JPS60934Y2 - Guide for low frequency treatment device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention relates to a conductor used in a low frequency treatment device.

As is well known, in low-frequency therapy devices, the shape and structure of the guide that comes into contact with the human body has a significant influence on the therapeutic effect, and therefore, guides of various shapes have been proposed depending on the purpose of treatment. It was used.

One of the conductors that has been developed in recent years and is currently in actual use.
Examples are shown in FIGS. 3 and 4.

This known conductor 51 has a thin metal electrode 57 housed in an integral insulating cover 53 made of elastic rubber, and a sponge-like conductive loose body 61 disposed thereon.

The cover unit 53 has a lead wire insertion portion 58 on its side.

The upper surface of the integrated cover 53 is open, but an inward flange portion 55 for preventing the shock absorber 61 from detaching is provided at the upper end of the side portion.
is formed.

The conductor 51 is easily assembled by placing a thin plate metal electrode 57 with a lead wire or terminal 59 inside an insulating cover 53 made of rubber, and then stuffing a buffer 61 thereon. As a result, the conductor 51 is completed.

As the buffer 61, it is preferable to use a sponge-like conductive material, such as a sponge-like synthetic polymer material.

Since the conductor 51 has a sponge-like conductive loose body 61 at the part that comes into contact with the human body, it has the unique advantage of giving a soft feeling and causing no pain when energized, and is currently widely used. has been done.

However, since the known conductor 51 has only the sponge-like loose body 61 in contact with the human body, it has the disadvantage that it cannot fully meet expectations when a high degree of energization treatment effect is desired. .

The present invention aims to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks,
Its feature is the provision of a conductive tip electrode within a conductive buffer, such as a sponge-like loose body.

Next, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 and 2 are a plan view and a sectional view, respectively, of an example of a conductor according to the present invention.

This conductor 11, as in the case of the above-mentioned known conductor 51,
A thin plate electrode such as a thin plate metal electrode 17 and a conductive buffer such as a sponge-like conductive buffer 21 are disposed within an insulating cover integral 13 made of an elastic material such as rubber, and a treatment device main body (not shown) The conductor 11 according to the present invention has a lead wire or terminal 19 for connection with the above-mentioned known conductor 51, and a lead wire insertion part 18 is provided on the side of the cover unit 13. The major difference is that a conductive tip electrode 23, preferably made of metal, is disposed within the buffer body 21.

The tip electrode 23 is preferably composed of a head 25 having a conical, spherical, or similar shape, and a columnar, for example, cylindrical, body 27 that is fixed to or integrally formed with the head 25. Of course, other shapes of tip electrodes can also be used.

Preferably, the surface of the body 27 is provided with threads or other uneven structures to prevent it from easily detaching from the cushioning body 21.

In general, the tip electrode 23 may be simply inserted by screwing into a hole provided in the buffer body 21, or it may be fixed to the thin plate electrode 17 by welding, screwing, etc. to prevent it from falling off.

The head 25 of the tip electrode 23 is slightly protruded above the buffer body 21, and is directly connected to the human body or a cover member (not shown) of the body.
It is best to contact them indirectly through .

Note that if the tip electrode 23 or the buffer body 21 becomes dirty with sweat or the like, they can be easily replaced with spare parts.

As mentioned above, the conductor 11 according to the present invention is characterized by disposing the tip electrode 23 inside the buffer body 21, and even though the tip electrode 23 comes into contact with the human body,
Surprisingly, when the current is applied, it gives a very gentle feeling, probably due to the buffering effect of the buffer body 21 and the elastic cover unit 13, and there is no pain or suffering at all. It was confirmed that this treatment had a much higher therapeutic effect than the case of No. 51.

Therefore, the present invention can be said to make a significant contribution to the field of low-frequency energization therapy.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an example of a conductor according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line XX' in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a plan view of an example of a known conductor, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of an example of a known conductor.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line Y-Y'. 11.51... Conductor, 13.53... Integral insulating cover made of curved elastic rubber, 17,57...
Thin plate electrode, 19, 59, curved lead wire or terminal, 2
1.61... Sponge-like conductive buffer, 23...
...Tip electrode.

Claims (2)

[Scope of utility model registration request] (1) Cover unit 13 made of elastic insulating material
In the low-frequency therapy guide, which has a thin plate electrode 17 and a conductive buffer 21 disposed inside the conductive buffer 21, a tip electrode 23 is further placed inside the conductive buffer 21, and its head 25 is in contact with the human body. A conductor characterized by being arranged in such a way that it can be used. (2) The conductor according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim, characterized in that the tip electrode 23 is composed of a head 25 having a conical, spherical or similar shape and a columnar body 27 .