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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2006
Toru Ugajin, Tochigi, JP;
Michihito Igaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Yamashita, Tochigi, JP;
Katsutoshi Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinao Nagashima, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ugajin, Tochigi, JP;
Michihito Igaki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutaka Yamashita, Tochigi, JP;
Katsutoshi Hara, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinao Nagashima, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Sakamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A physiology enhancing device for improving physiological functions of a human body, etc., which comprises a heat generating element making use of chemical energy and a sheet interposed between the heat generating element and a body surface of a wearer, and which is designed to supply steam generated from the heat generating element while the device is applied to the body surface. The device exhibits steam generating capability for 2 hours or longer and, while applied to the body surface, raises the body surface temperature to a temperature from 38° C. to lower than 42° C. within one hour from the application. The sheet interposed between the heat generating element and the body surface preferably has a function of regulating air feed to the heat generating element and a function of transferring the heat of the physiology enhancing device to the body surface and preferably has a total thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 mm.