WO2006059889A1

WO2006059889A1 - Pillow for photochemical treatment

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Publication number: WO2006059889A1
Application number: PCT/KR2005/004105
Authority: WO
Inventors: Kyoung Mok Kim
Original assignee: Kim, Tae Hyoung
Priority date: 2004-12-03
Filing date: 2005-12-02
Publication date: 2006-06-08
Also published as: KR100517080B1

Abstract

Disclosed is a pillow for photochemical treatment. The photochemical treatment pillow includes a pillow body giving a place on which the back head of a user is placed, and a quilt having a plurality of light sources formed on at least a part thereof to configure an predetermined array, wherein the quilt surrounds a center portion of the pillow body. The photochemical treatment pillow may give effects of treatment of sleep lesion prevention and treatment of loss of hair, prevention of dandruff, and treatment of various head skin diseases. In addition, light for treatment can be irradiated uniformly on a diseased part by means of the light source array, and the photochemical treatment pillow, the lower quilt and the side quilt may be selectively used as required, which ensures easy carriage. In particular, the photochemical treatment pillow may be utilized as a head support of a car.

Description

PILLOWFORPHOTOCHEMICALTREATMENT

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to a pillow for photochemical treatment, and more particularly to a pillow for photochemical treatment having light sources using semiconductor laser or LED (Light Emitting Diode) received in a quilt arranged at suitable intervals in an array pattern so as to uniformly irradiate light for medical treatment suitably for the diseased part. Background Art

[2] Photochemical action of plants is found in carbon dioxide assimilation, and it has been found that, when light is irradiated to a living body, ATP is produced to activate cells by means of the photochemical action. That is to say, a laser light with low energy that may not damage living cells is irradiated to a living body, a physiological function of the living body is activated and a natural recovering ability of the diseased part is improved. This is already well known in the medical fields through experiences of surgical operations using a high level laser.

[3] Recently, LLLT (Low Level Laser Therapy) for treating various diseases using the above action actively has been developed and used against various diseases. The biochemical action of light is determined depending on wavelength, polarization, and intensity of light, and it has been found through experiments that a light having an energy of about 100 mW with polarization of 600 nm to 1000 nm is most effective for the human body.

[4] This light can be generated using a He-Ne laser, a semiconductor laser, a YAG laser or the like, and the semiconductor laser is useful in terms of size and price, so semiconductors using GaAs (904 nm), GaAlAs (780-820-870 nm) and InGaAlP (630-685 nm) are mainly developed and sold. However, it has been reported that an emission light of LED may be used instead of such laser, and it is adapted to a product taking a serious view of manufacture cost. LED is not a coherent light in which lights of the same wavelength are focused like a laser light, so a bead width of LED cannot be focused less than a certain level, and also LED is not a polarized light. However, LED may give so similar effects as using a semiconductor laser if it generates light of 600 to 1000 nm and ensures intensity of 100 mW/cm.

[5] At present, various ache treatment is the most widely used in LLLT, and it has been greatly developed upon the opportunity that a professor Plog, Canada, irradiated He- Ne laser to acupuncture spots in a laser acupuncture pattern and got a successful result in removal of ache. These days, LLLT is found to give very excellent effects in treatment of diseases themselves as well as removal of ache by directly irradiating the laser to the diseased part in addition to the acupuncture spots, so its applications are greatly spread out. In particular, LLLT gives eminent effects on various chronic diseases known as being hard to cure. In addition, LLLT has epochal advantages that this treatment technique is essentially not invasive (requiring no operation) and not requiring medication and gives rare pain and rare side effects to a patient, and also a fee for the medical treatment is extremely low in comparison to traditional treatments.

[6] In order to utilize the advantages of LLLT, Korean Laid-open Patent Publication

No. 2003-41703, filed by an inventor of this application, discloses a quilt 2 having light sources 3 arranged in a predetermined array pattern as shown in FIG. 2. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem

[7] However, most of existing curing devices developed for LLLT have a narrow irradiating diameter of several centimeters, which is suitable for a acupuncture spot irradiation that irradiates regular point but not suitable for the case requiring irradiation on a wide portion. In particular, in order to promote curing of an operated part after operation, treat an inflammation over a wide region, activate living cells in a wide region by uniform irradiation of light rather than an acupuncture spot, and make a treatment at home by an unskilled person, a light source having a wide irradiating diameter of several ten centimeters is required.

[8] In addition, there is still a need for a pillow for photochemical treatment, which may irradiate light to a diseased part though a patent does not make any special effort to position the light source accurately on a specific diseased part. Technical Solution

[9] The present invention is designed in consideration of the conventional techniques and the above problems, and therefore it is an object of the invention to provide a pillow for photochemical treatment, in which semiconductor lasers or LEDs are arranged at suitable intervals in an array pattern so that a light for treatment may be uniformly irradiated to a diseased part.

[10] Another object of the invention is to provide a pillow for photochemical treatment capable of irradiating a light for treatment toward the rear portion of the neck together with outputting oxygen or anions so that a user may feel refreshed and have a good sleep.

[11] Still another object of the invention is to provide a pillow for photochemical treatment having functions of air purification, deodorization, dehumidification, removal of harmful gas, preservative treatment, alleviation of pain, alleviation of fever, poison neutralizing, removal of pollutants and so on, by means of action of hardwood charcoal. [12] Further another object of the invention is to provide a pillow for photochemical treatment, which may be utilized in multi purposes in a house or car using combination of a pillow, a lower quilt and a side quilt so that a light for medical treatment may be irradiated to several diseased parts of a human body in a convenient way without requiring any effort of the user to fit the light to a position of a diseased part .

Brief Description of the Drawings [13] FIG. 1 is a plane view showing a quilt having a light source array, taken by seeing an inner surface side where a quilt contacts with a diseased part; [14] FIG. 2 is a side view showing a quilt provided with a light source array;

[15] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention; [16] FIG. 4 is a plane view showing the pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention; [17] FIG. 5 is an internal sectional view showing the pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention; [18] FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention; [19] FIG. 7 is a rear view showing the pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention; [20] FIG. 8 is a plane view showing a curing device 200 provided with the pillow 100 for photochemical treatment; [21] FIG. 9 is a rear view showing the curing device 200 provided with the pillow 100 for photochemical treatment; and [22] FIG. 10 is a side view showing the curing device 200 provided with the pillow 100 for photochemical treatment.

Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention [23] In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a pillow for photochemical treatment, which includes:

[24] a pillow body giving a place on which the back of the head of a user is placed; and

[25] a quilt having a plurality of light sources arranged at least a part thereof to configure a predetermined array in a direction for emitting a light for treatment with a wavelength of 660 nm to 890 nm toward the back of the neck of the user, [26] wherein the quilt surrounds a center portion of the pillow body so that the light for treatment is irradiated to a skin of the back of the neck of the user. [27] In addition, the pillow for photochemical treatment may further include a controller for controlling power supplied to the plurality of light sources and generating and supplying oxygen or anions to the pillow body, wherein the pillow body may have a plurality of holes for emitting the oxygen or anions supplied from the controller.

[28] In addition, the pillow for photochemical treatment may further include a hardwood charcoal layer, wherein the hardwood charcoal layer may be provided to at least one of the quilt and the pillow body.

[29] In addition, the light sources may include LED(Light-Emitting Diode).

Mode for the Invention

[30] The present invention will be described in detail referring to the drawings. Objects and structural features of the present invention will be more clearly understood using the following description of the detailed and preferred embodiments. In addition, it should be noted in the drawings that the same or similar components will be designated by the same or similar reference numerals for convenience of description and understanding.

[31] Prior to describing the configuration of a pillow for photochemical treatment according to the present invention, LLLT or LED curing device will be described below with reference to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a plane view showing a quilt provided with a light source array, and it is taken by seeing an inner surface side where a quilt 2 contacts with a diseased part.

[32] The quilt 2 is made of thick insulating sheet, and a flexible wire 5 is included therein. In the quilt 2, a plurality of light sources 3 such as laser semiconductors or LEDs are arranged to configure a predetermined array.

[33] In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the light sources 3 may be arranged in two groups, namely first and second groups for outputting lights with different wavelengths. The light sources 3 receive power from a controller 4 through a wire 5. The wire 5 is flexible so that its shape may be changed according to a shape of the quilt 2 with easiness.

[34] FIG. 2 is a side view showing the quilt provided with the light source array.

[35] On the quilt 2, doughnut-shaped rings 9 including the light sources 3 are arranged to configure a predetermined array, as shown in FIG. 2. Each ring 9 has a hole 9a into which the light source 3 may be inserted. Thus, the light source 3 composed of a laser semiconductor or LED may be protected by the rings 9. The ring 9 may be made of natural jade, elvan, tourmaline, gold, copper and the like.

[36] Meanwhile, as shown in FIG. 2, a hardwood charcoal layer 15a having a compressed hardwood charcoal may be included in the quilt 2. Thus, due to the action of the hardwood charcoal layer 15a, functions such as air purification, deodorization, dehumidification, removal of harmful gas, preservation treatment, alleviation of pain, alleviation of fever, poison neutralizing, and removal of pollutants may be additionally provided.

[37] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a pillow for photochemical treatment according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a plane view thereof, and FIG. 5 is an inner sectional view thereof.

[38] The pillow 100 for photochemical treatment is configured by combining a pillow body 12 with a pillow quilt 11 having the light sources 3 on its surface for emitting light toward the back of the head of a user or the back of the neck of the user. The pillow body 12 is preferably made of sponge formed by natural rubber or synthetic resin, but various plastics, woods and other materials may also be made. The pillow quilt 11 is substantially identical to the aforementioned quilt 2 having light sources, and its surface may be made of leather, cloth, flexible plastic or the like.

[39] The pillow quilt 11 of the photochemical treatment pillow 100 has a plurality of light sources 3 arranged on its surface to configure a predetermined array. The photochemical treatment pillow 100 is coupled to the controller 4 through a supply line 50. The supply line 50 acts as a channel for supplying power and oxygen/anions. The controller 4 supplies power to be used in the light sources 3 of the pillow quilt 11, and generates oxygen or anions to be emitted through a hole 7 of the pillow body 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 4 may include an on/off button 4a, an oxygen generation on/off button 4b, an anion generation on/off button 4c and so on.

[40] The light sources 3 may include the semiconductor laser that emits laser in a wavelength range of 660 nm to 890 nm. Alternatively, the light sources 3 may include LEDs. Thus, the photochemical treatment pillow 100 gives a place on which the back of the head of a user or the back of the neck of the user is placed and also gives LLLT action to a diseased part so as to give effects of prevention and treatment of loss of hair, prevention of dandruff, treatment of various head skin diseases.

[41] In addition, the pillow body 12 may have a hole 7 in at least a part thereof so as to emit oxygen or anions. A user who uses the photochemical treatment pillow 100 shown in FIGs. 3 and 4 may receive treatment effects due to the LLLT action on the back of the head and the back of the neck, and also receives effects of deep sleep and release of stress since he/she feels refreshed due to the actions of the oxygen or anions emitted through the hole 7 from right and left sides of the pillow body 12.

[42] The oxygen allows the user to be supplied with a sufficient amount of oxygen to increase immunity power, which makes the user feel refreshed and relieves fatigue, infirmity, chronic headache, and tameness, and also improve concentration power, thinking power, memory power, intellectual power, curing of hangover, and skin beauty, and prevents generation of 'cyoxin oxidase' that is a main factor of cancer, and also gives deodorizing effects.

[43] The anions give effects of purification of blood, increase of resisting power, control of autonomic nerve system, air purification, removal of dust, sterilization and so on. In addition, action of the anions gives effects of purification of blood, increase of resisting power, control of autonomic nerve system, air purification, removal of dust, sterilization and so on.

[44] First, as the purification of blood, the anions increase an ionizing ratio of calcium, sodium, and potassium that are mineral components in the blood to purify the blood by means of progress of alkalization, and increases an ionizing ratio of calcium and sodium in serum by means of generation of endorphin and enkaphalin so as to recover health, recovery fatigue, purification of the blood and release ache by activating cells suffering from serious pains.

[45] In addition, as the increase of resisting power, the anions increase an amount of globulin that is an immune component included in the serum so as to improve the resisting power against infectious symptoms, so a curing effect is given faster when using the anion therapy.

[46] Also, as the control action of an autonomic nerve system, the anions control the autonomic nerve system responding to thinking or feeling of a person such as all blood vessels and internal organs to be more beneficial for a human body.

[47] Also, as action of the air purification, various pollutants such as cigarette smoke, sulfurous acid gas, nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, ozone and various organic materials existing in the air form cations, and the anions harden, settle and remove and settle these cations to keep the air clean and fresh.

[48] In addition, as the dust removal and sterilizing action, cations make bacteria, dust, pollens, musts and polluted articles be floated freely, which makes the air muddy, while the anions neutralize and eliminate these. As for other effects for the human body, X-ray, R-ray, ionizing radiation and ultraviolet emitted from TV, PC, mobile phone and various electronic and electric products have high energy, which become a factor of generation of cation in the air. If an amount of cations is increased, many diseases such as asthma, bronchial trouble, headache, sight trouble, lumbago, shoulder pain, hypersensitivity, extreme tension, irregular physiologies, tameness, melancholia, dermatitis and parturition of a deformed child may be induced, so the anions offset such cations.

[49] Meanwhile, as shown in the internal sectional view of FIG. 5, a hardwood charcoal layer 15b may be further provided to the pillow body 12. Thus, by means of actions of the hardwood charcoal layer 15b, functions such as air purification, deodorization, de- humidifying action, removal of harmful gas, preservation treatment, alleviation of pain, alleviation of fever, poison neutralizing, and removal of pollutants may be further provided.

[50] FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a pillow for photochemical treatment according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a rear view thereof.

[51] The pillow for photochemical treatment shown in FIGs. 6 and 7 has the same configuration as the pillow of FIG. 3, except that it has the shape of an oval. The pillow 100 for photochemical treatment of this embodiment is also configured by combining a pillow body 12 giving a place on which the back of the head is placed, and a pillow quilt 11 having the light sources 3 on its surface for emitting light toward the back of the head of a user or the back of the neck of the user. The pillow body 12 is preferably made of sponge formed by natural rubber or synthetic resin, but various plastics, woods and other materials may also be used. The pillow quilt 11 is substantially identical to the aforementioned quilt 2 having light sources, and its surface may be made of leather, cloth, flexible plastic or the like.

[52] The pillow quilt 11 of the photochemical treatment pillow 100 has a plurality of light sources 3 arranged on its surface to configure a predetermined array. The photochemical treatment pillow 100 may be coupled to the controller 4 positioned on the rear side of the pillow. The controller 4 supplies power to be used in the light sources 3 of the pillow quilt 11, and generates oxygen or anions to be emitted through a hole 7 of the pillow body 12. As shown in FIG. 7, the controller 4 may include an on/off button 4a, an oxygen generation on/off button 4b, an anion generation on/off button 4c and so on.

[53] The light sources 3 may include semiconductor lasers that emit laser in a wavelength range of 660 nm to 890 nm. Alternatively, the light sources 3 may include LEDs.

[54] In addition, the pillow body 12 may have a hole 7 in at least a part thereof so as to emit oxygen or anions. A user who uses the photochemical treatment pillow 100 shown in FIGs. 6 and 7 may receive treatment effects due to the LLLT action on the back of the head and the back of the neck, and also receives effects of deep sleep and release of stress due to the actions of the oxygen or anions emitted through the hole 7 from right and left sides of the pillow body 12.

[55] Though not shown in the figures, a hardwood charcoal layer 15b may be further provided to the pillow body 12. Thus, by means of actions of the hardwood charcoal layer 15b, functions such as air purification, deodorization, dehumidifying action, removal of harmful gas, preservation effect, alleviation of pain, alleviation of fever, poison neutralizing, and removal of pollutants may be further provided.

[56] The photochemical treatment pillow 100 shown in FIGs. 6 and 7 may be utilized as a heat support in a seat of a car. In this case, the controller 4 may be supplied with power from a cigar jack of the car.

[57] FIG. 8 is a plane view showing a curing device 200 provided with a photochemical treatment pillow 100, and FIG. 9 is a rear view thereof.

[58] Below the photochemical treatment pillow 100, a lower quilt 20 having a plurality of light sources 3 formed on its inner surface to configure a predetermined array is coupled.

[59] The lower quilt 20 has the plurality of light sources 3 formed on its inner surface to configure a predetermined array. In addition, the lower quilt 20 may irradiate laser toward a diseased part of the waist, the shoulder or other portions of a human body so as to give effects of prevention of a disk on the neck and various muscle paralysis, psoriasis treatment, itch treatment, prevention and treatment of skin diseases, blood circulation and so on.

[60] A pair of side quilts 30 are respectively coupled to one end (left) and the other end

(right) of the lower quilt 20. The side quilts 30 have a plurality of light sources 3 formed on their inner surfaces to configure a predetermined array. A controller 4 may be positioned on a rear side of the side quilt 30 to supply and control power to the light sources 3 through a wire 5. At coupling portions of the pair of side quilts 30 and the lower quilt 20, wings 35 may be interposed to facilitate easy folding and covering. The wings 35 preferably have a suitable elasticity so that they may be extended suitable for various sizes.

[61] The side quilt 30 irradiates laser toward a diseased part on the waist of a user, thereby capable of treating waist disk and lumbago, and also capable of treating the anus and the genital organs when it surrounds the hip of the user.

[62] The light sources 3 of the lower quilt 20 may be connected with the light sources 3 of the side quilts 30, and at this time they may be supplied with power from the controller 4 coupled to the rear side of the side quilt 30 and also be controlled by the controller 4.

[63] Coupling members 45 are respectively provided to ends of the pair of side quilts 30, namely sides opposite to the coupling portion with the lower quilts 20. The coupling members 45 may be detachably coupled with each other after the side quilt 30 surround the human body and then be firmly fixed thereto. The coupling members 45 may be used a band, a belt or a zipper.

[64] In addition, though not shown in the figures, the pillow 100 and the lower quilt 20 may also be detachably coupled by means of a coupling member such as a band, a belt and a zipper.

[65] FIG. 10 is a side view showing a curing device 200 provided with a photochemical treatment pillow 100.

[66] The photochemical treatment pillow 100 may be configured as shown in FIG. 4 or

6, and the light sources 3 are arranged on its surface to be capable of irradiating light toward the back of the head or the back of the neck of a user. In addition, the controller 4 for supplying power to and controlling the light sources 3 is attached to the rear side of the photochemical treatment pillow 100.

[67] Light sources 3 are arranged on the inner surface (on the front portion) of the lower quilt 20 to be capable of irradiating light toward the shoulder and the back of a user. In addition, light sources 3 are arranged on the inner surface (on the front portion) of the side quilt 30 to be capable of irradiating light toward the shoulder, the waist, and the hip of a user.

[68] The curing device 200 shown in FIGs. 8, 9 and 10 and the photochemical treatment pillow 100 shown in FIGs. 6 and 7 may be utilized as a seat sheet in a car. In this case, the controller 4 is supplied with power from a cigar jack of the car.

[69] Heretofore, the preferred embodiments have been described using specific terms on the cpecification with reference to the drawings, only for the purpose of better understanding of the present invention. That is to say, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and the attached drawings, and the intrinsic technical protection scope of the invention should be defined based on the technical spirit of the appended claims. In addition, it should be understood that those having ordinary skill in the art may drive various modifications and other equivalent embodiments by substitution, erasure or incorporation of the objects and configurations of the present invention, and they are also included in the scope of the present invention. Industrial Applicability

[70] As described above, the pillow for photochemical treatment and the photochemical curing device provided with it according to the present invention get the following effects.

[71] First, since semiconductor lasers and LEDs are arranged in an array pattern at suitable gaps, light for treatment may be uniformly irradiated to a diseased part, which does not require any special effort of a user to fit the light to the diseased part and also allows easy usage.

[72] Second, by means of the coupling of the photochemical treatment pillow 100, the lower quilts 20 and the side quilt 30, light for treatment may be irradiated to various diseased parts of a human body, which allows multi purposes of the present invention. For example, the photochemical treatment pillow 100 may give effects of prevention and treatment of loss of hair, prevention of dandruff, treatment of various head skin diseases and so on, and the lower quilts 20 may give effects of prevention of a disk on the neck and various muscle paralysis, psoriasis treatment, itch treatment, prevention and treatment of skin diseases, blood circulation and so on, while the side quilt 30 may treat a waist disk and lumbago and also be used for treating the anus and the genital organs. [73] Third, the LLLT technique that was so far applied for irradiation on acupunctural spots due to a small beam width of light may be used for irradiating light on a wider range owing to the present invention, so the present invention is useful for treating diseases such as chronic articular rheumatism, frozen shoulder, acute and chronic lumbago, cervical spine sprain, tenosynovitis, arthritis, wrench, bruise, inflammation of a joint, stress gastritis, atopic dermatitis, temporomendibular disease, stress colon syndrome, asthma, pollinosis, autonomic nerve ataxia, paralysis caused by cerebral artery disorder, infantile paralysis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's senile dementia, menopausal mental and physical disorder, paralysis and convulsions of muscle, and dull pain.

[74] Fourth, the user feels refreshed by means of actions of oxygen and anions, thereby may receive effects of good sleep and release of stress. The oxygen allows the user to be supplied with a sufficient amount of oxygen to increase immunity power, which makes the user feel refreshed and relieves fatigue, infirmity, chronic headache, and tameness, and also improve concentration power, thinking power, memory power, intellectual power, curing of hangover, and skin beauty, and prevents generation of 'cyoxin oxidase' that is a main factor of cancer, and also gives deodorizing effects. In addition, the anions give effects of purification of blood, increase of resisting power, control of autonomic nerve system, air purification, removal of dust, sterilization and so on. In addition, action of the anions gives effects of purification of blood, increase of resisting power, control of autonomic nerve system, air purification, removal of dust, sterilization and so on.

[75] Fifth, by means of actions of the hardwood charcoal layer 15b, functions such as air purification, deodorization, dehumidifying action, removal of harmful gas, preservation treatment, alleviation of pain, alleviation of fever, poison neutralizing, and removal of pollutants may be additionally provided.

Claims

[1] A pillow for photochemical treatment, comprising: a pillow body giving a place on which the back of the head of a user is placed; and a quilt having a plurality of light sources arranged at least a part thereof to configure a predetermined array in a direction for outputting a light for treatment with a wavelength of 660 nm to 890 nm toward the back of the neck of the user, wherein the quilt surrounds a center portion of the pillow body so that the light for treatment is irradiated to a skin of the back of the neck of the user.

[2] The pillow for photochemical treatment according to claim 1, further comprising a hardwood charcoal layer, wherein the hardwood charcoal layer is provided to at least one of the quilt and the pillow body.

[3] The pillow for photochemical treatment according to claim 1, further comprising a controller for controlling power supplied to the plurality of light sources and generating and supplying oxygen or anions to the pillow body, wherein the pillow body has a plurality of holes for emitting the oxygen or anions supplied from the controller.

[4] The pillow for photochemical treatment according to claim 1, wherein the light sources include LED (Light Emitting Diode).