SKIN CONTACT TREATMENT TOOL AND ENERGIZATION CHIP USED FOR THE SAME

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new skin contact treatment tool capable of producing an excellent therapeutic effect in a shorter period than a conventional tool and to provide an energization chip used for the skin contact treatment tool.SOLUTION: A skin contact treatment tool comprises: an energization chip 10 which has a skin conducting circuit 10a on an insulating substrate 15; and a pedestal 16 the energization chip 10 is mounted thereon. In the skin contact treatment tool, electric permittivity εof the insulating substrate 15 is larger than the electric permittivity εof the pedestal 16. A buffer material layer 20 placed between the insulating substrate 15 and the pedestal 16 has the electric permittivity εwhich satisfies the following relation: ε>ε>ε. Thus, when brought into contact with a skin 17, the skin contact treatment tool can cause relaxation of affected tissue with a temperature of an affected skin site effectively increased through an energization effect and effective radiation of a far infrared ray to the affected skin site and thereby further enhancing a therapeutic effect.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】従来よりも短時間で優れた治療効果を発揮できる新規な皮接治療具およびこれに用いる通電チップの提供。【解決手段】絶縁性基板１５上に皮膚通電回路１０ａを有する通電チップ１０と、通電チップ１０を搭載する台座１６とを備え、絶縁性基板１５の誘電率ε１を台座１６の誘電率ε２よりも大きくすると共に、絶縁性基板１５と台座１６との間に緩衝材層２０を備え、その誘電率ε３を、ε１＞ε３＞ε２の関係とする。これにより、皮膚１７への装着時に通電効果とともに患部皮内に遠赤外線が効果的に輻射されて当該部位を昇温せしめるため、患部組織が弛緩してより一層治癒効果を高めることができる。【選択図】図１