter wave independent of a practitioner's sense. Also, since the practitioner can directly know the intensity of the millimeter wave at each measurement position without touching the millimeter wave inspection device during the operation on the patient, there is an advantage that there is no trouble in the operation in the treatment. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a millimeter-wave tester 10 according to the present invention. An opening 12 is provided at the center of the bottom surface of a bottomed cylindrical waveguide 11. A metal conical horn 13 is integrally formed on the outer surface of the bottom surface of the waveguide 11 so that the horn 13 expands to the outside of the waveguide 11 with the vertex 12 as a vertex.

The waveguide 11 is the same as that generally used for transmitting microwaves, and is made of a metal conductor. However, such a waveguide 11 is also used for millimeter waves. Shows equivalent characteristics. The material of the waveguide 11 is preferably a material having a large conductivity in order to reduce a current loss generated on the inner surface of the waveguide 11 when a millimeter wave is transmitted. However, cost, workability, and corrosion resistance are reduced. Considering this, brass is preferably used in the present invention.

Furthermore, by forming a thin gold film having better conductivity and oxidation resistance than brass on the inner surface of the waveguide 11 made of brass, the conductivity only inside the waveguide 11 is increased to increase the current. Loss can be reduced. At this time, the thickness of the formed gold thin film is preferably set to about 3 μm or more so that no current flows from the gold thin film to the brass. However, the thickness of the gold thin film needs to be set so that the formation of the gold thin film does not increase the cost of the waveguide 11 as a whole.

The horn 13 plays a role of taking in an external millimeter wave into the millimeter wave inspection device 10, and the millimeter wave incident on the horn 13 is guided to the hole 12 at the apex of the cone while being aggregated, and the waveguide 11 Is transmitted into. Here, horn 13
Is preferably made of brass integrally with the waveguide 11, provided that the hole 12 is formed in a constant shape.
It may be made of another metal using means such as welding. In any case, it is preferable to form a gold thin film on the inner surface of the horn 13 as in the case of the waveguide 11.

It is preferable that the inner diameter and the length of the waveguide 11 be set to the resonance wavelength of the millimeter wave. Also, horn 1
Although there is no particular limitation on the inner diameter of the conical bottom part of No. 3,
If it is too large, the usability will be poor, and if it is too small, the amount of incident millimeter waves will decrease. Therefore, regarding the size of the waveguide 11 and the like, an inspection plate 14 described later is used.
In consideration of the measurement sensitivity of the coefficient of friction in the above, an appropriate size is selected, but the diameter of the waveguide 11 is 20 mmφ to 80 m.
mφ, and the inner diameter of the cone bottom of the horn 13 is 80 mm
φ to 100 mmφ, and the length of the waveguide 11 is 1
30mm ~ 200mm, horn 13 cone height is 80 ~
If it is 120 mm, it is hardly affected by the characteristics of the test plate 14 to be used, it is easy to use, and at the same time, an appropriate millimeter wave detection sensitivity can be obtained.

A hole 12 is provided in a portion corresponding to a connection between the bottom of the waveguide 11 and the horn 13. The wavelength of the millimeter wave guided to the waveguide 11 can be determined by the diameter of the hole 12. It is known that the wavelength of a millimeter wave emitted from the human body due to a dysfunction of the brain and nervous system is generally about 4.3 mm. Therefore, an millimeter wave having an extremely longer wavelength than this is not introduced into the waveguide 11. Therefore, in the present invention, the diameter of the hole 12 is set to 7 mm or less.

The waveguide 11 and the horn 13 thus formed are fitted and fixed inside the cylindrical base 15. At this time, the open end of one end of the cylindrical base 15 and the opening of the waveguide 11 are opened. The end is coincident, and the outer diameter of the cylindrical base 15 is configured to be the same as the outer diameter of the conical bottom portion of the horn 13. The cylindrical substrate 15 buffers various external stimuli to the waveguide 11 which are not related to the measurement of the millimeter wave,
In addition, plastic serves as a suitable material, serving as a member for attaching a stand 16 described later.

Next, a cap 17 is attached to the opening side of the cylindrical base 15.
The bottom portion is formed of a test plate 14 made of a dielectric, and the side portions are formed of a material that easily transmits millimeter waves. A slide mechanism (not shown) is provided at a fitting portion between the cap 17 and the cylindrical base 15 so that the distance between the bottom surface of the cap 17 and the opening end of the cylindrical base 15 can be adjusted.

Although the inspection plate 14 at the bottom of the cap 17 has only a small friction coefficient in a normal state, dielectric polarization occurs due to irradiation of millimeter waves, and the surface state changes to increase the friction coefficient. Use a material with properties. Therefore, a material having a large dielectric loss factor is suitably used as the material of the inspection plate 14.

If the thickness of the inspection plate 14 is too thin, the strength is weakened, and the state of contact with the contact 18 pressed against the inspection plate 14 for measuring the friction coefficient is easily changed. If the thickness is too thick,
Dielectric polarization on the opposite surface irradiated with the millimeter wave is less likely to appear, and the friction coefficient is less likely to increase. Therefore, the thickness of the inspection plate 14 depends on the hardness of the material used,
It is preferable to determine in consideration of characteristics such as strength.

The side surface of the cap 17 is formed of a material that transmits a millimeter wave and emits the same to the outside. This is because when the position of the cap 17 is changed by sliding with respect to the cylindrical base 15, part of the millimeter wave that reaches the inspection plate 14 intentionally from the inspection plate 14 and the end of the waveguide 11. Is released to the outside in accordance with the distance of the test plate 1 and the intensity of the millimeter wave reaching the test plate 14 is reduced.
The purpose is to find the relationship between the position of No. 4 and the detection intensity of the millimeter wave. This makes it possible to accurately measure the intensity of the millimeter wave emitted from the patient being treated.

Further, in order to accurately grasp the position of the cap 17, the distance between the bottom surface of the cap 17 and the open end of the cylindrical base 15 can be adjusted at the fitting portion between the cap 17 and the cylindrical base 15. So that a slide mechanism is provided,
Further, it is preferable to provide a display unit on which the distance is displayed so that the practitioner can look directly at the distance. In this case, the display of the distance may be an analog display or a digital display, but a digital display that makes it easy to directly determine the instruction result is preferable. This display unit is attached to the surface of the cylindrical base 15 or the control panel 22. Is also good. The measurement of the sliding position of the cap 17 can be accurately determined by using various methods using electromagnetic induction or the like.

As a friction coefficient measuring device 20 for measuring a change in the friction coefficient of the inspection plate 14, the contact 18 is pressed against the outer surface of the inspection plate 14 from the outside of the cap 17 at a constant pressure while the contact 18 A method is employed in which the motor 19 rotates the motor at a constant rotational speed so as to draw an arc-shaped trajectory. Here, the contact 18
Is attached to the rotating plate 25 by a spring 21 so as to be pressed against the inspection plate 14, and the rotating plate 25 is
3 attached.

A pulley 26 attached to the rotating plate 25 and rotating the rotating plate 25 is linked with a tension pulley 28 by a timing belt 27, and further,
The tension pulley 28 is connected to the gear head 2 of the motor 19.
Pulley 29 and timing belt 3 attached to 4
0 is linked. Therefore, the rotating plate 25 can be rotated by rotating the motor 19.

The timing belts 27, 3
A belt cover 31 is provided in a portion including a rotating component such as 0 to prevent an accident such as being pinched or entangled, and the rotating shaft of the tension pulley 28 is positioned at a predetermined position of the belt cover 31.

Further, the inspection plate 14 and the horn 1
The distance between the motor 3 and the motor 19 is preferably at least 400 mm. If these distances are not more than 400 mm apart, the type of noise such as magnetic field lines and radio wave noise differs depending on the type of motor 19, but this electrical noise directly causes polarization in the inspection plate 14 or the horn 13 When the test plate 14 is introduced into the waveguide 11 to cause polarization, the millimeter wave emitted from the patient cannot be selectively detected, which is not preferable.

Next, a method of using the millimeter wave inspection device 10 will be described. First, the inspection plate 14 is most suitable for the waveguide 11.
The cap 17 is positioned so as to be close to the opening end of the cap 17. Here, when the horn 13 is not pointed at the patient, the friction coefficient of the test plate 14 is small and constant, so that even when the contact 18 is rotating at a constant rotational speed, almost no friction noise is generated. Therefore, such a state is referred to as an initial state.

Subsequently, when the horn 13 is pointed toward the patient, the millimeter waves emitted from the patient are irradiated on the inspection plate 14 through the waveguide 11, and the inspection plate 14 undergoes dielectric polarization and the friction coefficient of the surface increases. I do. Then, the contact 18
The frictional force that prevents the rotation of the
A strong friction noise is generated at the contact portion between the test plate and the inspection plate 14.

When the cap 17 is slid so that the position of the inspection plate 14 is moved away from the waveguide 11 in a state where the strong friction noise is generated, a part of the millimeter wave guided to the waveguide 11 Is released from the side of the cap 17 to the outside in accordance with the slide amount of the test plate 1.
4, the intensity of the millimeter wave is weakened, and the frictional sound disappears when a certain inspection plate 14 reaches a certain position. Thus, the inspection plate 14 in which the friction noise disappears.
Can be used as the intensity of the millimeter wave.

Alternatively, when the driving force of the motor 19 is constant, the amount of load on the motor 19 is increased by
The rotation speed of the motor 19 and the rotation speed of the contact 18 decrease. By measuring the degree of decrease in the number of revolutions of the motor 19 or the contact 18, it is also possible to detect the relative intensity of the millimeter wave.

Further, instead of keeping the driving force of the motor 19 constant, even if the frictional force between the contact 18 and the inspection plate 14 changes, the torque of the motor 19 is kept constant so that the rotation speed of the motor 19 is kept constant. Can be controlled, and the intensity of the millimeter wave can be relatively expressed from the change in the torque.

The control panel 22 for measuring the coefficient of friction of the inspection plate 14 is not directly attached to the cylindrical base 15 or the motor 19, but is mounted on the cylindrical base 15.
It is preferable that a stand 16 be provided, and the stand 16 be attached to the stand 16 so that the attachment position can be adjusted. In this way, the practitioner can use the millimeter-wave inspection device 1
After setting and activating 0, the patient can be treated without touching the millimeter-wave tester 10 while directly observing the position of the cap 17 and confirming the intensity of the objectively detected millimeter wave. . Thus, it is possible to eliminate the unclearness of the treatment result based on the treatment based on the conventional intuition of the practitioner.

It should be noted that such a control panel 22 in the millimeter-wave inspection device 10 can be detached from the stand 16 and can be separately installed and operated from the viewpoint of workability. Are also preferred.

Further, it is preferable that various control devices and display units incorporated in the control panel 22 described above are designed so that their operation data can be read by a computer or various frequency measurement meters. In this way, by analyzing the stored data later, it may be possible to obtain more detailed information about the treatment of the patient and a clue to know the mechanism of the patient's recovery.

As described above, the millimeter-wave inspection device 10 of the present invention
In the above, the intensity of the millimeter wave emitted from the patient is expressed indirectly and relatively using a parameter called a coefficient of friction instead of an absolute value. In general, millimeter waves are emitted not only from the human body but also from various electrical appliances, but they are emitted, and the intensity of the millimeter waves emitted from the patient is very small. Therefore, in a general treatment environment, it is extremely difficult to sense the absolute intensity of only the millimeter wave emitted from the patient.

However, in a normal treatment environment, the output is changed using a millimeter-wave transmitter, and the correlation between the transmitted intensity and the friction coefficient detected by the present millimeter-wave detector is checked in advance, so that an approximate In addition, it is possible to know the intensity of the millimeter wave emitted from the patient in the actual treatment. The estimation result of such absolute millimeter wave intensity is
Provides an information source on the millimeter-wave emission intensity and individual differences in patient pain and abnormalities, etc., and is useful for selecting a treatment method tailored to the patient, so that efficient and effective treatment is performed according to the symptoms for each patient It becomes possible.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited by such embodiments. In addition to the above-described embodiments, various changes, modifications, improvements, and the like may be made to the present invention based on ordinary knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It should be understood.

[0041]

As described above, according to the millimeter-wave tester and the method for using the same according to the present invention, it is possible to perform an objective treatment that does not depend on the practitioner from a conventional treatment that depends on the intuition of the practitioner. As a result, it has an extremely remarkable effect that the effect of the treatment can be confirmed for the patient. Further, since the device has a simple structure, it has an advantage that it can be easily handled and can be manufactured at low cost. Furthermore, by making it possible to estimate the relative intensity of the millimeter wave emitted from the patient and the absolute intensity of the millimeter wave, it is possible to perform treatment that takes into account individual differences in patient pain and abnormalities. It has an excellent effect of becoming.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a millimeter-wave tester according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a conventional radiation inspector.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... inspection device, 2 ... body, 3 ... cover, 4 ... handle,
5 horn, 6 focusing chamber, 7 partition, 8 aperture, 9 inspection plate, 10 millimeter wave inspection device, 11 waveguide, 12 hole, 13 horn, 14 inspection plate, 15 ... Cylindrical base, 16 ... Stand, 17 ... Cap, 18 ... Contact, 19 ... Motor, 20 ... Friction coefficient measuring device, 21 ... Spring, 22 ... Control panel, 23 ... Mounting stand, 24 ... Gear head, 25 ... Rotating plate, 26 pulley, 27 timing belt, 28 tension pulley, 29 pulley, 30 timing belt, 31
Belt cover.

Claims (9)

[Claims] An open hole is provided at the center of the bottom surface of a bottomed cylindrical waveguide, and a metal conical shape is formed so as to expand to the outside of the waveguide with the hole as an apex. A horn is integrally formed on the outer surface of the bottom surface of the waveguide, and the waveguide and the horn are moved so that the open end of one end of the cylindrical base and the open end of the waveguide coincide with each other. It is fitted and fixed inside the cylindrical base, while the bottom is formed by a test plate made of a dielectric,
A cylindrical cap with a bottom whose side portion is formed of the same material as the cylindrical base can be adjusted by sliding the distance between the bottom surface of the cap and the opening end of the cylindrical base. By fitting the contact to the test plate at a constant pressure from outside the bottom surface of the cap, and rotating the contact by a power from a motor so that the contact draws an arc-shaped trajectory. A millimeter-wave inspection device equipped with a friction coefficient measuring device for measuring a friction coefficient of the inspection plate. 2. The millimeter wave inspection device according to claim 1, wherein a distance between the motor, the inspection plate, and the horn is at least 400 mm. 3. The millimeter wave inspection device according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the hole is 7 mm or less. 4. The millimeter according to claim 1, wherein the waveguide and the horn are made of brass, and a gold coating is formed on an inner surface of the waveguide. Wave tester. 5. The millimeter wave inspection device according to claim 1, wherein a side surface of the cap is formed of a material having a property of transmitting a millimeter wave. 6. A dielectric material constituting the test plate,
The millimeter-wave inspection device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a surface friction coefficient increases when the millimeter wave is irradiated. 7. A stand is provided on the cylindrical base so that the millimeter-wave inspection device can be installed independently, and the stand is provided with a control panel for the friction coefficient device capable of adjusting a mounting position, or The millimeter-wave inspection device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the control panel is separated from the stand and can be installed alone. 8. When the cap is slid with respect to the cylindrical substrate, the cap is slid according to the amount of the slide.
The millimeter wave inspection device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a distance between a bottom surface of the cap and an opening end of the cylindrical base is displayed following the slide operation. 9. A frictional sound generated between the test plate and the contact in a state where the friction coefficient of the surface of the test plate is increased by irradiation of the millimeter wave so that the cap moves away from the cylindrical base. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a position at which the slide wave disappears when the slide is performed is defined as the intensity of the millimeter wave.