Hypertension therapy instrument and method for treating hypertension

• US 20100305667A1
• Filed: 06/01/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hangzhou Dalishen Medical Device, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hangzhou Dalishen Medical Device, Ltd.
• Inventors: Shou, Zhanggen, Wu, Renzhao
• Granted Patent: US 8,551,147 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/90
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0654 Lamps
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2005/0659 infrared
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 5/0613 Apparatus adapted for a specific treatment

Abstract

A hypertension therapy instrument comprises an infrared ray generator that can radiate infrared ray onto a human body; a heart rhythm signal generator sensing heart rhythm of the human body and outputs a heart rhythm signal containing heart rhythm information; a controlling device receiving the signal outputted by the heart rhythm signal generator and controlling a radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator based on the heart rhythm of the human body, so that the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator changes with the heart rhythm of the human body, so as to treat hypertension; and a power supply supplying power to the infrared ray generator, the heart rhythm generator, and the controlling device.

Claims

1. A hypertension therapy instrument, comprising:

an infrared ray generator adapted for radiating infrared ray onto a human body;

a heart rhythm signal generator sensing heart rhythm of the human body and outputs a heart rhythm signal containing heart rhythm information;

a controlling device comprising a controlling circuit receiving the signal outputted by the heart rhythm signal generator and controlling a radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator based on the heart rhythm of the human body, so that the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator changes with the heart rhythm of the human body; and

a power supply supplying power to the infrared ray generator, the heart rhythm generator, and the controlling device.

2. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 1, wherein the controlling circuit further comprises an adjusting circuit comprising a silicon controlled rectifier and a circuit for controlling a conduction angle of the silicon controlled rectifier, so as to control the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator.

3. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 2, wherein the circuit for controlling a conduction angle of the silicon controlled rectifier is a resistor-capacitor phase shifting circuit.

4. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 2, wherein the controlling circuit further comprises an amplifying and filtering circuit connected with the a heart rhythm signal generator for amplifying the heart rhythm signal received from the heart rhythm signal generator.

5. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 1, wherein the heart rhythm signal generator is embodied as an electret condenser microphone.

6. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 2, wherein the heart rhythm signal generator is embodied as an electret condenser microphone.

7. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 4, wherein the heart rhythm signal generator is embodied as an electret condenser microphone.

8. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 4, wherein the controlling circuit further comprises an isolation circuit connected between the amplifying and filtering circuit and the adjusting circuit.

9. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 8, wherein the isolation circuit comprises a LED and a photosensitive tube coupled with each other and connected with the amplifying and filtering circuit and the adjusting circuit respectively.

10. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 1, further comprises a massager electrically connected with the infrared ray generator in parallel, so that strength of the massager changes with heart rhythm of a human body.

11. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 8, further comprises a massager electrically connected with the infrared ray generator in parallel, so that strength of the massager changes with heart rhythm of a human body.

12. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 8, wherein the infrared ray generator is embodied as an infrared ray lamp comprising a infrared ray bulb for radiating infrared ray.

13. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 10, wherein the infrared ray generator is embodied as an infrared ray lamp comprising a infrared ray bulb for radiating infrared ray.

14. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 2, wherein the circuit for controlling conduction angle of the silicon controlled rectifier comprises a potentiometer W₁ that can directly control the conduction angle of the silicon controlled rectifier so as to directly control output power of the infrared ray generator.

15. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 4, wherein the amplifying and filtering circuit further comprises a potentiometer W₂ to adjust the output level of the amplifying and filtering circuit so as to adjust the sensitivity of the hypertension therapy instrument.

16. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 8, wherein the isolation circuit further comprises a potentiometer W₃ for controlling the couple level of the isolation circuit.

17. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 9, wherein the isolation circuit further comprises a potentiometer W₃ and a switch K₁ connected in series are connected with the photosensitive tube D₇ in parallel for controlling the couple level between the LED D₆ and the photosensitive tube D₇.

18. A method for treating hypertension comprises steps of:

(a) sensing heart rhythm from a human body;

(b) outputting a heart rhythm signal;

(c) radiating infrared ray onto a human body;

wherein radiation intensity of the infrared ray is adjusted with the heart rhythm of the human body.

19. A method for treating hypertension comprises a step of applying the hypertension therapy instrument onto a human body, wherein the hypertension therapy instrument comprises:

an infrared ray generator adapted for radiating infrared ray onto a human body;

a heart rhythm signal generator sensing heart rhythm of the human body and outputs a heart rhythm signal containing heart rhythm information;

a controlling device comprising a controlling circuit receiving the signal outputted by the heart rhythm signal generator and controlling a radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator based on the heart rhythm of the human body, so that the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator changes with the heart rhythm of the human body; and

a power supply supplying power to the infrared ray generator, the heart rhythm generator, and the controlling device.

20. The hypertension therapy instrument, as recited in claim 19, wherein the controlling circuit further comprises an adjusting circuit comprising a silicon controlled rectifier and a circuit for controlling a conduction angle of the silicon controlled rectifier, so as to control the radiation intensity of the infrared ray generator.