Patent Application
20240392477
As expressed in the title of the present specification, the invention relates to a textile material with bioceramic microparticles which simultaneously emit in the far-infrared in four specific wavelengths, providing for the function for which it is intended advantages and features which are described in detail below and represent an improvement of the current state of the art.
More specifically, the object of the invention focuses on an improved textile material the fibres of which contain bioceramic dust integrated therein during the polymer extrusion process, i.e., ceramic microparticles with a biocompatible composition with a high far-infrared radiation capacity. Namely, said dust is incorporated in a 1% proportion and a specific composition of oxygen, sodium, magnesium, aluminium, silicon, calcium, titanium and zirconium, conferring to same a high radiation capacity in the intermediate infrared range, provided that it is used in humans and animals, since in contact with heat from the human body, the specific composition including aluminium and zirconium is capable of transmitting intermediate and far-infrared radiation in a range of between 3.5 μm and 18 μm, and this makes it unique since said radiation is produced simultaneously in four specific wavelengths, which are: 7 μm, 11 μm, 12.5 μm and 17 μm, wherein said infrared radiation reaches 50% of the wavelength in all of them, which provides to users who use garments manufactured with said textile demonstrable physical benefits, such as bacteriostatic efficacy, increased blood flow, increased blood oxygenation, thermoregulation, reduced pain, accelerated recovery after physical effort and/or sports, improved balance of muscle loads, reduced lactic acid, improved symptoms associated with diabetic foot complications, capacity to regulate blood microcirculation as a result of its high protective action, where blood microcirculation is the nerve centre of human and/or animal metabolism.
The field of application of the present invention is comprised in sectors of the chemical and textile industry, mainly encompassing that concerning the industry dedicated to the natural or synthetic production of textile fibres, which can in turn be intended for producing fabrics alone or in combination with other fabrics and/or other technologies.
As a reference to the current state of the art, it should be mentioned that while the use of ceramic dust applied to textile fibres is known, the existence of another use or of another invention having a similar application, presenting identical or similar technical, structural and constitutive features as those presented by the covering herein claimed is unknown.
In said sense, it should be pointed out that similar products currently known in the state of the art, in addition to incorporating different compositions of said type of ceramic dust in proportions that are also different for obtaining different infrared emission results, they are applied differently and have different purposes, which together mean that the result and objectives thereof are also very different and not related to the search for physical or medical, and even technological benefits for the user of garments manufactured with the material which, moreover, is not specifically biocompatible, as occurs with the product herein proposed.
More specifically, products that are known, for example, through document GB2303375A, relate to polyester fibres with a heat accumulation effect after being radiated by the sun, whereas the material object of the present invention utilises the heat from the body to achieve infrared radiation mainly in three specific ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum, therefore representing a substantial difference in application, in addition to the constitutive difference.
Infrared is a region or range of the electromagnetic spectrum located between the visible light and microwave regions. Infrared radiation is an electromagnetic radiation with long wavelengths; therefore, it is located in the invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, where infrared light photons are less powerful than photons making up visible light, and, therefore, infrared radiation is imperceptible to the human eye, since infrared radiation is too excessive to be visually perceived, but it can only be perceived by means of heat. These electromagnetic waves are generated on the basis that all solar rays are electromagnetic radiations and they each have their own characteristics, according to their wavelengths and frequencies.
Through the technical report, it is shown that taking into account the need for biological feedback that can ensure the continuous operation of the system, it can be assumed and speculated that the IR radiation emitted by a living tissue can lead to a kind of information that would interact with its generating mechanism. For example, an IR radiation emission effort in one area can be reflected in biological membranes, thereby reducing or enhancing power conversion processes related to same, such that biological production and said rapid transmission possibility is reduced or increased. Intercellular communications which allow energy change, in addition to the capacity to access resonance frequency (long infrared radiation) with large sized molecules and water clusters, can be in the change in the intensification of biochemical reactions and the therapeutical potential that clinics have.
The textile material proposed by the invention allows the objectives mentioned above to be satisfactorily achieved, with the characterising details that make it possible and distinguish it being suitably described in the final claims attached to the present description.
More specifically, the invention proposes, as indicated above, improvements applied to a textile product, particularly a textile product containing bioceramic microparticles, in a proportion of 1%, encrusted in the fibres thereof with a high radiation capacity in the infrared range, provided that it is used in humans and animals. More particularly, the object of the invention relates to a textile product containing bioceramic nanoparticles with a high infrared radiation capacity which, in contact with heat from the human body, is capable of transmitting infrared radiation in the range between 3.5 μm and 18 μm (micra), specifically, in 4 wavelengths, that is, 7 μm, 11 μm, 12.5 μm and 17 μm, with said infrared radiation, where it reaches 50% of the wavelength, demonstrating with clinical studies that it provides bacteriostatic efficacy, increased blood flow, increased blood oxygenation, thermoregulation, reduced pain, accelerated recovery after physical effort and/or sports, improved balance of muscle loads, reduced lactic acid, improved symptoms associated with diabetic foot complications, and is also capable of regulating blood microcirculation as a result of its high protective action, where blood microcirculation is the nerve centre of human and/or animal metabolism.
The present invention also facilitates allowing the combination of the textile product described above with other technologies, such as that based on impedance or dielectric spectroscopy, as sensors for measuring and/or monitoring biometric parameters, for example glucose levels, temperature, moisture level, heart rate, and others, and its connectivity with mobile devices, applications, and smart phones, as well as the use of the textile product, given its characteristics and effects on temperature and circulation in the skin, as a transdermal administration route or vehicle for therapeutic, pharmacological, nutritive or cosmetic substances, which would be loaded in the textile product. Furthermore, the textile product is also susceptible, given the special design that it allows, to manufacturing garments of clothing with areas where the fibres incorporate the load of bioceramic dust, for example, in compression areas on the skin, muscles, bones or joints, in order to improve rehabilitation and physical therapy treatment, and to allow managing moisture and sweat. These technological combinations provide the proposed textile product with greater functionality and usefulness for health and in sports for humans and animals.
Namely, the bioceramic textile product or material proposed by the invention is a textile that has fibres containing integrated bioceramic dust, wherein the bioceramic dust incorporated in the fibres of said textile is 1% and the proportional composition of said 1% is, on average, specifically the following:
Therefore, said textile allows to substantially maintain a reflectance in the range of proportions above of nearly 50% in an infrared wavelength between 3.5 μm and 18 μm when the bioceramic dust is in contact with the heat from a body. More specifically, said reflectance has a single wavelength in 4 wavelengths, that is, 7 μm, 11 μm, 12.5 μm and 17 μm, as a result of a self-shielding in the transmission of infrared radiation through the physical body that is in contact with the textile.
Therefore, the textile bioceramic material is highly protected against infrared radiation due to an inherent self-protection capacity and the unique high capacity for emitting simultaneously in the 4 wavelengths described above, and among other advantages, this allows regulating:
Furthermore, the special characteristics of the improved bioceramic textile regarding temperature regulation, improved blood circulation and high signal transmission capacity make it unique and susceptible to being combined with impedance or dielectric spectroscopy-based technology, or with biometric sensor technology, or with wireless data transmission technology. It is also susceptible to being used as a vehicle for the transdermal transmission of substances to a body, or to presenting designs and the manufacture of garments and models for use in physical therapy in rehabilitation in sports for people with diabetes, or to generally improve health in people or animals, and, in any case, it can be used combination with other textiles.
Lastly, it should be mentioned that the textile material of the invention is applicable for the design and manufacture of unique fabrics consisting of two different layers, with each side of the fabric having a separate functionality. For example, on the inner side, special fibres having a large section create the effect of channelling moisture and allow for good breathability, and on the outer side, fibres having a micro section absorb moisture from the inner side and allow it to evaporate more quickly, and breathing is optimal. Either of the two layers of the textile material can incorporate bioceramic microparticles.
In high moisture conditions when it is cold or hot, the outer layer performs the sponge effect throughout the fabric, so body comfort increases, temperature sensation improves, there is better thermal control, and the flow of sweat improves, drawing it away from contact with the body towards the outer layer.
The combination in two different layers between filaments and microfilaments causes the inner side of the fabric to allow moisture and the air vapour (transpiration) to readily pass through. The outer side absorbs said moisture and, combined with the outside temperature and air, dries it more quickly as it only has to act on this side and not on all of the fabric. This effect is permanent in all fabrics manufactured with the textile object of the invention and with this unique technology due to its double layer and double function manufacturing characteristics.
It can thereby be asserted that fabrics manufactured with this technology have, among their main advantages, the capacity to:
To complement the description that is being made and for the purpose of helping to better understand the features of the invention, a set of drawings is attached to the present specification as an integral part thereof, in which the following is depicted in an illustrative and non-limiting manner:
In view of the mentioned figures and according to the numbering used, there is observed an embodiment of the bioceramic textile material of the invention, consisting of a textile (1) which comprises fibres (2) containing integrated bioceramic dust particles (3), as observed in
Various analyses of the polyester textile product object of the invention are set forth below, demonstrating the benefits and usefulness thereof.
Namely, performed below is an analysis of the textile by the ATR (Attenuated Total Reflection) technique, which is known to be a sampling technique used in the infrared, which uses infrared radiation entering an ATR transmitter crystal with a high refractive index. The crystal is designed to allow complete internal reflection creating an evanescent wave on its outer surface. This wave extends to the sample which is kept in close contact with the crystal, and the infrared spectrum of the analyte is recorded by reflection. That is, in this case all the wavelengths emitted by the surface of the fabric to be analysed, when this fabric is energised by standard infrared radiation supplied by the spectrometer, are recorded.
The result was that the polyester textile object of the invention, with a proportion of bioceramic material encrusted therein of around 1% on different variables of polyester textile and a mean composition of bioceramic elements, which are those prove to maintain the properties, as indicated above and repeated below:
This composition and specific proportions demonstrate the capacity of the textiles in which they are encrusted to emit in the far-infrared wavelength, substantially maintaining a reflectance, in the range of proportions above, of at least 50% in a wavelength, simultaneously in 4 wavelengths: 7 μm, 11 μm, 12.5 μm and 17 μm, when the textile with the bioceramic dust is in contact with the heat from a body, as shown in the graph in
Furthermore, the textiles manufactured with this specific proportion of bioceramic material and these specific, simultaneous and unique ranges of infrared emission achieved also have proven clinical benefits for heal in various studies performed:
Namely, the study (performed in Italy on the Lizard posturometric platform) performed based on parameters studied while playing sports, using textiles object of this invention and a control group, obtained the following results:
Socks manufactured with the textile object of the invention and their bacteriostatic effect were also studied, and the result can be seen at a glance in
Another one of the studies performed is with socks manufactured with the textile object of this invention in subjects with diabetic foot, performed by the diabetic foot unit of the university podiatry clinic of the Universidad Complutense of Madrid, with the following results:
Increased oxygenation, with an increase of more than 5 μmHg in TcP02 (from 32.25 to 37.35). Better management of moisture and bacteriostatic effect.
Lastly, a double-blind, randomised study is performed which compares a sample of the improved bioceramic textile to another inert material in the post-operative recovery of patients subjected to lumbar herniated disc surgery, conducted by Dr Antonio Huete Allud and Ms. Gádor Busquéis Ramos, with the following results: reduced pain and improved recovery and quality of life of the group with shirts manufactured with the textile object of this invention.
Moreover, the combination in one fabric (5) of two layers that are different in the filament count, one of them being an external layer (5a), and where either one of the two layers can be the textile (1) object of the invention, causes the inner side of the fabric to readily allow moisture and the air vapour to pass (transpiration), whereas the outer side absorbs said moisture and, in combination with the outside temperature and air, dries it more quickly as it only has to act on this side and not on all of the fabric, this effect being permanent, in addition to the intrinsic properties of the textile object of this invention.
It can thereby be asserted that fabrics manufactured with the described bioceramic textile have, among their main advantages, the capacity to:
Therefore, the bioceramic textile (1), with the aforesaid composition and proportions and far-infrared emission simultaneously in the 4 wavelengths described, preferably constitutes the fabric used to manufacture a garment (4) which, in turn, for example, is a sport garment, for example, a shirt, intended for providing physical or health benefits for the user, or leggings or socks intended for providing antibacterial protection or benefits for people with diabetic foot.
A final comparative study between said type of fabric (5) with two layers (5a, 5b) of fibres, where one of them is the bioceramic textile (1) manufactured with the double layer technique described above, with the fabrics consisting of multilobar fibres or channels, also demonstrates that the difference is mostly in favour of the textile of the invention, in the following percentages:
It can be observed that except for the liquid absorption test, in which there is a slight advantage in favour of the fabric with fibres with channels of 2.5%, in all the other tests performed the improvements in all senses far exceeds 20%.
Therefore, the bioceramic textile (1), with the aforesaid composition and proportions, in another embodiment option, constitutes one of the two layers (5a, 5b) of yarns of a double-layer fabric (5) used to manufacture a garment, for example, a shirt, constituting for example the inner layer.
As discussed in preceding sections, the combination of the bioceramic textile with other technologies also generates unique synergies and benefits for health and physical performance or monitoring, for example, with new technologies relating to information and wireless communication. Therefore, given the special characteristics describe for it, the bioceramic textile may optionally be part of the fabric of a garment that can be connected to electronic devices.
Given its characteristics relating to temperature regulation, the use of the textile object of this invention is also suitable as an ideal vehicle for transdermal transmission of different therapeutic and/or cosmetic products, whereby one embodiment option contemplates the bioceramic textile (1) constituting the fabric used to manufacture a garment which, in contact with the body of a user, by way of and replacing a patch, is intended for being impregnated with liquid or other therapeutic and/or cosmetic fluids for transdermal transmission to the user.
The textile object of this invention also allows manufacturing different garment designs in which it is possible to combine, as needed, areas with a higher concentration of the bioceramic textile and other conventional textiles, obtaining mechanical benefits such as different levels of compression or reduced rubbing, and it can be synergistically applied in diabetic foot or in physical therapy and rehabilitation. Therefore, the textile (1) of the invention is, in another embodiment option, made up of one or more areas (5) of fabric forming a garment (4).
Lastly, it should be mentioned that the textile material is highly protected against infrared radiation due to an inherent self-protection capacity which allows regulating blood microcirculation of the body. Furthermore, it maintains adherence of the bioceramic dust, even with washing.
In summary, any garment (4) manufactured with the textile (1) with bioceramic microparticles object of the invention can be applied to regulate lactic acid levels of the body in users thereof, to balance muscle loads of the body, to reduce pain after a surgery on a herniated disc in the spine, to improve physical performance, to increase oxygen levels of the body, and to improve recovery after physical effort.
Having sufficiently described the nature of the present invention as well as how to put it into practice, it is not considered necessary to further explain the invention for a skilled person to understand its scope and the advantages derived from it, stating that within its essential features, it can be carried out to practice in embodiments which differ in detail from the embodiment indicated by way of example and they would be likewise susceptible to the protection that is sought provided that the main principle is not altered, changed, or modified.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| P201930019 | Jan 2019 | ES | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/ES2020/070006 | 1/7/2020 | WO |
