KR101459366B1 - Beam lighter with automatic filter recognition - Google Patents

Abstract

[0001] The present invention relates to an IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) light irradiator, and more particularly, to a filter sensor for detecting the inside of a handpiece and a limit switch for contacting the filter sensor, The filter information is displayed and the accurate energy output value can be set. Therefore, it is convenient to use the filter replacement. Also, by forming the RFTAG in which the filter information is inputted to the filter, The present invention relates to a light beam irradiator having an automatic filter recognition structure for preventing an accident caused by the use of a light beam irradiator.

Description

{Beam lighter with automatic filter recognition}

The present invention relates to an IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) light irradiator, and more particularly, to a filter for automatically determining a wavelength of a light to be irradiated, The present invention relates to a light beam irradiator having an automatic filter recognition structure that can prevent an accident from occurring.

Generally, laser (LASER) therapy is a device that produces powerful light called laser beam and destroys pathological tissue such as hemangioma, pigment spot, etc. existing in skin. At this time, the laser beam is selectively absorbed only to blood vessels and pigment existing in the skin due to its characteristics, and is not absorbed into surrounding normal tissues. The laser light absorbed by blood vessels or pigments generates heat, which selectively destroys blood vessels and pigment. Theoretically, it has little effect on the upper skin and the surrounding normal tissue through which the laser passes, so there are few side effects such as chest pains.

Accordingly, the laser has been extensively used in the treatment of skin diseases at present, and specific examples thereof include vascular diseases such as flame nevus, capillary vasculopathy, spider angioma and senile hemangioma, and vascular diseases such as dots, osteoblasts, tattoos, melanin pigment spots, , Pigmented skin diseases such as surplus, and squamous cell carcinoma, angiofibroma, pigmentary nevus, epidermal nevus.

However, since the wavelengths of the laser beams effective for such diseases are different from each other, the conventional laser therapy apparatus uses only light of a specific wavelength emitted from a specific medium, so that it can be used only for a specific disease that has a therapeutic effect on the light of that wavelength. Therefore, in order to treat various kinds of skin diseases, different laser treatment machines

I needed it. In addition, when a skin disease is treated using a general laser treatment apparatus, there is a problem that a certain portion of skin damage is inevitably accompanied with side effects such as scab and flushing after treatment.

The IPL (Intense Pulsed Light) beam was developed to solve these problems. Unlike conventional single-wavelength laser therapy, which treats only one kind of skin disease with a short wavelength, it generates a wide and strong wavelength of light periodically, Spots, freckles, dullness, and other pigment diseases or vascular diseases. Unlike conventional short wavelength lasers, such an IPL beam irradiator can emit light of various wavelengths in the form of strong pulse (Intense pulse), so that it is possible to treat completely different diseases such as capillary vessel expansion, pigmentation, , And there is little side effect after treatment.

By using the IPL laser treatment device, it is possible to treat the vascular diseases such as skin aging disease and facial flushing simultaneously, such as seizure, skin sagging, and enlargement of pores. It can also be treated by eliminating acne bacteria without medication, and can be used for permanent hair removal. In addition, it is possible to treat deep veins that have been difficult to treat in the past, such as capillary vasodilatation, injection, hemangioma, grapevine nevus, and it does not involve side effects such as bruising or epidermal damage.

On the other hand, Korean Patent Application No. 2002-49965 discloses a handpiece of an IPL light irradiator for irradiating an IPL (Intensity Pulse Light) to specific skin sites for various skin treatments in general, A reflector for reflecting the generated light beam and a filter for determining the wavelength of the irradiated light beam are formed. By appropriately using a filter corresponding to the output value of light energy according to the affected part to be treated, effective treatment of the affected part is possible.

That is, when the user uses a light beam irradiator, it is possible to stabilize and effectively treat the energy output by setting the required energy output value and replacing the filter according to the output value according to the type and the like.

However, in the above-described conventional light beam irradiator, the method of using the filter that is detachably attached to the handpiece requires a user to set the energy output value directly, There was a problem.

In addition, even if the energy output value and the selection of the filter are wrong, the output of the light ray is possible. If the user fails to make a mistake or ignores the used capacity, if the energy output value and the selection of the filter are wrong, There was a serious problem that occurred.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0018590.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a filter sensor for detecting a filter in a handpiece and a limit switch for contacting the filter sensor, The present invention is directed to a light beam irradiator having an automatic filter recognition structure for recognizing and displaying relevant information and setting an accurate energy output value so as to bring convenience in using a filter replacement.

In addition, by forming the RFTAG to which the filter information is inputted in the filter, it is possible to judge the use information of the installed filter, and it is possible to use the accurate judgment according to the type of the lesion to be treated, The present invention also provides a light beam irradiator having a filter automatic recognition structure for enabling a user to perform an automatic recognition of a filter.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, there is provided a light beam irradiator comprising an irradiator main body, a flash lamp, a reflector, a filter, and a handpiece for outputting light energy,

The main body includes a power supply unit including a power control unit for supplying power and an energy storage unit, an operation panel capable of inputting and checking usage settings, a light energy output control unit for transferring light energy to the handpiece according to input usage settings, A power supply monitoring unit for monitoring the amount of energy output to the handpiece, a tree rejection unit for preliminarily heating the flash lamp of the handpiece, a power supply unit, an operation panel, a light energy output control unit, And a main control unit for controlling the operation of the piece,

The handpiece includes a filter insertion groove formed on a side surface of the filter insertion groove so that the filter can be inserted and removed, and a filter detection sensor is formed in the filter insertion groove of the filter insertion groove, Exchange,

Wherein the filter is formed with an RFTAG for inputting information of a filter and a limit switch for contacting the filter detection sensor is formed at the tip,

And the limit switch responds to the filter detection sensor when the filter is mounted so that the optical energy output value is automatically set.

As described above, the light beam irradiator having the automatic recognition structure of the filter according to the present invention can accurately set the energy output according to the mounted filter, so that it is very convenient to use according to the filter mounting and energy output value setting.

In addition, since the use information inputted to the filter can be accurately confirmed, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of errors caused by the treatment and to prevent the accident occurring at the time of treatment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition structure of the present invention. FIG.
2 is an exploded perspective view showing a handpiece of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition structure of a filter according to the present invention.
3 is a sectional view of a filter mounting portion of a handpiece of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition structure of the filter of the present invention.
4 is a view showing an embodiment of a filter of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition structure of a filter according to the present invention.
5 is an operational state diagram of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition structure of a filter according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing another embodiment showing the operation state of the light beam irradiator having the automatic recognition structure of the filter of the present invention.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and the inventor may appropriately define the concept of the term in order to best describe its invention It should be construed as meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention.

Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are merely the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be present.

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

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a light beam irradiator having an automatic recognition filter structure according to the present invention.

As shown in Fig. 1, the light beam irradiator 1 having the filter automatic recognition structure of the present invention,

An irradiator main body 100, and a handpiece 200 for outputting light energy.

The main body 100 includes a power supply unit 110, an operation panel 120, a light energy output control unit 130, an optical output monitoring unit 140, a tree rejection unit 150, (160).

In this case, the power supply unit 110 supplies power rectified at a high DC voltage. The power control unit 111 stores AC 220V, which is an external power source, in the rectifier and energy storage unit 112 as a direct current.

The operation panel 120 is configured in a touch screen manner to display information on the use of the filter 230, such as pulse mode selection, light irradiation time selection, dwell time and output energy setting of the repeated section, and the like.

The light energy output control unit 130 supplies light energy from the power supply unit 110 to the handpiece 200 at a set value set by the operation panel 120.

The optical power monitoring unit 140 monitors whether the amount of light energy supplied to the handpiece 200 is properly procured.

The tree reject 150 preheats the flash lamp 210 of the handpiece 200.

The main control unit 160 controls operations of the power supply unit 110, the operation panel 120, the optical energy output control unit 130, the optical output monitoring unit 140, and the tree rejection unit 150, (Not shown in the figure) for controlling the operation of the piece 200. The operating software program

The handpiece 200 is supplied with light energy from the main body 100, and irradiates light corresponding to the supplied energy to perform a treatment. The handpiece 200 includes a flash lamp 210 for generating a light beam, A reflector 220 for reflecting the light beam, a filter 230, and a cooling unit 240.

At this time, the flash lamp 210 is composed of a normal Xenon lamp made of quartz glass, and outputs light through the handpiece 200.

The reflector 220 reflects light emitted from the flash lamp 210 and emits the reflected light.

The filter 230 controls the wavelength of the light beam by passing the light beam emitted through the flash lamp 210 and the reflector 220. When the filter 230 is replaced, It is possible to vary the output wavelength.

The cooling unit 240 emits heat of the flash lamp 210 which is formed inside the handpiece 200 and is heated when the light is emitted.

2 and 3, the filter 230 is configured to be detachable from the handpiece 200, and the filter insert 230 is inserted into the side surface of the handpiece 200 so that the filter 230 can be inserted and removed. A filter detection sensor 251 is formed in the filter insertion groove 250 to detect a filter 230 to be mounted.

At this time, the filter detection sensor 251 has a plurality of contacts 251a and 251a '.

The filter 230 is formed with an RFTAG 231 to which the information of the filter 230 is input. The filter 230 includes filter information such as an allowable use amount according to the light energy output to the RFTAG 231, a filter creation date, Is stored.

A limit switch 232 is formed at the distal end of the filter 230 so as to be in contact with the filter detection sensor 251 of the filter insertion groove 250.

At this time, the limit switch 232 is formed with at least one contact protrusion 232a to be in contact with the contact 251a (251a ') of the filter sensor 251, and the contact protrusion 232a The type of the filter 230 to be mounted is determined depending on whether or not the contact is made with the contacts 251a and 251a '.

4 (a) and 4 (b), the filter 230 is composed of a plurality of filters 230 and 230 'having wavelengths corresponding to light energy differentially outputted so that the filter 230 can be used interchangeably At this time, it is preferable to have another contact protrusion 232a of the limit switch 232 formed on each of the filters 230 and 230 '.

That is, when one of the filters 230 is mounted on the handpiece 200, the contact protrusion 232a formed on the filter 230 contacts the contact 251a 251a 'of the filter sensor 251 The contact signal is transmitted to the main body 100 and the information of the filter 230 is output to the operation panel 120.

The handpiece 200 further includes a beam guider 270 for guiding the stable irradiation of the light beam passing through the filter 230. The light beam irradiating unit of the handpiece 200 is provided with the flash lamp 210 And the beam guider 270 can be mounted.

At this time, the beam guider 270 is coated with a light shielding material so as to prevent light from passing through the four outer surfaces thereof, and the light beams pass through both the front and back surfaces of the beam guider 270, So that it can be smoothly irradiated to a specific position.

Hereinafter, the operation of the light beam irradiator having the above-described configuration of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In general, a light beam irradiator emits a light beam emitted from a handpiece through a filter in the form of pulse (Intense pulse). At this time, by appropriately using a filter corresponding to the output value of the light energy of the light beam and its output value, It is possible to release.

For example, assuming that the output light energy is output at 30j / cm & circ & 2, if a filter corresponding to the filter value of 560nm is used, a stable light ray corresponding to the output light energy can be emitted. Using a filter equivalent to 450 nm, the output of the beam is not capable of emitting a beam that is suitable for the treatment site.

That is, when an appropriate ray is not emitted to the treatment site as described above, an accident may occur. Such an accident often occurs when the filter is mounted and the output value is set separately.

The light beam irradiator 1 having the automatic recognition structure of the present invention detects the filter 230 according to the filter 230 to be mounted and displays the filter information so that the light energy corresponding to the filter 230 correctly mounted Can be output.

5, when one of the filters 230 is attached to the handpiece 200, a contact protrusion (not shown) of the limit switch 232 formed at the distal end of the filter 230 232a are brought into contact with the contact points 251a, 251a 'of the filter detection sensor 251 at any point.

That is, for example, when the filter 230 having the contact protrusions 232a of the filter 230 formed thereon is in contact with the contact points 251a and 251a 'corresponding to 1,3 of the filter detection sensor 251 And the filter detection sensor 251 transmits the contact signal to the main control unit 160. The main control unit 160 recognizes the filter 230 according to the contact signal, The RFTAG 231 displays information of the stored filter 230 and allowed light energy output values.

The user sets an allowable light energy output value based on the filter information displayed on the operation panel 120 and receives energy from the energy storage unit 112 under the control of the main control unit 160, 130 to the handpiece 200.

6, contact points 251a and 251a 'corresponding to two and three of the filter detection sensors 251 are used, At this time, the main controller 160 recognizes another filter 230 ', so that the light energy corresponding to the filter 230' can be set and output.

As described above, the light beam irradiator having the automatic recognition structure of the filter of the present invention automatically recognizes and displays the filter mounted on the handpiece, so that the accurate output of the light energy according to the filter can be performed, so that it can be used easily and safely.

100: main body 110: power supply unit
111: power control unit 112: energy storage unit
120: Operation panel 130: Light energy output control part
140: optical output monitoring unit 150: tree rejection
160:
200: Handpiece 210: Flash lamp
220: reflector 230, 230 ': filter
231: RFTAG 232: Limit switch
232a: contact projection 240: cooling part
250: Filter insertion groove 251: Filter detection sensor
251a, 251a ': contact point 270: beam guide
271: Coupler coupling groove

Claims (4)

A light beam irradiator comprising an irradiator main body 100 and a handpiece 200 having a flash lamp 210, a reflector 220, a filter 230, and a beam cooling part 240 to output light energy,
The main body 100 includes a power supply unit 110 including a power control unit 111 for supplying power and an energy storage unit 112, an operation panel 120 for inputting and checking usage settings, A light energy output control unit 130 for transmitting the light energy to the handpiece 200 according to the amount of energy output from the handpiece 200, an optical output monitoring unit 140 for monitoring the amount of energy output to the handpiece, The power supply unit 110, the operation panel 120, the optical energy output control unit 130, the optical output monitoring unit 140, the tree rejection unit 150, And a main controller 160 for controlling the operation of the main body 200,
The handpiece 200 is formed with a filter insertion groove 250 so that the filter 230 can be inserted into and removed from the side surface of the handpiece 200. The filter insertion groove 250 of the handpiece 200 includes a filter insertion groove 250, The sensor 251 is configured to exchange signals with the main body 100,
The RFTAG 231 for inputting the information of the filter 230 is formed in the filter 230 and the limit switch 232 is formed at the tip of the filter 230 to contact the filter detection sensor 251,
Wherein the limit switch (232) responds to the filter detection sensor (251) when the filter (230) is installed, so that the optical energy output value is automatically set.
The method according to claim 1,
The filter detection sensor 251 includes a plurality of contacts 251a and 251a '
Wherein the limit switch (232) of the filter (230) comprises at least one protrusion (232a) protruding from the filter (230).
3. The method of claim 2,
When the filter 230 is constructed with a plurality of filters 230 and 230 'so that the filters 230 can be used with different wavelengths, the limit switches 232 formed in the filters 230 and 230' And has a contact protrusion (232a).
The method according to claim 1,
In the handpiece 200,
And a beam guider 270 for guiding the irradiation of the light beam passing through the filter 230,
Wherein a beam guider groove (271) is formed in a light irradiation part of the handpiece (200) so that the beam guider (270) is detachably coupled.

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