WO2004000417A1

WO2004000417A1 - High frequency current drive system for slimming and health improvement and high frequency current drive device for slimming and health improvement

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Publication number: WO2004000417A1
Application number: PCT/JP2002/006122
Authority: WO
Inventors: Toyotaka Mori; Akira Numata
Original assignee: Toyotaka Mori; Akira Numata
Priority date: 2002-06-19
Filing date: 2002-06-19
Publication date: 2003-12-31
Also published as: JPWO2004000194A1; WO2004000194A1

Abstract

A high frequency current drive system for slimming and health improvement of compact shape capable of supplying stimulus deep into muscles and stimulus to agonist and antagonist at optimal timing. In the high frequency current drive system comprising a plurality of electrodes and a high frequency power drive device electrically connected to the electrodes for generating high frequency current, slimming and health improvement can be performed by applying the pulse of a predetermined amplitude and a predetermined frequency to a plurality of muscles at a predetermined time interval to contract and expand the muscles, so that muscles consume energy.

Description

Specification

High frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion and high cycle for slimming and health promotion

Technical field

The present invention relates to a high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion that stimulates muscles with high-frequency current to consume energy, and a high-frequency current drive apparatus for slimming and health promotion. Background art

If current social conditions continue, it is expected that the harmful effects of obesity and overweight lifestyle-related diseases will be a global problem, especially in developed countries. The diseases of the elderly that arise from lifestyle-related diseases cause problems that lower the quality of life of the elderly and lead to an increase in medical expenses in the insurance system.

Therefore, maintaining muscle mass and creating a hard-to-grow body is a pressing need in medical practice. This is a tendency that can be said globally as well. Until now, about 10% of the population of the whole world has participated in the economic competition due to the expansion of the world economy, but if it will increase to about 30% in the future, those who have the ill effects of obesity or lack of exercise Is far more common and a major issue in health problems.

On the other hand, there are multiple needs for ways to increase muscle strength. That is, there are needs for rehabilitation of patients after brain stroke, etc., and needs for measures for obesity and exercise lack in healthy people. Rehabilitation is especially difficult, as it requires expert guidance and special equipment, etc. and at home implementation is only mild. The need for measures against obesity and lack of exercise etc. is that only the wealthy people who can use the power needed by the lotus movement have enough time to cope with them, and other wealthy people And In the case of ordinary workers, it is difficult to secure enough time. Therefore, there is a need for a health method to improve the insufficiency of many people, and techniques have already been proposed to apply electrical stimulation to the living body to relax. For example, a slimming device with a low frequency of 4 kHz is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-57506. Between a pair of conductors a frequency of 4 k H z to 6 k H z and an AC weak voltage with a duration of 200 ms, at a rate of 20 times to 40 times a minute for 10 minutes to 2 times It is a slimming method that is applied repeatedly and continuously for 0 minutes.

In addition, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2 0 5 2 0 5 8 4 discloses an apparatus for applying a rectangular wave of 2.8 KHz.

Furthermore, a muscle enhancer in which the application points are designated as a working muscle and an antagonist muscle is disclosed, and it is described that an electrical stimulation is given to contract muscles.

However, conventional low frequency voltage application did not always give sufficient stimulation. That is, there is a problem that the low frequency voltage does not reach deeper than the skin layer and the low frequency voltage does not reach the muscle.

On the other hand, in the high frequency voltage application method, a vacuum pump is required by vacuum suction of the electrode. This vacuum pump had the problem of an increase in the shape of the main body. The low-frequency voltage application device is easy to carry because it is small in size and inconvenient for individuals to use at home, but the high-frequency voltage application device is large in size and causes portability difficulties. It was

In addition, when applied to working muscles and antagonist muscles, depending on the timing of application, sufficient effects were not obtained. For this reason, sufficient muscle contraction and extension were not sufficiently performed, and a sufficient slimming effect could not be obtained.

In addition, it took a long time to put on the electrode, and it was difficult to keep using it for a long time unless it was a diligent person.

Moreover, raising the voltage or current can increase the depth of stimulation, but raising it is not practical because it is extremely painful. Moreover, in order to increase motor consumption due to muscle contraction, stimulation is also applied to the inner muscle, which is the internal muscle. In addition, it is necessary to contract about 80% of the existing 2 1 6 skeletal muscles, and if it can not deliver electrical stimulation to the required depth of muscle, it consumes energy equivalent to whole body exercise. I can not do it either.

In addition, it has been proposed to strongly contract the muscle by applying a large current to the muscle, but such exercise becomes almost equal to the anoxic exercise, and it only decomposes glucose and glycogen in the muscle. The rate of using body fat as muscle exercise is rather reduced. It is known that if the muscle continues to be strongly contracted, the consumption power declines and it is judged by the oxygen consumption, so the amount of body fat consumption decreases in the anoxic exercise.

That is, a device for contracting muscles has already been proposed, and although it has been confirmed that muscle strength can be improved, the effect of actual body fat consumption is not necessarily obtained.

According to the experimental results that have already been made, it is confirmed that by increasing the stimulation to the muscle by strengthening the applied current, the muscle is strongly contracted but the consumption power of the whole body is reduced. .

In addition, with the device already proposed, there is a device with an applied current of 70 mA so as to increase the contraction strength of the muscle, but it does not reach the deep part of the muscle and the discomfort with pain increases. It is only.

Furthermore, in the conventional device, the largest number of electrodes is six for the number of stimulating muscles. However, according to the findings so far, it is not meaningful to consume energy like exercise in skeletal muscle unless the muscle group in almost the whole body is stimulated to repeat muscle contraction.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion which supplies stimulation deep in a muscle and which is small in shape and at an optimal timing for working muscle and antagonist muscle. is there. Disclosure of the invention

High frequency drive generating multiple electrodes and high frequency current electrically connected to the electrodes In a high-frequency current drive system consisting of a device, a pulse consisting of a specific amplitude and a specific frequency is applied to a plurality of muscles at a specific time interval to contract and stretch the muscles in the same manner as in a normal exercise state. It is possible to relax by consuming energy in your muscles.

The electrode is a clip electrode that is urged to sandwich one end by engaging two plates of insulator with one point as a fulcrum, and a conductor is attached to the contact surface, and the opposing surface is the insulator And a belt electrode provided with an electrode made of a conductor on the inner side of the belt and covered with an insulator on the outer side of the belt, and a belt for fixing is arranged on the outer side of the insulator. It features.

In this electrode, the plurality of muscles may consist of paired working muscles and antagonist muscles, and the first electrode may be placed on the working muscle and the second electrode may be placed on the antagonist muscle.

When contracting a plurality of working muscles, the working muscle may be applied from the electrode so as to contract while being loaded to contract the antagonist muscle.

When multiple muscles are part of an extremity, with a load such as a load applied to the extremity of the extremity, a pulse consisting of a specific frequency and a specific frequency with a specific time interval. It can also be applied to the muscles.

Furthermore, the high frequency driving device may be composed of a control device, a storage device, an output modulation device and an output amplification device, and the storage device is a device for storing the amplitude and frequency of the pulse and the time interval of the pulse. It may be.

The output modulation device may be a device that determines the frequency or waveform of the output current according to the control of the control device, or may be a device that determines the amplitude of the output current or the reference voltage according to the control of the control device.

Moreover, the control device can also drive the first electrode with a high frequency current and drive the second electrode with a high frequency current after a certain time interval.

The high frequency driving apparatus for slimming according to the present invention is a high frequency driving apparatus for generating a plurality of electrodes and a high frequency current electrically connected to the electrodes. Pulses consisting of frequencies are applied to a plurality of muscles at specific time intervals to contract and stretch the muscles in the same manner as in a normal exercise to cause the plurality of muscles to consume energy.

The high frequency current driving program for slimming according to the present invention comprises: a high frequency current driving system comprising a plurality of electrodes and a high frequency driving device for generating a high frequency current electrically connected to the electrodes; A pulse consisting of D is applied to a plurality of muscles at specific time intervals to contract and stretch the muscles to cause the muscles to consume energy.

Also, for the plurality of electrodes, the first electrode is attached to the working muscle, the second electrode is attached to the antagonist muscle corresponding to the working muscle, and after the high frequency current is applied to the first electrode, the high frequency is applied to the second electrode. A current can also be applied. Brief description of the drawings

1 is a block diagram of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention,

Fig. 3 shows an arrangement of electrodes on the main muscle of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention;

Fig. 4 shows an electrode layout on antagonist muscle of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a diagram showing the electrode arrangement on the front of the arm of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an electrode layout on the front of the abdomen of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an electrode layout diagram on the front of the back of the high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Other details, advantages and features of the present invention are revealed by the examples given below with reference to the attached drawings.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The high frequency current drive system for slimming according to the present invention comprises: an electrode 2; a system body 4; a conducting wire 6 connecting the electrode 2 and the system body 4;

The electrodes 2 are classified into the electrodes of the clip electrode 8, the plate electrode 10 and the belt electrode 12 according to their shapes. The shape is configured to fit the purpose. In particular, a plurality of electrodes 2 are provided for the clip electrode 8 and the plate electrode 10 so that signals consisting of different waveforms, phases or voltages can be applied to each electrode. The number of electrodes is arbitrary, but by setting the number of electrodes to 12 or more, it is possible to consume sufficient calories due to electrode stimulation. Preferably, in order for a human body of standard weight to achieve 200 kcal / h by electrode stimulation, 20 kcal or more of electrodes are required because it is 10 kcal / c.

The clip electrode 8 is configured to be biased so as to sandwich one end by engaging two plate portions made of an insulator with springs at one point as a fulcrum. By attaching an electrode plate made of metal or conductor to the inside of the insulator of the clip electrode 8, the electric signal transmitted from the system main body 4 is transmitted to the living body sandwiched by the clip electrode 8.

The plate electrode 10 is an electrode in which a conductor is attached to the contact surface and the opposite surface is made of an insulator or the like. The electrical signal transmitted from the system body 4 is transmitted to the conductor in contact with the living body. Apply to the part of the living body that can not be pinched by the clip electrode 10.

The belt electrode 12 is characterized in that an electrode made of a conductor is provided on the inner side of the belt and the outer side is covered with an insulator, and a fixing bell is arranged on the outer side of the insulator. The plate electrode 10 is used when placing on the part of the living body that can not be covered. The system body 4 has a plurality of connection holes 20 on its front surface, a status display panel 22 and a control switch 24 and a power supply switch 26 on its side.

The connection hole 20 is a conductor 3⁄4 _J for inserting a convex connector 16 provided at an end different from the electrode 2 of the conducting wire 6 connected to the electrode 2. The connection hole 20 is connected to the output amplifier 36 inside the system main body 4.

The status display panel 22 is a liquid crystal panel that displays power, displays signal strength, frequency, operation mode, and the like.

The control switch 24 is a switch for switching the signal strength, the frequency and the operation mode, and a plurality of switches are provided.

The power supply switch 26 is a switch that switches the power on and off, and is provided in the measuring unit of the system main unit 4.

A block diagram of the inside of the system main unit 4 is shown in FIG. The system body 4 comprises a control unit 38, an output modulation unit 40, an output amplification unit 36, and a storage unit 42. The control unit 38 is connected to the output modulation unit 40 by the control line 44, and is electrically connected to the output amplification unit 36 by the control line 46. The output modulation device 40 is connected to the output amplification device 36 by a plurality of output modulation signal lines 48. The output amplification device 36 is connected to electrodes 8, 10 and 12 outside the system main unit 4 by a plurality of conductors 6.

On the other hand, the control unit 38 is connected to the storage unit 42 by the bus wiring 50 and is connected to the status display panel 22 via the conducting wire 52, and the control switch 24 via the conducting wire 54. Connected

The control unit 38 selects and reads out one control program from a plurality of control programs recorded in advance in the storage unit 42 according to the control switch 24 and sends out a modulation control signal to the output modulation unit 40. Outputs an amplification control signal to the output amplifier 36, and the control switch 24 displays the control program selection status, signal strength and frequency. 2) has a function to send out a display signal.

The output modulation device 40 generates an output signal based on the modulation control signal transmitted from the control device 44 and outputs a signal having a designated frequency and waveform through the output modulation signal line 48 via the output amplification device 3 6 To communicate. It also controls the presence or absence of signal transmission according to the timing.

The output amplification device 36 is a device that changes the amplitude and reference voltage of the output modulation signal transmitted from the output modulation device 40 based on the amplification control signal transmitted from the control device 44. The amplified signal is transmitted to the electrodes 8, 10, 12 via the conductor 6.

The storage device 42 is a device in which a plurality of muscle type specific slimming programs are stored in advance, which are determined such that the signal strength or pulse amplitude and frequency and the signal (pulse) generation time interval are optimal. It may be a readable and writable storage device as long as it is non-volatile, and may be a read-only storage device. In addition, it is easy to change programs if it is a replaceable storage device.

Subsequently, the application of this system to the muscles of each whole body using the above-mentioned apparatus is shown in FIGS. Fig. 3 shows the front view of the human thigh muscle. The clip electrode 4 of this device is disposed so as to sandwich the rectus femoris of the quadriceps femoris muscle, and the clip electrode 4 is the other muscle and the anterior rib Place in a muscle.

On the other hand, Fig. 4 is a rear view of the thigh muscle of the human body, which corresponds to the back of Fig. 3, and the clip electrode 9 of this device is placed in the hamstringus biceps femoris 60 which is also an antagonist muscle. Place the electrode 4 so as to sandwich the gastrocnemius muscle.

Next, Fig. 5 shows a front view of the arm. The arm portion arranges the clip electrode 4 so as to sandwich the upper arm third-order muscle on the upper arm. For the forearm, the clip electrode 4 is placed so as to sandwich each measuring radical extensor.

Fig. 6 shows a front view of the abdomen. A belt electrode 12 is disposed which sandwiches from the both sides, especially, straight abdominal muscles and other abdominal muscles in the abdomen and back muscles such as the latissimus dorsi muscle on the back. Fig. 7 shows a front view of the back. Attached to mitral muscle, deltoid muscle, etc. at the top of the back A plurality of plate electrodes 10 are arranged as shown in FIG. In the middle of the back, a belt electrode 12 is disposed to cover the latissimus dorsi muscle. Furthermore, the plate electrode 10 is disposed so as to be affixed on the buttock muscle group such as the gluteus maximus muscle at the lower part of the back. Here, in the program according to the present invention, the voltage is applied to the clip electrode 8, the plate electrode 10, and the plate electrode 12 at a voltage of 5 V and a frequency of 50 OH z pulse width of 200 seconds or more. The slimming effect is achieved by applying as 5.5 seconds and then applying pulse with a pulse width of 1 50 to 2 20 seconds or more at a frequency of 50 OH z and a conduction time of 7.5 to 10 seconds from the other half. can get. Furthermore, it is possible to further improve the slimming effect by adding more load to the lower foot.

In addition, in order to increase energy consumption, it is desirable to lightly contract antagonist muscle when contracting the main muscle. While the main muscle contracts, energy consumption increases to contract against its tension. By contracting the muscle so that the muscle contraction when no load is applied to the muscle, and the muscle contraction that causes the antagonistic muscle to lightly contract when contracting the main muscle. Energy consumption increases because the same conditions as actual exercise can be applied to muscles.

In the present embodiment, twenty electrodes are shown as an example, but the number of electrodes is required according to the place to be stimulated, and eight or more, for example, 24 for 24 places described in the drawing. The electrodes may be arranged, and may be increased or decreased depending on the place to be stimulated.

Furthermore, it can also be used as a health device because it can prevent and improve lifestyle-related diseases caused by lack of exercise. You can also create mental health effects by moving your muscles with rhythm.

According to the present invention, stimulation can be provided deep in the muscle and at the optimal timing for the working muscle and antagonist muscle while being small in size.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. In a high frequency current driving system comprising a plurality of electrodes and a high frequency driving device for generating a high frequency current electrically connected to the electrodes, a pulse having a particular amplitude and a particular frequency is selected for a particular time interval. A high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion, which is applied by applying to multiple muscles and contracting and stretching the muscles in the same way as in a regular exercise condition to cause energy to be consumed by multiple muscles.

2. The electrode is a clip electrode which is urged to sandwich one end by engaging two plates of insulator with one point as a fulcrum as a fulcrum, and a conductor is attached to the contact surface, and the opposite side is It is a belt electrode provided with a plate electrode made of an insulator etc. and an electrode made of a conductor inside the belt and covered on the outside with an insulator, and a fixing belt is arranged further outside the insulator. The high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to claim 1 characterized by

3. The muscles according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the plurality of muscles consists of paired working muscles and antagonist muscles, and the first electrode is placed in the working muscles and the second electrode is placed in the antagonist muscles. High frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion.

4. A lean muscle according to claim 3, characterized in that, when contracting a working muscle which is a plurality of muscles, the working muscle is applied from the electrode so as to contract while being loaded and contracting the antagonist muscle. High frequency current drive system for health promotion.

5. If multiple muscles are part of an extremity, with a load such as a load at the extremity of the extremity, apply pulses such as specific frequencies and specific frequencies at specific intervals to specific muscles. The high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that:

6. The high frequency current driving system for slimming and health promotion according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the high frequency driving device comprises: a control device, a storage device, an output modulation device, and an output amplification device.

7. The memory stores the pulse amplitude and frequency and the pulse generation time interval The high frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that it is a device for

8. The high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the output modulation device is a device that determines the frequency and the waveform of the output signal according to the control of the control device.

9. The high-frequency current drive system for slimming and health promotion according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the output amplification device is a device that determines the amplitude of the output current and the reference voltage according to the control of the control device. .

10. The body according to claim 8, wherein the controller drives the first electrode with the high frequency current and drives the second electrode with the high frequency current after a specific time interval. High frequency current drive system for promotion.

1 1. In a high frequency drive that generates multiple electrodes and a high frequency current electrically connected to this electrode, apply a pulse consisting of a specific amplitude and a specific frequency to multiple muscles at specific time intervals. A high-frequency drive device for slimming and health promotion, which causes the muscles to contract and extend in the same way as in normal exercise conditions to cause energy to be consumed by multiple muscles.

11. The high frequency drive according to claim 11, wherein the high frequency drive comprises a controller, a memory, an output modulator and an output amplifier.

The memory device according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the storage device is a device for storing the amplitude and frequency of the pulse and the time interval of the pulse.

14. The high frequency modulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the output modulation device is a device that determines the frequency and waveform of the output current according to the control of the control device. Drive device.

1 5. The output amplifier uses the amplitude and reference voltage of the output current as controlled by the controller. The high-frequency drive apparatus for promoting health and wellness according to any one of claims 1 to 14, which is an apparatus to be determined.

6 6. Using a high frequency current drive system comprising a plurality of electrodes and a high frequency drive device generating a high frequency current electrically connected to the electrodes, a pulse having a particular amplitude and a particular frequency is timed to a particular time. A high-frequency, current-driven program for slimming and health promotion, which is applied to multiple muscles at intervals to contract and bridge the muscles in the same way as normal exercise conditions, and to make the multiple muscles consume energy.

1 7. After the first electrode is attached to the working muscle, the second electrode is attached to the antagonist muscle corresponding to the working muscle, and the high frequency current is applied to the first electrode, the second electrodes are attached. The high frequency current driving program for slimming and health promotion according to claim 16, wherein high frequency current is applied to the electrode.

18. The high frequency current driving program for slimming and health promotion according to claim 16 or 17, wherein the high frequency driving device is capable of changing the high frequency application frequency.