EP1495745A1 - Einrichtung zur Stimulation von Akupunkturpunkten durch Licht- und/oder Magnet- und/oder Elektrotherapie - Google Patents

Einrichtung zur Stimulation von Akupunkturpunkten durch Licht- und/oder Magnet- und/oder Elektrotherapie Download PDF

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EP1495745A1
EP1495745A1 EP04370020A EP04370020A EP1495745A1 EP 1495745 A1 EP1495745 A1 EP 1495745A1 EP 04370020 A EP04370020 A EP 04370020A EP 04370020 A EP04370020 A EP 04370020A EP 1495745 A1 EP1495745 A1 EP 1495745A1
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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

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  • the present invention relates to a stimulation facility acupuncture points by light therapy and / or magnetotherapy and / or electrotherapy.
  • Acupuncture is an oriental method of treatment medical, considered as a soft medicine in Europe and in the countries Anglo-Saxon. It is a question of stimulating certain particular points of the human body located on meridians where the energy flows.
  • the stimulation of these points is achieved at with fine needles planted at these points, to tone or disperse the energy at the meridians. It is also possible to stimulate acupuncture points using moxa, or by massage.
  • New types of stimulation have been developed, and especially stimulations by light, by a magnetic field or by electricity.
  • US Pat. No. 6,074,411 relates to a device of laser acupuncture comprising a controller and a power supply a same housing and a plurality of laser emitters, adhering to the skin of the patient, each transmitter being connected to said housing by an electrical connection, this which thus constitutes an "octopus" subject to this case.
  • this device requires a large number of electrical connections, which can be particularly troublesome on the one hand during the installation of the transmitters and secondly during the session laser acupuncture.
  • Unit treatment devices are also known, pen-type, relatively autonomous, but requiring treatment of the patient point by point, the practitioner then being obliged to hold the pen in position during treatment.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose an installation stimulation of acupuncture points at least by energy from a light source and / or magnetic and / or electric, which compensates aforementioned drawbacks.
  • An object of the invention is to propose an installation of stimulation of acupuncture points compact and autonomous.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose an installation of stimulation of acupuncture points that do not require the intervention of practitioner during treatment.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose an installation of stimulation of acupuncture points requiring only simple supervision by the practitioner during treatment and not requiring intervention by the practitioner during treatment.
  • Another object of the invention is to propose an installation of stimulation of acupuncture points for easy placement and removal stimulation means.
  • the invention relates to a device 1 for stimulating points acupuncture.
  • the stimulation is obtained at least by the energy from a light source and / or magnetic and / or electric.
  • the device of the invention comprises at least one probe.
  • the installation may comprise a plurality of probes 2, ranging for example from two to twenty probes. These are able to cooperate with means 3 of temporary fixation to the skin 4 of the patient.
  • each probe 2 is provided means 5 for transmitting said stimulation energy.
  • the installation also includes at least one housing supply 6 of the probe or probes, comprising means 62 for connecting said housing 6 to at least one probe 2 and receiving means 61 7.
  • each housing 6 is intended to be equipped with a single probe, advantageously, it is possible to provide in particular four probes per housing, as shown in Figure 1.
  • the installation comprises a control unit 8, distinct from the supply of the one or more probes 2, and able to control their diet.
  • the control unit 8 is provided with means 81 transmission of control signals 7 as well as means 82 of stimulation programming. This control unit 8 thus makes it possible to control the different power supply boxes 6 distributed on the patient.
  • said probes are present in the form of a hollow stud having an upper portion cylindrical 21, a frustoconical intermediate portion 22 whose diameter increases towards a cylindrical lower part 23, of larger diameter than that of the upper part 21.
  • said probe 2 has in particular a longitudinal opening 24, of the same axis as that of the probe.
  • source 51 of light energy is housed inside the probe, at the level of the intermediate portion 22 or the lower portion 23.
  • Said source of energy light source is fed through the connection means 62.
  • the source of light energy 51 is in particular in the form of a light-emitting diode or a laser diode, arranged to the right of the acupuncture point to stimulate.
  • the wavelength of light emitted is for example between 500 nanometers and 1000 nanometers. II can also be envisaged to provide a group of several diodes contiguous in the same probe, to treat an area of the body of the patient.
  • the probe 2 is further completed by a magnetic energy source 52, capable of being associated with the source of light energy and / or an energy probe electric.
  • the magnetic energy source is for example under the shape of a separate probe with an electromagnetic coil, or then in the form of a permanent magnet, and surrounding, for example, the part 21 or 23 of the light and / or electrical probe 2.
  • the power supply can come from the same housing 6 or another separate housing, especially specified for magnetic power supply.
  • the magnetic energy source is in particular toric and placed at the acupuncture point right to stimulate, for example around this point acupuncture.
  • said electromagnetic coil can be also directly incorporated into the probe 2.
  • a magnetic field is used especially of low intensity.
  • the connecting means 62 comprise a waveguide, for example an optical fiber, for to convey the light energy emitted by the power supply unit 6 towards the probe 2 and the acupuncture point to stimulate.
  • each supply box 6 feeds four probes 2.
  • each supply box 6 feeds four probes 2.
  • the operation of the power supply boxes 6 is controlled by 8. The practitioner is therefore not obliged to dispose of a large number of wires around his patient to activate the operation and the synchronization of all the stimulation probes required for treatment envisaged.
  • the signals 7 emitted by the transmission means 81 of the control unit 8 are radio signals, especially infrared.
  • Ways program 81 are in the form of a transmitter for downloading a operating program to the receiving means 61 of the housing 6 which then becomes autonomous.
  • the programming means 82 and the transmission means 81 can order, housing 6 by housing and therefore, zone by zone of the patient's body, for example the sequence, the intensity, the duration and / or the stimulation frequency light and / or magnetic and / or electric. So, it is possible, by For example, to define the order in which the probes must be activated, the duration, intensity and frequency of the stimulation and / or to define whether the stimulation must be in continuous or pulsed emission. It is also possible to choose whether several acupuncture points should be stimulated simultaneously or not.
  • the fixing means 3 are in the form of a circular adhesive pellet 31, presenting a central opening 32, intended to be at the point right acupuncture to stimulate.
  • Said pellet has an upper face and a bottom side both adhesive. At least the face intended to be in contact with the patient's skin is covered with a hypoallergenic adhesive, this disposable pellet is changed to each person.
  • said pellets are provided in particular adhering to a sheet 33, for example in roll.
  • the adherence of the pastille 31 to the sheet 33 is reversible, so it is possible to take off the pellet to place it on the patient's skin.
  • each pellet is covered with a peelable protection 34 protecting the second adhesive face of said pellet 31.
  • the practitioner can remove the peelable protection 34 and install a probe 2.
  • pellets 31 have a non-adhesive tongue 35 to hold the lozenge before gluing it to the patient's skin and then separating the peelable protection 34 of said pellet.
  • Other solutions to install the probe 2 on the patient's body may be provided, such as cupping, or gel type adhesive for example.
  • the installation works as follows. First, the practitioner determines which acupuncture points to stimulate as well as the program stimulation to follow. He then disposes the adhesive pellets 31 on the skin 4 of the patient, right acupuncture points to stimulate, or on the probe. Then, after having removed the peelable protection 34 from a pellet 31, the practitioner applies an acupuncture point stimulation probe 2 at least by energy from a light source and / or magnetic and / or electric.
  • the practitioner can trigger, remotely, the program and treatment of stimulation using the control unit 8, via the power supply boxes 6.
  • the installation makes it possible to treat or stimulate several points acupuncture, in particular, simultaneously or one after the other, on a area or several areas of the body, pulsed or continuous with different frequencies, if any, zone by zone.

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DE9105621U1 (de) * 1991-05-07 1991-09-12 Mink, Mathias, 7570 Baden-Baden Vorrichtung zur äußeren Behandlung der Haut mit Laserstrahlen
DE4009644A1 (de) * 1990-03-26 1991-10-02 Horst Klostermann Vorrichtung und verfahren zur lichtbehandlung von akupunkturpunkten
US6074411A (en) 1998-04-04 2000-06-13 Lai; Ming Multiple diode laser apparatus and method for laser acupuncture therapy
WO2002040098A1 (de) * 2000-11-20 2002-05-23 Detlef Schikora Vorrichtung zur akupunktur mittels laserstrahlung

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DE4009644A1 (de) * 1990-03-26 1991-10-02 Horst Klostermann Vorrichtung und verfahren zur lichtbehandlung von akupunkturpunkten
DE9105621U1 (de) * 1991-05-07 1991-09-12 Mink, Mathias, 7570 Baden-Baden Vorrichtung zur äußeren Behandlung der Haut mit Laserstrahlen
US6074411A (en) 1998-04-04 2000-06-13 Lai; Ming Multiple diode laser apparatus and method for laser acupuncture therapy
WO2002040098A1 (de) * 2000-11-20 2002-05-23 Detlef Schikora Vorrichtung zur akupunktur mittels laserstrahlung

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