WO2007031177A2

WO2007031177A2 - Method for dispensing packages and use of packages

Info

Publication number: WO2007031177A2
Application number: PCT/EP2006/008242
Authority: WO
Inventors: Paul Haslauer
Original assignee: Paul Haslauer
Priority date: 2005-09-14
Filing date: 2006-08-22
Publication date: 2007-03-22
Also published as: EP1924228A2; DE102005043786A1

Description

Method of administering packages and use of packages

Besehreibunσ

The invention relates to a novel method and a novel use of temperature-controllable packs for regulatory medical treatment of energy exhaustion states, for example, after operations, chronic diseases, chemotherapy or radiation, to improve the general well-being or rehabilitation in the context of medical wellness treatments.

State of the art

Temperate packs in the form of stamps are used for massage as part of wellness treatments. These packs contain various herbal mixtures and are brought to a certain temperature by steam, warm water or oil, and then undergo treatment with certain massage movements. These treatments are designed to improve the general well-being in so-called wellness facilities. Depending on the duration of treatment, the stem-shaped packs cool and there is no longer sufficient temperature stimulus. The treatment must then be discontinued to re-temper the packages. This interruption of the temperature stimulus reduces the effectiveness of the treatment. In addition to the uneven heat supply plays an especially important role that when performing a treatment by the massage handles the body parts palpated apart, so be separated. As a result, when the punch (ie the pack) is removed and replaced, the body parts slide back into their original position, so that the work must be started again. This can be repeated several times. The so-called problem areas with regard to cellulite (especially in the buttocks and thigh area) are usually located in these regions at a lower temperature level, so they are rather cold. Therefore, packs cool rapidly, which is why the continuous supply of heat has a special meaning.

The temperature stimuli of treatment with warm packs are intended to influence the energetic state of the body. However, the energetic condition of the guest or patient can only be estimated by means of anamnestic surveys and many years of experience. This procedure is very uncertain and fraught with frequent misjudgments. A metrological assessment of the physical condition of the guest or patient does not occur, so that by energetic treatments, a negative effect can be achieved. For example, a guest or patient who has excessive energetic dysregulation in the context of vegetative disorders can not tolerate overheating treatments such as sauna, steam baths, or warm or hot pack treatments. tuned body regions. If, nevertheless, an overheating treatment is carried out, the consequences are sensations of sensation or exhaustion and not well-being and an improvement in the energetic state of the body.

There is therefore a need for an effective treatment method which does not have these disadvantages of the declining thermal gradient and enables a targeted treatment of the previously determined by a suitable measurement method energetic state of the person to be treated.

task

The object of the invention is therefore to provide an improved method for administering packages as well as a use of corresponding packages in which an appropriate treatment of certain body regions is possible, especially in states of exhaustion or to improve well-being.

The object is achieved according to the invention according to the method according to the in claim 1 and with respect to the use according to the features specified in claim 10. Advantageous embodiments of the invention are specified in the subclaims.

According to the invention, prior to the administration of packages, the regulatory medical condition of a guest or patient is preferably determined by a suitable measuring method, in order then to enable targeted energy supply or discharge at certain body regions, for example at those body regions which are located in an energetic dysharmonic.

A specific supply or discharge of energy to the human body in the form of heat or cold is basically described by German patent application 10 2005 025 471, which has not been previously published. Packs can be created and administered with this non-prepublished device. By the above, not previously published device, it is possible to continuously adapt a pack while performing massage movements during the movement to the needs or to existing needs. This is especially true in terms of temperature and heat transfer or removal. As a result, the pack is kept at a certain temperature level, even heated further if necessary, or even cooled in a preferred embodiment, even in a specific time profile, without having to interrupt the administration and the massage movement or the energetic treatment. About the handle of the pack, for example, a massage therapist use the package with partial pause at certain, previously determined with a regulatory medical measurement body targeted and thereby increase the temperature to a certain level as needed by actuation and / or triggering device, while the temperature in time increase longer or shorter, or lower in part depending on previously determined energetic state.

The energetic state of the guest or patient is inventively determined prior to treatment with a temperature-controllable pack with a regulatory medical measurement method. This may preferably be a computer regulation thermography. With this in medicine In known thermographic measuring methods, the temperature is measured at more than 100 defined points on the body surface with a high-sensitivity temperature sensor and the measured values are transferred to a special computer evaluation program.

After a cooling-off stimulus - for example, as a result of the guest or patient undressing and exposing themselves to the room temperature - the same body points are measured again. After this cooling stimulus, body regions are determined which regularly cool down to this stimulus or do not change or even heat up. This information can be used to draw conclusions about the regulatory medical condition of internal organs. Because of certain neural connections, internal organs are associated with well-defined areas of the skin (so-called head zones). With computer-regulated thermography, the energy state of the guest or patient can be measured, and information about the function of internal organs is obtained. With this regulatory medical information, it is possible to stimulate or dampen internal organs in the function by targeted energetic stimulation of certain previously determined head ¹ shear zones and thereby eliminate energetic fatigue states and bring about a sense of well-being.

Preferably, after measuring the energetic state, the skin of the guest or patient is prepared with a heated or cooling oil mixture in order then to influence the energetic state of the previously determined head zones by heat or cold application by means of temperature-controllable packs. By a special holding device, it is easily possible, the appropriate pack quickly and easily replaced and, depending on the requirements and wishes to switch between a high-temperature application with dosed heat supply during a rapid massage movement and applications with low contact temperature. A placement of the pack at certain parts of the body, preferably at head zones to be energetically influenced, can be carried out. In this case, the package can be left as required for certain periods of time at certain parts of the body, while the package can be pressed on the holding device or the handle once more or less strongly. In addition, the head 's zones, the acupuncture meridians and points are mechanically stimulated in addition to the temperature stimulus.

Conversely, however, a rapid body region change of the hot pack, i. by a comparatively fast massage movement, the thermoreceptors of the skin are addressed on a large scale and thus the internal organs of the human being are addressed via the interconnected nerves. The energetic balancing of the body takes place through energy supply via the skin during energetic deficiency states, or through heat removal via the cardiovascular system in hyper- or dysenergetic states. The result of balancing energetic disturbances by treatment with temperature controllable packs is a correction of the state of exhaustion and bringing about a state of physical and mental well-being (medical wellness).

All conceivable packs come into question as packaging. These may preferably be filled with certain media and / or active substances, etc., for example by using fertilizing herbs, drug preparations, peloids and the like. The pack preferably has an at least active substance-permeable surface or casing and is bound in the shape of a stem.

In the following, a typical course of treatment will be discussed, as is possible in particular with the use according to the invention of temperature-controllable packages for regulation-medical treatment, with reference to drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a device for using a temperature-controllable pack.

Usually, the regulatory medical condition of the guest or patient is measured using a computer-regulation thermography (CRT®). However, all other suitable methods for determining the body temperature are also taken into consideration, with the body temperature preferably being tapped and / or measured at different surface locations of the body, so that a "temperature map" with respect to a person is determined.

For example, a pack is then placed in a warm water bath for 10 minutes to soak the dried herbs in the pack. The water usually has a temperature of about 40 ^° C. The pack is then steamed above a water bath for about 10 minutes, raising the temperature to a maximum treatment temperature of about 65 'C (generally between 60 "C and 70' C), which is the range in the herbs the pack of essential oils from the liquid to the gas phase and are introduced after exiting through the wrapping of the pack by the massage movements and by pressure on the pack in the Indikationsölfilm on the skin. In combination with the indication oils and the massage movements, the herbal extracts of the pack develop a stimulating effect on the treated skin areas and have a nourishing effect on the skin. This nourishing effect of the indica- tion oils and the herbs has their significance in additional skin diseases such as atopic dermatitis or psoriasis. In the subsequent period of, for example, 20 to 30 minutes, the first treatment section then takes place, in which, under certain circumstances, the temperature in the pack slowly begins to drop and the temperature stimulus on the head ¹ zones is reduced.

If the temperature in the pack falls below 65 ° C, the vaporous essential oils in the pack condense and the stimulating effect on the skin diminishes. In principle, this interaction (action of a vaporous fluid against an aqueous one) could also have a positive effect. However, it is important that one or the other form can be selected alternately as well as selectively by a temperature control. In the subsequent treatment period can then, especially in contrast to the prior art, by steam over the handle of the temperature-controlled packages, the temperature in the packs to desired 65 'C are maintained. The essential oils return to the vapor phase. These changes can be made more frequently if necessary. As a result, certain, previously determined, low-energy head ¹ zones can be specifically energetically stimulated. By supplying cooled air into the package, overheated, high-energy head zones can also be cooled. the. In this way, according to the energy state of special head zones determined by CRT, a targeted energy supply is possible, be it cooling or heating.

Through this regulatory medical treatment, an energetic compensation of a disorder is possible and thus a targeted influence on the function of internal organs. Energetic states of exhaustion, especially after prolonged illnesses, surgeries, invasive treatments or after cancers, such as chemotherapy or radiation, are positively influenced by the use of temperature-controlled packs in the context of a regulatory medical treatment and the physical and mental well-being is increased.

According to the current state of knowledge, a treatment sequence with temperature-controllable packs for the treatment of energetic fatigue states, for the improvement of the general well-being and for the rehabilitation has not been described. Although it is state of the art that tempered stem-shaped packs are used in so-called wellness applications to improve general well-being. The structured application of temperature-controllable packs for the targeted influencing of previously metrologically determined energy regulation disorders of humans and for the treatment of illnesses in the context of medical wellness has not yet been published.

The special feature of the present invention is therefore that the temperature in the packs to be applied is controllable, especially during the treatment. It will not imperatively applied extensively, but optionally punctually at certain parts of the body.

Thus, within the scope of the invention, for example in the shoulder / back region of a person, temperature-controllable packs can be applied, the temperature profile of which is selectively maintained at a specific temperature depending on the pre-measured energetic state of the body, the temperature is increased at least in phases, lowered, etc. become. Thus, for example, in the shoulder / back area with a comparatively high temperature (setting, for example, 62 'C) are worked, whereas in the abdominal area (abdominal wall) with immediate response to 54 "C must be reduced to then for the sole of the foot 48 "C if treatment is to be performed here.

It has been mentioned that the temperature is measured at a plurality of body sites as a prerequisite for carrying out the application of the temperature-controllable packages. The measurement of the temperature at a plurality of parts of the body, for example 20, 40, 60, 80 and / or preferably 100 parts of the body, can be carried out with the mentioned computer regulation thermography. But there are also all other methods into consideration, namely, for example, the measurement of heart rate over time, heart rate variability, body temperature behavior, blood pressure over time, skin resistance and / or muscle activity of the involuntary muscles, so that a body surface area comparable a temperature topography is achieved, which is the starting point for further treatment. The thermography shows by the performed measurement not only generally but exactly on which body parts the metabolism is reduced. Thus, it is possible to carry out the corresponding application of the pack precisely at these specifically determined body sites, and to do so at the correct temperature. Otherwise, today only conventional surface packs have become known, which act in particular by overheating on an entire, large body area without the thermogra- phically determined findings, as described herein, have been or could be considered.

Therefore, the invention is characterized above all by the fact that temperature-controlled packs can be used for the medical treatment of energetic fatigue states, for example, after operations, chemotherapy or radiation, in chronic diseases of internal organs or the skin, especially for improving the physical and mental well-being and rehabilitation.

In this case, it is preferred-as already stated-to apply an energetic-stimulating or soothing or leveling indicator oil mixture corresponding to the regulatory energy state before the packages are used. The energetic properties and compositions of the oil blends are derived, for example, from traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda, traditional Chinese, Indonesian or Indian medicine.

Within the scope of the invention, the temperature-controllable packages which are ultimately used are, for example in stroking, walking, rotating, pushing and pulling movements over the body parts to be influenced. The movement sequence of the massage movements is determined by the measured energy state of the body regions to be treated (Head ¹ see zones) and is based for example on traditional massage techniques of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese, Indonesian and Indian medicine.

Only to show an example of how a temperature-controllable package can be used and used, reference is made to the schematically reproduced embodiment of Figure 1.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a holding device 1 which comprises a funnel-shaped treatment head 3.

In the funnel-shaped treatment head 3, a pack 5 is replaceable used, which may include, for example, peloid or any other suitable material or any other suitable material mixture, components, hay, etc. This interchangeable pack 5 (which may be provided, for example, with a net-like wrapping) can be held in the funnel-shaped receptacle via a fleece 7, for example, wherein the fleece 7 can be anchored via lateral or circumferential fastening means 9 provided on the outside of the funnel-shaped enlargement ,

The holding device thus formed is connected, for example via a hose connection 13 with a temperature control device 15, wherein a gaseous (also vaporous) or flowable medium to the package 5 and above when donated to a person to be treated the person concerned can be supplied. The gaseous and / or liquid medium can be heated to a certain temperature or only heated, cooled or greatly cooled. However, a cooled medium, gaseous and / or flowable medium can also be supplied via the mentioned temperature control device 15, as required.

The temperature control of the supplied gaseous and / or liquid medium can change over certain time intervals, depending on the specifications of a person performing the treatment or specified by the control device itself.

The control device itself comprises an input field 21 and / or an input and / or display field 21, via which the values ascertained in the preceding measurement phase with respect to body temperatures can be input from a plurality of body locations (preferably more than 100 body locations), for example via an input field (about in the form of a keypad). It is also possible that this data transmitted via an interface (interface) or stored on a memory card and this memory card is then connected to the temperature control device 15. It is also possible that the determined measured data with respect to the plurality of body temperatures at different body locations via a connecting cable or under direct connection with a corresponding measuring device to the temperature control device 15 on.

Thus, a person performing the treatment can bring the pack specifically to certain parts of the body and for leave it there for a certain period of time or move it lightly and lead it over the relevant part of the body, in which case the heating of the packing set in dependence on the previously performed temperature measurements is supplied by the control device via the supply hose.

Alternatively and additionally, electrically cooling and / or heating devices, chambers for supplying certain additives, etc. may also be accommodated in the treatment head itself.

The above example is intended to serve as a basic example only. The device can also be configured completely differently, for example such that the treatment head is not connected to a stationary control device or a control device that can be carried on a carriage via a hose, and is equipped, for example, as a freely movable hand-held device. Any other modifications are possible.

The treatment dependent on the temperature at different parts of the body can also be facilitated by the fact that, for example, the temperature control device 15 or a device connected to it always indicates which part of the body should be approached next in order to continue the treatment there, the device then automatically which performs the corresponding heating or cooling of the pack by supplying the corresponding properly tempered medium for this body point depending on the previously measured temperature value. Alternatively, it is also possible that the device clocked automatically after a certain time phases of a Body site to the next umstellt, thereby automatically assigns the temperature level for the next body point again correctly and the corresponding flowable medium for this correct temperature of the pack 5, the surgeon is given a sign to which next body point he must bring the pack 5. In extreme cases, even a computer-assisted treatment method would be possible, in which virtually similar to a robot arm of the temperature control device 15 automatically approached the various body sites, so the package 5 is brought into contact with the body at these body sites and automatically with respect to these body sites the appropriately supplied treatment medium in gaseous or liquid form with the correct temperature of the package 5 is supplied.

Claims

Claims:

1. A method of administering packages, characterized by the following features: prior to administration of tempered and / or heatable packages, the body temperature of a person to whom the packages are to be administered is measured at various locations, depending on the measured temperatures At the various parts of the body packs a) are administered and / or applied, or b) administered and / or applied packs are specifically heated or cooled.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that at more than at least 40 defined points, preferably at least 60, 80 and in particular at least 100 defined points, the temperature is measured on the body surface of a person to whom packages are to be administered the dependence of which the administration and / or the application of the packs and / or the heating or cooling of the packs is performed.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that after measuring the temperature of Körperobeflache at a plurality of points a cooling or a Warming stimulus is administered, and that after applying a cooling or warming stimulus, the same measured body points to achieve the respective temperature at these points is measured again.

4. The method according to claim 3, characterized in that depending on the first and the second measurement packs launched and / or applied and / or maintained the temperature in these packs accordingly, increased, decreased or changed following a certain temperature profile.

A method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, before applying the packages, the skin of the person to whom the packages are to be administered is prepared at the sites of the body surface to be treated with a heated or cooling oil mixture, i. especially overlined.

6. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that packs are launched or applied, the temperature in the course of the application is tax and / or changeable.

7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the measurement of the temperature takes place at a plurality of body sites by means of a regulatory medical surveying method, preferably in the form of a computer-regulation thermography.

8. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the measurement of the temperature at a plurality of body sites by means of a regulatory medicine niche surveying process is carried out, in particular by using thermographic films, about which a reduced temperature just below the skin surface can be displayed.

9. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that before carrying out the administration of packages a plurality of body sites for determining the respective temperature is measured, ie in particular for determining the regulatory energy state, for example by measuring the heart rate over time, or heart rate variability, by measuring body temperature behavior over time, by measuring blood pressure preferably over time, by measuring skin resistance, and / or by measuring muscular activity of the involuntary musculature, preferably over time.

10. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the temperature control device

(15) has a display device, in each of which a next body point to be approached is indicated, wherein, depending on the temperature values previously measured for this body location, a correspondingly tempered treatment medium is supplied to the package (5) to be brought into contact with the body.

11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that a robot-like treatment arm is provided, which can create a pack (5) controlled at different body sites of a person to be treated, depending on the body sites to be approached, a treatment medium automatically the pack (5), with a temperature level depending on the previously measured body temperatures.

12. Use of temperature controllable packs for carrying out a method according to at least one of

Claims 1 to 11.

13. Use according to claim 12, characterized in that a holding device (1) for a pack (5) is used, about which the pack (5) can be fed from a control device (15) gaseous and / or liquid medium, namely with a pre-selectable temperature for heating, heating or cooling the package (5).

14. Use according to claim 13, characterized in that the control device (15) is provided with a data memory in which the determined in a previous measurement method body temperature values are stored at a plurality of body locations.

15. Use according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that the control device (15) can be connected to a measuring device and / or the temperature values determined by a measuring device from a plurality of body locations in the control device (15) can be entered and / or read and / or can be temporarily stored, as a function of which, preferably triggered by a person performing the treatment, the package (5) provided for the implementation can be brought to a corresponding temperature level for various parts of the body.