CA1187759A - Disposable acupuncture needle and its preparation method - Google Patents
Disposable acupuncture needle and its preparation methodInfo
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Abstract
PATENT APPLICATION
entitled : Disposable acupuncture needle and its prep-aration method.
in the name of : Gilbert OHANA
.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention relates to a disposable acupuncture needle, of general cylindrical shape with one pointed end, comprising, close to its other end, at least one flat portion, the diameter of the needle being between 0.35 and 0.50 mm, and its length being between 30 mm and 80 mm, said needle being characterized in that it is produced from stainless steel and is superficially coated with a layer of conducting metal or metal alloy.
entitled : Disposable acupuncture needle and its prep-aration method.
in the name of : Gilbert OHANA
.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The invention relates to a disposable acupuncture needle, of general cylindrical shape with one pointed end, comprising, close to its other end, at least one flat portion, the diameter of the needle being between 0.35 and 0.50 mm, and its length being between 30 mm and 80 mm, said needle being characterized in that it is produced from stainless steel and is superficially coated with a layer of conducting metal or metal alloy.
Description
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The present invention relates to new disposable acupuncture needles.
Acupuncture i5 a very acient thera-peutic technique which is proving potentially interesting for the future, but it raises a number of problems where the needles to use are concerned. The main problems are :
- the necessity to use sterile needles which are not likely to pass on certain virus diseases.
Indeed, if the needles are not thorougly sterilized between every use there is a risk of virus diseases being transmitted from one patient to the other. And as we know from the prior art, sterilization of the currently used acupuncture needles is very difficult and most f the time incomplete in a doctor s surgery;
- the necessity to use needles whose point is in a perfect stateO This necessity is due to the fact that with acupuncture, the point of the needle must reach with precision certain parts situated in the immediate vicinity of the skin surface. As it happens, each time a needle is used, its point suffers a certain amount of deterioration, this resulting in the action of the needle becoming painful and in some cases dangerous for the punctured tissues;
- the necessity to have needles which are easy to handle and also light enough so that~ when in place, their point does not move when the practitioner lets go of the needleO
It happens that the needles currently found on the market do no-t help to solve these different problems, particularly because the known needles are provided at their non-pointed end, for handling purposes, wi-th a cylinder- or ball-shaped endpiece which, besides complicating the indus-trial production of the needles, leads to heav~J and unbalanced needles. Moreover~ all '' ~ 3 the currently known needles are intended to be ~Ised a grea-t mally times~ hence the added difficulties arising from tlle gradual de-terioration of the points and from the neecl f`or excessive s-terilization be-tween uses~
It is the object of -the present invention to overcome -the aforesaid problems by deciding first and foremost tha-t -the ac-t of acupuncture can only be absolutely safe if disposabl.e needles are used.
Bu-t to put this idea into practice -and to solve the other problems mentioned hereinabove -implies the developmen-t of a disposable needle which is easy to produce industrially and consequently of reasonable costO
The present invention therefore relates to a disposable~ sterile-packed acup~mctllre needle, showing -the following characteristics :
a) - its length is between about 30 and and 80 mm, ancl preferably abou-t 50mm;
- the diameter of its cylindrical part is between 0.35 and 0.50 mrn, and preferably about 0.45 mm, - it is made from strong s-tainless steelj b) - it has one pointed end;
- and its cylindrical part is provided, over part of its length, with at least one flat portion which is obtained by deformation of the cylindrical part, said deformation resulting in a widening of said part, going from 1.1 D
to 1.9 D, D being the width of the said cylindrical par-t where the said "flat portion" is formed.
In certain special cases7 it is possible for the cylindrical part of the needle, which part comprises at least one "flat portion", to show a certain extra thick-ness with respect to the other cylindrical part of the needle. This extra thic~ness should however be such that the width D of said cylindrical part presenting an extra thicknesst remains less than about 1 mm.
Clearly, it is for industrial supplies require-ments and also to avoid that certain human tissues are injured when manipulating the needle that the needle according to the invention is produced from a cylin-drical metal wire of circular cross-section. In this case of course, the width D will be the diameter of the wire.
In another aspect this invention relates to a method for the industrial production of an acupuncture needle of the type hereinbefore set forth~ wherein the method invol~es the following steps: cutting a stainless steel wire; sharpening one end of the needle into a point;
and producing the flat portion by stamping.
The invention will be more readily understood on reading the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings~ in which:
- Figure 1 is an enlarged view of the needle; and - Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectionai view of the needle, taken along line II-II.
Figure 1 shows:
- in 1~ the very sharp point of the needIe, - in 2 the cylindrical part forming the main body of the needle; advantageously, the diameter of said cylindrical part is 0.45 mm, - in 3, the flat portion of the needle, followed/ in 47 by another cylindrical part~ the diameter of which can be the same as that of cylindrical part 2.
. 35 Figure 2 shows:
a`'~ ~ a cross-section (hachured part) of the flat portion 5 of the needle, the shape of this flat portion being substantially rectangular, and the length of said rectangular part7 which is for example obtained by simple deforma-tion of the cylinder, being slightly grea-ter -thall the initial diameter of the cylinder; for example, the length of part 3 of the needle (measured along -the a~is) only needs to be between 1 and 3 mm, - in 6, the finer cylindrical part ~ of -the needle.
The weigllt of the needle according to the invention is less than about 1.5 decigramm~ and preferably less than 1 decigramme.
It has been specified that the cylindric-al par-t of the needle comprises "at least one flat portion";
said portion (or portions) is quite obviously designed to help the practitioner handle the needle.Experience has shown that handling is made easier if the needle is provided with 3 to 6, and preferably 5, such flat portion~ placed one next to -the other. The leng-th of each flat portion will be around 1.4 to 2 mm (measured in the direction o~ the axis of the initial cylinder), and the various flat portions will be separated by a cylindrical part between 1.5 and 3 mm in length. It will be noted that the planes of each flat portion can be situated in the same plane or in different planes; preferably, and thereagain to make the needles easier to handle, these planes will be different. The width of each flat portion is between 1.1 D and 1.9 D approximately, D being the diameter of the cylidrical part~ with the reservation that, in any case, D is less than about 1 mmO
The method for preparing the acupuncture needles according to the invention consists in :
- cutting the steel wire (sprinsystainless steel) to the desired length;
- sharpening the needles, obviously, the pointed part of the needle will need to be as sharp as possible in relation to the material used at the start;
- deforming the cylindrical part of the needle to obtain the flat portion or portions, this is done by stamping;
~'7' it has been fo~d in every case that said flat portion shoulA not be si-tua-ted at the end of -the needle, but at a certain distance (a-t leas-t 0.4 mm) from that end;
when more than two flat por-tions (five for example) are required, the stamping will be carried out in at least two successive operations; for example, two adjacent flat portions will be stamped in a first operation and the three others in a second operation~
The needles prodllced as indicated hereinabove are thereafter packed for delivery in steri.le packagesO The needles can be packed individually or in sets (of 5 or ~ ~erably 10 needles). ~very precaution will need to be taken during packing to protect the pointed ends of the needles. For example a certain number of needles can be stuck in an open-pore plastic foam, or in a piece of cotton cloth, and their point can be protected by turning part of the cloth over the points. When the needles have been placed in the cotton or in -the foam, they are placed inside a card-board or a sheet of plas-tic which can already be printed with the necessary indications; the resulting bags or packets are placed under blister and sterilized by known means (ethylene oxide or irrad.iation ~or example). The advantage of all these packing operations is that they are quite industrializable, and -that the resulting finished product is commercializable at an advantageous cost price 7 It is also known that those who practise acupuncture often seek also the possibility of exciting the centers to l~hich the needles are direc-ted, this by sub-jecting -the needle -to a very slight potential difference.
Although this is possible with the needle described hereinabove, it has been found that it is often ad~anta-geous to coat the said needles with a very conducting and resistan-t metal or alloy~
~'77~
S-uitable metals or alloys aIegold, silver, platinum1 copper and possibly niclcel, or an alloy nade from tllese metals.
These me-tals and/or their alloys can be coated on the needles by -the conventional methods;
the object being to ob-tain a simple superf`icial coa-ting of` the needle (-thickness of -the coating preferably between 0.1 and 2 microns), -the metals can be deposi-ted by electrolysis of a conventional suitable solution.
The needles coated as indicated herein-above have many advAntages, amongs-t which :
- improved visibility of the need:Le when said needle is stuck in the patient's skin;
- improved electrical and electrostatic conductibility of -the needle;
- use of a surface of generally precious metal considered as less liable to become oxidi~ed and therefore cleaner and easier to keep sterile;
- positive psychological effects on the patient.
The following example is given non-restrictively to illustrate the invention :
A 50 mm long stainless steel needle is produced from a cylindrical rod of 0.~5 mm diameter.
A very fine point is made at one of the end of said needle and, close to the other end of the needle, three flat portions are produced by crushing, the length of each flat portion (measured along -the axis of the needle) being between 1 and 3 mm and preferably about 1~6 mm.
The width of each flat portion is about 0~75 mrn and the distance between each flat portion is about 1.6 mm. The resul-ting acupunc-ture needle is easy to handle for the practi-tioner.
~ Yle resul-ting needle is clipped into an electrolysis tanlc con-taining a soluble gold sal-t.
Af-ter about 2 minu-tes of` elec-trolysis, a layer of about 0.~ micron tl~ickness is deposited over the entire needle.
The needle obtained according to the invention has been f`ound to be very safe , to have a hiSi~ conduc-tibility~ and good stability once positioned correctly, due to i-ts light weight.
The present invention relates to new disposable acupuncture needles.
Acupuncture i5 a very acient thera-peutic technique which is proving potentially interesting for the future, but it raises a number of problems where the needles to use are concerned. The main problems are :
- the necessity to use sterile needles which are not likely to pass on certain virus diseases.
Indeed, if the needles are not thorougly sterilized between every use there is a risk of virus diseases being transmitted from one patient to the other. And as we know from the prior art, sterilization of the currently used acupuncture needles is very difficult and most f the time incomplete in a doctor s surgery;
- the necessity to use needles whose point is in a perfect stateO This necessity is due to the fact that with acupuncture, the point of the needle must reach with precision certain parts situated in the immediate vicinity of the skin surface. As it happens, each time a needle is used, its point suffers a certain amount of deterioration, this resulting in the action of the needle becoming painful and in some cases dangerous for the punctured tissues;
- the necessity to have needles which are easy to handle and also light enough so that~ when in place, their point does not move when the practitioner lets go of the needleO
It happens that the needles currently found on the market do no-t help to solve these different problems, particularly because the known needles are provided at their non-pointed end, for handling purposes, wi-th a cylinder- or ball-shaped endpiece which, besides complicating the indus-trial production of the needles, leads to heav~J and unbalanced needles. Moreover~ all '' ~ 3 the currently known needles are intended to be ~Ised a grea-t mally times~ hence the added difficulties arising from tlle gradual de-terioration of the points and from the neecl f`or excessive s-terilization be-tween uses~
It is the object of -the present invention to overcome -the aforesaid problems by deciding first and foremost tha-t -the ac-t of acupuncture can only be absolutely safe if disposabl.e needles are used.
Bu-t to put this idea into practice -and to solve the other problems mentioned hereinabove -implies the developmen-t of a disposable needle which is easy to produce industrially and consequently of reasonable costO
The present invention therefore relates to a disposable~ sterile-packed acup~mctllre needle, showing -the following characteristics :
a) - its length is between about 30 and and 80 mm, ancl preferably abou-t 50mm;
- the diameter of its cylindrical part is between 0.35 and 0.50 mrn, and preferably about 0.45 mm, - it is made from strong s-tainless steelj b) - it has one pointed end;
- and its cylindrical part is provided, over part of its length, with at least one flat portion which is obtained by deformation of the cylindrical part, said deformation resulting in a widening of said part, going from 1.1 D
to 1.9 D, D being the width of the said cylindrical par-t where the said "flat portion" is formed.
In certain special cases7 it is possible for the cylindrical part of the needle, which part comprises at least one "flat portion", to show a certain extra thick-ness with respect to the other cylindrical part of the needle. This extra thic~ness should however be such that the width D of said cylindrical part presenting an extra thicknesst remains less than about 1 mm.
Clearly, it is for industrial supplies require-ments and also to avoid that certain human tissues are injured when manipulating the needle that the needle according to the invention is produced from a cylin-drical metal wire of circular cross-section. In this case of course, the width D will be the diameter of the wire.
In another aspect this invention relates to a method for the industrial production of an acupuncture needle of the type hereinbefore set forth~ wherein the method invol~es the following steps: cutting a stainless steel wire; sharpening one end of the needle into a point;
and producing the flat portion by stamping.
The invention will be more readily understood on reading the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings~ in which:
- Figure 1 is an enlarged view of the needle; and - Figure 2 is an enlarged cross-sectionai view of the needle, taken along line II-II.
Figure 1 shows:
- in 1~ the very sharp point of the needIe, - in 2 the cylindrical part forming the main body of the needle; advantageously, the diameter of said cylindrical part is 0.45 mm, - in 3, the flat portion of the needle, followed/ in 47 by another cylindrical part~ the diameter of which can be the same as that of cylindrical part 2.
. 35 Figure 2 shows:
a`'~ ~ a cross-section (hachured part) of the flat portion 5 of the needle, the shape of this flat portion being substantially rectangular, and the length of said rectangular part7 which is for example obtained by simple deforma-tion of the cylinder, being slightly grea-ter -thall the initial diameter of the cylinder; for example, the length of part 3 of the needle (measured along -the a~is) only needs to be between 1 and 3 mm, - in 6, the finer cylindrical part ~ of -the needle.
The weigllt of the needle according to the invention is less than about 1.5 decigramm~ and preferably less than 1 decigramme.
It has been specified that the cylindric-al par-t of the needle comprises "at least one flat portion";
said portion (or portions) is quite obviously designed to help the practitioner handle the needle.Experience has shown that handling is made easier if the needle is provided with 3 to 6, and preferably 5, such flat portion~ placed one next to -the other. The leng-th of each flat portion will be around 1.4 to 2 mm (measured in the direction o~ the axis of the initial cylinder), and the various flat portions will be separated by a cylindrical part between 1.5 and 3 mm in length. It will be noted that the planes of each flat portion can be situated in the same plane or in different planes; preferably, and thereagain to make the needles easier to handle, these planes will be different. The width of each flat portion is between 1.1 D and 1.9 D approximately, D being the diameter of the cylidrical part~ with the reservation that, in any case, D is less than about 1 mmO
The method for preparing the acupuncture needles according to the invention consists in :
- cutting the steel wire (sprinsystainless steel) to the desired length;
- sharpening the needles, obviously, the pointed part of the needle will need to be as sharp as possible in relation to the material used at the start;
- deforming the cylindrical part of the needle to obtain the flat portion or portions, this is done by stamping;
~'7' it has been fo~d in every case that said flat portion shoulA not be si-tua-ted at the end of -the needle, but at a certain distance (a-t leas-t 0.4 mm) from that end;
when more than two flat por-tions (five for example) are required, the stamping will be carried out in at least two successive operations; for example, two adjacent flat portions will be stamped in a first operation and the three others in a second operation~
The needles prodllced as indicated hereinabove are thereafter packed for delivery in steri.le packagesO The needles can be packed individually or in sets (of 5 or ~ ~erably 10 needles). ~very precaution will need to be taken during packing to protect the pointed ends of the needles. For example a certain number of needles can be stuck in an open-pore plastic foam, or in a piece of cotton cloth, and their point can be protected by turning part of the cloth over the points. When the needles have been placed in the cotton or in -the foam, they are placed inside a card-board or a sheet of plas-tic which can already be printed with the necessary indications; the resulting bags or packets are placed under blister and sterilized by known means (ethylene oxide or irrad.iation ~or example). The advantage of all these packing operations is that they are quite industrializable, and -that the resulting finished product is commercializable at an advantageous cost price 7 It is also known that those who practise acupuncture often seek also the possibility of exciting the centers to l~hich the needles are direc-ted, this by sub-jecting -the needle -to a very slight potential difference.
Although this is possible with the needle described hereinabove, it has been found that it is often ad~anta-geous to coat the said needles with a very conducting and resistan-t metal or alloy~
~'77~
S-uitable metals or alloys aIegold, silver, platinum1 copper and possibly niclcel, or an alloy nade from tllese metals.
These me-tals and/or their alloys can be coated on the needles by -the conventional methods;
the object being to ob-tain a simple superf`icial coa-ting of` the needle (-thickness of -the coating preferably between 0.1 and 2 microns), -the metals can be deposi-ted by electrolysis of a conventional suitable solution.
The needles coated as indicated herein-above have many advAntages, amongs-t which :
- improved visibility of the need:Le when said needle is stuck in the patient's skin;
- improved electrical and electrostatic conductibility of -the needle;
- use of a surface of generally precious metal considered as less liable to become oxidi~ed and therefore cleaner and easier to keep sterile;
- positive psychological effects on the patient.
The following example is given non-restrictively to illustrate the invention :
A 50 mm long stainless steel needle is produced from a cylindrical rod of 0.~5 mm diameter.
A very fine point is made at one of the end of said needle and, close to the other end of the needle, three flat portions are produced by crushing, the length of each flat portion (measured along -the axis of the needle) being between 1 and 3 mm and preferably about 1~6 mm.
The width of each flat portion is about 0~75 mrn and the distance between each flat portion is about 1.6 mm. The resul-ting acupunc-ture needle is easy to handle for the practi-tioner.
~ Yle resul-ting needle is clipped into an electrolysis tanlc con-taining a soluble gold sal-t.
Af-ter about 2 minu-tes of` elec-trolysis, a layer of about 0.~ micron tl~ickness is deposited over the entire needle.
The needle obtained according to the invention has been f`ound to be very safe , to have a hiSi~ conduc-tibility~ and good stability once positioned correctly, due to i-ts light weight.
Claims (5)
1. Sterile-packed disposable acupuncture needle wherein :
a) - the length of said needle is between about 30 and 80 mm, and preferably about 50 mm;
- the diameter of its cylindrical part is between 0.35 and 0.50 mm, and preferably about 0.45 mm;
- it is made from strong stainless steel;
b) - it has one pointed end;
- and its cylindrical part is provided, over part of its length, with at least one flat portion which is obtained by deformation of the cylindrical part, said deformation resulting in a widening of said part, going from 1.1 D
to 1.9 D, D being the width of the said cylindrical part where the said "flat portion" is formed.
a) - the length of said needle is between about 30 and 80 mm, and preferably about 50 mm;
- the diameter of its cylindrical part is between 0.35 and 0.50 mm, and preferably about 0.45 mm;
- it is made from strong stainless steel;
b) - it has one pointed end;
- and its cylindrical part is provided, over part of its length, with at least one flat portion which is obtained by deformation of the cylindrical part, said deformation resulting in a widening of said part, going from 1.1 D
to 1.9 D, D being the width of the said cylindrical part where the said "flat portion" is formed.
2. Acupuncture needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said cylindrical part, where at least one flat portion is provided, presents an extra thickness which is such that the width D is at the most equal to about 1 mm.
3. Acupuncture needle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stainless steel is coated with a superficial metal layer of thickness between about 0.1 and 2 microns.
4. Acupuncture needle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the superficial metal coating can be in gold, silver, platinum, copper, nickel or alloys containing said metals.
5. Method for the industrial production of an acupuncture needle such as claimed in claim 1, wherein said method consists in the following steps :
- cutting a stainless steel wire;
- sharpening one end of the needle into a point;
- producing the flat portion by stamping.
- cutting a stainless steel wire;
- sharpening one end of the needle into a point;
- producing the flat portion by stamping.
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| FR8123520A FR2517963A1 (en) | 1981-12-16 | 1981-12-16 | Disposable acupuncture needle in sterile pack - has flattened section formed by stamping from steel wire |
| FR8123520 | 1981-12-16 | ||
| FR8207077 | 1982-04-23 | ||
| FR8207077A FR2525473A2 (en) | 1981-12-16 | 1982-04-23 | ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE |
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