Treatment apparatus and method for treating, inhibiting and preventing inflammatory disease by using electromagnetic wave
An electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object, an operating method thereof, and a method for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object using the same is provided. An electromagnetic wave for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object and a use thereof, and a method including irradiating the electromagnetic wave onto the object is provided.
1 . An electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object, comprising:
a power supplier;
an irradiator configured to receive power from the power supplier and irradiate the object with an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength between 0.05 nm and 10 nm; and
a controller configured to adjust the wavelength or dose of the electromagnetic wave irradiated from the irradiator, wherein the controller controls the dose of the electromagnetic wave absorbed by the object to be in a range of 1 mGy to 100 mGy per one-time treatment,
wherein the irradiator corresponds to a tube including an anode and a cathode,
wherein the anode is connected to one side of the power supplier, and the cathode is connected to another side of the power supplier,
wherein the cathode comprises an emitter formed of a carbon nanotube (CNT) structure including a plurality of unit yarns each having a structure in which a plurality of CNTs is aggregated and extended in a first direction.
2 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a filter configured to block the electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of less than 0.05 nm among the electromagnetic wave emitted from the irradiator.
3 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a protector that surrounds at least a portion of the irradiator.
4 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a distance measurer configured to measure a distance between a distal end of the irradiator and the object.
5 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a position adjuster configured to adjust the distance between the distal end of the irradiator and the object.
6 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the controller adjusts the distance between the distal end of the irradiator and the object by controlling the position adjuster on the basis of the distance measured by the distance measurer.
7 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a collimator configured to adjust an irradiation range or intensity of the electromagnetic wave.
8 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the collimator is controlled by the controller.
9 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller controls a voltage or a current supplied to the irradiator from the power supplier.
10 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a monitoring device configured to display a signal output from the controller.
11 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus is configured to emit the electromagnetic wave directly onto a skin or into a body of the object.
12 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an applicator connected to the irradiator so that the electromagnetic wave generated by the irradiator is configured to be directly irradiated into a body of the object.
13 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the tube further includes at least one gate,
wherein at least one of one side or another side of the controller is connected to the at least one gate.
14 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inflammatory disease of the object is a disease or lipid storage disorder mediated by a biomarker including at least one of interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α.
15 . The electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inflammatory disease of the object is an autoimmune disease or an autoinflammatory disease.
16 . A method of operating the electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , the method comprising:
positioning the irradiator such that the electromagnetic wave is irradiated onto the object; and
irradiating the electromagnetic wave onto the object from the irradiator.
17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein
the electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus further includes an applicator connected to the irradiator so that the electromagnetic wave generated by the irradiator is directly irradiated into a body of the object, and
the method comprises:
inserting the applicator into the body of the object; and
irradiating the electromagnetic wave into the body of the object from the irradiator.
18 . A method for treating, inhibiting, or preventing an inflammatory disease of an object, the method comprising irradiating the electromagnetic wave, generated by the electromagnetic wave treatment apparatus of claim 1 , having a wavelength between 0.05 nm and 10 nm onto the object.