Magnetic medical treatment member

• US 4,391,270 A
• Filed: 04/06/1981
• Issued: 07/05/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/1979
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hideaki Uragami
• Original Assignee: Hideaki Uragami
• Inventors: Uragami, Hideaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Kamm, William E.
• Application Number:
  US06/237,165
• Time in Patent Office: 820 Days
• Field of Search: 128/1.3, 128/1.5
• US Class Current: 600/15
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/06 using magnetic fields produced by permanent magnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

The present invention relates to the construction of a magnetic medical treatment member comprising a flat magnetic press element mounted upon a sticking surface of a sticking member for providing simultaneously a finger-pressure effect and a magnetic medical treatment effect.

The conventional magnetic medical treatment member of this type has such a construction that a plurality of projections for locally stimulating a surface of skin are mounted on a surface of a flat magnetic press element near the central portion thereof and thus a sufficiently enough medical treatment effect can not be provided owing to the weakness of lines of magnetic force. Besides, the flat magnetic press element of this type made of magnetic materials prepared by compression molding powdery materials such as ferrite and then sintering the resulting molded products is rough to the touch and unattractive and consequently a psychological medical treatment effect can not be expected.

According to the present invention, lines of magnetic force are concentrated onto the positions of projections (4) to succeed in the improvement of a magnetic medical treatment effect by means of a magnetic medical treatment member by mounting projections (4) upon a surface of a flat magnetic press element (3) along a periphery portion thereof and forming angle portions (5), convex portions (6) and concave portions (7) on side walls of said flat magnetic press element (3) at the positions corresponding to said projections (4).

Besides, the touch and looking of said flat magnetic press (3) element are improved by forming a metal layer (9) on a surface of said flat magnetic press element (3) by means of plating process and thus also a psychological medical treatment effect can be added.

Claims

1. A magnetic treatment member comprising a generally flat magnetic press element mounted on a sticking surface of a sticking member, said magnetic press element having a generally flat surface extending to an outer peripheral edge of said magnetic press element, said magnetic press element having an outer peripheral wall along said outer peripheral edge, and a plurality of projections protruding from said flat surface, said projections extending substantially to said outer peripheral edge such that said projections are substantially continuous with said outer peripheral wall, whereby the lines of magnetic force are concentrated on said projections.

2. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 1 wherein said projections are substantially contiguous with said outer edge, and said lines of magnetic force are concentrated about said projections without being dispersed by any substantial flat wall surface between said projections and said outer wall.

3. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic press element has a substantially polygonal configuration having a plurality of angled peripheral edges, said projections being disposed at said angled peripheral edges, whereby the magnetic lines of force are concentrated on said projections at said angled peripheral edges.

4. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic press element has a plurality of generally radially extending arm elements, said projections being disposed at the radial outer ends of said arm elements, whereby the magnetic lines of force are concentrated on said projections at the radial outer ends of said arm elements.

5. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 4 wherein said radially extending arm elements define generally concave spaces therebetween.

6. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 4 wherein said arm elements have a width substantially equal to the diameter of said projections.

7. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 4 wherein said arm elements have an outer peripheral wall with the portion of the outer peripheral wall disposed at the outer radial end of said arm elements having a convex configuration.

8. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 4 further comprising a projection disposed at the central portion of said magnetic press element.

9. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 4 wherein said magnetic press element further comprises a generally flat member on which said arm elements are disposed.

10. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 9 wherein said arm elements have an outer wall, and said generally flat member has an outer wall which is continuous with portions of said outer wall of said arm elements.

11. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 1 wherein said sticking member is made of a flexible sheet material.

12. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 1 wherein said magnetic press element has a metal plating thereon.

13. A magnetic treatment member according to claim 12 wherein said metal plating is gold.