EP0082081B1 - Aiguille d'acupuncture à usage unique et son procédé de préparation - Google Patents

Aiguille d'acupuncture à usage unique et son procédé de préparation Download PDF

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EP0082081B1
EP0082081B1 EP82402277A EP82402277A EP0082081B1 EP 0082081 B1 EP0082081 B1 EP 0082081B1 EP 82402277 A EP82402277 A EP 82402277A EP 82402277 A EP82402277 A EP 82402277A EP 0082081 B1 EP0082081 B1 EP 0082081B1
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Gilbert Ohana
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H39/00—Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture
    • A61H39/08—Devices for applying needles to such points, i.e. for acupuncture ; Acupuncture needles or accessories therefor

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  • the present invention relates to new disposable acupuncture needles.
  • Acupuncture is a treatment technique that is both very old and potentially very interesting for the future, but which poses a certain number of problems with regard to the needles used.
  • the main issues are:
  • the present invention aims to overcome the various problems set out above on the basis of the basic idea that to ensure absolute safety of the act of acupuncture it was necessary to have disposable needles.
  • the cylindrical part of said needle part in which "at least one flat part" is produced, has a slight excess thickness compared to the other cylindrical part of the needle. It is however essential that this additional thickness is such that the width D of said cylindrical part having an additional thickness remains less than about 1 mm.
  • the needle according to the invention is produced from a cylindrical metallic wire with cross-section. circular.
  • the width D will obviously be the diameter of the wire.
  • the needle thus produced has a weight less than about 1.5 decigrams and preferably less at 1 decigram. It has been specified that the cylindrical part of the needle comprises "" at least one flat part "; this part (or these parts) is obviously intended for the manipulation of the needle by the practitioner. Experience has shown that said manipulation could be facilitated if three to six of these planar parts were available, preferably five flat parts, arranged side by side. Each planar part will have a length (in the direction of the axis of the initial cylinder) d 'about 1.4 to 2 mm and the various planar parts will be separated by a cylindrical part of length between about 1.5 and about 3 mm.
  • each of the planar parts may be located in the same plane or in different planes; it is always preferable for ease of handling, that these planes are different.
  • the width of each planar part is between approximately 1.1 D and approximately 1.9 D if the diameter of the part is called D cylindrical with the understanding that in to us cases D is less than about 1 mm.
  • the needles thus produced are then packaged for delivery in a sterile manner.
  • the packaging can be done for each needle individually or for a series (5 or preferably 10 needles). 6It will be necessary during this packaging to take the necessary precautions so that the tips of the needles are protected. This is how we can proceed to the packaging either by pricking a certain number of needles in a plastic foam with open pores or pricking the needles in a piece of cotton cloth and protecting the points by folding down on these points part of said fabric.
  • the needles When the needles are placed in the cotton or the foam has been produced, said needles are trapped in a cardboard or a plastic sheet which may include the necessary inscriptions; then the pouches obtained are sealed in a blister and sterilized by known methods (ethylene oxide or irradiation for example). All of these packaging operations have the advantage of being perfectly industrializable, which makes it possible to obtain the finished marketable product with an acceptable cost price.
  • acupuncturists sometimes seek to have, in addition, the possibility of exciting the centers targeted by the acupuncture needle by subjecting the needle to a very slight difference in potential.
  • the needle described above achieves this objective, it has been found that it is often desirable to coat said needles with a coating of highly conductive metal or unalterable alloy.
  • the metals and alloys which can be used are gold silver platinum copper and possibly nickel or an alloy of these metals.
  • the deposits of these metals and / or alloys can be carried out by known methods; as we are aiming at a simple surface coating of the needle (thickness of the coating preferably between 0.1 and 2 microns) the metal deposits can be produced by electrolysis of a known suitable solution.
  • the needle thus obtained was soaked in an electrolysis tank containing a soluble gold salt. By electrolysis lasting approximately 2 minutes, a layer of gold approximately 0.4 microns thick was deposited over the entire needle.
  • the needle thus obtained has numerous advantages, in particular as regards its harmlessness and its conductivity and stability, after correct positioning due to its low mass.

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EP82402277A 1981-12-16 1982-12-14 Aiguille d'acupuncture à usage unique et son procédé de préparation Expired EP0082081B1 (fr)

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AT82402277T ATE18634T1 (de) 1981-12-16 1982-12-14 Einweg-akupunkturnadel und dazugehoeriges herstellungsverfahren.

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FR8123520A FR2517963A1 (fr) 1981-12-16 1981-12-16 Nouvelle aiguille d'acupuncture a usage unique
FR8123520 1981-12-16
FR8207077A FR2525473A2 (fr) 1981-12-16 1982-04-23 Aiguille d'acupuncture
FR8207077 1982-04-23

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EP0082081A1 EP0082081A1 (fr) 1983-06-22
EP0082081B1 true EP0082081B1 (fr) 1986-03-19

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JP (1) JPS58109055A (cs)
AT (1) ATE18634T1 (cs)
CA (1) CA1187759A (cs)
DE (1) DE3270042D1 (cs)
FR (1) FR2525473A2 (cs)
HK (1) HK41788A (cs)

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US4582060A (en) * 1984-11-20 1986-04-15 Young Dental Manufacturing Company Tattooing tool and needle assembly for use therein
FR2625900A1 (fr) * 1988-01-14 1989-07-21 Cohen Andre Aiguilles d'acupuncture a usage unique
FR2630645A1 (fr) * 1988-01-14 1989-11-03 Cohen Andre Aiguille d'acupuncture a usage unique
US5531675A (en) * 1989-05-10 1996-07-02 Yoo; Tae W. Micro-acupuncture needle for a finger of a hand
JPH07477A (ja) * 1993-06-11 1995-01-06 Katsuya Takasu 耳ツボ突刺針およびピアス
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US10172626B2 (en) 2008-04-15 2019-01-08 The Lonnie and Shannon Paulos Trust Tissue microfracture apparatus and methods of use
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US10238401B2 (en) 2013-09-23 2019-03-26 Arthrosurface, Inc. Microfracture apparatuses and methods
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DE19719421C1 (de) * 1997-05-12 1998-10-22 Asia Med Ges Fuer Akupunkturbe Verfahren zur Herstellung von Akupunkturnadeln, danach hergestellte Nadeln und Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens

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HK41788A (en) 1988-06-10
ATE18634T1 (de) 1986-04-15
JPS58109055A (ja) 1983-06-29
EP0082081A1 (fr) 1983-06-22
DE3270042D1 (en) 1986-04-24
FR2525473B2 (cs) 1985-04-05
FR2525473A2 (fr) 1983-10-28
CA1187759A (en) 1985-05-28

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