Vector Potential Coil Skin Stimulation Without Contact Rollers
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing skin treatment methods, such as electrical and magnetic stimulations, require manual or mechanical movement of rollers, leading to skin stress, injury, and labor inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A vector potential coil device with a support part and a vector potential coil that generates an electric field via alternating current, allowing electrical stimulation without direct skin contact, reducing skin stress and labor requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a roller-type weak current generator is manually or mechanically moved along the skin, then electrical stimulation can be applied to the skin, but skin stress and injury occur and labor is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a roller-type weak current generator as an intermediary device that delivers electrical stimulation through rollers contacting the skin. This mediator transfers the electrical current from the power source to the skin surface, enabling treatment while distributing the electrical load through the rolling mechanism rather than direct static electrode contact.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual mechanical movement with an automated mechanical rolling system. The roller generator is mechanically moved along the skin (either manually or via mechanical means) to deliver electrical stimulation, substituting the need for manual electrode application and removal with a continuous rolling mechanism that reduces skin stress from repeated contact.
2Reliability
If a roller-type weak current generator is manually or mechanically moved along the skin, then electrical stimulation can be applied to the skin, but labor power is required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual operation with automated mechanical movement of the roller generator. The device can be mechanically moved along the skin without requiring continuous manual intervention, reducing labor requirements while maintaining the effectiveness of electrical stimulation delivery through the rolling contact mechanism.
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 device minimizes skin injury and labor while providing effective electrical stimulation for skin treatments, including disease and wound care, and cosmetic treatments.
Implementation Method 1
a vector potential detection device has also been developed (for instance, refer to Japanese Patent Number 6950925). The vector potential detection device detects a vector potential by utilizing a state in which a voltage is induced by a temporal change (varying in time) of the vector potential.
Implementation Method 2
a power supply section that conducts an alternating current through the vector potential coil, generates a vector potential corresponding to the alternating current in the housing space, and applies an electric field generated based on the vector potential to the skin of the living body
Data Source
AI summary
A support part has a housing space that accommodates skin of a living body. A vector potential coil in a vector potential coil device is arranged at at least one of the housing space and an outside of the support part. A power supply section conducts an alternating current through the vector potential coil, generates a vector potential corresponding to the alternating current in the housing space, and provides an electrical stimulation to the skin by applying an electrical field generated based on the vector potential to the skin of the living body.