KR20180064737A - Far infrared ray radiation suture line, manufacturing divece and method the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture, a method for manufacturing the same, and a far-infrared radiation suture manufactured thereby. The device for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture comprises: a high-pressure tank having a suture disposed in an inner space thereof; a pressure control unit for pressurizing the pressure inside the high-pressure tank to 7 to 10 kg/cm^2, and reduces the pressure inside the high-pressure tank within an atmospheric pressure after the lapse of a set time; a far-infrared radiation unit disposed in the high-pressure tank and including a mineral powder which emits far-infrared radiation and has a particle size of 6.5 to 1.3 μm, a powder container which accommodates the mineral powder, a stirring blade which stirs the powder inside the powder container, a stirring motor which rotates the stirring blade, and an electromagnetic wave radiation unit which radiates electromagnetic waves to the mineral powder inside the powder container at one side of the powder container; and a suture rotation unit including a tray which has the suture disposed therein and slides into the inner space of the high-pressure tank, and a tray rotation motor which rotates the tray.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to a far-infrared radiation suture,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a medical suture that emits far-infrared rays, an apparatus and a method for manufacturing the suture.

A suture is a surgical thread that is used to hold a body tissue that has been cut up until the wound is healed and to place it in its normal position.

A suture consists of a PGA suture made of twisted threads and a PDO suture made of a single strand. The PGA suture has the advantage of flexibility and resilience because it is made by twisting a plurality of strands, but the surface is rough and there is space between the threads PDO suture is easy to be infected, but PDO suture is less flexible and resilience than PDA suture. PDO suture is mainly used in recent years because it has a smooth surface compared to PGA suture and because there is no space between the sutures.

However, in the case of PDO suture, there are disadvantages such as loosening of the thread and knotting easily after the operation because of low flexibility and elasticity, and a copolymer suture has been developed to complement the suture. In the manufacturing of PGA suture or PDO suture, Etc. have been added to improve functions such as strength and flexibility, and the development of suture technology has been actively promoted.

The suture must have the following conditions.

The suture must have adequate tensions and resilience until the purpose is achieved, should not cause an in-vivo reaction, and should not create an environment that will aid in the growth of bacteria, bacteria, or viruses. The suture should be easy to handle, the knot or the knot should not be easily loosened or broken, the cutting force should be good after knotting, and the shape of the knot during sterilization I should not change the ingredients.

It is important to know how much strength is needed and how long the suture should maintain this strength. Since the acquisition of the tension of the wound and the reshaping of the scar are performed slowly, This is because it is necessary to maintain tension and elasticity continuously by the material.

As described above, the surgical suture is divided into an absorbable suture (biodegradable suture) and a non-absorbable suture depending on the material used as a medical device, which is mainly used to fix an implant implanted in a tissue to a tissue in a surgical operation.

The selection of appropriate materials should be based on an understanding of the healing process, and in most cases the use of absorbable sutures is desirable for sutures that are contaminated or at risk of contamination and internal body sutures, since non-absorbable sutures can become the nuclei of infection . In case of absorbable suture, the reaction with tissue is much stronger, and in case minimum tissue reaction is required, non-absorbable suture should be used.

On the other hand, the sold-out procedure is also referred to as a track treatment, and it does not cut the skin of the body and pulls the skin or muscles tightly to improve the wrinkles or to keep the skin tissue in a resilient state, And it is widely used in a procedure to make it possible.

The suture is absorbed by the suture after 3 to 6 months after it is applied in the body, and the suture is the factor that induces the wound stimulation in the skin, which leads to the secretion of the immune substance that heals the wound. After the body tissue is healed, it is possible to maintain the state of being lifted by the suture thread, so that the stretched skin can be maintained in a taut state or the jawbone can be improved.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2016-0053252 (Disclosure Date: 2015.05.13) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0147683 (Publication date: December 30, 2014) Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2001-0089357 (published on November 11, 2001)

The object of the present invention is to provide a suture that can emit far-infrared rays to the skin tissue after being inserted into the skin.

An object of the present invention is to provide a device for manufacturing a suture capable of emitting far-infrared rays.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a suture capable of emitting far-infrared rays.

In order to solve the above problems, according to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a syringe including: a high pressure tank in which a suture thread is disposed in an inner space;

A pressure regulator for pressurizing the pressure inside the high pressure tank to 7 to 10 kg / cm < 2 > and for reducing the internal pressure of the high pressure tank to atmospheric pressure after the elapse of the set time;

A powder container for containing the mineral powder, an agitating blade for agitating the powder in the powder container, a stirring motor for rotating the agitating blade, and an agitating motor for agitating the agitating blade, A far infrared ray radiating part disposed in the high pressure tank, the far infrared ray radiating part including an electromagnetic wave radiating part for radiating an electromagnetic wave to the mineral powder inside the powder container at one side of the powder container; And

And a suture rotation unit including a tray disposed with the suture thread and sliding into the space inside the high-pressure tank, and a tray rotation motor rotating the tray.

Wherein the stirring blade is made of a far-infrared ray-emitting mineral material.

The suture is characterized by being a biodegradable polymer.

The suture may be made of a polymer such as catgut, polyglycolic acid, lactic acid polymer, polyether-ester, a copolymer of lactide and glycolide, a copolymer of diethylene glycol and glycolide and trimethylene carbonate (for example, A trifunctional copolymer consisting of glycolide, trimethylene carbonate, and dioxanone, glycolide, caprolactone, trimethylene carbonate, and lactide (e.g., MAXON TM, Tyco Healthcare Group) And combinations thereof.

Characterized in that the suture is placed in the high pressure tank in a sterile packaging state.

According to another embodiment of the present invention,

A degradable suture modified by heating, wherein the suture provides a far-infrared radiation suture that emits far-infrared rays.

And the suture is pressurized at a pressure of 7 to 10 kg / cm < 2 > in the high-pressure tank of the apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture of claim 1.

According to another embodiment of the present invention,

a) disposing a mineral powder that emits far-infrared rays in a high-pressure tank;

b) disposing a suture of a thermoplastic polymer material in said high pressure tank;

c) sealing the high pressure tank and maintaining the internal pressure of the high pressure tank at 7 to 10 kg / cm 2; And

d) stirring the mineral powder in the high-pressure tank.

The suture manufactured by the apparatus and method for producing a far-infrared radiation suture can emit far-infrared rays to the skin tissue after being inserted into the skin.

The suture manufactured by the apparatus and method for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture can emit far-infrared rays from the suture itself which is biodegraded in the skin tissue after being inserted into the skin without containing the mineral emitting the far-infrared ray. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of side effects in the skin tissue because the suture does not contain foreign substances other than the biodegradable material.

It is possible to radiate the far-infrared rays from the medical suture itself without heating the medical suture made of a protein or polymer material which is denatured by heat.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing an apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a schematic view of an apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a photograph of a suture that emits far-infrared rays according to an embodiment of the present invention and a patient who performed a sold-out procedure using a conventional suture.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. These embodiments are only for illustrating the present invention, and thus the scope of the present invention is not construed as being limited by these embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing an apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown, the far infrared ray emitting suture manufacturing apparatus 1000 includes a high pressure tank 110 in which a suture 2000 is disposed in an inner space, a pressure regulating unit 200 for regulating a pressure inside the high pressure tank 110, A suture rotation unit 400 that rotates the suture inside the high pressure tank 110, a high-pressure tank 110, a high-pressure tank 110, A sensing unit 600 for sensing the temperature and / or pressure in the high-pressure tank 110, and a control unit 100 for controlling the pressure and temperature in the high-pressure tank.

It is preferred that the suture according to the embodiment of the present invention treated in the high-pressure tank 110 uses a disposable suture. Degradable (also referred to as "biodegradable" or "bioabsorbable") bio-degradable suture material refers to a suture that is degraded and absorbed by the body after introduction into the body tissue. Typically, the degradation process is performed at least partially in the biological system. "Decomposition" refers to a chain separation process in which the polymer chain is cleaved into oligomers and monomers. Chain separation can occur through various mechanisms, including, for example, by chemical reactions (e.g., hydrolysis, oxidation / reduction, enzymatic mechanisms, or combinations thereof) or by thermal or photolytic processes. Polymer degradation can be characterized, for example, using gel permeation chromatography (GPC) to monitor changes in polymer molecular mass during erosion and degradation. The degradable suture material may be selected from the group consisting of catgut, polyglycolic acid, lactic acid polymers, polyether-esters (e.g., polyglycols and polyglycolides, polyethers and polyglycolides, polyglycols and polylactic acids, Copolymers of lactide and glycolide, copolymers of diethylene glycol and glycolide and trimethylene carbonate (e.g., MAXON TM, Tyco Healthcare Group), glycols (60%), trimethylene carbonate (26%), and dioxanone (14%), each of which is composed of terephthalic acid, trimethylenecarbonate, ), Copolymers of glycolide, caprolactone, trimethylene carbonate, and lactide (e.g., CAPROSYNTM, Tyco Healthcare Group) . Such sutures may be in the form of braided multifilament or short fibers. The polymer used in the present invention may be a linear polymer, a branched polymer or a polycation polymer. Examples of multiaxial polymers used in sutures are described in U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 20020161168, 20040024169, and 20040116620. The degradable suture may also include a dissolvable suture made of a soluble polymer, such as, but not limited to, a polyvinyl alcohol moiety deacetylated polymer. The suture may consist of a fibrous suture thread and a needle having a sharp point. The suture 2000 is sterilized and packaged, and is preferably far-infrared treated in the high-pressure tank 110.

The high pressure tank 110 is composed of a cylindrical pressure vessel 111 configured to withstand a high pressure of 10 kg / cm 2 or more and a door 112 for allowing the suture 2000 to enter and exit the vessel. The door 112 is preferably formed on one side of the pressure vessel 111 and is opened and closed circumferentially. The door 112 is improved in sealing performance so as to withstand a high pressure of 10 kg / cm 2 or more at a portion where the pressure vessel 111 and the door 112 are in contact with each other. Is applied. It is preferable that the tray 410 on which the biodegradable suture 2000 is placed is installed on the bottom of the high pressure tank 110 so as to be able to slide in and out through the door 112.

The pressure regulating unit 200 includes a pressurizing unit and a depressurizing unit. The pressure regulator 200 is connected to the inside of the high-pressure tank 110 and pressurizes the high-pressure tank 110 with a pressurizing medium such as argon gas to a pressure of 7 to 10 kg / Cm < 2 >, and after the far infrared ray treatment is completed, the pressure can be reduced to within atmospheric pressure (1 kg / cm2) by the pressure reducing means.

The temperature regulating unit 500 is provided with cooling means so as to prevent the temperature rise caused by the pressurization of the inside of the high pressure tank 110 from damaging the suture 2000 of protein or polymer material being processed in the high pressure tank 110 Within the range.

The far infrared ray radiating part 300 includes a far infrared ray emitting mineral powder 360, a powder container 310, a stirring blade 320, a stirring motor 340 for rotating the stirring blade 320, and an electromagnetic wave radiating part 350 .

The far-infrared mineral powder (360) is a mineral powder, which is composed of various materials such as jade, jade, tourmaline, ocher, sericite, amethyst, ore, bamboo, quartz, quartz, obsidian, At least one mineral selected from the group consisting of rhyolite, rhyolitic tuff, strontium, vanadium, zirconium, cerium, nepheline, lanthanum, barium, rubidium, cesium and gallium is pulverized into fine particles of 6.5 μm or less. The smaller the size of the mineral powder, the better. The mineral powder preferably has a particle size of from 6.5 mu m to 1.3 mu m. It is preferable to use jade or jade powder as the mineral powder since the far-infrared radiation efficiency is high.

The powder container 310 is made of tempered glass, polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (HDPE), crystallized polyethylene terephthalate (PET), or the like so that the far infrared rays are transmitted through the mineral powder received therein without loss, It is preferable that it is made of phthalate (C-PET).

The stirring blade 320 is preferably formed of the above-described far-infrared ray-emitting mineral. The agitating blade 320 may be installed in the powder container 310, rotate, and agitate the powder 360 to improve far-infrared radiation efficiency. The far infrared ray radiation efficiency is improved due to the friction between the agitation blade 320 of the far-infrared ray emitting mineral material and the mineral powder 360 and the mineral powder 360 by stirring.

The electromagnetic wave radiating part 300 radiates microwaves of 2.45 GHz frequency band to the mineral powder 360 which is composed of a magnetron and a wave guide and is installed on one side of the powder container 310 and is accommodated in the powder container 310. When the electromagnetic wave is irradiated, the mineral powder increases radiant efficiency outside the original.

The suture rotation unit 400 includes a tray 410 on which a suture 2000 placed on the inner bottom surface of the high pressure tank 110 is placed and a tray rotation motor 420 that rotates the tray 410. During the far infrared ray treatment, So that the far infrared rays are uniformly irradiated onto the suture 2000.

The sensing unit 600 includes a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor for measuring the temperature and the pressure inside the high-pressure tank 110.

The control unit 100 is connected to the pressure regulating unit 200, the far infrared ray radiating unit 300, the temperature regulating unit 500, the suture rotation unit 400 and the sensing unit 600, Infrared rays are efficiently radiated from the far infrared ray radiating part 300 by applying a control signal to the pressure adjusting part 200 and the temperature adjusting part 500 so as to adjust the temperature and pressure in the infrared ray radiating part 110, And applies a control signal to the tray rotation motor 420 to rotate the tray on which the suture 2000 is placed during the far infrared ray processing.

3 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method of manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a method of manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture using the apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture constructed as described above will now be described.

The mineral powder 360 emitting the far-infrared ray is disposed in the powder container 310 in the high-pressure tank 110 (S10). Next, the suture 2000 of the biodegradable polymer material is placed on the tray 410 and slid into the high-pressure tank 110 (S20). Next, the high pressure tank 110 is closed with the door 112, and the pressure regulating unit 200 is driven to pressurize the internal pressure of the high pressure tank 110 to 7 to 10 kg / cm 2 (S30) . The higher the pressure, the shorter the processing time. Pressure treatment for 1 to 2 hours.

When the internal pressure of the high pressure tank 110 reaches the set pressure, the stirring motor 340 is driven to rotate the stirring blade 320 in the mineral powder container 310 inside the high pressure tank to stir the mineral powder 360 (S40). When the friction between the mineral powder and the agitating blade occurs due to the rotation of the agitating blade 320, the far infrared ray radiation amount is increased.

At step S40, an electromagnetic wave is radiated to the mineral powder 360 by driving the electromagnetic wave radiating part 350 installed at the upper end of the mineral powder container 310, together with the stirring of step S40. When the electromagnetic wave is irradiated in the mineral powder, the far infrared ray radiation amount is increased.

The suture 2000 disposed in the high pressure tank 110 is disposed on the rotating tray 410 and the rotating tray 410 is rotated according to the driving of the tray rotating motor 420 to move the suture 2000 to the high pressure tank 110) (S42). While the mineral powder is stirred, the suture is rotated so that far infrared rays are uniformly irradiated under high pressure.

After a set time, preferably 1 hour to 2 hours, is passed, the pressure regulator 200 decompresses the inside of the high pressure tank 110 to be within atmospheric pressure (S50).

The suture 2000 having been subjected to the far-infrared ray treatment slides out the tray 410 and takes it out of the high-pressure tank 110 (S60).

The apparatus for manufacturing a far infrared ray radiation suture according to one aspect of the present invention is a device for manufacturing a far infrared ray radiation suture by irradiating an electromagnetic wave to a stirrer 320 and a far infrared ray emitting mineral powder 360 which are composed of far infrared ray emitting minerals and stirring the mineral powder 360 To radiate sufficient far infrared rays without polishing the particle size of the mineral powder to nano size. The handling of the mineral powder becomes easier, and the cost can be reduced.

The suture may be inserted into the skin layer by any method conventionally used in the art. The suture may be placed in the high pressure tank with the needles joined at one or both ends and sealed in a sterile pouch. The suture can be manufactured by a braided method and a monofilament method depending on the manufacturing method.

The far-infrared radiation suture according to one aspect of the present invention emits far-infrared rays in the skin during the procedure to enhance bioactivity in the affected area.

Far infrared rays are electromagnetic waves that are farthest from the visible light, that is, the longest wavelength and the lowest frequency, when the infrared region is subdivided according to wavelength. Those present in the wavelength range of 0.76 to 1,000 μm are called far-infrared rays, and these far-infrared rays are included in the wavelength range of 4 to 15 μm, which is the intrinsic absorption wavelength range of all living bodies made of organic compounds.

The far-infrared rays radiate to the moisture and protein molecules constituting the cells in the human body, resonating with minute vibrations about 2,000 times per minute to activate the activity of the cells. As the body temperature is raised, microvessels are expanded, blood circulation is activated, metabolism is strengthened, tissue regeneration power is increased, blood circulation is decomposed and blood circulation is promoted. do.

It stimulates the biological activity of the organism by causing a biological activity or boiling water clusters.

FIG. 4 is a photograph of the neck of a patient who underwent a sold-out operation. In FIG. 4, a far-infrared ray suture was used for the A side, and a suture was performed using the ordinary suture. It can be confirmed that when the sold-out procedure is performed using the far-infrared radiation suture, the swelling of the affected part is remarkably reduced. In addition to swelling, the lifting effect of the stitching procedure was also better when the far-infrared radiation suture was used.

As used herein, the term "skin" refers to an organ covering the outside of an organism. It is composed of epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous fat layer and includes not only a tissue covering the outside of the face or whole body, Concept.

As used herein, "suture" means a thread that can be inserted into the skin for medical or cosmetic purposes, and is not limited in its shape.

As used herein, "lifting" means pulling or pulling up the skin with a suture, which may be performed by a projection, knot or latch included in the suture. The suture of the present specification can exhibit the effect of physically improving or eliminating wrinkles on the skin surface by lifting. Specifically, in one aspect of the present invention, a suture is inserted into the epidermis, dermis, or subcutaneous fat layer of a skin that is stretched or wrinkled, lifting a skin layer stretched by a protrusion, a knot, or a latch included in the suture, You can.

Claims (13)

A high pressure tank in which a suture thread is disposed in an inner space;
A pressure regulator for pressurizing the pressure inside the high pressure tank to 7 to 10 kg / cm < 2 > and for reducing the internal pressure of the high pressure tank to atmospheric pressure after the elapse of the set time;
A powder container for containing the mineral powder, an agitating blade for agitating the powder in the powder container, a stirring motor for rotating the agitating blade, and an agitating motor for agitating the agitating blade, A far infrared ray radiating part disposed in the high pressure tank, the far infrared ray radiating part including an electromagnetic wave radiating part for radiating an electromagnetic wave to the mineral powder inside the powder container at one side of the powder container; And
And a suture rotation unit including a tray disposed with the suture thread and sliding into the space inside the high-pressure tank, and a tray rotation motor rotating the tray. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the stirring blade is made of a far-infrared ray-emitting mineral material. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the suture is a biodegradable polymer. The method according to claim 1,
The suture may be made of a polymer such as catgut, polyglycolic acid, lactic acid polymer, polyether-ester, a copolymer of lactide and glycolide, a copolymer of diethylene glycol and glycolide and trimethylene carbonate (for example, A trifunctional copolymer consisting of glycolide, trimethylene carbonate, and dioxanone, glycolide, caprolactone, trimethylene carbonate, and lactide (e.g., MAXON TM, Tyco Healthcare Group) Wherein the material is selected from the group consisting of: The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the suture is disposed in the high-pressure tank in a sterilized packaging state. In a degradable suture that undergoes denaturation upon heating,
The suture is a far-infrared radiation suture that emits a far-infrared ray. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the suture is pressed at a pressure of 7 to 10 kg / cm < 2 > in the high-pressure tank of the apparatus for manufacturing a far-infrared radiation suture of claim 1. a) disposing a mineral powder that emits far-infrared rays in a high-pressure tank;
b) disposing a suture of a thermoplastic polymer material in said high pressure tank;
c) sealing the high pressure tank and maintaining the internal pressure of the high pressure tank at 7 to 10 kg / cm 2; And
d) stirring the mineral powder in the high-pressure tank. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the mineral powder has a particle size of 6.5 mu m to 1.3 mu m. 10. The method of claim 9,
And irradiating the mineral powder with electromagnetic waves in the step d). 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the step d) is performed for one hour or more. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the suture is rotated in the high-pressure tank in step d). 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the suture is disposed in the high pressure tank in a sterile packaging state in step b).

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