Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Thermal applicators
Patent
1996-10-16
2000-02-15
Jastrzab, Jeffrey R.
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Thermal applicators
607 88, 607 90, 607100, A61F 700
Patent
active
060247606
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The invention concerns methods and equipment for reducing adipose tissue.
It is known that fat contained in the body cells of animals fulfils two main functions: provision of energy and insulation of heat; about half of this fat is subcutaneous. Substantially 4% of total body fat is used to surround the heart,liver, brain, spleen and spinal column; there its function is protective and it should not be interfered with. Excess fat can however constitute a considerable risk to health, especially fat which accumulates on the abdomen (android obesity), and can lead to diabetes, vascular and other diseases; it is also anti-aesthetic and can even be the cause of social problems.
Fat can supply 80-90% of bodily energy since each gram of fat, containing about 20% of water, provides roughly 7 calories that can be transformed into the energy needed for various functions including muscular activity. Transformation of fat into energy implies oxidation of the atoms of hydrogen present in the fat molecules and it is therefore clear that, to remove excess fat, muscular activity may be resorted to.
The intensity of this activity is proportional to the rate of heart beat.
For example, if muscular activity produces a heart rate of 140 beats per minute, the body of a medium-sized person will burn about 12 calories per minute which means about 1.6 grams of fat per minute. Clearly there are limits to this method of eliminating fat as, in some people, a certain heart rate must not be exceeded. As already mentioned, subcutaneous fat also acts as a heat insulator. As the most important vital function is to keep body temperature at about 37.degree. C., obviously the more heat a body receives and the more muscular activity it carries out, the less subcutaneous fat will it produce or retain.
As temperature rises the function of heat insulation will be less necessary and may even be negative, so that the body eliminates heat by perspiration and by using accumulated fat for energy. With this premise it is evident that adipose tissue can be reduced by lipolysis, burning calories and therefore fat cells. By carrying out muscular activity, lipolysis can be stimulated locally and direct heat applied to the fat.
But it is just the insulating characteristics of fat that make exothermal heating difficult whether by contact or by convection as, for example, by warm air being directed by a generator onto adipose tissue.
Similarly, by warming an actively working muscle by conduction, the effect on the fat is minimal and the heat so applied does not penetrate.
It is also known that a characteristic of infrared rays with short waves of a length greater than 0.8 microns, is that of heating body tissues and also penetrating them in depth.
Subject of the invention is a process based on the association of muscular activity, both free and using gymnastic equipment, with heat which is directed especially inside the adipose areas where fat is not only useless but is also bad for health and looks unattractive. Muscular activity burns a part of accumulated fat while application of heat to specific areas of adipose tissue facilitates lipolysis, stimulates the body to use it and therefore reduces the fat in those areas.
Application of heat is preferably made by generators of infrared rays mounted on special supporting structures. To concentrate and direct the rays onto the body, the generators comprise a system of one or more lenses and have hinged tabs all round the edge of the lampholder. These generators are associated to the gymnastic apparatus either directly or by various means of support.
Special means enable them to assume the best position for treating the desired areas of the body of persons who are doing gymnastics or some muscular activity.
Generators can be placed at different heights and set in different directions and distances from the person; intensity can also be regulated as desired.
The generators of heat are mounted either on vertical up-rights with feet, so that they can be moved when needed, and the apparatus be set at different angles
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Carter Ryan
Jastrzab Jeffrey R.
Striker Michael J.
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