CN116350943A

CN116350943A - Ear muff with acupoint checking function

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Publication number: CN116350943A
Application number: CN202310542613.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李军茹; 林勋; 孙聆心; 沈建武; 罗然; 罗红英; 谭仔龙; 丁萌迪
Original assignee: QINGHAI HOSPITAL OF TCM
Current assignee: QINGHAI HOSPITAL OF TCM
Priority date: 2023-05-15
Filing date: 2023-05-15
Publication date: 2023-06-30

Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical care equipment, and particularly provides an earmuff with an acupoint checking function. The earmuff with the acupoint checking function comprises two muff bodies, a head beam, a plurality of ear clamps and a controller. The cover body is used for covering and buckling ears of a wearer, and a plurality of Hall sensors are arranged on the cover body. The head beam is used for connecting the two cover bodies together. The ear clip is for clamping an ear of a wearer, the ear clip being configured to generate a magnetic force. The controller is electrically connected with the Hall sensor and the ear clip respectively, and is configured to determine the ear clip used and the ear position where the ear clip is located according to the data detected by the Hall sensor, and provide pulse current for the ear clip used when all the ear positions are the positions where the target acupuncture points are located. The earmuff can not only effectively stimulate/massage ears by pulse current, but also automatically check acupoints, and provide pulse current to all used ear clips when verifying that all acupoints are accurate.

Description

Ear muff with acupoint checking function

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical care equipment, and particularly provides an earmuff with an acupoint checking function.

Background

A large number of acupoints are distributed on the ears of a person, and the ears are frequently massaged, so that the health care effect on the human body can be achieved. Clinically, medical staff can often carry out ear massage on a patient or paste medicaments on the ears of the patient so as to enable the medicaments to permeate corresponding acupuncture points or stimulate the acupuncture points, thereby relieving the pain of the patient and helping the patient recover primordial qi.

However, the above-described manner of massaging the ears of the patient consumes a great deal of effort from medical personnel; the above-mentioned mode of pasting medicament is slower to the effect of acupuncture point on the ear again, leads to the treatment experience of patient to be relatively poor.

For this purpose, the prior art provides some earmuffs with massaging functions. For example, chinese patent application publication No. CN2569798Y discloses an ear cup for acupoint boosting massage and health care, which is provided with a plurality of massage protrusions for massaging acupoints on the surface of the ear cup by arranging the ear cup in an air bag structure conforming to the outline shape of the ear, and connecting the ear cup with an air pump through an air pipe. Then, the ear cover is pressurized by the air pump, so that the massage bulges squeeze the ears, thereby realizing the function of massaging the ears.

However, since each part on the ear is easily displaced when being pressed by an external force, when the chinese patent application with publication number CN2569798Y presses the ear by the massage protrusions, the part on the ear in contact with the massage protrusions is easily displaced, resulting in insufficient pressing force of the massage protrusions on the ear and poor massage effect.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the present invention is to solve the problem that the massage/stimulation effect of the existing health care earmuff to the ear is poor.

It is a further object of the invention to verify whether the ear cavity used is correct.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an ear muff with an acupoint checking function, comprising:

the two cover bodies are used for covering ears of a wearer, and a plurality of Hall sensors are arranged on the cover bodies;

a head beam for connecting the two cover bodies together;

a plurality of ear clips for clipping an ear of a wearer, the ear clips configured to be capable of generating a magnetic force;

and the controller is electrically connected with the Hall sensor and the ear clip respectively, and is configured to determine the used ear clip and the ear position where the ear clip is positioned according to the data detected by the Hall sensor, and provide pulse current for the used ear clip when all the ear positions are the positions where the target acupuncture points are positioned.

Optionally, each ear clip is provided with an electromagnetic coil;

the controller is further configured to perform the steps of:

energizing each of said electromagnetic coils individually;

For each electromagnetic coil, respectively acquiring data detected by all the Hall sensors;

determining the position of the ear where the current ear clip is positioned according to all the data;

when all the ear positions are the positions of the target acupuncture points, pulse current is provided for all the ear clips to be used;

and sending out reminding information when at least one ear clip is incorrect in position.

Optionally, determining, according to all the data, the current ear position of the ear clip includes:

determining first data, second data and third data with the largest numerical value from all the data;

acquiring a first position, a second position and a third position of a Hall sensor corresponding to the first data, the second data and the third data on the cover body;

determining a first path between the first location and the second location, and determining a second path between the first location and the third location;

determining a first straight line where the current ear clip is located according to the first path, the first data and the second data;

determining a second straight line where the current ear clip is located according to the second path, the first data and the third data;

And determining the intersection point of the first straight line and the second straight line as the ear position of the current ear clip.

Optionally, the determining, according to the first path, the first data, and the second data, a first straight line where the current ear clip is located includes: determining a first intersection point of the first straight line and the first path according to the first path, the first data and the second data; a straight line passing through the first intersection point and perpendicular to the first path is recorded as the first straight line; the determining, according to the second path, the first data, and the third data, a second line in which the current ear clip is located includes: determining a second intersection point of the second straight line and the second path according to the second path, the first data and the third data; and (3) marking a straight line which passes through the second intersection point and is perpendicular to the second path as the second straight line.

Optionally, the distance between the first intersection point and the first position is:

the distance between the second intersection point and the first position is as follows:

wherein L is ₁ For the first path, L ₂ For the second path, X ₁ For the first data, X ₂ For the second data, X ₃ Is the third data.

determining one data with the largest numerical value from all the data;

acquiring the position of the Hall sensor corresponding to the data on the cover body;

the position is determined as the ear position where the current ear clip is located.

Optionally, each ear clip is electrically connected to the controller through a set of wires, each set of wires is respectively bolted with a bungee cord, and the bungee cords are used for shrinking the wires;

each of the covers includes a locking structure disposed between the bungee cord and the ear clip for locking the wire to maintain the current extension of the wire.

Optionally, the locking wire structure comprises a fixed plate, a movable plate slidingly connected with the fixed plate, an elastic member arranged between the fixed plate and the movable plate, a first magnet arranged on the fixed plate and a second magnet arranged on the movable plate, wherein a plurality of first through holes allowing the electric wires to pass through are arranged on the fixed plate, a plurality of second through holes allowing the electric wires to pass through are arranged on the movable plate, and the first through holes and the second through holes are in one-to-one correspondence and are staggered; the elastic component is used for driving the movable plate to approach the fixed plate; one of the first magnet and the second magnet is an electromagnet electrically connected with the control, so that when the electromagnet is electrified, magnetic force for driving the movable plate to be far away from the fixed plate is generated between the first magnet and the second magnet.

Optionally, a first fixed column is arranged on one side of the fixed plate facing the movable plate, and a fixed hole allowing the first fixed column to penetrate is arranged on the movable plate; the locking wire structure further comprises a second fixing column fixedly connected with the first fixing column, and a fixing cap is arranged at one end, far away from the first fixing column, of the second fixing column; the elastic component is a spring sleeved on the first fixed column and respectively abutted with the movable plate and the fixed cap.

Optionally, the earmuff further comprises a battery electrically connected with the controller, wherein the battery is arranged on the muff body or the head beam; and/or the ear clip is arranged into a C-shaped circular ring, and both ends of the C-shaped circular ring are respectively provided with an arc-shaped surface protruding outwards; and/or the cover body is provided with containing grooves which are equal to the ear clips in number, and the containing grooves are used for containing the ear clips so as to clamp the ear clips in the cover body.

Based on the foregoing description, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that in the foregoing technical solution of the present invention, by providing a plurality of hall sensors on the cover body, a plurality of ear clips capable of generating magnetic force are configured for the ear cover, and the ear clips are electrically connected with the controller through wires, so that the controller can determine the ear clip used and the ear position where the ear clip is located according to the data detected by the hall sensors, and provide pulse current for the ear clip used when all the ear positions are the positions where the target acupoints are located. Therefore, the earmuff of the invention not only can effectively stimulate/massage the ears by the pulse current, but also can automatically check the acupoints, and when all acupoints are verified to be accurate, the pulse current is provided for all used ear clips.

Further, by arranging electromagnetic coils on each ear clip respectively and electrifying each electromagnetic coil one by one; for each electromagnetic coil, respectively acquiring data detected by all Hall sensors; then determining the position of the ear where the current ear clip is positioned according to all the data; providing pulse current for all ear clips to be used when all ear positions are the positions of target acupuncture points; and sending out reminding information when at least one ear position is not the position of the target acupoint. Therefore, the earmuff can automatically check the acupoints, and provide pulse current to all used earmuffs when all acupoints check the accuracy of all acupoints.

Further, by configuring each group of wires with a bungee cord, the pulled wire can be automatically retracted under the action of the bungee cord. By configuring the cover with a lockwire structure, the pulled wire can be maintained at the current length by the lockwire structure, so that an operator can clamp the ear clip on the ear conveniently.

Other advantages of the present invention will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can more clearly understand the improvements object, features and advantages of the present invention.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, some embodiments of the present invention will be described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that components or portions thereof identified in different drawings by the same reference numerals are identical or similar; the drawings of the invention are not necessarily to scale relative to each other.

In the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a first isometric view of a middle ear cup according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a second isometric view of a middle ear cup according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of a cover (with an ear clip removed) in some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an isometric view of a cover (ear clip not removed) in some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a view of the enclosure of FIG. 4 in the direction A;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of the effect of the cord and bungee cord according to some embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a view of the cover of FIG. 4 in the direction B;

FIG. 8 is an exploded view (first perspective) of a lockwire structure in some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view (second perspective) of a lockwire structure in some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 10 is an isometric view of a lockwire structure in some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the lockwire structure of FIG. 10 taken along the direction C-C;

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of the steps for performing acupoint verification for a middle ear cup according to some embodiments of the invention;

FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating steps for determining the current ear position of a clip for a ear shield according to some embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic illustration of the effect of a ear shield in determining the position of an ear where an ear clip is located in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a flowchart of the steps for performing acupoint verification on a middle ear cup according to further embodiments of the present invention.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100. a cover body; 110. a housing; 120. a heat preservation layer; 121. a receiving groove; 130. a hall sensor;

200. a head beam;

300. ear clips; 301. an arc surface; 310. an electromagnetic coil;

400. an electric wire;

500. an elastic rope;

600. a controller;

700. a battery;

800. a lockwire structure; 810. a fixing plate; 811. a first through hole; 812. a first fixing column; 820. a movable plate; 821. a second through hole; 822. a fixing hole; 830. an elastic member; 841. a first magnet; 842. a second magnet; 850. a second fixing column; 851. a fixing cap;

901. a first position; 902. a second position; 903. a third position; 904. ear position; 911. a first path; 912. a second path; 921. a first straight line; 922. a second straight line; 931. a first intersection point; 932. and a second intersection point.

Detailed Description

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments described below are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments of the present invention, and the some embodiments are intended to explain the technical principles of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive effort, based on the embodiments provided by the present invention, shall still fall within the scope of protection of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, terms such as "center", "upper", "lower", "top", "bottom", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate directions or positional relationships, which are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, it should be noted that, in the description of the present invention, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected, can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can also be communicated with the inside of two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the present invention, an earmuff having an acupoint stimulating function includes two hoods 100, a head girder 200 connecting the two hoods 100 together, and a plurality of ear clips 300. Wherein the cover body 100 is used for covering and buckling the ears of a wearer, and the ear clip 300 is used for clamping the ears of the wearer, so that the ear cover can massage/stimulate the ears of the wearer through the ear clip 300.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the cap 100 is rotatably coupled to the head rest 200 so that the wearer's ears can be covered by the cap 100 by contacting the head rest 200 with the wearer's head when the earmuff is worn.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, in some embodiments of the present invention, the cover 100 includes a cover case 110 connected to the head rest 200 and a heat insulating layer 120 provided inside the cover case 110, the heat insulating layer 120 serving to insulate the ears of the wearer. Meanwhile, the insulating layer 120 can absorb external noise to create a quiet environment for the wearer.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the insulating layer 120 may be made of any feasible material, such as sponge, cotton, etc.

As shown in fig. 3 and 5, in some embodiments of the present invention, the insulation layer 120 is provided with a number of accommodating grooves 121 corresponding to the number of ear clips 300, and the accommodating grooves 121 are used for accommodating the ear clips 300 so as to clamp the ear clips 300 in the cover body 100.

As shown in fig. 3, 4 and 6, the ear clip 300 is provided as a C-shaped ring, and both ends of the C-shaped ring are respectively provided with an arc surface 301 protruding outward.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, by providing the ear clip 300 as a C-shaped ring, the ear can be clipped by the C-shaped ring by inserting the ear into the C-shaped ring through the notch of the C-shaped ring. Meanwhile, by setting the two ends of the C-shaped circular ring as the outwards convex arc surfaces 301 respectively, the edges of the ear clip 300 are prevented from scratching ears.

Further, the sizes of the C-shaped rings may be the same or different. Illustratively, the diameters of the C-rings are different to clamp the edge of the ear or a location near the edge of the ear by a smaller diameter C-ring and clamp the interior of the ear or a location far from the edge of the ear by a smaller diameter C-ring.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the two arcuate surfaces 301 of the ear clip 300 are made of a conductive material.

Further, the ear clip 300 can be made of any feasible material, such as iron, copper, silver, plastic, etc. Preferably, the ear clip 300 is made of a slightly resilient material (e.g., iron, metal alloy, plastic, etc.) to ensure that the ear clip 300 is capable of clamping an ear.

As shown in fig. 4, in some embodiments of the present invention, the depth of the receiving groove 121 is smaller than the diameter of the C-shaped ring, so that a portion of the C-shaped ring that is caught in the receiving groove 121 is exposed, thereby facilitating the operator to take out the ear clip 300 from the receiving groove 121.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of hall sensors 130 are provided on the cover 100, and the ear clip 300 is configured to generate a magnetic force such that the plurality of hall sensors 130 on the cover 100 can detect the magnetic force of the ear clip 300.

Wherein the number of hall sensors 130 is at least three. For example, the number of hall sensors 130 may be the same as the number of ear clips 300, and the number of hall sensors 130 may be less than the number of ear clips 300; the number of hall sensors 130 may also be greater than the number of ear clips 300.

When the number of hall sensors 130 is the same as the number of ear clips 300, each hall sensor 130 can be made to detect one ear clip 300, respectively.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, each ear clip 300 is provided with a solenoid 310, which solenoid 310 is capable of generating a magnetic force when energized.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, since the magnitude of the magnetic force of the electromagnetic coil 310 increases as the current increases and decreases as the current decreases, the electromagnetic coil 310 on the ear clip 300 may be energized to provide a therapeutic magnetic field to the patient while the ear clip 300 is being clipped to the patient's ear, thereby providing a therapeutic magnetic field to the patient's ear.

Furthermore, in other embodiments of the present invention, one skilled in the art may also configure the electromagnetic coil 310 on the ear clip 300 as a permanent magnet, as desired.

As shown in fig. 3 and 6, in some embodiments of the present invention, the earmuff further comprises a plurality of sets of wires 400, a plurality of bungee cords 500 corresponding to the number of wires 400, a controller 600, and a battery 700.

It should be noted that, for ease of understanding, only three sets of wires 400 are shown in fig. 3, and only one ear clip 300 and one set of wires 400 are shown in fig. 6. However, in some embodiments of the present invention, each ear clip 300 is electrically connected to the controller 600 via a set of wires 400, respectively, such that the controller 600 provides pulsed current to the ear clip 300.

Further, the solenoid 310 on the ear clip 300 is also electrically connected to the controller 600 such that the controller 600 provides a controllable current to the solenoid 310.

Further, the controller 600 is electrically connected to the battery 700 such that the battery 700 provides the controller 600 with electrical energy.

In some embodiments of the present invention, each set of wires 400 includes at least two pairs of wires, one pair of wires respectively connected to the two arcuate surfaces 301 of the ear clip 300 and the other pair of wires respectively connected to the two ends of the electromagnetic coil 310. The group of wires 400 may have the same jacket as a whole, i.e., multiple wires share one jacket; the same sheath may not be present, i.e. one sheath may be used for each wire.

As can be seen in fig. 3, each set of wires 400 corresponds to one of the receiving grooves 121 and extends out of its corresponding receiving groove 121 so that the wires 400 are hidden by the cover 100 when the ear clip 300 is placed in the receiving groove 121.

Although not shown, in some embodiments of the invention, the controller 600 may be provided on one of the two housings 100 or on the head rail 200. The battery 700 may be provided on one of the two cases 100 or on the head rail 200, and the battery 700 is preferably a rechargeable battery 700, such as a lithium battery 700. Further, the battery 700 may be provided as a plug capable of connecting an external power source as necessary by those skilled in the art.

Further, the controller 600 may be an integrated circuit board or an integrated circuit chip.

As shown in fig. 6, each set of wires 400 is respectively bolted with a bungee cord 500, and bungee cords 500 are used to retract wires 400. Specifically, both ends of the elastic cord 500 are fixedly connected to both portions of the same set of electric wires 400, respectively.

As can be seen from fig. 6, in a normal state, the elastic cord 500 bends a portion of its corresponding wire 400 by its own elastic force, thereby restricting the length of the wire 400 extending out of the receiving groove 121.

Further, the elastic cord 500 may be provided inside the head rest 200, and one end of the elastic cord 500 remote from its corresponding ear clip 300 is fixedly connected to the head rest 200 so that the electric wire 400 has a sufficient length to be pulled out. Alternatively, the one end of bungee cord 500 is positioned within head bridge 200 near another enclosure 100.

As shown in fig. 7, in some embodiments of the invention, each cover 100 includes a respective lockwire structure 800. The locking wire structure 800 is disposed between the elastic cord 500 and the ear clip 300 and serves to lock the electric wire 400 so that the electric wire 400 maintains the current extended length.

Optionally, a lockwire structure 800 is disposed between insulation 120 and bungee cord 500.

As shown in fig. 8 and 9, in some embodiments of the present invention, the earmuff further includes a fixed plate 810 fixedly coupled with the shell 110, a movable plate 820 slidably coupled with the fixed plate 810, an elastic member 830 disposed between the fixed plate 810 and the movable plate 820, a first magnet 841 disposed on the fixed plate 810, and a second magnet 842 disposed on the movable plate 820.

With continued reference to fig. 8 and 9, the fixed plate 810 is provided with a plurality of first through holes 811 allowing the electric wires 400 to pass therethrough, and the movable plate 820 is provided with a plurality of second through holes 821 allowing the electric wires 400 to pass therethrough, the first through holes 811 and the second through holes 821 being in one-to-one correspondence and offset from each other. The elastic member 830 serves to drive the movable plate 820 toward the fixed plate 810.

Further, one of the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842 is an electromagnet, so that when the electromagnet is energized, a magnetic force is generated between the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842 to drive the movable plate 820 away from the fixed plate 810. Alternatively, the first magnet 841 is an electromagnet, and may specifically be the electromagnetic coil 310.

As shown in fig. 8 to 11, a first fixing post 812 is provided at a side of the fixing plate 810 facing the movable plate 820, and a fixing hole 822 allowing the first fixing post 812 to pass through is provided on the movable plate 820. The lockwire structure 800 further includes a second fixing post 850 fixedly connected to the first fixing post 812, and a fixing cap 851 is disposed at an end of the second fixing post 850 away from the first fixing post 812.

Further, the first fixing post 812 is a hollow post, and the second fixing post 850 is embedded in the first fixing post 812 and thus fixedly coupled with the first fixing post 812. The second fixing leg 850 and the first fixing leg 812 may be fixed together by plugging, bonding, welding, screwing, or the like.

Further, there are at least two fixing holes 822 on the movable plate 820, and the diameter of the fixing hole 822 is slightly larger than that of the first fixing post 812, so that the movable plate 820 can move along the axial direction of the fixing hole 822 and is limited by the first fixing post 812 and the second fixing post 850, preventing the movable plate 820 from excessively shaking in the axial direction perpendicular to the fixing hole 822.

In addition, the person skilled in the art may also set the second fixing post 850 as a hollow post, and socket the second fixing post 850 on the first fixing post 812, as required. At the same time, the diameter of the fixing hole 822 is made slightly larger than that of the second fixing post 850.

As shown in fig. 8 to 11, in some embodiments of the present invention, the elastic member 830 is a spring that is sleeved on the first fixed column 812 and abuts against the movable plate 820 and the fixed cap 851, respectively.

In addition, the skilled artisan can also arrange the elastic member 830 as desired as any other viable member, such as a bungee cord, a clip, etc.

As shown in fig. 11, when the electromagnets in the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842 are not energized, the spring provides a force to the movable plate 820 close to the fixed plate 810 and thus clamps the electric wire 400 by the sidewalls of the dislocated first through hole 811 and second through hole 821, thereby maintaining the electric wire 400 at the current extension length.

When the electromagnets of the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842 are energized, a magnetic force is generated between the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842 to drive the movable plate 820 away from the fixed plate 810, so that the movable plate 820 and the fixed plate 810 no longer press the electric wire 400, and the electric wire 400 is retracted into the earmuff under the action of the elastic cord 500.

Further, in some embodiments of the present invention, buttons are provided on the head rail 200 or the cover 100 for controlling whether the electromagnet is energized. The head rest 200 or the cover 100 is provided with a switch for controlling the controller 600 to supply pulse current to the ear clip 300.

The method of use and the principle of operation of the earmuff of the invention will now be briefly described with reference to figures 1 to 3, 6 and 11.

First, a desired number of ear clips 300 are taken out from the cover 100, and the electric wires 400 corresponding to the ear clips 300 are drawn out by an appropriate length, for example, 5cm, 10cm, 12cm, 20cm, or the like. The drawn-out wire 400 is clamped by the movable plate 820 and the fixed plate 810 by the elastic member 830, and is not retracted.

Then, the removed ear clip 300 is clipped to the corresponding acupoint on the ear, and the cover body 100 is covered on the ear. The switch is turned on, so that the controller 600 determines the ear clip 300 to be used and the ear position thereof according to the data detected by the hall sensor 130, and when all the ear positions are the positions of the target acupoints, pulse current is provided for the ear clip 300 to be used, and then the ear clip 300 stimulates the acupoints on the ears to massage the wearer.

Finally, after use, the earmuffs are removed from the ears and all ear clips 300 on the ears are removed. The button is activated to energize the electromagnets in the first magnet 841 and the second magnet 842, unlocking the locking wire structure 800, and thus automatically retracting all of the wires 400 under the action of the bungee cord 500, and thus embedding the ear clip 300 into the receiving groove 121. If the ear clip 300 is not inserted into the receiving groove 121, the ear clip 300 may be manually inserted into the receiving groove 121.

Further, before the ear clip 300 is fixed to the ear, an operator (medical staff or patient) can determine the acupoints on the ear through the ear acupoint map (which can be found from the internet or books) so as to preliminarily fix the ear clip 300 to the corresponding acupoints.

Those skilled in the art can also easily present the position of the ear clip 300 that is not the target acupoint because the acupoints on the ears are densely distributed, especially for patients who do not understand medicine. For this reason, the present invention configures the controller 600 to determine the ear clip 300 to be used and the position of the ear where it is located according to the data detected by the hall sensor 130, and to supply the pulse current to the ear clip 300 to be used when all the ear positions are the positions where the target acupuncture points are located.

As shown in fig. 12 in particular, the controller 600 of the present invention is configured to perform the following steps:

in step S110, the electromagnetic coils 310 of each ear clip 300 are energized one by one.

In the present invention, step S110 is performed after the desired number of ear clips 300 are all clipped to the ears. Specifically, a detection button may be provided on the earmuff, and when the button is pressed, the controller 600 starts to perform step S110.

As an example, for each ear clip 300, a detector (for example, a micro switch) is provided on the cover 100, respectively, to detect whether or not the ear clip 300 is taken out of the accommodating groove 121 of the cover 100 by the detector, and is used. The controller 600 is then energized one by one only with respect to the electromagnetic coils 310 of the ear clip 300 that is removed from the cover 100.

As an example two, the electromagnetic coils 310 of all ear clips 300 are energized one by one, whether or not the ear clips 300 are used.

In step S120, data detected by all the hall sensors 130 are acquired for each electromagnetic coil 310.

Specifically, when the current electromagnetic coil 310 is energized, all data detected by the hall sensors 130 are acquired.

Step S130, determining the current ear position of the ear clip 300 according to all the data.

In the present invention, step S130 is performed after the electromagnetic coils 310 of each ear clip 300 are energized one by one.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14, step S130 may further include:

step S131, determining the first data, the second data and the third data with the largest values from all the data.

Illustratively, all data are ordered from large to small, and the largest three data are selected as the first data, the second data, and the third data.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the hall sensor 130 is closest to the current solenoid 310 because the closer to the solenoid 310, the stronger the magnetic field, and the greater the value of the data detected by the hall sensor 130.

In step S132, a first position 901, a second position 902, and a third position 903 of the hall sensor 130 on the housing 100 corresponding to the first data, the second data, and the third data are acquired.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the hall sensor 130 has a unique position after being fixed to the housing 100. This position may be set at the time of design of the earmuff or may be obtained by measurement while the hall sensor 130 is fixed to the cover 100. After the position of the hall sensor 130 is determined, it is stored in the controller 600 or in a memory electrically connected to the controller 600.

One skilled in the art can also determine the hall sensor 130 corresponding to the first data, the second data and the third data after determining the first data, the second data and the third data, and further determine the first position 901, the second position 902 and the third position 903, because each hall sensor 130 corresponds to one detected data.

It should be noted that the first position 901, the second position 902, and the third position 903 in fig. 14 are merely for facilitating the understanding of the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limited to the three positions, but may be any other possible positions, for example, the positions of the three hall sensors 130 shown at the bottom in fig. 14.

Step S133, determining a first path 911 between the first position 901 and the second position 902, and determining a second path 912 between the first position 901 and the third position 903.

The first path 911 is a straight line segment between the first position 901 and the second position 902, and the second path 912 is a straight line segment between the first position 901 and the third position 903.

In step S134, a first line 921 in which the current ear clip 300 is located is determined according to the first path 911, the first data, and the second data.

As shown in fig. 14 in particular, a first intersection 931 of the first straight line 921 with the first path 911 is determined based on the first path 911, the first data, and the second data. A straight line passing through the first intersection point 931 and perpendicular to the first path 911 is referred to as a first straight line 921.

Wherein the distance l between the first intersection point 931 and the first position 901 ₁ The method comprises the following steps:

wherein L is ₁ For the first path 911, X ₁ X is the first data ₂ Is the second data.

In step S135, a second straight line 922 in which the current ear clip 300 is located is determined according to the second path 912, the first data and the third data.

As shown in fig. 14, a second intersection 932 of the second straight line 922 and the second path 912 is determined based on the second path 912, the first data, and the third data. A straight line passing through the second intersection point 932 and perpendicular to the second path 912 is referred to as a second straight line 922.

The distance l2 between the second intersection 932 and the first position 901 is:

wherein L is ₂ For the second path 912, X ₃ Is the third data.

In step S136, the intersection point of the first straight line 921 and the second straight line 922 is determined as the ear position 904 where the current ear clip 300 is located.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the distance between the cover 100 and the ear is small or even close together when the ear clip 300 is worn, so that in the present invention, the ear position 904 at which the ear clip 300 is located, the position at which the hall sensor 130 is located, and the cover 100 can all be in a coordinate system with reference to the cover 100.

In step S140, when all ear positions 904 are the positions of the target acupoints, pulse currents are provided to all ear clips 300 to be used.

Wherein, the target acupoint is the acupoint to be used by the patient in the treatment. The target acupoints are different due to different pathology. Examples of therapeutic conditions and target acupoints are as follows:

nerve-soothing basic recipe, which comprises the following components: the Shenmen, subcortical, heart, kidney.

The prescription is a basic prescription for treating neurasthenia. It should be noted here that if the patient is accompanied by a gastrointestinal dysfunction, the Shenmen acupoint is changed to the pillow acupoint, and the spleen and stomach are added; as proved by experiments, the Shenmen has the effect of inhibiting gastrointestinal motility, while the pillow point has weaker effect than the Shenmen point, but has no effect of inhibiting gastrointestinal motility. The prescription has effects of nourishing heart and tranquillizing, and is suitable for treating symptoms of neurasthenia syndrome, such as insomnia, dreaminess, dizziness, palpitation, etc.

Pain relieving basic recipe, which comprises the following components: gatherings, subcortical, sympathoses.

The prescription is suitable for treating various pains and is also a basic prescription for acupuncture anesthesia. The effect is better if the corresponding auricular points are matched. For example, treat migraine with the symptoms of temporo, liver, pancreas and gallbladder. Cervical vertebra pain is accompanied by cervical vertebra, neck, kidney and liver. Renal colic is associated with kidney, bladder and abdomen. Stomach is painful to the spleen and stomach. Knee joint pain, kidney; shoulder-fitting with rheumatic pain → clavicle (i.e. rheumatism line).

Biliary tract system basic recipe, composition: pancreas gallbladder, liver, spleen, stomach, duodenum.

These five points are also known as "stomach triangle". As the name implies, this group of points is a basic prescription around the stomach point for treating biliary tract digestive system, and mainly for cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, gastritis, gastric ulcer, etc. Adrenal gland, subcortical, endocrine, which are accompanied by inflammation; with pain associated with the coordination of the hilum, subcortical, sympathology. Relaxing bowels: the large intestine can promote colon peristalsis, the spleen governs transportation and transformation of food, the subcortical function is regulated, the peristalsis of the intestines is increased in the middle and abdomen of the boat, and the spleen, triple energizer, lung and abdomen are matched by regulating qi and relieving distention; stopping leakage: lower rectal segment, large intestine, spleen, ear tip, neural gate, pillow and endocrine; cortex down and Fengxi are added for allergic enteritis; diarrhea due to spleen-kidney yang deficiency adds kidney.

An anti-fatigue basic recipe comprises the following components: heart, spleen, adrenal gland.

The preparation is used for resisting fatigue, and is suitable for fatigue caused by work, study, travel, spirit and other factors. It is also suitable for treating listlessness, memory imbalance, or competitive syndrome, with dizziness, limb debilitation, upper limb, lower limb, tinnitus, inner ear, outer ear, insomnia, dreaminess, mental retardation, subcortical hypofunction, palpitation, heart and small intestine.

The asthma relieving basic recipe comprises the following components: in the corner, opposite the apex, kidneys and lungs.

The composition is suitable for treating respiratory diseases, cough and wheezing. Spleen and triple energizer are added for patients with excessive phlegm; there are inflamed adrenal glands, endocrine glands and subcortical glands.

The pulse current can be any feasible wave such as square wave, triangular wave, trapezoidal wave and the like, the wave width of the pulse current is any value from 0.1 to 1ms, the frequency of the pulse current is any value from 1 to 100Hz, the current of the pulse current is any value from 0mA to 100mA, and the voltage of the pulse current is any value from 0 to 100V.

The pulse current is illustratively a square wave, the bandwidth of the pulse current is 0.2ms, the frequency of the pulse current is 30Hz, the current of the pulse current is 20mA, and the voltage of the pulse current is 38V.

And step S150, sending out reminding information when at least one ear position is not the position of the target acupoint.

The reminding information may include any feasible information, such as sound information, pulse current information sent by the corresponding ear clip 300, and indicator light information.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that if the alert message includes a sound message, the earmuff is configured with a speaker. If the alert message includes indicator light information, the earmuff is configured with at least one indicator light.

Specifically, when the identified ear position is not the position of the target acupoint, the earmuff sends out a reminding message to remind the patient to readjust the position of the corresponding ear clip 300 (the ear clip 300 corresponding to the at least one ear position).

For example, when one of the ear clips 300 is not located at the target acupoint, the controller 600 supplies a pulse current to the ear clip 300 and sounds the ear cup so that the patient or operator can quickly and accurately find the ear clip 300.

After the adjustment, the above steps may be re-performed for all the used ear clips 300, or may be re-performed for the ear clips 300 detected in step S150.

Based on the foregoing description, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that the earmuff of the present invention can not only effectively stimulate/massage the ear by the pulse current, but also automatically perform the acupoint calibration, and provide the pulse current to all the ear clips 300 to be used when verifying that all the acupoints are accurate.

In other embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art may also make appropriate adjustments to some of the embodiments described above as needed to adapt to a specific application scenario. Examples are as follows:

In other embodiments of the present invention, the number of hall sensors 130 provided on the cover 100 is much greater than the number of ear clips 300. Preferably, the acupoints commonly used on the ears are respectively corresponding to one Hall sensor.

As shown in fig. 15, in other embodiments of the present invention, unlike some of the embodiments described above, step S130 includes:

in step S210, one data with the largest value is determined from all the data.

As described above, the ear position where the ear clip 300 is located, the position where the hall sensor 130 is located, and the cover 100 may all be in one coordinate system with reference to the cover 100; and because the acupoints commonly used on the ears are respectively corresponding to one Hall sensor, the position corresponding to the largest Hall sensor 130 corresponding to one datum is the position of the ear where the current ear clip 300 is positioned.

In step S220, the position of the hall sensor 130 corresponding to the one data on the cover 100 is obtained.

Step S230, determining the position as the ear position where the current ear clip 300 is located.

Further, there is a slight difference in shape and size of the ear due to the different individuals. Therefore, the controller 600 or a memory connected to the controller 600 may store different types of ears in advance, and the correspondence between the different types of ears and the positions of the target ear points. Before the patient uses the earmuff, the proper type of ear is selected for the patient through a selection button arranged on the earmuff or a terminal (such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer and the like) in communication connection with the earmuff, so that the reliability of the earmuff in use is ensured.

Thus far, the technical solution of the present invention has been described in connection with the foregoing embodiments, but it will be readily understood by those skilled in the art that the scope of the present invention is not limited to only these specific embodiments. The technical solutions in the above embodiments can be split and combined by those skilled in the art without departing from the technical principles of the present invention, and equivalent changes or substitutions can be made to related technical features, so any changes, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the technical principles and/or technical concepts of the present invention will fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An earmuff with an acupoint checking function, comprising:

a head beam for connecting the two cover bodies together;

2. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 1, wherein,

each ear clip is provided with an electromagnetic coil;

the controller is further configured to perform the steps of:

energizing each of said electromagnetic coils individually;

and sending out reminding information when at least one ear position is not the position of the target acupoint.

3. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 2, wherein,

and determining the ear position of the current ear clip according to all the data, wherein the method comprises the following steps:

4. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 3, wherein,

the determining a first straight line where the current ear clip is located according to the first path, the first data and the second data includes: determining a first intersection point of the first straight line and the first path according to the first path, the first data and the second data; a straight line passing through the first intersection point and perpendicular to the first path is recorded as the first straight line;

the determining, according to the second path, the first data, and the third data, a second line in which the current ear clip is located includes: determining a second intersection point of the second straight line and the second path according to the second path, the first data and the third data; and (3) marking a straight line which passes through the second intersection point and is perpendicular to the second path as the second straight line.

5. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 4, wherein,

the distance between the first intersection point and the first position is:

6. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 2, wherein,

determining one data with the largest numerical value from all the data;

7. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of any one of claims 1-6, wherein,

each ear clip is electrically connected with the controller through a group of electric wires, each group of electric wires is respectively bolted with an elastic rope, and the elastic ropes are used for shrinking the electric wires;

8. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 7, wherein,

the lockwire structure comprises a fixed plate, a movable plate which is connected with the fixed plate in a sliding way, an elastic component which is arranged between the fixed plate and the movable plate, a first magnet which is arranged on the fixed plate and a second magnet which is arranged on the movable plate,

the fixed plate is provided with a plurality of first through holes allowing the electric wires to pass through, the movable plate is provided with a plurality of second through holes allowing the electric wires to pass through, and the first through holes and the second through holes are in one-to-one correspondence and are staggered;

the elastic component is used for driving the movable plate to approach the fixed plate;

one of the first magnet and the second magnet is an electromagnet electrically connected with the control, so that when the electromagnet is electrified, magnetic force for driving the movable plate to be far away from the fixed plate is generated between the first magnet and the second magnet.

9. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of claim 8, wherein,

a first fixed column is arranged on one side of the fixed plate facing the movable plate, and a fixed hole allowing the first fixed column to penetrate is formed in the movable plate;

The locking wire structure further comprises a second fixing column fixedly connected with the first fixing column, and a fixing cap is arranged at one end, far away from the first fixing column, of the second fixing column;

the elastic component is a spring sleeved on the first fixed column and respectively abutted with the movable plate and the fixed cap.

10. The earmuff with the acupoint calibration function of any one of claims 1-6, wherein,

the earmuff also comprises a battery electrically connected with the controller, and the battery is arranged on the muff body or the head beam; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the ear clip is arranged into a C-shaped circular ring, and both ends of the C-shaped circular ring are respectively provided with an arc-shaped surface protruding outwards; and/or the number of the groups of groups,

the cover body is provided with containing grooves which are equal to the ear clips in number, and the containing grooves are used for containing the ear clips so as to clamp the ear clips in the cover body.