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KR-20260067417-A - A thermal cancer treatment system including an oxygen generator operated in conjunction with floor heating and an indoor high-frequency thermal cancer treatment device

KR20260067417AKR 20260067417 AKR20260067417 AKR 20260067417AKR-20260067417-A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hyperthermia cancer treatment system comprising an oxygen generator driven in conjunction with floor heating and an indoor-placed high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device. The hyperthermia cancer treatment system according to the present invention is designed to maximize the hyperthermia cancer treatment effect by high frequency provided by a high frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device by utilizing high-purity oxygen generated through an outdoor-mounted oxygen generator operated in conjunction with floor heating.

Inventors

  • 문준학

Assignees

  • 주식회사 오투트리

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20241104

Claims (7)

  1. An outdoor-mounted oxygen generator that is fixedly positioned outdoors to generate oxygen by adsorbing nitrogen from outdoor air, and operates in one of the following driving modes: standard mode, hot and humid mode, general hot mode, and cold mode, providing different air intake flows depending on the outdoor air temperature and humidity and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor air; A first sensor unit attached to or inserted into the above outdoor-type oxygen generator to measure the temperature and humidity of outdoor air flowing into the above outdoor-type oxygen generator; A second sensor unit located in an indoor space supplied with oxygen generated from the above-mentioned outdoor oxygen generator, for measuring the temperature and humidity of the indoor air; An oxygen supply line that guides the oxygen generated from the above-mentioned outdoor oxygen generator to be supplied to an indoor space; An indoor-type oxygen injector located at the end of the above oxygen supply line and spraying oxygen into an indoor space; A high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device designed to be placed indoors and provide high-frequency current within the range of 300 x 10³ Hz to 200 x 10⁶ Hz to cancer patients; and A thermal cancer treatment system comprising: a floor heating unit that provides heating to the lower part of an indoor space where the above-mentioned high-frequency thermal cancer treatment device is located; The above outdoor-type oxygen generator is, An outdoor air branching valve that branches incoming outdoor air according to a driving mode set based on the temperature and humidity of the outdoor air measured by the first sensor unit and the difference between the temperature of the outdoor air measured by the first sensor unit and the temperature of the indoor air measured by the second sensor unit; A first branch line for standard mode that guides outdoor air branched through the above outdoor air branch valve to go directly to a nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode; A second branch line for a hot and humid mode that guides outdoor air branched through the above outdoor air branch valve to sequentially pass through an air cooler and a hydrophilic adsorption bed, and then flow into a nitrogen adsorption bed for a hot and humid mode; A third branch line for general heat mode that guides outdoor air branched through the above outdoor air branch valve to flow into a nitrogen adsorption bed for general heat mode after passing only through an air cooler; A fourth branch line for extreme cold mode that guides outdoor air branched through the above outdoor air branch valve to go directly to a nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode; An air cooler located on the second branch line for the hot and humid mode and the third branch line for the general hot mode to cool the incoming outdoor air; A hydrophilic adsorption bed located on the second branch line for the hot and humid mode as the downstream end of the air cooler, for removing moisture from the cooled outdoor air; A standard mode nitrogen adsorption bed that selectively adsorbs nitrogen from outdoor air branched into the first branch line for the standard mode to generate oxygen; A nitrogen adsorption bed for a hot and humid mode that selectively adsorbs nitrogen from outdoor air branched into the second branch line for the hot and humid mode to generate oxygen, and has a relatively smaller capacity compared to the nitrogen adsorption bed for the standard mode; A nitrogen adsorption bed for a general heat mode that selectively adsorbs nitrogen from outdoor air branched into the third branch line for the general heat mode to generate oxygen, and has a relatively smaller capacity compared to the nitrogen adsorption bed for the standard mode; A nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode that selectively adsorbs nitrogen from outdoor air branched into the fourth branch line for the extreme cold mode to generate oxygen, and has a relatively smaller capacity compared to the nitrogen adsorption bed for the standard mode; An air compressor comprising: an oxygen discharge unit for discharging oxygen generated from the above-mentioned nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for hot and humid mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for general hot mode, and nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode into an indoor space; and a nitrogen discharge unit for discharging nitrogen desorbed from the above-mentioned nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for hot and humid mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for general hot mode, and nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode to the outside; An oxygen flow branching valve designed to divide the oxygen discharged from the oxygen discharge section of the above air compressor into oxygen for nitrogen desorption and oxygen for indoor supply; A first oxygen heating heater that heats the oxygen for indoor supply branched through the oxygen flow branch valve before discharging it into the indoor space; A second oxygen heating heater that heats the oxygen for nitrogen desorption branched through the oxygen flow branch valve before it is introduced to the rear end of the nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode, the nitrogen adsorption bed for hot and humid mode, the nitrogen adsorption bed for general hot mode, and the nitrogen adsorption bed for cold mode; and A thermal cancer treatment system comprising: a processor that sets one of a standard mode, a hot and humid mode, a general hot mode, and a cold mode based on the temperature and humidity of the outdoor air measured by the first sensor unit and the difference between the temperature of the outdoor air measured by the first sensor unit and the temperature of the indoor air measured by the second sensor unit; controls the operation of the outdoor air branching valve to branch the outdoor air into one of a first branch line for the standard mode, a second branch line for the hot and humid mode, a third branch line for the general hot mode, and a fourth branch line for the cold mode according to the set operating mode; and controls the heating temperature of the first oxygen heating heater according to the difference between the temperature of the outdoor air measured by the first sensor unit and the temperature of the indoor air measured by the second sensor unit and whether the floor heating unit is operated.
  2. In Article 1, The above hydrophilic adsorption bed is, A hyperthermic cancer treatment system comprising NaX zeolite of a pawsisite structure having a micropore size in the range of 0.6 to 0.9 nm and a micropore specific surface area in the range of 500 to 800 m² /g.
  3. In Article 1, The above-mentioned nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme heat and high humidity mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for general extreme heat mode, and nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode are, respectively, A first region filled with a first zeolite formed by ion-exchanging lithium ions with LSX (low silica X) having a molar ratio of Si to Al (Si/Al) in the range of 0.90 to 1.10, and having a molar ratio of Li to Al (Li/Al) in the range of 0.65 to 0.95; A second region located at the rear end of the first region and filled with a second zeolite formed by ion-exchanging calcium ions with the first zeolite, wherein the molar ratio of Ca to Al (Ca/Al) is within the range of 0.25 to 0.45; and A hyperthermia cancer treatment system comprising: a zeolite-based membrane that physically partitions the first region and the second region, and controls the movement of the first zeolite located in the first region to the second region or the movement of the second zeolite located in the second region to the first region.
  4. In Article 1, The above nitrogen adsorption bed for standard mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme heat and high humidity mode, nitrogen adsorption bed for general extreme heat mode, and nitrogen adsorption bed for extreme cold mode are each individually, A hyperthermia cancer treatment system comprising a first and second standard mode nitrogen adsorption bed, a first and second hot and humid mode nitrogen adsorption bed, a first and second general hot mode nitrogen adsorption bed, and a first and second cold mode nitrogen adsorption bed, positioned in a vertically stacked or parallel arrangement to selectively adsorb nitrogen from incoming outdoor air to generate oxygen or discharge the adsorbed nitrogen.
  5. In Article 1, The above-mentioned first oxygen heating heater is, A hyperthermia cancer treatment system that heats oxygen for indoor supply, which is generated from the nitrogen adsorption bed for the standard mode and the nitrogen adsorption bed for the extreme cold mode, and is branched through the oxygen flow branch valve via the oxygen discharge section of the air compressor, before discharging it into the indoor space.
  6. In Article 1, It further includes a bypass branch line that induces indoor supply oxygen, generated from the nitrogen adsorption bed for the hot and humid mode or the nitrogen adsorption bed for the general hot mode, which is branched through the oxygen flow branch valve after passing through the oxygen discharge part of the air compressor, to bypass the first oxygen heating heater. The above processor is, A thermal cancer treatment system that controls the oxygen flow branch valve so that oxygen generated from the nitrogen adsorption bed for the hot and humid mode or the nitrogen adsorption bed for the general hot mode is branched to the bypass branch line.
  7. In Article 1, The above-mentioned high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device is, A hyperthermia cancer treatment system designed to provide a 13.56 MHz high-frequency current to cancer patients using the CET (Capacitive Electric Transmission) method.

Description

A thermal cancer treatment system including an oxygen generator operated in conjunction with floor heating and an indoor high-frequency thermal cancer treatment device The present invention relates to a hyperthermia cancer treatment system comprising an oxygen generator driven in conjunction with floor heating and an indoor-placed high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device. Specifically, the present invention relates to a hyperthermia cancer treatment system designed to maximize the hyperthermia cancer treatment effect by high frequency provided by a high frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment device by utilizing high-purity oxygen generated through an outdoor-mounted oxygen generator operated in conjunction with floor heating. Cancer is perceived as an incurable disease from the moment of diagnosis, causing fear of death and significantly impacting one's entire life by weakening physical, psychological, social, economic, and spiritual well-being. With advancements in cancer diagnosis and treatment technologies, the five-year survival rate, which serves as the benchmark for cancer treatment, is rising every year. Furthermore, as the importance of improving and maintaining the quality of life for cancer patients has recently been highlighted, there is a growing demand for treatments that differ from conventional ones. Cancer treatments implemented to date include surgical therapy, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. The biggest problem with these treatments is that, while varying in severity, significant side effects are unavoidable. Specifically, in the case of chemotherapy, which involves administering anticancer drugs to patients, many side effects occur because the drugs destroy not only cancer cells but also normal cells; conversely, in the case of radiation therapy, normal cells are also damaged by the radiation when irradiating cancer cells. Therefore, there was a need for a cancer treatment method that selectively destroys cancer cells without damaging normal tissues, and accordingly, research on cancer treatment using hyperthermia has been continuously attempted, and as a result of clinical application, various special hyperthermia devices have been developed and are being marketed. Commercially available hyperthermia devices utilize a method of generating heat around cancer tissue using radio frequency to cause necrosis of cancer cells. Specifically, they supply and heat a radio frequency current in the range of 10 to 100 MHz to the cancer tissue through electrodes, and perform cancer treatment by causing thermal necrosis of cancer cells when the temperature of the cancer tissue reaches 42.0°C or higher. Recently, to maximize the effectiveness of cancer treatment, high-frequency hyperthermia cancer therapy using hyperthermia devices is being performed in conjunction with conventional surgical methods, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. In particular, the effectiveness of cancer treatment is being maximized by utilizing a method that combines high-frequency hyperthermia cancer therapy and radiation therapy with hyperbaric oxygen therapy techniques. There are various forms of methods for combining oxygen therapy techniques with high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment. Examples include a method of administering high-pressure, high-purity oxygen therapy equipment and a high-frequency hyperthermia device with a time delay, a method of combining high-frequency hyperthermia treatment within a sealed indoor space where a high concentration of oxygen is maintained, or a method of injecting high-pressure, high-purity oxygen into an indoor space equipped with floor heating facilities such as ondol. Specifically, a system can be exemplified in which high-purity oxygen is generated from an oxygen generator placed outdoors and sprayed into an indoor space where a high-frequency hyperthermia device is located, thereby maintaining a high oxygen concentration in the indoor space while performing hyperthermia cancer treatment using a high-frequency hyperthermia device. Meanwhile, in the case of a high-frequency hyperthermia cancer treatment system that incorporates a method of generating high-purity oxygen from an oxygen generator placed outdoors, various problems may occur, such as a decrease in nitrogen adsorption efficiency due to the temperature difference between the indoor and outdoor environments during the hot summer or cold winter seasons, a decrease in oxygen discharge flow rate, a decrease in homeostasis for maintaining indoor temperature due to the temperature of the oxygen introduced into the indoor environment, and high humidity of the outdoor air. To address this issue, equipment such as a compressor that pre-compresses and stores air to maintain it above a certain temperature and a cooler that cools the compressed air are placed before and after the outdoor oxygen generator; while these devices can improve the aforementioned problem to some extent, they increase the overall system d