U.S. patent number 3,867,948 [Application Number 05/332,095] was granted by the patent office on 1975-02-25 for infra red radiation means with fan means.
Invention is credited to Adolf Kallenborn.
United States Patent |
3,867,948 |
Kallenborn |
February 25, 1975 |
INFRA RED RADIATION MEANS WITH FAN MEANS
Abstract
To impart energy to living organism an appartus is provided
which emits infra-red radiation towards an area of skin and has fan
means for directing a current of cool air towards the same area of
the skin. The fan means are not interposed between the infra-red
radiator and the area of skin to be heated so as to be able to blow
cold air and not hot air. The fan means and radiator are mounted on
a common support member which can be preferably oriented with
respect to the area of skin. The skin of the living organism has a
dermis, epidermis, and a blood-circulating system. The radiator
heats the area of the dermis and epidermis while the fan means
cools the epidermis establishing a temperature difference
therebetween.
Inventors: |
Kallenborn; Adolf (Lebach/Saar,
DT) |
Family
ID: |
26837761 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/332,095 |
Filed: |
February 13, 1973 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
Issue Date |
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139987 |
May 3, 1971 |
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845673 |
Jul 11, 1969 |
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670679 |
Sep 26, 1967 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
607/88;
392/419 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61N
5/06 (20130101); A61N 5/0616 (20130101); A61N
2005/0642 (20130101); A61N 2005/0659 (20130101); A61N
2005/007 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A61N
5/06 (20060101); A61N 5/00 (20060101); A61n
005/06 () |
Field of
Search: |
;219/220,369,377,354
;128/395,396 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Curtis; A. B.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Holman & Stern
Parent Case Text
The instant application is a continuation-in-part application of
Ser. No. 139,987, filed May 3, 1971, now abandoned, which is a
streamlined continuation application of Ser. No. 845,673, filed
July 11, 1969, now abandoned, which, in turn is a streamlined
continuation application of Ser. No. 670,679, filed Sept. 26, 1967,
also abandoned.
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. Apparatus for skin treatment comprising means for emitting
infra-red radiation forwardly towards an area of skin; fan means
for directing a current of cooler ambient air forwardly towards
said area of skin; a common support upon which said radiation and
fan means are mounted, the fan means comprising at least two fans
spaced apart along said common support, each of said fans being
spaced from said radiation means and the path of the radiation
emitted therefrom and directed so as to enable simultaneous action
of said radiation and fan means on said area of skin of a living
organism of the kind having a dermis, epidermis and a blood
circulating system, to heat said area of the dermis and epidermis
with the infra-red radiation from said radiation means while
cooling the epidermis in said area with the current of cooler
ambient air from said fan means to establish a temperature
difference therebetween.
2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, including means for independent
adjustment of at least one of said radiation or fan means.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Attempts have been made to impart energy to living organism other
than in the form of food which must be chemically converted. The
inventor has found a way of imparting energy to living organisms by
an extremely simple means and suggests the following theory as a
possible explanation of the phenomena. The inventor has spent
several years of research in the field of bioelectricity. It is
speculated that the cutaneous surfaces of living organism are
primarily thermo-electric structures in which the thermal energy
produced by chemical breakdown of food is transformed into
electrical energy which is then passed by the blood in its function
of an electrolytic conductor to all the organs of the body.
It is known that a temperature gradient is necessary in order to
produce an electric current in a thermocouple and by analogy, this
condition is fulfilled, for example in the case of the human body,
by the fact that the dermis is heated by the circulation of the
blood while the epidermis is cooled by the evaporation of
sweat.
SUMMARY OF INVENTION
The present invention accordingly consists in an apparatus for of
imparting heat to a living organism comprising subjecting a
cutaneous surface of the organism to thermal infra-red radiation
and simultaneously to a current of cold air in such a manner that
the infra-red radiation heats the dermis while the cold air cools
the epidermis so that a temperature difference is established
between the dermis and epidermis.
In accordance with one preferred feature of the invention the
heating and the cooling effect can be provided by elements
extending horizontally or vertically according to whether the
treatment is to be given to subjects, or groups of subjects, lying
or standing. More particularly for the treatment of groups of
subjects, the current of cold air associated with the infrared
radiation can emerge from nozzles or jets connected with a central
blowing installation.
The treatment can be carried out by means of devices forming part
of moving installations arranged on land vehicles, water-borne
craft, or aircraft, and connected with the electrical supply system
of these vehicles.
The control of the energy condition of living organisms to which
the invention is applied a millivoltmeter can be used which is
independent of the electric mains and connected with a micrometer
having neutral probes of a 1 percent carbon steel.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The nature of the invention will be further seen with reference to
the attached drawing showing the apparatus for carrying out the
invention, in elevation.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
As is shown in the drawing, the apparatus comprises an infra-red
radiator or radiating means 1 for heating the dermis, and fans for
cooling the epidermis.
A stand 3 is mounted on rollers and is connected to radiator 1 by a
clamp which may be loosened to allow the radiator to be positioned
vertically. This apparatus simultaneously produces heat with the
infra-red radiator 1 and a directed cooling stream with the fans 2.
Such an apparatus is not to be confused with forced air convention
heaters where fans blow hot air. In those devices, the fans are
usually interposed between the heater and the thing/space to be
heated, hence, hot air is blown. The instant apparatus has the fans
physically removed from the path of the infra-red rays, so that
cooler ambient air is blown.
Much empirical data has been collected by the inventor using the
disclosed apparatus. Selected data is set forth below:
EXAMPLE I
For a 20-day period of the activity, the inventor lived exclusively
on full-grain bread and milk in a predetermined ratio. During 10 of
those 20 days, he stabilized his weight of 90kg with a constant
food intake of about 3,000 calories/day. During the last ten days,
he treated himself with the inventive apparatus three times daily
for 1/2-hour periods and reduced his daily food intake to 1,500
calories/day. His weight remained stabilized at 90kg during the
last ten day-period in spite of only 1-half the caloric intake and
with the same physical activity suggesting that the apparatus
imparted energy to his system to replace the food.
EXAMPLE II
The inventor placed himself in a room having a volume of 5.sup.m3
in which ambient temperature was 16.5.degree.C. The inventive
apparatus was then actuated while directed at a wall for a period
of 1/2 hour. The temperature of the room containing the man was
raised to 26.degree.C. The room was allowed to return to ambient
then the apparatus was directed toward the man in the room and run
for 1/2 hour. The temperature only increased from 16.5.degree.C to
20.degree.C, suggesting some of the energy was absorbed by the
man.
Realizing that some of the infra-red heat would be absorbed by the
man when the apparatus was pointed toward him, two further 1/2-hour
tests were run, the first with the apparatus operating in the
inventive way, namely, infra-red radiation plus cool air supplied
by the fans; and the second only with infra-red radiation. In the
first test, the temperature rose only 7.5.degree.C while in the
second test the temperature rose 12.degree.C.
The invention has also been shown useful in minimizing the
occurrance of cancer as will be seen from the following two
examples.
EXAMPLE III
In cooperation with the Research Institute for Preventative
Oncology of the University of Heidelberg, the inventor observed 40
mice equally injected with cancer virus under laboratory conditions
for 1/2 month. One half (20) of the mice were treated with the
inventive apparatus and the other 20 mice were maintained under the
same conditions but without any treatment. At the end of the 9 1/2
months eleven of the treated mice were still alive yet only six of
the untreated mice still lived. In other words, 55 percent of the
treated mice survived as opposed to only 30 percent of the
untreated mice.
EXAMPLE IV
The Research Institute for Preventative Oncology of the University
at Heidelberg conducted its own independent test on 88 mice each of
which were injected with like doses of cancer virus. Again one half
(44) mice were treated with the inventive apparatus and the other
half did not receive the treatment. After about 8 1/2 months, 16 of
the treated mice were still alive while only eight of the untreated
mice still lived. In other words, 36.4 percent of the treated mice
have survived and only 18.2 percent of the untreated mice
survived.
Although the invention has been described and illustrated in
detail, it is to be understood that this does not delimit the
invention. The spirit and scope of the invention is limited only by
the language of the appended claims.
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