KR102018332B1 - A pillow to which near infrared rays are irradiated - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pillow irradiating near infrared rays, which is able to improve the blood circulation and fatigue recovery of a user and obtain the treatment effect or prevention effect of diseases with near infrared rays by allowing the near infrared rays to be intensively irradiated to a cervical spine from an embedded near infrared LED by a power supply when used and thus, expanding the capillary blood vessels of the cervical spine. The pillow includes: a main body (2) made of a cushion material to softly support user′s neck and head, having a storage room (211) in a cervical spine support unit (21) for supporting a cervical spine, and having an upper part which is connected to the storage room (211) and through which a passage (212) penetrates in order to guide light irradiated from a near infrared LED (31) installed in the storage room (211) to the cervical spine; and an LED module (3) having the near infrared LED (31) for irradiating near infrared rays fixated on a substrate (32), and accommodated and arranged in the storage room (211) so that the near infrared LED (31) is positioned on the passage (212).

Description

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The present invention relates to a pillow that supports the head when sleeping, and more particularly, in the near-infrared LED embedded by the power supply during use, the near-infrared rays are concentrated on the cervical spine to expand the capillaries of the cervical spine, thereby circulating the blood circulation of the user. The present invention relates to a pillow on which near-infrared rays are irradiated to obtain a disease treatment effect or a disease prevention effect by near-infrared rays, such as to promote fatigue recovery.

Pillows are an important bedding item that determines whether you can sleep comfortably by supporting your head when you sleep. If the pillow is uncomfortable when you sleep, you will not be able to sleep easily, and you will experience pain in your neck and shoulders after you sleep, making your daily life uncomfortable.

If the uncomfortable pillow is used for a long time, the position of the cervical spine is deformed, and there is a high possibility of generating a neck disk. In fact, when the neck disc occurs, pain in the neck and shoulders, as well as in the case of a severe patient has a problem that the lower body behavior is inconvenient to normal operation. Therefore, everyone knows the importance of a pillow that supports the neck when sleeping.

Due to the importance of such a pillow, a number of pillows for preventing or discouraging neck discs have been disclosed in the past, and many pillows for preventing or alleviating snoring have been disclosed.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2011-0115934 relates to a "vertebral disc intervertebral disc traction and posture pillow", which is a pillow for tensioning a spine or cervical spine to relieve pain in a spinal disc or neck disc.

"Sleep angle control pillow having a cervical traction effect" of the Patent No. 10-1466344 is the same as the cervical traction unit 110, the rear head seating portion 120, the temporal head support 130, 140, and temple seating (150, 160) The devices are pillows, the height of which is individually adjusted so as to be in close contact with the local parts of the body according to the body shape of each user when sleeping.

In addition, as a "cervical stimulation pillow" of the Patent No. 10-1537724, it is a pillow that helps to enter the sleep by stimulating the cervical spine.

In addition, "height-type pillow" of Patent No. 10-1165349 has been published. This pillow is used for beauty purposes to prevent neck and face wrinkles by relaxing the neck comfortably while adjusting the height of support only between the neck and the back of the head to suit the user. It is a pillow that controls the support height of the airbag by discharging the air inside.

As described above, many pillows disclosed in the related art have many techniques related to cervical disc treatment or prevention, but few techniques have been found on pillows for performing disease treatment and prevention using near infrared rays by intensively supplying near-infrared rays to the cervical spine.

As a similar technology related to this, Patent Publication No. 10-1427604 (August 07, 2014 announcement) of the "cervical spine, the electrical stimulation device for cervical spine to treat pain through the electrical stimulation and LED has been published. This technique belongs to a different classification from the pillows of the present invention with the A61N 1/18, A61N 5/06, A61H 1/00, A61N 1/36.

In addition, this technology is the wavelength of light irradiated from the LED used is 620 ~ 640nm is different from the wavelength band of the present invention, the therapeutic effect of the use is different from the present invention.

Therefore, by embedding the LED to irradiate near-infrared rays on the pillow, the near-infrared rays can be concentrated on the cervical spine to expand the capillaries, thereby promoting blood circulation and fatigue recovery. There is an urgent need for a pillow that is irradiated with near infrared rays.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2011-0115934 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1466344 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1537724 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1165349 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1427604

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve all the problems of the conventional pillow as described above, its purpose is to expand the capillaries of the cervical spine by intensively irradiating the near-infrared to the cervical spine part in the near-infrared LED built by the power supply during use The present invention provides a pillow that is irradiated with near-infrared rays to obtain a disease treatment effect or disease prevention effect by near-infrared rays, such as to promote blood circulation and fatigue recovery of the user.

Pillows irradiated with near-infrared rays according to the present invention for achieving the above object is composed of a cushion material so as to gently support the neck and head, the storage room is provided inside the cervical spine support portion supporting the cervical spine, the storage room and The communicating upper portion includes a main body through which a passage passes to guide the light radiated from the near infrared LED mounted to the storage chamber to the cervical spine; And

And an LED module fixed to the substrate to irradiate near-infrared rays, the LED module being accommodated in the storage room such that the near-infrared LEDs are positioned in the passage.

Pillows irradiated with near-infrared rays according to another embodiment of the present invention is composed of a cushion material so as to gently support the neck and the head, the storage room is provided inside the cervical spine support portion supporting the cervical spine, and communicated with the storage room The upper part of the body through the passage so as to guide the light irradiated from the near-infrared LED mounted in the storage chamber to the cervical spine;

An LED module fixed to a substrate for irradiating near-infrared rays and accommodating and disposed in the storage chamber such that the near-infrared LEDs are positioned in the passages; And

And a charger that is electrically connected to the LED module and is stored inside the main body to charge power supplied from the outside to supply power to the near infrared LED of the LED module.

The near-infrared LED of this invention can use what generate | occur | produces a wavelength of 850-1300 nm.

The passage of the present invention may allow the tapered portion to be gradually widened upward so as not to be blocked when the main body is compressed and deformed by the weight of the user's head in use.

According to the present invention, the tapered portion may be formed to gradually widen upward so as not to be blocked when the main body is compressed and deformed by the weight of the user's head during use, and the widened portion may be formed at the tapered portion wider than the tapered portion.

The present invention is further equipped with a timer for controlling the near-infrared LED light emitting time on the outer surface of the main body, the timer may be electrically connected to the LED module.

The present invention is further equipped with a timer for controlling the near-infrared LED light emitting time on the outer surface of the main body, the timer is electrically connected to the LED module, the timer may be wrapped in a transparent protective film to be protected.

The main body of the present invention is accommodated inside the openable cover, the outer surface is further equipped with a timer for controlling the near-infrared LED light emitting time, the timer is electrically connected to the LED module;

Characterized in that the transparent window of the cover surrounding the body is located on the outer side corresponding to the timer;

According to the present invention, a harder support member than the main body may be disposed below the storage chamber to stably support the LED module.

The present invention constituted as described above has an advantage that the therapeutic effect of near infrared rays can be expected because the infrared rays having the shortest wavelength of light irradiated from the near infrared LED when the pillow is used are concentrated to the cervical spine.

That is, near-infrared rays penetrate up to 6mm of the cervical spine and have excellent heat transfer efficiency, and when irradiated to the cervical spine for a long time, capillaries are expanded to promote blood circulation, thereby preventing neck swelling and clearing the head. In addition, by relaxing the muscles of the cervical spine to help with fatigue, pain relief and relieve stress, there is an effect that can increase the metabolism and energy of the cell by activating the mitochondria.

In addition, the present invention has an advantage that can prevent the passage is blocked even if the main body is deformed by the weight of the head when using the wider path to the near infrared irradiated upward.

In addition, the present invention is equipped with a timer on the side of the main body has the advantage to selectively adjust the near-infrared irradiation time according to the user's convenience.

Figure 1 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state before using the pillow of the present invention
Figure 2 is a side cross-sectional view showing a state of use of the pillow of the present invention
3 is a plan view of the pillow according to the present invention
Figure 4 is a front cross-sectional view showing the inside of the pillow of the present invention.
5 is a view illustrating a state in which the LED module and the charger are built in by expanding the inside of the pillow according to the present invention;
6 is an enlarged detailed view of a passage according to the present invention;
7 is an enlarged detailed view of a state in which a timer according to the present invention is mounted;

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the pillow irradiated with near infrared rays according to the present invention.

As shown in the drawing, the pillow 1 to which near-infrared rays are irradiated according to the present invention is an LED module for irradiating near-infrared rays to the cervical spine by power supply, which is built into the main body 2 and the main body 2, which are made of a cushion material. It includes (3).

The main body 2 is composed of a cushion material so as to gently support the neck and head, the cervical vertebral support 21 is formed to gently support the cervical vertebrae support of the user's cervical spine in the upper central portion, the cervical vertebral support ( The headrest portion 22 supporting the head of the user is formed concave at the rear lower portion continuous with the 21). The cervical vertebral support 21 is protruded convex when viewed from the side as shown in Fig. 1 to 2, the support 23 for supporting the cervical spine is inclined in front of the user when lying down as shown in FIG. The height of the uppermost end of the cervical spine support 21 is formed lower than the upper surface of both sides of the main body 2 located on both sides thereof.

In this case, the cervical vertebral support 21 supporting the cervical spine protrudes upward, and the head restraint 22 supporting the head is gently curved from the cervical vertebral support 21 to the lower shape. Form.

Therefore, when the user uses the pillow 1 of the present invention, the cervical spine is in close contact with the cervical vertebral support 21, and the head is also intimately contacted with the headrest 22. Have you sleep.

A storage room 211 for accommodating the LED module 3 is provided inside the cervical vertebral support 21, and a near-infrared LED 31 mounted to the storage room 211 at an upper portion communicating with the storage room 211. The passage 212 is penetrated to guide the light irradiated from the cervical spine.

A plurality of passages 212 may be prepared, and the quantity thereof may be selectively adjusted according to the size of the main body 2 or at the user's selection. The passage 212 may be configured such that the taper portion 213 is gradually widened from the lower portion to the upper portion so as not to be blocked when the main body 2 is compressed and deformed by the weight of the user's head in use. In addition, in order to achieve the same purpose, the passage 212 may be formed at an end portion of the tapered portion 213 to be wider than the tapered portion 213. When the pillow 1 is used, the expansion part 214 of the passage 212 is located at the surface portion of the main body 2 directly touching the cervical spine, and the taper part 213 is formed in a form that gradually widens as the lower part thereof moves upward. Even if the main body 2 is severely deformed, the passage 212 is not blocked.

The material of the main body 2 may be used as long as it has elasticity and is not harmful to the human body. For example, various foamed memory foams made of rubber, silicone, soft synthetic resin, and soft materials can be used.

In addition, the main body 2 is used in a state accommodated inside the openable cover 4 so as not to be exposed to the outside during use. The opening and closing structure of the cover 4 can be used to form an entrance that does not fall off when used in the zipper, Velcro tape, or the cover 4 itself.

The lower portion of the storage chamber 211 may be arranged to support the LED module 3 in a stable manner by arranging a harder support member (5) than the main body (2). In this case, the support member 5 may use harder foam memory foam, plastics, rubber, silicone, urethane, and the like than the main body 2. The support member 5 can be made integrally with the main body 2 by simply attaching the support member 5 inserted into the lower portion of the storage space using an adhesive.

The LED module 3 is used in a state of being disposed in the storage chamber 211 of the main body 2, the configuration of which is a near-infrared LED 31 for irradiating near-infrared rays to the substrate 32 on which an electric circuit is printed. The substrate 32 having the fixed and electrical circuit is connected to a power cable 34 having a ground terminal 341 at its end to supply power at all times as shown in FIGS. 4 to 5 to supply power. The substrate 32 may be printed on a synthetic resin having a hard material as in the prior art, it is also composed of a synthetic resin having a soft material can be configured flexibly when using the pillow (1). In this case, even if the substrate 32 is flexibly deformed, there is no problem in the circuit at all, and thus there is an advantage in that the rigidity cannot be felt when the pillow 1 is used.

The power supply of the substrate 32 may use a constant power supply, and may also use a power supplied from the charger 6. In the case of using a constant power supply, when a cable (not shown) or a USB cable (not shown) having a plug that supplies the constant power is connected to the ground terminal 341 as in the related art, power is supplied to the substrate 32. .

The near-infrared LED 31 which supplies near-infrared rays to the cervical spine irradiates near-infrared rays to the cervical spine of the user while being fixed to the substrate 32. As is widely known, the outside of red in the spectrum of light is called infrared. Infrared light has a longer wavelength than visible light, and among them, the shortest wavelength is 0.75 to 1.4 占 퐉. When the light emitted from the sunlight or the heating element is dispersed in the spectrum, the infrared ray is located outside the end of the red spectrum, and the shortest wavelength is near infrared.

Near-infrared rays are generally used for industrial and medical purposes because they have stronger thermal effects than visible or ultraviolet rays, and are mainly used for disinfection, sterilization, and treatment of joints and muscles of the human body. Short-wave near-infrared electromagnetic waves are not radiated in all directions but go straight in one direction, and do not heat the surface of air or objects such as microwaves used in microwave ovens, and penetrate deeply within 10 to 50mm inside the object to resonate with water molecules. It produces a strong heat inside the object. The reason why the yolks ripen first when the eggs are shot in the near infrared is because the near infrared rays pass through the whites and resonate with the water molecules of the yolks and generate heat in the yolks themselves.

Investigating near-infrared radiation is known to be effective in preventing various adult diseases such as anti-aging, promoting metabolism, and chronic fatigue by expanding capillaries and activating blood circulation and cell tissues. For reference, the healing and efficacy of near-infrared light has been used by NASA for more than 30 years to maintain the health of astronauts using phototherapy, and is called the 'light of life' by NASA and the medical community. ~ 1000nm wavelength) and clinically discovered to penetrate more than 10mm into the scalp much deeper and stronger than far infrared rays to produce nitrogen oxide to expand capillaries and improve blood circulation.

In addition, long-term irradiation of near-infrared radiation on the human body for treatment gives strong heat wavelengths to the blood and skin tissue waste layers, dispersing and discharging toxic substances and waste products, thereby increasing blood supply, muscle relaxation, pain relief, fatigue recovery, and stress. It is reported that there is an effect such as elimination. Furthermore, near-infrared activates the intracellular organelle "mitochondria", which are the backbone of energy metabolism in the cell, enhancing the metabolism and energy of the cell, and the enhanced energy vitalizes the body to inhibit aging, hair loss, arthritis, It has been reported to be effective in slowing degenerative symptoms such as sprains and rheumatism, improve brain function, improve cognitive and learning ability, and prevent dementia.

The present invention is equipped with an LED module (3) for irradiating near-infrared rays having such a therapeutic effect inside the pillow (1) to expand the capillaries of the cervical spine while taking a good night's sleep by irradiating near-infrared rays on the cervical spine during sleep to treat the treatment described above It worked.

The near-infrared LED 31 used for this invention can use what generate | occur | produces a wavelength of 750-1400 nm, It is good to use what generate | occur | produces the wavelength of 850-1300 nm which is the shortest wavelength region preferably.

On the other hand, another embodiment of the present invention is electrically connected to the LED module (3), by charging the power supplied from the outside to supply power to the near-infrared LED (31) of the LED module (3) 2) the charger 6 is stored therein; further includes.

As described above, the power supply to the LED module 3 can be used at all times, and the charger 6 is built into the main body 2 to receive power from the charger 6 so that the LED module 3 Investigate near infrared. Of course, the charger 6 receives power from a constant power source to charge electricity. Since this is a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The charger 6 is accommodated in the main body 2 as shown in Figs. 4 to 5, and since the main body 2 is made of a material having a cushion, it is simply received through the doorway 61 formed at the bottom thereof, and the storage location thereof. Does not fall randomly.

On the other hand, the present invention is further equipped with a timer (7) for controlling the emission time of the near-infrared LED (31) on the outer surface of the main body (2), the timer (7) is electrically connected to the LED module (3). The drive time of the timer 7 can be selected by pressing the button 71. That is, when the specific button 71 is pressed and operated, the LED module 3 is driven for that time to irradiate near infrared rays to the cervical spine. Accordingly, a plurality of buttons 71 may be provided, and each button 71 may display a different time so as to variously select a configuration time of the near-infrared LED 31.

The timer 7 is wrapped and protected by a transparent protective film 73, the protective film 73 is bonded to the timer 7 or the main body (2).

In addition, since the main body 2 is used in the state accommodated inside the cover 4, the transparent window 41 provided in the main body 2 is disposed at a position corresponding to the timer 7 so that the transparent window 41 is disposed. It is possible to check the state of the timer 7 through).

The present invention configured as described above is equipped with an LED module (3) for irradiating near-infrared inside the pillow (1) by irradiating near-infrared to the cervical spine during sleep to expand the capillaries of the cervical spine portion while inducing a good night It is a beneficial invention that can increase the value of use in the pillow field because it can treat the disease, and also prevent the disease that is expected to occur in advance.

1: pillow 2: body
3: LED module 4: cover
5 support member 6 charger
7: timer 21: cervical spine support
22: headrest 31: near infrared LED
32: substrate 41: transparent window
71: button 73: protective film
211: storage room 212: passage
213: taper 214: expansion tube

Claims (9)

delete It is composed of a cushion material so as to gently support the neck and head, the storage compartment 211 is provided inside the cervical vertebral support 21 supporting the cervical spine, and the upper portion communicated with the storage chamber 211. A main body 2 through which the passage 212 penetrates the light irradiated from the near-infrared LED 31 mounted on the seal 211 to the cervical spine;
An LED module (3) fixed to a substrate (32) for irradiating near-infrared rays and accommodating and disposed in the storage chamber (211) such that the near-infrared LED (31) is positioned in the passage (212); And
The charger 6 electrically connected to the LED module 3 and stored in the main body 2 to charge power supplied from the outside to supply power to the near-infrared LED 31 of the LED module 3. );
Wherein the near-infrared LED 31 generates a wavelength of 850-1300 nm;
The passage 212 of the main body 2 has a tapered portion 213 formed to gradually widen upward so as not to be blocked when the main body 2 is compressed and deformed by the weight of the user's head in use;
A timer (7) is further mounted on the outer surface of the main body (2) to control the light emission time of the near infrared ray LED (31), and the timer (7) is electrically connected to the LED module (3);
A transparent window 41 of a cover 4 surrounding and protecting the main body 2 is located at an outer side corresponding to the timer 7;
A lower portion of the storage chamber 211 is disposed to support the LED module 3 stably by arranging a support member 5 that is harder than the main body 2;
The substrate 32 is made of a soft material to be able to be deformed flexibly when using the pillow (1); pillow irradiated with near-infrared rays.
delete delete The expansion pipe portion 214 is wider than the tapered portion 213 at the end of the tapered portion 213 so that the passage 212 is not blocked when the main body 2 is compressed and deformed by the weight of the user's head in use. A pillow irradiated with near infrared rays, characterized in that formed.
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