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.

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.

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.

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.