KR20150101938A - Treatment apparatus for pruritus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a treatment for itching. The itching apparatus includes a heating unit including a coil heated by a power source, a copper plate for generating heat by receiving heat from the heating unit, and a coating unit disposed in contact with a surface of the copper plate for emitting far infrared rays, A heating unit for irradiating the far infrared rays to the insect bite portion of the skin, and a body for enclosing the heating unit and the heating unit, and a case for positioning the heating unit at an opened end. Therefore, there is an effect that the far infrared ray and heat are irradiated to the insect-bite site, that is, the affected area, so that the itching of the affected area can be alleviated, and the itching treatment device can be used semi-permanently.

Description

{TREATMENT APPARATUS FOR PRURITUS}

The present invention relates to a treatment for itching.

With the recent increase in mosquito volume due to climate change and the increase in people's outdoor activities, demand for mosquito repellent and related products to treat insect bites is increasing. Particularly, there are various kinds of products that prevent worms in advance, such as root patches, mosquito bands, patches attached to the skin, and the like.

And, after I had already been bitten by worms, most of the time I applied ointment to insect bites like water pills.

At this time, when it is bitten by a mosquito and it is fired, the blood vessel expands immediately due to toxicity, and a swelling rash occurs and it becomes itch. When it is scratched or left, it becomes inflammation in the affected part or bacteria invade, and chest becomes painful, And the products such as water-soluble products that are sold on the market have a temporary effect and a strong irritation, so that itching may be further exacerbated if it is frequently applied to the affected part.

In addition, since the products such as an insect bite, an ointment patch, a patch to be attached, and a spray of a root are consumables, there is a disadvantage in that it is troublesome to re-purchase it if it is used up.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention provides an itch therapy device that can be used semi-permanently irritating to the skin by irradiating far-infrared rays to the insect-bite portion.

The itching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a heating unit including a coil heated by a power source, a copper plate for generating heat by receiving heat from the heating unit, And a body for enclosing the heating unit and the heating unit, and a case for positioning the heating unit at an opened end thereof.

In one example, the coating portion may be formed of a ceramic material.

In one example, the heating portion and the heat generating portion are preferably located in contact with each other.

In another example, the heating portion and the heat generating portion are preferably spaced apart from each other.

The controller may further include a power unit for applying the power to the heating unit and a controller connected to the power unit to operate the power unit according to an input signal received from the outside.

The body may further include a rubber or silicone tube at one end of the opening.

In one example, it may further comprise a fixing part formed on the outer surface of the body in clip form or rope form.

According to this feature, the heat generating portion includes a copper plate and a ceramic coating portion, and the copper plate of the heat generating portion transfers heat received from the heating portion to the ceramic coating portion, thereby generating far infrared rays in the ceramic coating portion. Thus, there is a therapeutic effect that far infrared ray and heat can be irradiated to the insect-bite site, that is, the affected area, to alleviate the itching of the affected area.

In addition, there is an effect that the itching treatment apparatus which is easy to carry can be used semi-permanently.

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the structure of an itch therapy apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view illustrating an itching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a side view illustrating a structure of a heating unit of the itching therapy apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a side cross-sectional view showing the itching treatment apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a side cross-sectional view showing the itching apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the itching apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 7 is a view showing an embodiment of use of the itching therapy apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a side view showing a heating unit and a heat generating unit of the itching therapy apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, an itching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, an itching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1, the itching apparatus includes a power source 30, a heating unit 60 connected to the power source unit 30, a heating unit 50 connected to the heating unit to generate heat, A control unit 40 connected to the power supply unit 30 and generating a control signal to transmit the control signal to the power supply unit 30 and the light emitting unit 70, (70).

Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 8, a structure of the itching treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The itching treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an upper cover 20a and a lower cover 20b A power supply unit 30 located inside the body 20, an operating unit 10 located in the opening 21 formed in the body 20, a power supply unit 30 located inside the body 20, A heating unit 60 connected to the power unit 30 and a heating unit 50 connected to the heating unit 60. The control unit 40 includes a signal input unit 41,

The body 20 may be configured to include an upper lid 20a and a lower lid 20b as described above with reference to the view of Figure 2. In another example, .

In one example, one opened end of the body 20 is a portion where the heat generating portion 50 is located, and the other end of the body 20 May be formed to have a smaller diameter than a portion having a cylindrical shape of the body 20.

In this case, when the open end of the body 20 is formed to have a smaller diameter than the cylindrical portion of the body 20, the open end of the body 20 extends from the cylindrical portion of the body 20 It is preferable that the diameter is gradually reduced.

In addition, in the itching treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, the open end of the body 20 may be formed in a bent shape from a cylindrical portion of the body 20. [

As described above, since the open end of the body 20 has a curved shape, there is an effect that the body 20 can be easily positioned in contact with the affected part.

At this time, the diameter of the open end of the body 20 may be smaller or larger depending on the diameter of the heat generating portion 50, and in the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings, It is preferable that the diameter is smaller than the diameter of the cylindrical shape.

The body 20 having such a structure includes an opening 21 having an opened hole 21 and an operating portion 10 having a size corresponding to the diameter of the opening 21 and formed in a button shape is passed through the opening 21 Respectively.

The operation unit 10 is connected to the signal input unit 41 and positioned so as to protrude from the surface of the body 20 and receives a pressing force from the outside and transmits the force to the signal input unit 41.

The power supply unit 30 is located inside the body 20 and generates power and transmits the generated power to the control unit 40, the heating unit 60, and the light emitting unit 70.

For example, the power supply unit 30 may be formed of a 1.5-V battery or a lithium (Li) battery.

In another example, the itch therapist may further include a USB charging port and connect the USB cable to the USB charging port to charge the power source section 30 through the computer or other charging device.

The control unit 40 includes a signal input unit 41 and is connected to the power supply unit 30 to receive power from the power supply unit 30. [ At this time, the signal input unit 41 receives the pressing force from the operation unit 10, generates the first signal or the second signal, and transmits the first signal or the second signal to the control unit 40.

In one example, the signal input unit 41 generates a first signal according to a pressing force generated in the operation unit 10, and transmits the first signal to the control unit 40. The control unit 40 drives the power supply unit 30 according to the first signal The signal input unit 41 generates the second signal according to the pressing force generated by the operation unit 10 and transmits the second signal to the control unit 40 so that the control unit 40 And generate a control signal for controlling the power supply unit 30 to stop driving according to the second signal.

That is, the control unit 40 controls the power supply unit 30 to supply power to the heating unit 60 according to the first signal, and supplies power to the heating unit 60 from the power supply unit 30 according to the second signal. . Therefore, the heating unit 60 is operated when the first signal is generated, and the operation of the heating unit 60 is also stopped when the second signal is generated.

For this, a switch is provided between the power supply unit 30 and the heating unit 60, and a control unit 40 applies a signal to the switch to supply power to the heating unit 60 from the power supply unit 30, Can be turned on and off.

The control unit 40 generates a light emitting unit output driving signal for controlling the driving of the light emitting unit 70, and transmits the generated light emitting unit output driving signal to the light emitting unit 70.

The light emitting unit 70 is located on the outer surface of the body 20 and is connected to the power supply unit 30 and the control unit 40. The light emitting unit 70 is connected to the power supply unit 30 and the control unit 40, And outputs light in accordance with the secondary output drive signal.

In one example, the light emitting unit 70 may include a light emitting diode (LED) to emit light. As described above, since the itching treatment apparatus is formed so as to include the light emitting unit 70, there is no need to separately provide a lantern for irradiating light when the itching treatment apparatus of the present invention for treating the insect affected zone is used outdoors have.

The heating unit 60 is connected to the power supply unit 30. The coil is heated by the power supplied from the power supply unit 30,

The heating portion 50 may be placed in contact with the heating portion 60 as shown in Fig. 8 (a) or may be located close to the heating portion 60 as shown in Fig. 8 (b).

The distance C between the heating portion 50 and the heating portion 60 may be set to be in a range of 0.1 mm to 20 mm in the example in which the heating portion 50 and the heating portion 60 are not in contact with each other, have.

3, the heat generating part 50 contacting or spaced from the heating part 60 includes a copper plate 50a and a ceramic coating part 50b. The copper plate 50a and the ceramic coating part 50b, (50b) may be formed in a disc shape.

At this time, the copper plate 50a receives heat from the heating unit 60, generates heat, and generates heat of 40 to 50 degrees centigrade.

The ceramic coating portion 50b is a ceramic coating layer for coating the upper portion of the copper plate 50a, and emits far-infrared rays.

However, in another embodiment, the ceramic coating portion 50b may not be formed on the upper portion of the copper plate 50a, but another material capable of emitting far-infrared rays may be coated on the copper plate 50a to form the heat generating portion 50 .

The thickness A of the copper plate 50a forming the heat generating portion 50 and the thickness B of the ceramic coating portion 50b may be 0.1 mm to 2 mm.

The thickness of the copper plate 50a and the ceramic coating portion 50b may be made thick so that the copper plate 50a and the ceramic coating portion 50b may be made thick by the heat received from the heating portion 60. In this case, 50a are prevented from rapidly generating heat.

The thickness of the copper plate 50a and the thickness of the ceramic coating portion 50b are made thin and the heat generated by the heat transferred from the heating portion 60 It is preferable that the copper plate 50a is heated rapidly.

Next, the operation of the itching apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention formed with the above-described structure will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, 7A and 8. FIG.

First, when the operation unit 10 is positioned to be pressed by an external force, the signal input unit 41 connected to the operation unit 10 generates a first signal and transmits the first signal to the control unit 40. At this time, the control unit 40 generates a signal for controlling the power supply unit 30 according to the first signal received from the signal input unit 41 and transmits the signal to the power supply unit 30 so that the power supply unit 30 is driven .

The power supply unit 30 applies power to the control unit 40, the heating unit 60 and the light emitting unit 70, and the coil of the heating unit 60 is heated accordingly.

Thus, the copper plate 50a of the heating portion 50, which is in contact with the heating portion 60 or spaced apart by a predetermined distance C, is heated, and the far infrared rays are emitted from the ceramic coating portion 50b.

7 (a), when the itching treatment apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is positioned so as to touch the skin 1, the heat generating unit 50 is positioned so as to touch the skin 1 Heat and far-infrared rays of 40 to 50 ° C generated in the heat generating part 50 are directly transferred to the affected part located on the skin 1.

As heat and far-infrared rays are transmitted to the affected area, the poison of the insects penetrating into insect bites is decoded. This is because the heat generated by the heat generating portion 50 is higher than the body temperature of the skin 1, that is, the affected portion by about 10 캜.

The control unit 40 receives a signal generated from a separate button (not shown) provided in addition to the operation unit 10 and generates a signal for controlling the composition of the light emitting unit 70 and transmits the signal to the light emitting unit 70 , So that the light emitting portion 70 outputs light.

The signal input unit 41 generates a second signal and transmits the second signal to the control unit 40. The control unit 40 controls the power supply unit 40, The driving of the power source unit 30 is stopped by generating a control signal for stopping the driving of the itching apparatus 30, thereby completing the operation of the itching apparatus.

Next, the structure of the itching apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3, 5, and 8. FIG.

In this case, the itching treatment apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention may include a tube 22 at one end of the body 20 in the structure of the itching treatment apparatus according to the above-described embodiment, There is a difference in that it includes the formed ceramic coating portion 50b.

Therefore, in the description of the structure of the itching therapy apparatus referring to Figs. 1 to 3, 5, and 8, the same constitution as the one embodiment described above with reference to Figs. 1 to 4 and 8 is not mentioned, Only the other components should be explained in detail.

The ceramic coating portion 50b has a structure in which a far-infrared ray emitted from the ceramic coating portion 50b can be focused and output by being rounded as long as it does not contact the copper plate 50a.

The tube 22 is connected to one open end of the body 20 and may be made of rubber or silicone.

The tube 22 is formed so that the heat generating portion 51 is located inside the opened portion of the body 20 so that the heat generating portion 51 can be brought into direct contact with the skin 1 The direct heat transfer can be prevented.

Next, the operation of the itching apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3, 5, 7 (b), and 8.

7 (b), only the operation when the end of the itching treatment apparatus is placed in contact with the skin 1, as shown in Fig. 7 (b) The tube 22 connected to one opened end of the body 20 directly contacts the skin 1 and the heat generating part 51 does not directly touch the skin 1 and generates heat and far- .

Although the structure and operation of the itching treatment apparatus according to the two embodiments have been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 and 7 to 8, the itching treatment apparatus of the present invention may be configured to further include a temperature control unit (not shown) And the control unit 40 controls the heating unit 60 or the heating unit 50 according to a signal applied from the outside to control the temperature of the finally generated heat in the heating unit 50 .

6, the itching treatment apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include a clip-like fixing portion 23 on the outer surface of the body 20, or may include a through hole 23 formed on the surface of the body 20, And the rope 25 connected to the through hole 24 and the through hole 24, so that the itching apparatus can be carried easily.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

10: Operation section 20: Operation section
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50: heating part 60: heating part

Claims (7)

A heating unit including a coil heated by a power supply,
A heating unit which includes a copper plate for receiving heat from the heating unit to generate heat and a coating unit disposed in contact with a surface of the copper plate for emitting far infrared ray and irradiating the heat and the far infrared rays on insect-
A body which surrounds the heating part and the outside of the heating part and which places the heating part at an opened end,
Wherein the itching treatment apparatus comprises: The method of claim 1,
Wherein the coating portion is formed of a ceramic material. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the heating unit and the heating unit are located in contact with each other. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the heating unit and the heating unit are spaced apart from each other. The method of claim 1,
A power unit for applying the power to the heating unit,
A control unit connected to the power supply unit and operating the power supply unit according to an input signal received from the outside,
Further comprising an itching device. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the body further comprises a rubber or silicone tube at the open end. The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a fixing portion formed on the outer surface of the body in a clip shape or a rope shape.

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