CA1244890A - Therapeutic apparatus generating field - Google Patents

Therapeutic apparatus generating field

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CA1244890A
CA1244890A CA000446725A CA446725A CA1244890A CA 1244890 A CA1244890 A CA 1244890A CA 000446725 A CA000446725 A CA 000446725A CA 446725 A CA446725 A CA 446725A CA 1244890 A CA1244890 A CA 1244890A
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Teruo Ohnishi
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JAPAN HEALTH PROMOTION LABORATORY Ltd
JAPAN MAGNETIC WAVES THERAPEUTICS LABORATORY Ltd
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Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field enhances the blood circulation by making an alternating magnetic field act on the human body, and thereby relieves the condition of disease at the portion where stiffness, pain or other ailment is felt. Magnetic field generators are housed, respectively, in a plurality of individual cases pivotally connected to each other. Coupling members are mounted on cases at each end of the plurality of cases, the coupling member being capable of mutual connection. The therapeutic apparatus can thus be wound round and fixed to the affected portion of the body. No particular operation such as moving the apparatus during the therapy is required. The fluctuating magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generators acts intensively on a wide range including the affected portion, thereby enhancing the effect of the magnetic therapy.

Description

1 . Specification Therapeutic Apparatus Generating Magnetic Field Technical Field . The present invention relates to a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field which treats pains, stiffness of body and other ailment of patients through enhancing blood circulation by continuous application of an alternating magnetic field to the affected portion of the body.

Background of the Invention Conventionally, a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field is constituted by housing and disposing a magnetic generator inside a case having a box or cylindrical shape and i9 ~ constructed that a patient or a third person presses the apparatus on the affected portion of the patient's body by hand to apply the alternating magnetic field.
However, this type of apparatus can perform therapy on only a limited part of the body because of~the narrow range of magnetic field that is applicable, and particularly . where there is a wide rang~ of affected parts, moving the apparatus is required. In addition, no sufficient e~fect of magnetic therapy is obtainable because of low intensity of magnetic field, and also due to a required , , .

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1 hand operation, the maneuverability is poor, requiring much trouble in therapy, and thereby the operator gets fatigued.
Thus the conventional apparatuses have disadvantages as rnentloned above.
The present invention is intended to provide a novel therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field which excels in the therapeutic effect and improves the maneuver-ability by adopting a construction wherein a plural nurnber of magnetic generators are coupled and a range of magnetic field generators can be fixed to the patient's boay.

Summary of the Invention The present invention relates to a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic. field which enhances the blood circulation by :making an alternating magnetic field act ~n the human body, an~ thereby relieves the condition of ~isease~ a~ the portion where stiffnessr pain or o~her ailment is felt.
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2~3910 1 Brief Description of the Drawings Fig. 1 is a front view showing an entire con~iguration of a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field in accordance with the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged horizontal cross-sectional view sh ~ ng cases in a coupled state are cut in the horizontal direction.
Fig. 3 is an enlargedvertical cross^sectional view showing cases in a coupled state-Fig. 4 is a plan view showing a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field in use.
Fig. 5 is a front view showing a configuration of a magnetic field generator.
Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing an electric wiring of a therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field.

Conventional therapeutic apparatuses of this kind house and dispose a magnetic fleld generator inside a case and an alternating magnetic field is made to act on the affected portion by hand operation of the patient or a third person. The conventional apparatus of this kind have deficiences in that the effective range of fluctuating magnetic field is narrow and the intensity of the ma~netic field is small, and therefore no sufficient effect of magnetic therapy is obtainable, and also its operation is not simp~e because a moving operation of the therapeutic apparatus is required.

~2~8~0 1 In the present invention, a plural number of cases 2 wherein magnetic field generators 1 are housed and disposed respectively are coupled to one another by pivotiny, and also coupling members 3 and 4 capable of mutual connection are mounted on the cases 2 and 2 located at both ends.
In accordance with the present invention, the thera-peutic apparatus can be wound round and fixed to the affected portion, and no particular operation such as moving the apparatus during the therapy is required, and also the fluctuating magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generator 1 acts intensively on a wide range including the affected portion, thereby the effect of magnetic therapy being enhanced.
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Disclosure of the Invention The therapeutic apparatus of magnetic generator in accordance with the present invention is of a construction wherein magnetic field generators are housed and disposed in a plural number of cases respectively and respective cases are coupled by pivoting to one another in a freely rotatable fashion. In addition, the therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field in accordance with the present invention is provided with the connecting member at both ends of each case, thereby being constituted so that it can be wound round and fixed to each part of the patient's body such as neck, waist, arm, leg, or the like.

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1 in accordance with the present invention, fluctuating magnetic fields are generated individually from each magnetic field generator, and these magnetic field can be made to influence intensively on the affected part in a wide range and in a manner to surround it. Accordingly, an excellent effect of magnetic therapy can be provided in comparison with the conventional instances, and also no special operation like moving the apparatus is required, meaning that the maneuverability is enhanced, and effec-tively achieving the objective of the invention.
Description of the Preferred Embodiments In the therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field o 1 in accordance with the present inven~ion as shown in Fig~ 1 through Fig. 4, magnetic field generators 1 are housed and disposed inside a plural number of cases 2 respectively and each case is coupled in a line by pivoting, and also connecting members 3 and 4 capable of mutual connection are mounted on the cases 2 and 2 located at both ends.
Each case 2 is ~ormed by placin~ open end faces of a pair of coupling elemen~s S and 6 agains~ each other and fixing a plural number of positions by screws 7. At the corners of open end faces of the respective coupling members 5 and 6, protruded lines 8 are provided on one face and grooves on the other face (not illustrated), and when the coupling members 5 and 6 are united one with another, the protruded linqs 8 are engaged with the grooves. -On the side end face of each case 2, either of protruded axes 9 and 9 and the sustaining receiver holes 10 and 10 in the upward and downward directions are formed, ànd the protruded axes 9 are engaged with the sustaining receiver holes 10 between the adjacent cases 2 and 2, and thereby respective cases 2 and 2 are coupled with eachother by pivoting in a freely rotatable fashion.
Furthermore, at the coupling part of respective cases 2 and 2 , a contact piece 11 is formed on the protruded axis side respectively, and ~hen the contact piece 11 is engaged with the stopping groove 12, rotation between cases ~39~) 1 2 and 2 is limited.
On the cases 2 and 2 located at both ends, mounting axes 13 and 13 are provided at the outside end par~s and belts 14 constituting the coupling members 3 and 4 are S mounted on the respective mounting axes 13 and 13. At the tip of one belt 14 and along the whole length of the other belt 14 are mounted face fasteners 15 and 16 interlocking with each other, and the belts 14 and 14 are coupled by interlocking these face fasteners 15 and 16 with each other, and thereby the therapeutic .apparatus can be wound around and fixed to the proper portion of the patient's body. Furthermore the coupling members 3 and 4, ~n accordance with the present inYention can ` undergo a proper chanqe in design such as providing connecting metal fi~tings at the tip of each belt 14 or the like, not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment.
The above-mentioned magnetic field generatox 1, as is shown in Fig. 5, is composed of laminated iron core 20 provided with leg parts 18 and 19 at both ends of a base board 17 and coil bobbins 21 and~22 engaged with respective leg parts 18 and 19. The coil bobbins 21 and 22 are formed by winding coils 25 and 26 around fr~me~ with flanges 23 and 24 respectively,.and are fixed to the hollow inner part of the case 2 with the tip faces of the leg part~ 18 and 19 facing the above-mentioned one of coupled bodies. Coils 25 8~

l and 26 of both coil bobbins 21 and 22 are connected in a manner such tha~ the alternating magnetic fields generated by energizing are intensified by each other, and as shown in Fig. 6, respective coils 25 and 26 in each magnetic field generator l are connected in series in turn. In the coil connected circuit, thermostats 27 and 28 limiting rises in temperature of the coils 25 and 26 are installed. This circuit is connected to an AC supply 3Q thr~ugh a timer 29 and an arbitrary operation time is set by the ~imer 29. This timer 29 is, as shown in Fi~. l, housed and disposed in a control case 32 mounted on the tip of a lead-out wire 31 and a knob 33 for time setting and a power switch 34 are disposed on the upper surface of the case 32.

U~ility in Therapy In the case of employing the therapeutic apparatus generating magnetic field, the apparatus is mounted and fixed to the affected portion of the patient's body where stiffness, pain or other ailment is felt in a manner such that the therapeutic apparatus is wound around it. Subsequent-ly, the timer 29 is set with the knob 33, and thereby the respective coils 25 and 26 of each magnetic field generator l are ener~ized and the saperposed magnetic fluxes of both coils 25 and 26 act on the patient's body from the end faces of the leg par~s 18 and l9 of the iron core 20. ~t 8~

1 the same time, each case 2 vibrates, and this vibration exerts a massaging effect on the body, and also a warming effect is given by the generation of Joule heat. The magnetic field generator 1 ac~s intensively on the affected portion in a wide range and in a manner to surround it, thereby enhancing the circulation of the blood at .the portiQn where stiffness or pain is felt to relieve the condition of the disease.

Claims (11)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. A therapeutic apparatus generating a magnetic field for magnetic and vibrational treatment of pain, stiffness and similar ailments to enhance blood circulation, comprising a plurality of magnetic field generators connected in series for generating an alternating, fluctuating magnetic field, each magnetic field generator comprising a coil bobbin engaging an iron core, a source of AC current connected to said generators; a plurality of vibrating cases, each case housing one of the plurality of magnetic field generators, pivots pivotally coupling said plurality of cases one to the other thus forming a serially connected plurality of said cases, said plurality of cases having a first end case and a second end case, and coupling elements mounted on said first and second end cases for detachably connecting said first and second end cases of the pivotally-coupled cases one to the other, whereby the therapeutic apparatus can be wound around and detachably secured to various parts of a human body.
2. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the coupling elements comprise a pair of belts, each belt having connected thereto a face fastener for mutually and detachably interlocking the belts with each other.
3. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 1, wherein each case comprises first and second coupling elements for forming a housing, the first coupling element and the second coupling element having complementarily profiled surfaces for mutual engagement.
4. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 1, wherein the means for serially and pivotally coupling the cases comprises a protruding axis on one case and sustaining receiver holes on an adjacent case for pivotally receiving the protruding axis in a freely rotatable fashion.
5. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 4, wherein a contact piece on one case and a stopping groove on an adjacent case are engageable to limit relative pivotal rotation of the cases.
6. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 1, wherein each magnetic field generator comprises a laminated iron core and first and second coil bobbins engaging the laminated iron core, the first coil bobbins of each magnetic field generator being connected in series and the second coil bobbins of each magnetic field generator being connected in series, whereby alternating magnetic fields generated by the first coil bobbins and alternating magnetic fields generated by the second coil bobbins are superimposed and intensify each other.
7. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 6, wherein each of the first and second coil bobbins comprises coils wound around flanged frames, the laminated iron core including first and second leg parts, and the first and second coil bobbins engage the laminated iron core, respectively, at the first and second leg parts.
8. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 6, further comprising thermostat means connected to the magnetic field generators for limiting temperature rise of the coil bobbins.
9. A therapeutic apparatus as in claim 4, further comprising a timer connected to said source of AC current for generating the magnetic field generators for various time periods.

10. A therapeutic apparatus comprising, in combination:
a plurality of pivotally, partly mutually rotatable connected, aligned, individual elements adapted to be wound around an affected portion of a body undergoing treatment; a fluctuating, magnetic field generator in each of said elements comprising an iron core and first and second coil bobbins engaged on said iron core; the coils of said first coil bobbins of each generator being connected in series and said coils of said second coil bobbins being connected in series such that there are produced alternating magnetic
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fields which reinforce one another; a source of AC current connected to said coils; a timer intermediate said coils and source; thermostats connected to said coils to control the temperature thereof; the first and last of said elements having each a belt, each belt having attached thereto fasteners for mutually and detachably interlocking said belts with each other.

11. A therapeutic apparatus for producing a warming and heating effect on a person wearing the therapeutic apparatus and for producing a vibration which has a massaging effect on a person wearing the therapeutic apparatus, comprising, in combination:
a plurality of pivotally, partly mutually rotatable connected, aligned, individual casing elements adapted to be wound around an affected portion of a body undergoing treatment; a fluctuating, magnetic field generator in each of said casing elements comprising an iron core and first and second coil bobbins engaged on said iron core; the coils of said first coil bobbins of each generator being connected in series and said coils of said second coil bobbins being connected in series such that there are produced alternating magnetic fields which reinforce one another and which produce a heating effect and a vibration effect for heating and massaging a person wearing the therapeutic apparatus; a
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source of AC current connected to said coils; a timer intermediate said coils and source; thermostats connected to said coils to control the temperature thereof; the first and last of said elements having each a belt, each belt having attached thereto fasteners for mutually and detachably interlocking said belts with each other whereby the portion of the human body contacted by said casing elements is warmed and massaged by the therapeutic apparatus.
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AU661624B1 (en) * 1994-03-07 1995-07-27 Nihon Kenko Zoushin Kenkyukai Corporation Magnetic therapeutic apparatus

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
AU661624B1 (en) * 1994-03-07 1995-07-27 Nihon Kenko Zoushin Kenkyukai Corporation Magnetic therapeutic apparatus

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