Patent · US Expired

Treatment patch

US6506403B1 · kind B1 · utility

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40Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 2001
Grant dateJan 14, 2003
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K9/7084
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A treatment patch includes a patch body having a contacting surface for placing on a skin surface of a treating tissues of a user, and a dressing layer which is provided on the contacting surface containing positively charged metallic ions for depolarizing negative ions accumulated under the skin surface of the treating tissues, wherein a far infrared ray emitter disposed on the. patch body for emitting far infrared rays penetrating into the treating tissues through the skin surface so as to provide an ion passway between the skin surface in contact with the dressing layer of the patch body and the treating tissues so as to enhance the depolarization of the positively charged ions of the dressing layer with the negative ions around the treating tissues of the user to relieve pain.

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