KR101712286B1

KR101712286B1 - Hair growth stimulation light therapy device

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Publication number: KR101712286B1
Application number: KR1020150145900A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 이상헌
Original assignee: 이상헌
Priority date: 2014-10-22
Filing date: 2015-10-20
Publication date: 2017-03-03
Also published as: KR20160047402A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a phototherapy device for promoting hair growth, and more particularly, to a phototherapy device for promoting hair growth that promotes hair growth effectively by mixing visible rays of different wavelengths with each other in a body.

Description

The present invention relates to a hair growth stimulation light therapy device,

The present invention relates to a light therapy apparatus for promoting hair growth, and more particularly, to a light therapy apparatus for promoting hair growth, which effectively promotes hair growth by irradiating visible light rays of different wavelengths to a body, .

Due to genetic and natural factors, environmental pollution caused by industrial development, stress and postpartum symptoms, modern people are suffering from hair loss and thinning. For the modern people who attach importance to image, hair loss and thinning become a great stress, and a vicious cycle in which hair loss and thinning become worse due to stress is repeated. As more and more modern people are suffering from hair loss and thinning, the number of people looking for a hospital to treat the underlying cause has increased, and the market for hair loss treatment or hair loss treatment has also increased.

However, due to various side effects, hair loss treatment drugs have changed their trends toward phototherapy devices such as laser, infrared, and visible light.

As described above, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0995427 discloses a laser therapy apparatus for enhancing hair growth, which promotes hair growth, promotes growth, and prevents hair loss by irradiating laser light or visible light. The laser therapy machine is characterized by irradiating the scalp with LLLT laser light to activate the hair follicle and surrounding cell tissue functions, and to perform the ultra low frequency vibration therapy simultaneously to promote hair growth.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0085967 discloses a light transmitting device that transmits light emitted from an LED or an LD to a scalp, thereby enhancing the penetration effect on the scalp and maximizing hair growth promoting effect.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1105724 has an ample ball bearing and rubs the ample ball bearing on the scalp and hair to release the drug in the ampoule to adsorb the drug on the scalp surface while simultaneously irradiating ultraviolet rays and visible rays from the LED lamp To provide LED optical therapy.

However, the above documents do not describe a therapeutic characteristic in a specific wavelength band or a case of combining a plurality of wavelength bands. That is, there is a problem in that it is not known in detail how the therapeutic effect can be increased when a certain wavelength is combined at a certain ratio.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-0995427 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2009-0085967 Korean Patent Publication No. 10-1105724

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a light therapy apparatus for promoting hair growth, which facilitates hair growth by effectively irradiating visible light rays of different wavelengths to a body.

Specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide a phototherapy apparatus that can be effectively applied to the treatment of scalp disease by complexly irradiating light of a wavelength band of 445 nm and light of a wavelength band of 667 nm.

A phototherapy device for promoting hair growth according to the present invention comprises: a first light emitting part for irradiating visible light; A second light emitting unit for emitting visible light having a wavelength different from that of the first light emitting unit; And a controller for controlling the wavelength and intensity of the light emitted from the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit.

Preferably, the first light emitting unit emits light having a wavelength of 430 nm and the wavelength of 470 nm, and the second light emitting unit emits light having a wavelength range of 630 nm to 670 nm.

Preferably, the control unit controls the intensity of the light to be 0%: 100% to 100%: 0%.

Preferably, the control unit controls the intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit to be 0% to 10% and 90% to 100%, respectively.

Preferably, the phototherapy device for promoting hair growth comprises: a first light emitting switch for controlling the intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting portion; And a second light emission switch for controlling intensity of light emitted from the second light emitting unit.

Preferably, the hair growth stimulating light therapy apparatus further comprises: a first display unit for displaying the intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting unit; And a second display unit for displaying intensity of light emitted from the second light emitting unit.

The first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit may be any one of a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a laser diode (LD), and a three- .

Preferably, the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit are located in one light emitting module, and the light emitting module is a hemispherical type.

Preferably, the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are alternately or selectively arranged in one light emitting module.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a phototherapy apparatus which can effectively apply to the growth of hair by complexly irradiating light having a wavelength of 430 nm to 470 nm and light having a wavelength of 630 nm to 670 nm.

In particular, the use of visible light has the advantage that there are few side effects such as skin cancer induction and low temperature burn which are side effects of conventional expensive ultraviolet light therapy apparatus and infrared light therapy apparatus.

Furthermore, the unified application of the program has a cost and a shortening of use time compared with other phototherapy equipment using only a single wavelength by mixing a plurality of lights of different wavelength ranges.

In addition, when the phototherapy apparatus according to the present invention is continuously used, it is possible to minimize side effects caused by the use of the hair growth promoting agent or the hair growth promoting cosmetic.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention,
2 is a schematic diagram showing the components of a phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a result of a measurement experiment of hair restoring force of a phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a phototherapy device for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The thickness of the line, the size of the component, and the like shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. Further, the following terms are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, It may vary depending on the intentions or customs of the operator. Therefore, the definitions of these terms should be described based on the contents throughout this specification.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a hair growth stimulation phototherapy apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a component of the optical therapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

<Optical therapy equipment for hair growth promotion>

The hair growth stimulation phototherapy apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a first light emitting unit 10, a second light emitting unit 20, and a control unit 30.

The first light emitting unit 10 emits visible light of a specific wavelength range and the second light emitting unit 20 emits visible light of a different wavelength band from the first light emitting unit 10. [

In this case, the first light emitting portion 10 is set to emit light in a wavelength range of about 430 nm to 470 nm (i.e., the blue region of the visible light), and the second light emitting portion 20 is set to emit light of about 630 nm to 670 nm Area) of the light source.

As described above, the phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to be capable of irradiating visible rays of different wavelengths in a complex manner. This is because the hair growth and hair follicle treatment In order to apply it effectively.

As the first light emitting portion 10 and the second light emitting portion 20, a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a laser diode (LD) It should be noted that any one of them may be applied.

In FIG. 1, the first light emitting portion 10 and the second light emitting portion 20 are alternately or selectively arranged in one light emitting module and the light emitting module is shown as a hemispherical type. However, It should be noted that the divergence module is illustrative and may be applied in various forms.

The control unit 30 controls the wavelength and intensity of the light emitted from the first light emitting unit 10 and the second light emitting unit 20.

Specifically, the control unit 30 can set the wavelength range of the light emitted from the first light emitting unit 10 to be between about 430 nm and 470 nm, and the wavelength range of the light emitted from the second light emitting unit 20 to about And can be set to be located between 630 nm and 670 nm.

Preferably, the wavelength band of the light emitted from the first light emitting portion 10 is set to about 445 nm, and the wavelength band of the light emitted from the second light emitting portion 20 is set to about 667 nm.

The controller 30 controls the intensity of light irradiated from the first light emitting unit 10 and the second light emitting unit 20 to be in the range of 0%: 100% to 100%: 0%, so that the control unit 30 is effectively applied to hair growth promotion .

The light intensity of the first light emitting portion 10 may be set to 0 to 10%, and the light intensity of the second light emitting portion 20 may be set to 90 to 100%.

More preferably, it is effective to accelerate hair growth by irradiating the scalp with the light intensity set to 5%: 95% for each of the first light emitting portion 10 and the second light emitting portion 20.

Furthermore, by combining the blue and red regions of the visible light, more efficient treatment is possible compared to other phototherapy devices that use only a single wavelength.

In addition, the hair growth stimulation phototherapy device 100 may further include a first light emitting switch 40, a second light emitting switch 50, first and second display portions 60 and 70, and a power supply portion 80 have.

The first light emitting switch 40 is a component used to adjust the intensity of light of the first light emitting portion 10 and the user can arbitrarily adjust the light emitting portion 10 of the first light emitting portion 10 The intensity can be adjusted appropriately.

Similarly, the second light emitting switch 50 is a component used to adjust the intensity of light of the second light emitting unit 20, and the user arbitrarily adjusts the second light emitting switch 50 to control the second light emitting unit 20, It is possible to appropriately adjust the intensity of the light of the light source.

Note that the first and second light emission switches 40 and 50 can be set to be controlled in steps of 10% between 0% and 100% in each step. It should be noted, however, that such a setting may be changed to more or less steps as the case may be.

That is, it is noted that the user may arbitrarily adjust the intensity of light of the first light emitting portion 10 and the second light emitting portion 20 by adjusting the first light emitting switch 40 and the second light emitting switch 50.

The first display unit 60 and the second display unit 70 respectively display the intensity of light controlled by the first and second emission switches 40 and 50 in a digital manner.

That is, when the user arbitrarily controls the first emission switch 40 and the second emission switch 50, the first and second display units 60 and 70 are provided so that the user can easily recognize the intensity of the light of each emission unit. .

Meanwhile, a technology for controlling the intensity of light and a technique for displaying it on the display unit use known technical elements, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The power supply unit 80 functions to turn on / off the power supply of the phototherapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention. The power supply unit 80 is also electrically connected to the components such as the first light emitting unit 10, the second light emitting unit 20, and the control unit 30 to supply the operation power.

The configuration of the power supply unit 80 also uses a known technical element, so a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the meantime, although the light-emitting device 100 for promoting hair growth according to an embodiment of the present invention is described as being of a hemispherical type and mounted on a desk or the like, It should be noted that the present invention can be applied to various forms.

<Experimental Example: Measurement of Hair Growth Ability of Optical Therapy Machine (100) for Hair Growth Promotion>

A clinical trial of measuring the hair growth potential of a phototherapy device (100) for promoting hair growth was conducted. Clinical trial selection criteria were selected for male with hair loss. Experiments were conducted after setting the intensity of the light of the first light emitting portion 10 of the hair growth promoting phototherapy apparatus 100 to 5% and the intensity of the second light emitting portion to 95%. The total number of hairs per 1 cm ² was measured at intervals of 3 weeks, 5 weeks, 7 weeks, and 11 weeks after performing a total of 3 sets per day with four sets of 10 minutes of irradiation on the scalp as one set.

Four subjects did not take drugs or use products related to hair loss or hair growth, and they also performed diet management.

The number of hairs per 1 cm ² of Korean is 90 ~ 120, and the results of the measurement of the hair restoring force of the phototherapy device for promoting hair growth (100) are shown in Table 1.

Before Using After 3 weeks after use After 5 weeks after use After 7 weeks of use After 11 weeks after use Kim Hee Je 80 - - - 88 Sang Min 50 66 - 76 85 Lee, 65 72 76 - - Hwang, 40 43 - - 50

When the number of hairs per unit area of hair loss patients was 70 ~ 90, middle 50 ~ 70, and late 50 ~ less than the end of the experiment, the result of the experiment showed that Kim Hee - jae and Jang - Is early and Hwang Jung-sik shows the middle term.

As a result, it was confirmed that hair growth was promoted in all of the subjects of the clinical test before the use of the light therapy apparatus for promoting hair growth (100).

FIG. 3 shows experimental results of the measurement of the hair restoring force of the hair growth promoting phototherapy device 100. After 3 weeks, 5 weeks, 7 weeks, and 11 weeks after use, photographs were taken and visual confirmation was made.

Therefore, in the optical therapy apparatus 100 for promoting hair growth according to the present invention, when the intensity of light of the first light emitting portion 10 is set to 0 to 10% and the intensity of the light of the second light emitting portion 20 is set to 90 to 100% It can be confirmed that it is effective for promoting hair growth.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. It will be understood that the present invention can be changed.

100: Optical therapy equipment for hair growth promotion
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40: first light emitting switch
50: second light emitting switch
60: first display portion
70: second display portion
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Claims

A first light emitting unit for emitting visible light;
A second light emitting unit for emitting visible light having a wavelength different from that of the first light emitting unit;
A control unit for controlling the wavelength and intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit and controlling the intensity of the light;
A first light emitting switch for controlling the intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting portion by 10% in steps of 0% to 100%;
A second light emitting switch for controlling the intensity of light emitted from the second light emitting portion by 10% in steps of 0% to 100%;
A first display unit for displaying intensity of light emitted from the first light emitting unit; And
And a second display unit for displaying intensity of light emitted from the second light emitting unit,
Wherein,
The intensity of the light emitted from the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion is controlled to 5%: 95%, respectively,
Wherein the first light emitting portion is set to emit light of a wavelength band of 445 nm and the second light emitting portion is controlled to emit light of a wavelength band of 667 nm.
Phototherapy equipment for hair growth promotion.

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The method according to claim 1,
The first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion may include a light-
Characterized by using any one of a light emitting diode (LED), an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a laser diode (LD), and a three-color LED capable of producing various color lights.
Phototherapy equipment for hair growth promotion.

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are located in one light emitting module and the light emitting module is a hemispherical type.
Phototherapy equipment for hair growth promotion.

The method according to claim 1,
Characterized in that the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are alternately or selectively arranged in one light emitting module.
Phototherapy equipment for hair growth promotion.