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Molded germanium and ceramic article for skin contact medical treatment
Assignee: Kyocera Corp
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Filing: 1989-06-14
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Granted: 1990-12-11
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Expires: 2009-06-14
Abstract
Abstract A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating.
Inventors
- 👤 Osami Aki
- 👤 Yoshinori Yamamoto
- 👤 Masayoshi Matsuoka
- 👤 Nakao Mikami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 02:56
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61N; A61N5/00; A61N5/06; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/01; A61F13/01008; A61F13/02; A61N1/00; A61N1/18; A61N1/20; A61N5/0613; A61N5/0616; C; C04; C04B; C04B35/00; C04B35/01; C04B35/48; C04B35/486; C04B35/488; A61F2013/00089; A61F2013/00187; A61F2013/00361; A61F2013/00902; A61F2013/00919; A61F2013/00936; A61N2005/0635; A61N2005/0643; A61N2005/0645; A61N2005/065
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
25 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
25 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A molded article according to claim 1, wherein a mixture of germanium powder and ceramic powder is molded, integrally.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
A molded article according to claim 1, wherein the article contains germanium and ceramic in a weight ratio of germanium as inorganic pure germanium: ceramic of 10 to 90:90 to 10.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein the molding is carried out by sintering in a non-oxidative atmosphere.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein the molding is carried out by sintering in a non-oxidative atmosphere.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein the molding is carried out without sintering.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein the molding is carried out without sintering.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein one surface of the article which is not brought into contact with the skin is covered with a metallic film.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
A molded article for skin contact medical treatment which comprises an integrally molded product of germanium and ceramic which irradiates far infrared rays by heating, wherein one surface of the article which is not brought into contact with the skin is covered with a metallic film.
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