Bioceramic Textile Fibers for Passive Blood Microcirculation Regulation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current treatments for poor blood circulation, such as varicose veins and cellulite, lack effective methods to reach microcirculation and provide long-term therapeutic benefits, with existing infrared radiation therapies not adequately addressing the issue of blood microcirculation regulation.

Innovation Solution

A textile product containing bioceramic microparticles embedded in fibers that emit infrared radiation in the 3 µm to 14.8 µm range, preferentially at 14.8 µm, to regulate blood microcirculation by enhancing infrared reflectivity and reducing emissivity, thereby improving metabolic function and reducing associated health issues.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If traditional medical treatments and infrared therapies are used, then some therapeutic effects are achieved, but they cannot effectively reach and regulate blood microcirculation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffectiveness of blood microcirculation regulationVSAvoidcomplexity of treatment method
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the spectral parameters of infrared radiation by selecting specific bioceramic materials with peak emission wavelengths between 8-14 μm that match the absorption characteristics of hemoglobin and water in blood vessels. This parameter optimization enables deep penetration into tissues and effective regulation of blood microcirculation, resolving the contradiction between therapeutic effectiveness and treatment complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses composite bioceramic materials containing specific ratios of aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide, silicon oxide, and other ceramic components embedded in textile fibers. This composite structure enhances infrared emission capacity while maintaining flexibility and comfort, achieving effective microcirculation regulation without excessive treatment complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #40Composite materials

2Reliability

If high power infrared radiation is used to reach microcirculation, then therapeutic effect improves, but energy consumption and heat generation increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetherapeutic effect on microcirculationVSAvoidenergy consumption of infrared source
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs passive infrared emission where bioceramic microparticles embedded in the textile convert body heat and ambient temperature into therapeutic infrared radiation without requiring external power sources. The body itself becomes the energy source, eliminating the need for high-power infrared generators while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness for microcirculation regulation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The bioceramic materials utilize thermal energy storage and release properties, absorbing heat during the day and releasing it as infrared radiation during cooler periods, including nighttime wear. This phase transition-based energy management reduces peak energy requirements while maintaining consistent therapeutic effect on blood microcirculation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #36Phase transitions

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The textile product effectively stabilizes and regulates blood microcirculation, leading to improved skin health and reduced symptoms of conditions like cellulite and varicose veins, as demonstrated by increased infrared reflectivity and reduced emissivity, resulting in enhanced metabolic function and therapeutic outcomes.

Implementation Method 1

bioceramic microparticles embedded into the fibers thereof with high capacity of irradiation in the infrared region... capable of transmitting infrared radiation in the range between 3 μm and 14.8 μm

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInfrared radiation emission: Infrared Radiation

Implementation Method 2

increased infrared reflectivity

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectInfrared reflection: Reflection

Implementation Method 3

in contact with the heat of the human body is capable of transmitting infrared radiation

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectThermal radiation: Thermal Radiation

Data Source

PatentEP2262943B1Textile product capable of regulating blood microcirculation
Publication Date: 2015.01.21 HIRATA
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AI summary

Improvements applied to a textile product, and more particularly wherein the improved product is a woven textile product - fabric containing bioceramic microparticles embedded into the fibers thereof with high capacity of irradiation in the infrared region, provided to be used both in humans and animals, more particularly the invention is related to a textile product containing bioceramic microparticles with high capacity of infrared irradiation which, in contact with the heat of the human body, is capable of transmitting infrared radiation in the range between 3 μm and 14.8 μm, preferentially in the 14.8 micron range, said infrared radiation at this wavelength being capable of regulating the blood microcirculation, as the result of its high protection, the blood microcirculation being the nervous center of human and/or animal metabolism.