KR20140049904A

KR20140049904A - Thermotheraphy apparatus

Info

Publication number: KR20140049904A
Application number: KR1020120116302A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 한승우
Original assignee: 한승우
Priority date: 2012-10-18
Filing date: 2012-10-18
Publication date: 2014-04-28

Abstract

According to the present invention, a holder on which a treatment object is placed, a lamp unit radiating heat of a first wavelength band toward the holder, and an upper portion of the lamp unit and filtering the heat from the lamp unit to heat the second wavelength band. It provides a heat treatment device comprising a filter unit for converting and delivering to the cradle.

Description

Thermal Therapy Machine {THERMOTHERAPHY APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a thermotherapy device.

In recent years, with the development of medical technology, the life span of human beings continues to increase, and interest in the health of the general public is increasing. In addition, due to environmental pollution, westernization of diet, etc., incurable diseases such as cancer are also increasing more than in the past.

On the other hand, most cancer cells proliferate inside the body, and it has been found that deep body temperature of the body is associated with cancer cell proliferation and activation of the immune system. As the core body temperature rises, the proliferation of cancer cells decreases and the immune system is activated. For example, as the core body temperature increases by 1 ° C at normal body temperature, the immune system increases by 5 to 6 times, and 1 ° C at normal body temperature. As it decreases, the immune system is known to decrease by approximately 40%.

Thus, increasing core body temperature can not only reduce cancer cell proliferation but also activate the immune system and ultimately reduce cancer cells. However, conventional treatment devices do not effectively increase the core body temperature by raising the temperature of the skin, not the core body temperature of the body. Therefore, there is a need for a treatment device that increases core body temperature.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a thermotherapy device capable of raising the core body temperature.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a cradle portion on which a treatment target is placed, a lamp portion radiating heat of a first wavelength band toward the cradle portion, a lamp portion positioned above the lamp portion and filtering heat from the lamp portion to filter the second wavelength band. Provides a heat treatment device including a filter unit to convert the heat of the transfer to the mounting portion.

In addition, the summary of the said invention does not enumerate all of the required features of this invention. In addition, subcombinations of these groups of features may also be invented.

According to the present invention, it can be applied to the treatment target, increase the core body temperature of the treatment target, and activate the immune system of the treatment target to promote the health of the treatment target.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a heat treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the filter part and the lamp part of FIG. 1.
Figure 3 shows a schematic perspective view of a heat treatment device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a thermotherapy device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements.

1 is a schematic perspective view of a heat treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the filter portion and the lamp portion of FIG.

As shown in Figures 1 to 3, the heat treatment apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the mounting portion 110, the target to be placed, and the heat of the first wavelength band toward the mounting portion 110 The lamp unit 120 to emit and the upper portion of the lamp unit 120, the filter unit for filtering the heat from the lamp unit 120 is converted to the heat of the second wavelength band and transmitted to the mounting unit 110 ( 130, and a support part 150 supporting the mounting part 110 on the filter part 130 and the lamp part 120.

The cradle 110 is placed, for example, a human being to be treated. Preferably, the mounting portion is made of a material that can transmit the heat so that the heat from the lamp unit 120 is transmitted to the treatment object. For example, the mounting portion may include a fabric in the form of a mesh woven from a material such as nylon. In this case, it is preferable that the fabric transmits heat sufficiently to the treatment subject. In addition, it is preferable that the fabric has a material which is not easily heated by the heat from the lamp unit.

When the cradle 110 is a mesh, sweat to be treated by the heat of treatment is discharged downward through the cradle 110 to prevent damage to the skin of the treatment by the sweat warmed by the heat. Therefore, the mounting unit 110 is preferably disposed on the upper portion of the lamp unit 120 and the filter unit 130, in which case the sweat passing through the mounting unit 110 to the filter unit 130 disposed below Falls.

The mounting part 110 is supported by the support part 150 at the upper part of the filter part 130 and the lamp part 120. Although the support part 150 is illustrated in the form of a general table as in FIG. 1, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various types of support parts may be used. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 to be described later, the support unit 150 may surround the lamp unit 120 and the filter unit 130 to isolate the lamp unit 120 and the filter unit 130 from the outside.

Next, the lamp unit 120 emits heat of the first wavelength band as described above. The first wavelength band is preferably a band including the band of 600 to 1300 nm. The heat of the first wavelength band is filtered toward the heat of the second wavelength band by the filter unit 130 and discharged toward the mounting unit 110 as described below. In this case, the second wavelength band is a band of approximately 600 to 1300 nm. The lamp unit 120 may include at least one lamp that emits heat of the first wavelength band, and the lamp may include, for example, a halogen lamp.

On the other hand, the filter unit 130 is disposed between the lamp unit 120 and the mounting unit 110, the wavelength band of about 600 nm or less and the wavelength of about 1300 nm or more in the first wavelength band of the heat from the lamp unit 120 The band is filtered to emit the second wavelength band between about 600 nm and about 1300 nm to the heat receiving part 110 by heating.

Since the heat of the wavelength band of 600 nm or less and the wavelength of 1300 nm or more mainly acts on the skin of a human, and mainly increases the body temperature, not the core body temperature, it is preferable to filter and remove the first wavelength band and then to the fermenter. The filter unit 130 includes a filter liquid 140 in the form of a liquid that performs this filtering function. The filter liquid 140 may include water, for example. Therefore, the filter unit 130 may take the form of a bath for accommodating the filter liquid 140.

The filter liquid 140 of the filter unit 130 absorbs the heat except for the heat of the second wavelength band among the heat of the first wavelength band and performs a filtering function, and the temperature is increased by the heat absorption. Therefore, a configuration for lowering the temperature of the filter liquid 140 is required. To this end, in one embodiment of the present invention, the filter unit 130 may include an inlet through which the filter liquid 140 flows in and an outlet through which the filter liquid 140 flows in. The filter liquid 140 may flow into and out of the filter unit 130 through the inlet and the outlet to maintain a constant temperature of the filter liquid 140 in the filter unit 130. The filter liquid 140 may be cooled through an external cooling device and supplied to the filter unit 130 again, or a new filter liquid may be supplied from an external source and the filter liquid 140 flowing out of the filter unit 130 may be discharged. It can be discarded without being reused.

On the other hand, the lamp unit 120 and the filter unit 130 may be integrally formed. In this case, the lamp unit 120 is disposed below the filter unit 140, and the heat emitted from the lamp unit 120 is disposed at the interface between the lamp unit 120 and the filter unit 130. It may include a board or a panel made of a transparent material so as to be directed to the mounting portion 110 through.

In addition, the lamp accommodated in the lamp unit 120 may include a plurality of lamps 125 arranged at uniform intervals below each other under the filter unit 130. In addition, instead of the filter unit 140 may include a plurality of lamps 125 are arranged at non-uniform intervals. In FIG. 2, the lamp 125 may be separately installed on both left and right sides of the filter unit 130, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the lamp 125 may be disposed over the entire space below the filter unit 130.

As described above, the heat of the first wavelength band generated by the lamp unit 120 is converted into the heat of the second wavelength band from which the predetermined wavelength band is filtered by the filter unit 130 and placed on the treatment target placed on the holder 110. It is applied to the body up to approximately one to two inches from the skin of the treatment to cover the blood in the blood vessels flowing in that area, and the covered blood circulates inside the body to increase the core body temperature of the treatment. Therefore, by continuous treatment with a heat treatment device according to an embodiment of the present invention, it can have a beneficial effect on cancer treatment by lowering the proliferation of cancer cells and activating the immune system.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the modified example of the thermotherapy device which concerns on this invention is demonstrated. The thermal therapy apparatus 100 ′ shown in FIG. 3 is substantially the same as the thermal therapy apparatus shown in FIG. 1 except for further including a reflector 160 in the thermal therapy apparatus 100 of FIG. 1.

The reflector 160 reflects the heat of the second wavelength band emitted through the filter unit 130 toward the mounting unit 110. When the object to be treated is placed on the holder 110, the portion in direct contact with the holder 110 is under pressure by its weight. Since the portion of the pressure is not more efficient than the circulation of the blood pressure, it is preferable to transfer the heat toward the body part of the treatment target that is not in contact with the holder 110.

Therefore, by transferring the heat toward the body portion of the treatment target that is not in contact with the mounting portion 110 through the reflector 160, it is possible to efficiently increase the core body temperature of the treatment target.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the reflector 160 may be rotatably fixed to the supporter 150 toward the side of the mounting part 110 to reflect the heat toward the treatment target. In this case, the reflector 160 may be configured to adjust the angle according to the treatment target.

As such, by providing the reflector 160, it is possible to more efficiently provide heat to the treatment target.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It is apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be added to the above embodiments. It is evident from the description of the claims that it is possible to incorporate such changes or improvements into the technical scope of the present invention.

100, 200 'thermotherapy device
110 holder
120 lamp part
130 filter unit
140 filter fluid
150 support
160 reflectors

Claims

A cradle on which the treatment subject is placed;
A lamp unit emitting heat of a first wavelength band toward the mounting unit;
Located in the upper part of the lamp unit, the filter unit for filtering the heat from the lamp unit to convert the heat of the second wavelength band to the mounting portion
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Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 1,
The lamp unit comprises a halogen lamp,
Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 1,
The second wavelength band is a wavelength band of 600 nm to 1300 nm,
Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 3,
The filter unit includes a filter liquid for filtering the heat of the first wavelength band incident to the heat of the second wavelength band,
Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 1,
The filter unit has an inlet through which the filter liquid flows in and an outlet through which the filter liquid flows in,
The filter liquid is introduced into and out of the filter unit,
Hyperthermia.

5. The method of claim 4,
The filter liquid contains water,
Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a support for supporting the mounting portion on the filter portion and the lamp portion,
Hyperthermia.

8. The method of claim 7,
The support portion surrounds the periphery of the lamp portion and the filter portion,
Hyperthermia.

The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a reflector for reflecting the heat of the second wavelength band toward the mounting portion,
Hyperthermia.