GB2606800A - Quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats - Google Patents

Quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats Download PDF

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GB2606800A
GB2606800A GB2200027.7A GB202200027A GB2606800A GB 2606800 A GB2606800 A GB 2606800A GB 202200027 A GB202200027 A GB 202200027A GB 2606800 A GB2606800 A GB 2606800A
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Abstract

The stimulator comprises pressing heads 1, a pressing head adjusting device 3, a rat fixing plate 10 (11, fig, 2) and a rat fixing plate position adjusting device. The pressing heads are perpendicular to the rat fixing plate so that the pressing head adjusting device is intended for adjusting their vertical and horizontal position. The fixing plate (fig 2) has a trunk groove with a tooth brace, limb grooves with claw fixers and a tail groove. A rat back pressing cover (17, fig 2) is arranged above the trunk groove and, in use, is fixed with a rat fixing plate. The rat fixing plate is fixed to an adjusting device to adjust it in the horizontal direction.

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Quantitative-Pressure Stimulator for Acupressure along Meridians of Rats TECHNICAL FIELD The invention belongs to the technical field of medical experimental instruments, particularly to a quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats. BACKGROUND Acupoint stimulation therapy of traditional Chinese medicine plays a very.important role in disease prevention and treatment in China In the process thereof, stimulation can be classified into physical stimulation and chemical stimulation, among which the latter generally is practised by professional doctors, while the former mainly is carried out by to means of electric current, temperature, pressure, etc., and acupoint therapeutic instruments and acupuncture treatment methods have been developed based on -hove stimulation principles.
in medical research, medical experiments are often conducted to explore the medical principles of acupressure stimulation, and specifically,. acupuncture experiments on rats are generally adopted to study the medical principles of acupressure stimulation.
However, it is very difficult for existing medical experimental instruments to fix nits' heads and limbs in proper positions in the non-anesthesia state during the experimental operation of rat a.cupoint pressing, the operation is not coriven.ienL and both experimenters and rats are prone to injuries, What's more it is ery difficult to find and spot acupoints. In addition,, during the experimental operation, it is difficult to keep the g degree on acupoints, pressing; up time" pressing time, repeated times of single acupomts times of cyclic pressing and moving range of kneading, which seriously affects the consistency of experiments, andfurther affects the exploration f medical principles of acupressure stimulation Therefore, it is of great practical significance to develop a stimulator foracupressure of rats which can effectively fix rats, conveniently spot rat a.cupoints, and has good consistency in acupressure.
SUMMARY
The invention aims to overcome the defects that the existing experimental equipment cannot effectively fix rats, is difficult to spot their acupoinLs and has poor pressino consistency,and to provide a rat acupoint pressing stimulation device which can effectively fix rats, conveniently spot rat acupoints and has good pressing consistency, particularly the quantitative-pressure stimulator 6)r acupressure along meridians of rats. The stimulator can effectively fix rats, adopt simple methods to conveniently spot rat acupoints, and can perform stimulation by means of quantitativ pre ure with high pressing consistency. Therefore, the stimulator is applicable in medical experiments to improve experimental efficiency, and convenient for experimemal operation with remarkable practicability.
To achieve the above objective, present invention provides the following technical scheme: the qua c stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats comprises pressing heads, a pressing: head adjusting device, a rat fixing plate and a rat fixing plate position adjusting device; tne pressing heads are peroendicular w the rat fixing plate; the pressing head adjusting device is intended for adjusting thu vertical and horizonta positions of the pressing heads; the rat fixing plate is used for t which serves as a rat physiological morphology recumbent bench, fixes rats firmly and accurately and easy to disassemble The rat fixing plate is provided with a trunk groove, limb grooves and a tail groove. The trunk groove is provided with a rat teeth brace correspondinu to the mouth of the rat he teeth brace is in U shape or quasi-U shape and is arranged with an elastic device. Teeth of rats are fixed as follows: pressing down the teeth brace, opening the mouth of the rat, putting the teeth into the teeth brace, loosening the teeth brace, followed by the bounce of the teeth brace.
nii A front claw fixer is arranged in the limb groove corresponding to the forelimb of the rat, and a magnetic silica gel block is arranged in the limb groove corresponding to the hind limb of h at. The hind limbs of rats are fixed by the magnetism of the magnetic silica gel block. A rat back pressing cover is arranged above the trunk groove, and the rat back pressing cover is fixed with a rat fixing plate.
The rat fixing plate is fixed on the rat fixing plate position adjusting device, and the position thereof in the horizontal direction is adjusted by the rat fixing plate position adjusting device.
The quarifita i-pressure stimulator for acupoims pressing along meridians of rats can realize quantification of pressing, stimulation which has long been a problem in the development of massage in clinical and basic research fields, and the intensity frequency and duration of pressing stimulation can be conveniently adjusted by the pressing head adjusting device (specifically controlled on the touch screen of the control module), thus bringing a brand-new design idea featuring ntel:', ntization, quantification and high accuracy to the basic research field of massage. With a reasonable structure, the ng plate can fectively fix rats. The rat fixing plate not only fixes the limbs of the rat, but also clamps the rat through the rat teeth brace. The rat back pressing cover is used to tighten the rat so that the rat can be fixed in a specinc state, which is convenient for the pressing heads to locate acupoinis of the rat. Mechanical equipment (pressing heads and pressing head adjusting device) is used instead of manual pressing,, which has good pressing consistency and can realize quantitative pressure stimulation. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupoints pressing along meridians of rats is used in medical experiments to improve experimental efficiency, facilitate experimental operation. and to has a promising' application prospect.
As the preferred technical scheme: according to he quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, the rat back pressing is provided with the rat limb reinforcing fixture at the positions corresponding to the four limb grooves of the rat fixing plate, so as to strengthen the fixing of the rat limbs, and prevent the rat limbs from detaching from the fixture which vill cause stimulation positioning deviation.
According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for a.cupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, the rat fixing plate is provided with a threaded hole corresponding to the opening of the rat back pressing cover, and the nut passes through the opening of the rat back pressing cover and then the threaded hole is turned to the fix the rat back g cover on the rat fixing plate.
According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, the front claw fixer comprises a fixer fixture, a fixer pressing part and a spring; the fixer fixture is designed as a cylindrical structure with only one-end opening, and is internally arranged with a fixer pressing part; the opening side of the fixer fi provided with a limit mechanism for surpressing the separation of the fixer pressing part; the spring is arranged between the fixer pressing part a Id the fixer fixing part; the side wall of the fixer fixture is provided with an opening communicated with the hollow part; the fixer pressing part is provided with a conical fixing hole for fixing the front claw of to the rats, and the front claw conical fixing hole corresponds to he opening communicated with the hollow part The rat's front paws are extended into the hollow part through the opening communicated with the hollow part while the pressing part is pressed, and then the pressing part is released, and the pressing part moves up. At this time the conical fixing hole for the front paws completes the fixation of the rat's front paws, and the fixation effect is good.
According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, there are two pressing heads, and the two pressing heads are juxtaposed and provided with a pressing head spacing adjusting device to adjust the spacing between til vo pressing heads.
According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above the two pressing heads have different or the same specifications According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, the position adjusting device of the rat fixing plate comprises a rat fixing platform, a y-axis lead screw and a y-axis stepping motor; the rat fixing platform is provided with the rat fixing plate; the rat fixing platform is fixed on the y-axis lead screw, and the position of the rat fixing platform on the y-ax,,, can be adjusted by the y-a s stepping motor.
According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above, the pressing head adjusting device is provided with an x-axis lead screw and a z-axis lead screw, an x-axis stepping motor and a z-axis stepping motor can adjust the position of the pressing heads on the x-axis and the axis.
The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above further comp es a control module and a pressing head pressure sensor; the pressing head pressure sensor is used for acquiring the pressure on pressing he We pressing head pressure sensor, the rat fixing plate position adjusting device and the pressing head adjusting device are respectively connected with the control module. Through the control module, the quantitative-pressure stimulator for rat acupressure can be accurately controlled, and then he quantit timed pressure stimulation of rat acupoints can be completed, with good pressing consistency and high efficiency. in addition, the control module (provided with a touch screen, which can not only display real-time settings, but also adjust the control module as an input device) includes the following settings: sensor alignment, standard acupoint setting, stimulation acupoint setting, stimulation technique setting and system clock setting. Among them, the sensor has been calibrated at the factory, so the user does not need to operate. The standard acupoint setting and stimulation acupoint setting are selected according to the experimental requirements. The stimulation technique setting can adjust the pres strength, pressure-up time, pressing time, single acupoint repetition times, cyclic essing times and movement range of massage. The system clock setting function can set the clock. In addition, the control module is also provided with acupuncture point positioning function Specifically, the inventor locates each acupunctur * acupoint by dissecting rats of the same size, and can complete acupuncture acupoint positioning (when subjects are animals of different weights, lengths and size mining the foremost and last to acupuncture points can ensure the relatively correct setting of other acupuncture points, that is, after finding Feishu and Shenshu points manually, the pressure head position is set on above two acupuncture points while other acupoints are automatically adjusted to appropriate positions) s by fixing the rats in the same position. Alternatively, other methods such as acupoints indicator board can be used to fix rat acupoints. The control module also includes a display device, which can display stimulated acupoints, current pressure, nth stimulation, nth cycle and current time after entering the operation interface. When the experiment needs to be stopped, the experiment can be -tided by pressing the stop button.
The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats mentioned above further comprises an illuminating lamp. when the lighting is insufficient, the button of the illuminating lamp can be pressed to provide light In addition, the invention can also resort to a carbon dioxide anesthesia tank to anesthetize to fix them on the rat tixing plate. The carbon dioxide anesthesia tank is divided into two layers: the upper layer contains rats lower laver contains mixed powder of citric acid and baking soda, and the lower layer is divided into a plurality of compartments for placing mixture. When water is cid and baking soda react to produce carbon dioxide which is heavierso that the upper layer air is slowly exhausted and the rats are anesthetized. In this way, not only can the bidirectional injury rats and experimenters be avoided, but also the operation difficulty to experimenters during the experiment is reduced The carbon dioxide anesthesia tank collaborates with the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along the meridian of rats, and the rats are anesthetized and then fixed, which solves the problem of rigid restraint of rats in the past and puts rats out of fear so that the data obtained in this state is more reliable.
The principle of anesthesia mentioned above is as followsrats are exposed to hypoxia for a short time, which is similar to altitude hypoxia, as rats have feeble limbs, drowsiness and no resistance abilities. Rats under this circumstance can come back to normal in a very short time when in the air with normal oxygen content, just as a mountaineer et n o original state when be/she comes down the mountain. The most convenient w o create such a low oxygen environment is to use carbon dioxide without pressure instead of air. This device is a carbon dioxide anesthesia tank, and raw materials for gas production are citric acid, baking soda and water, and the carbon dioxide and sodium citrate produced are clean,environment-friendly, economical and convenient to obtain. The carbon dioxide anesthesia tank. is divided into two layers with rats on the upper layer, mixed powder of citric acid and baking soda respectively distributed in 8 compartments in 8 parts on the lower laver. In practice, of water is injected into the desired compartment, and the produced gas is enough in quantity to make the rats in a light anesthesia state.
Beneficial effects: 1) The quantitative-pressure stimulator for pressing rat acupoints along meridians of the present invention iii combination with the carbon dioxide anesthesia tank can make animals in a state of light anesthesia without resisting and struggling, and can fix the head and limbs of rats in appropriate positions without easily hurting experimenters and rats. After being fixed, the animals will wake up quickly, and there is no sequeta, which has no influence on the experiment, thus solving the problem of rigid restraint of rats in the past, m which is beneficial for rats not to have fear,so the data in this state is more eliable.
2) According to the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupoints pressing along meridian of rats" the pressing heads are detachable and can be used alone or in dual use, and the length of the pressing heads can be adjusted rotationally, and at the same the pressing degree, pressure-up time,pressing time, petition times of a single acupoint cyclic pressing times and kneading movement range can also be adjusted with many
adjustable parameters and good applicability,
3) (The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats has a reasonable structure. The rat fixing plate thereof can effectively fix rats and its structural design is reasonable, which not only fixes the limbs, but also clamps the rats through the rat teeth brace, and presses the rats firmly through the rat back pressing cover, so that rats can he fixed in a specific state, allowing the pressing heads to position acupoints. The sitinulator adopts mechanical.quipment (pressing heads and pressing head adjusting device) instead of manual pressing. The equipment has good press consistency and can realize q e pressure stimulation, which solves the problem of press stimulation quantification that has long hindered the development of massage in clinical and basic research fields, and brings a new design idea with intelligent quantification and high accuracy to the basic research field of massage. The stimulator is used in medical experiments to improve the practical efficiency, is convenient for experimental operation and has strong practicability and a promising application prospect.
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1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the quantitative-ressure stimulator acupressure along meridians of rats; a top view of the rat fixing plate of the presentinvention; Fig. $ is a schematic structural diagram of the front claw fixer of the presentinvention; Figs. 4 and 5 are schematic views of two possible forms of the rat teeth brace of the prese e tiom Among them, I. pressing head. 2. z-axis stepping motor, 3 pressing head spacing adjusting device head pressure s nsor,5. y-axis stepping, motor, 6. x-axis stepping motor, x-axis lead screw, 8. y-axis lead screw, 9. z-axis lead screw, 10 a fixing platform, 1] rat fixing plate, 12. rat teeth brace" 13 front claw fixer, 14. limb groove, 15 tail groove, 16. magnetic silica gel block, 17. rat back pressing cover, 18. nut, -19 rat 1 i mb reinforcing fixture, 20.fixe.r pressuring part, 21. opening of the fixer fixture, 22. conical front claw fixinu hole
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With reference to the attached figures, the specific embodiments th sent inven ion will be further explained. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present on, not all of them.
In the description of the present invention. it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower". "front", "rear", "left", "right' bottom", "inside" and "outside' indicate the orientation or position relationship based on the figures, only for the convenience of describing the invention and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific on enta so it cant ot be understood as limiting the invention.
The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along me dians of rats, as shown in I, comprises two pressine heads 1, the pressinu head adj sting device,the rat fixing plate l, the rat fixing plate position adjusting device, the control module, the illuminating lamp and the pressing: head pressure sensor, two pressing heads (the specifications of the two pressing heads are different or the same) are juxtaposed and perpendicular to the rat fixing plate I 1. The pressing head spacing adjusting device 3 is arranged to adjust the distance between the two pressing heads, and the pressing head pressure sensor 4 for acquiring the pressure on the pressing heads also arranged; the pressing head adjusting device is provided with the xaxis lead screw and the z-axis lead screw 9; the x-axis stepping motor 6 and the z-axis stepping motor 2 can adjust the position of the pressing heads on the x-axis and the z-axis(the, z-axis stepping motor 2 can complet uantitative pressing of rat acupoints); the position adjusting device of the rat fixing plate comprises the rat fixing platform 10, the y-axis lead screw 8 and the y-xis stepping motor 5; the rat fixing platform 10 is provided with the rat fixing plate 1 U theat fixing platform 10 is fixed on the s lead screw 8, and the position of the rat fixing platform 10 on the y-axis can be adjusted by the y-axis stepping motor 5; the rat fixing plate II is used for fixing rats, as shown in Fig. -which is rat physiological morphology recumbent bench,and is provided with the trunk groove, the limb groove 14 and the tail groove 15, wherein the trunk groove corresponding to the mouth of the rats is provided with the rat teeth brace 12 as shown in Fig. 4 or 5. The limb groove corresponding to rat forelimbs is provided with a front claw fixer 13. The limb groove corresponding to rat hind limbs is provided with the magnetic silica gel block 16, and the rat back pressing cover 17 is arranged above the trunk groove. The rat back pressure 17 is provided with rat limb reinforc s 19 at four limb grooves corresponding to the rat fixing plate 11. The rat fixing plate 11 is provided with threaded holes corresponding to the openings on the rat back pressing cover 17, and the nut 18 passes through the openings on the at back pressing cover and then threaded holes are turned to fix the rat back pressing cover 17 and the rat fixing plate 11.
The front claw fixer, as shown in Fig.3, comprises a fixer fixture, the fixer pressing part and pnn the fixer fixture is designed as a cylindrical truc u e with only one-end op min; and is.n lly arranged with the fixer sing part 20; the opening side of the fixer fixture is provided with a limit mechanism for suppressing the separatioll of the fixer pressing part 20; the spring s ananged between the fixer pressing part 20 and the fixer fixture, the side wall of the fixer fixture is provided with an opening 21 communicated with the hollow part; the fixer pressing 20 is provided with the conical fixing hole 22 for fixing the front claw and the front claw conical hole 22 corresponds to the opening communicated with the hollow part.
The pressing head pressure sensor 4, the z-axis steeping motor 2, the x-axis stepping motor 6 and the y-axis stepping motor 5 are respectively connected with the control module.
The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats according to the present invention is used in conjunction with the carbon dioxide anesthesia tank. The carbon dioxide anesthesia tank is divided into two layers. The upper layer is where the rat to are while the lower layer contains the powder of citric acid and baking soda. The lower layer is divided into multiple compartments to place the mixture. When water is added, citric acid and baking soda react to produce carbon dioxide. Because carbon dioxide is heavier than air, it slowly discharges the upper layer of air and the rats are in anesthetized state" which can prevent both rats and experimenters from injury during the experiment is and also reduce the difficulty of operation for experimenters. The carbon dioxide anesthesia tank is combined with the quantitative-pressure stimulator for pressing the acupuncture points of the rat to fix it after anesthetizing the rat, which solves the problem of rigid restraint in the past and helps the rat not to develop fear, Thu-the data obtained in this state of rats is more reliable, After anesthetizing the rats, firstly" the rats are quickly placed into the groove in the rat fixing, plate; the rat teeth brace is pressed and put into the mouth of rat, followed by release of the brace to fix the rat teeth; secondly, the front paws are placed into the front paws fixer-the fixer pressing part is pressed; the rat's front paws are put in conical tront paws fixing hole through the opening of fixer fixture -hen the fixer pressing part is released to complete the fixing) thirdly, the front paws fixer is placed into the forel b grooves; then the ra aws are put into the hind limb grooves, followed by fixing: with magnetic silicone block (there is attraction between magnetic silicone block and the rat fixing platform), and finally the rat back pressing cove sealed to complete the fixation between the rat back pressing cover and the rat fixing plate At th time, the acupoints of rats are determined by using the acupoints indicator plate, and the pressing heads are moved to the designated position on the acupoints indicator plate. The pressing degree, pressure--up time, pressing. time, repetition times of single acupoints, cyclic pressing times and kneading movement amplitude are set by the control module so that quantitative and timed stimulation to acupoints is achieved, it has been proved that the quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridian of rats has a reasonable structure. Specifically, the rat fixing plate can effectively fix rats,and its structural design is reasonable, which not only fixes the limbs of rats" but also naps the rats through the rat teeth brace. The rat back pressing cover is used to press the rats so that they can be fixed in a specific state, which is convenient for the pressing heads to position acupoints. Mechanical equipment (pressing heads and pressing head adjusti device) instead of manual press 0 applied. With good press consistency, the stimulator can realize quantitative pressu e stimulation, which solves the problem of press sttmuiation quantification that has long plagued the development of massage in clinical and basic research fields, and brinus brand-new design idea featuring intelligence,qualificatton and high precision to the has h field of massage. The stimulator is used in medical experiments to improve experimental efficiency, convenient for experimental operation, and has strong practicability, so that the equipment has a great application prospect.
Although the specific embodiments of the present invention have been described above, should be understood by those skilled in the these are only examples, and various changes or modifications can be made to these embodiments without violating the principles and essence of the present inventio

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  1. THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS: I. A quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats, characterized by comprising pressing heads, a pressing head adjusting device, a rat fixing plate and a rat fixing plate position adjusting device the pressing heads are perpendicular to the rat fixing plate; the pressing head adjusting device is intended for adjusting thc vertical and horizontal positions of the pressing heads; the rat fixing plate is used for fixing rats, which serves as a rat physiological morphology recumbent bench, and is provided with a think groove, limb grooves and a tail groove; to the trunk groove is provided with a rat teeth brace corresponding to the mouth of the rat; a front claw fixer in the limb groove corresponding to the forelimb of the rat, and a magnetic silica gel block is arranged in the limb groove corresponding to the hind limb of the a rat back pressing cover arranged above the trunk groove, and the rat back pressing cover is fixed with 8 rat fixing plate the rat fixing plate is fixed on the rat fixing plate position adjusting device, and the position thereof in the horizontal direction is adjusted by tile rat fixing plate position adjusting device.
  2. 2. The qt ive-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridian of rats according to claim I, characterized in that the rat back pressing cover is provided with a rat limb reinforcing fixture corresponding to four limb grooves of the rat fixing plate
  3. 3. The cu e-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridian of rats according to cLaim 1 characterized in that the g plate is provided with a threade corresponding to the opening of the rat back pressing cover,and the nut passes through the opening of the rat back pressing cover and then the threaded hole is turnedto the ix the rat back pressing cover on the rat fixing plate.
  4. 4 The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridian of rats according to claim 1, characterized in that the front fixer comprises a fixer fixture, a fixer pressing part and a sprit the fixer fixture is designed as a cylindrical structure with only one-end opening, and is internally arranged with a fixer pressing part; the opening side of the fixer fixture is provided with a Limit mechanism for suppressing the separation of the fixer prssmg, part; the spring is arranged between the fixer pressing part and the fixer fixture the side wall to of the fixer fixture is provided with an opening communicated with the hollow part the fixer pressing part is provided with a. conical fixing hole for fixing he front claw of the rats, and the front claw conical fixing hole corresponds to the opening communicated with the hollow part
  5. 5. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats according to claim 1, characterized in that there are two pressing heads, and the two pressing, heads are juxtaposed and provided with a pressing head spacing adjusting device.o adjust the spacing between the two pressing heads
  6. 6. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of 'rats according to claim 5, characterized in that the two pressing heads have different or the same 20 specifications.
  7. 7. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats according to claim 1, characterized in that the position adjusting device of the rat fixing plate comprises a rat fixing platform, a y-axis lead screw and a stepping motor; Is the at fixing plattbim is provided with he rat fixing plate; the rat fixing platform is fixed on the y-axis lead screw, and the position of the rat fixing platform on the y-axis can be adjusted by the y-axis stepping motor.
  8. 8. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats according to claim 1, characterized in that the pressing head adjusting device is provided with an x-axis screw nd a z-axis lead screw: an x-axis stepping motor and a z-axis stepping motor can adj ust the position of the pressing heads on the x-axis and the z-axis.
  9. 9, The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of ccording to claim 1, characterized by further comprising a control module and a pressing head pressure sensor; the pressing head pressure sensor used for acquiring the pressure on pressing heads; the pressing head pressure sensor, the rat fixing plate position adjusting device and the pressing head adjusting device are respectively connected with the control module
  10. 10. The quantitative-pressure stimulator for acupressure along meridians of rats according to claim l, characterized by further comprising an illuminating lamp.
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