JP5102655B2 - Compact electric acupuncture device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an acupuncture treatment apparatus used for acupuncture.

  Traditionally, acupuncture has been carried out exclusively by acupuncturists, and the typical acupuncture is explained briefly. First, the left hand is used to push the local area to find a place to perform treatment, and the acupuncture point is applied to the acupuncture head. Strike to pierce the skin with a few millimeters (hereinafter referred to as “scutting operation”), secure the heel position, and then squeeze back and forth while pinching the heel handle with your fingers and twisting forward and backward After moving it forward, it has been selected.

In the first place, in the acupuncture treatment, the method of moving the acupuncture forward and backward while rotating forward / reversely stimulates the nerve more effectively than the acupuncture treatment by simply twisting the needle or the acupuncture treatment by simply moving the acupuncture forward and backward. This is a method that has a high effect on acupuncture.
In addition, it is considered that it is more effective to perform the operation of moving the rod forward and backward and twisting it at a fine and high speed.

However, this acupuncture operation, which mainly consists of the puncturing operation and the operation of acupuncture and advancement of the acupuncture, must be carried out at a number of locations in a single acupuncture treatment. Therefore, it is a job that accumulates fatigue even for a skilled acupuncturist.
For this reason, various acupuncture treatment devices have been devised to replace this manual operation.

For example, according to Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2005-27881, an electric motor is used as a drive source to mechanically rotate the heel forward and backward, while another device using a separate mechanical mechanism is used for forward and backward movement of the heel. Used separately.
However, with the device according to this document, since the rotation operation and the forward / backward operation are performed at completely different times and separately, a high acupuncture treatment effect cannot be expected, and the treatment time cannot be expected to be greatly shortened. It must be poor.
In addition, since the device according to this document is a mechanical device utilizing a crank mechanism, the acupuncture adverse effect of further enlarging the perforated hole is unavoidable, and the generated sound is also It must be quite large.

In addition, the acupuncture used today for acupuncture is currently used for the prevention of infectious diseases such as AIDS and hepatitis. It is used for treatment.
In acupuncture treatment, first place the acupuncture placed in the fistula at a predetermined treatment position, hit the sputum head protruding from the fistula, perform the puncturing operation, determine the fistula position, After removal, various acupuncture treatments are performed, after which the acupuncture is removed from the body.
Therefore, in order to move on to other local acupuncture treatments, the removed acupuncture must be put back into the fistula to make it the same as in the initial state.
There are two-hand intubation methods and one-hand intubation methods, and skilled acupuncturists depend on the latter. If it is stabbed into its own finger, it may cause infection.

Further, in the treatment of acupuncture, as described above, a puncturing operation is performed, in order to pass nerve cells that feel pain near the skin surface in addition to securing the position of the acupuncture.
Therefore, in order to reduce this pain, it is necessary to perform wrinkles in as short a time as possible, instantly if possible, and without wandering.
It is useful to puncture the eyelid from the skin surface, depending on the part of the body to be punctured, but it is useful to puncture about 3 mm. However, in the operation in which this operation is controlled by hand, it depends on the skill of the practitioner. For a practitioner who performs acupuncture treatment on a large number of sites, it is not only a labor-intensive work but also a difficult work to proceed uniformly.

JP2005-27881

  The present invention can control the acupuncture so that the acupuncture can be rotated forward and backward with a single acupuncture treatment device, and can control the acupuncture so as to be able to move forward and backward. It is an object of the present invention to provide a small acupuncture device that does not cause adverse effects and that has less noise during operation.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an acupuncture unit comprising an acupuncture tube and an acupuncture tube suitable for the acupuncture treatment apparatus.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an acupuncture treatment apparatus that can perform a puncturing operation in an acupuncture treatment in a very short time and without making the wrinkle wobbled.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses an electric motor that can be electrically rotated forward and backward and capable of controlling the rotation angle, and further uses a separate mechanism for electrically moving forward and backward. And an acupuncture treatment device that can freely control both the forward and backward movement systems.

  Further, the present invention uses a scissor unit composed of a scissors and a scissor tube, and the scissors tube is a tube that protects the scissors and scissors (hereinafter referred to as “cusp protection tube”) and a tube that protects the scissors (hereinafter “ The acupuncture protection tube is made easy to attach to the acupuncture treatment device of the present invention, and the length of the acupuncture protection tube is such that it does not cause any trouble during acupuncture treatment.

Further, in the present invention, the position where the cusp is in contact with the skin or the position immediately before the contact is detected to perform a puncturing operation, and then the rotation mechanism and the forward / reverse mechanism are operated.

  Since the acupuncture rotation and forward / backward operation are automatically performed in acupuncture, the labor of the practitioner can be greatly reduced.

  Because the acupuncture rotation and forward / backward operation can be performed very finely and at a high speed, it is possible to perform a treatment with a higher acupuncture effect.

  Since the length of the acupuncture protection tube is such that it does not protrude from the tip of the acupuncture treatment device when it is attached to the acupuncture treatment device, the acupuncture protection tube will not rotate even if the tip of the acupuncture treatment device is pressed against the patient's skin. Therefore, you can safely treat acupuncture.

  Not only the acupuncture rotation and forward / backward operation in acupuncture treatment, but also the perforation movement was made possible in an extremely short time and without wobbling the acupuncture. The operation to reduce can be made surely and uniform, and the labor of the practitioner can be further reduced.

  Since the habit is no longer revealed, there is very little chance of intimidating the patient.

  Since the acupuncture is used after being sterilized and sealed in the acupuncture tube, acupuncture with excellent therapeutic hygiene is possible.

  Using an appropriate acupuncture-type acupuncture eliminates the need for acupuncture intubation, greatly reducing acupuncture treatment time and reducing the operator's fatigue. Moreover, since the intubation operation of the eyelid is no longer necessary, the risk of infection caused by the practitioner accidentally injuring himself can be drastically reduced.

Since the piercing operation and subsequent acupuncture can be performed automatically and reliably, it can be easily used by those who have a doctor's license and can be put to practical use in a wide range of treatment fields.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a cross section of an acupuncture apparatus during acupuncture treatment.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state when the acupuncture unit is attached to the acupuncture treatment apparatus.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the state of the acupuncture apparatus immediately after the start of the acupuncture treatment, that is, after the acupuncture protection tube is removed after the acupuncture unit is attached to the acupuncture treatment apparatus.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the bag unit.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an outline of the electronic circuit.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state of pulses generated from an electronic circuit and an example of control.
Hereinafter, typical examples will be taken up and described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the acupuncture unit 80 used for acupuncture treatment includes an acupuncture rod 81 and a heel handle 85, and further comprises a heel protection tube 87 and a heel protection tube 89. In a bag and sealed.

In FIG. 1, the Example of the acupuncture treatment apparatus 10 is shown.
The acupuncture treatment apparatus is composed mainly of the acupuncture protector gripping forward / backward moving mechanism 20, the power supply motor unit 30, the forward / backward moving mechanism 40, the control unit 50, and the power supply 60, and is stored in the cylindrical case 11.
The heel protector gripping forward / backward moving mechanism 20 includes a spring 25, a spring support component 21 that supports one end of the spring and one end of the heel protection tube 87 and moves forward and backward, and a spring fixing component 23 that supports and fixes the spring. It has become.
The power supply motor unit 30 includes a stator / rotor portion 31 of an electric motor, a motor shaft 33, a rod gripping part 37 for gripping the rod handle 85, and a circular magnet piece 35 for moving the shaft back and forth. The scissors gripping part and the magnet piece are fixed to the motor shaft.
The part of the heel gripping part that grips the heel is opened in a truncated cone shape or a truncated pyramid shape (eg, a truncated regular pyramid shape) in order to grip the heel pattern, and comes to fit with the heel pattern. ing.
The control unit 50 is a device that controls on / off of the power supply 60, rotation of the electric motor, and forward / backward movement of the heel 81 (including skinning operation).
A battery is normally used for the power source 60.

Prior to the acupuncture treatment, when the acupuncture unit 80 (FIG. 4) is first inserted from the distal end of the acupuncture treatment apparatus 10, the acupuncture handle 85 is inserted into and fitted into the acupuncture gripping component 37 as shown in FIG. , 81 is set in the acupuncture treatment device, and when the cusp protection tube 89 is removed, it is ready for use as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the acupuncture protection tube 87 of the acupuncture unit is designed not to jump out from the tip of the acupuncture treatment apparatus. Acupuncture can be safely performed without contact.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, in order to prevent the practitioner's infection, the tip of the heel is designed not to jump out of the heel protection tube immediately before being used, so that the heel can be handled safely. Expected.

Acupuncture is started by pressing the acupuncture protection tube 87 installed in the acupuncture treatment apparatus 10 against the skin.
The puncture position detector 13 is actuated when the cusp is in contact with the skin or immediately before the cusp is in contact with it, and the heel 81 is advanced to perform the puncture operation.
Penetration operation refers to puncturing about 3 mm, although it varies depending on the part of the body to be punctured. However, since there is a tissue sensitive to pain in this part, it is desirable to perform this operation instantaneously. .
It should be noted that the forward movement state of the rod 81 is preferably maintained until the control position detector 15 described below operates.

Further, when the acupuncture treatment device 10 is pressed against the skin, the control position detector 15 is activated, and the acupuncture 81
Since it repeats forward and backward while repeating forward and reverse rotation, by pressing the acupuncture treatment device against the skin, the acupuncture protection tube 87 is retracted into the acupuncture treatment device and the heel 81 is inserted into the skin. To go.
Note that a Hall element or a proximity switch is used for the puncture position detector 13 and the control position detector.

When the acupuncture treatment device 10 is retracted from the skin, the acupuncture protection tube 87 advances in the acupuncture treatment device, and is released from the rotation / forward / backward control by the control position detector 15, and the acupuncture 81 is eventually removed from the skin once. This acupuncture treatment is completed, and it is used as it is for the next acupuncture treatment.
That is, the intubation work by the two-hand intubation method or the one-hand intubation method such as a manual operation becomes unnecessary.

As the power supply motor used for the rotation of the kite, a motor that rotates forward and backward is used.
In particular, the motor used in this treatment apparatus should be a rotation angle of less than 360 ° at both forward and reverse rotations, and it is preferable that the motor does not require a large driving force and has a high rotational speed. A motor or an ultrasonic motor is used. Of course, the rotation angle may be 360 ° or more.
In the following embodiments, a case where a step motor is used will be described in detail, but this method can also be applied to an ultrasonic motor.
From the above specifications, a simple two-phase hybrid step motor (hereinafter referred to as “two-phase HB motor”) is sufficient as the step motor.
As an example, if the number of teeth of the rotor is 50, a two-phase HB motor rotates by one tooth in 4 steps, so it takes 200 steps to make one rotation. In this case, 20000 pulses / second (20000 pps) is used. Then, it becomes 6000 rotations / minute (6000 rpm).
In order to rotate at a rotation angle of 36 °, 20 steps are required, so 80 steps are required for one reciprocation. In this case, the number of reciprocations is 2.5 times the number of rotations for one rotation.

As a mechanism for moving the bag forward and backward, an electromagnet system is convenient because a pulse is used as a control signal.
In this embodiment, a method is adopted in which a circular magnet piece 35 is provided at one end of the motor shaft 33 and the motor shaft is moved forward and backward by a pulse-controlled forward / backward moving mechanism 40. May be moved forward and backward (details omitted).

Hereinafter, generation of pulses used for the rotation and forward / backward movement of the kite will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.
In the figure, a symbol having a bar above the symbol F indicating the number of transmissions indicates a pulse in negative logic.
Receiving a signal f ₁₃ from穿皮position detector 13, before advancing exciting coil of the reverse mechanism 40 is energized, needle 81 moves forward,穿皮operation is performed.
It may be in conjunction with the signal f ₁₅ for generating a basic pulse of the transmitter 51 to the signal f ₁₃ (not shown in the logic circuit).
It should be noted that the forward movement state of the rod 81 is preferably maintained until the control position detector 15 described below operates (the logic circuit is not shown).
When the acupuncture progresses and the control position is detected, the signal f ₁₅ from the control position detector may be received to generate a basic pulse in the transmitter.
The basic pulse generated by the transmitter determines the rotation speed of the step motor. However, since the number of transmissions is generally high, the frequency is divided by the frequency divider 53 into the necessary motor driving pulses. It becomes a pulse.
Therefore, the rotational speed of the step motor can be increased or decreased depending on the degree of frequency division.
Further, the pulse f ₀ is frequency-divided for control, enters the ripple counter 55, generates a forward rotation pulse and a reverse rotation pulse, and generates a forward / reverse advance pulse.
FIG. 6 shows the state of the pulse generated by the ripple counter and the situation in which the pulse generated thereby is used for forward / reverse and forward / backward movement.
In the case of the two-phase HB motor of the above example, 20 steps are required to reciprocate at a rotation angle of 36 °, and in the case of Example 1 (FIG. 6), F ₂ is divided by 1/2 ( Therefore, the control f ₀ may be obtained by dividing the motor driving pulse f by 2/20.
In the above example, the rotating system and the forward / reverse system are coupled with the basic pulse generated by the transmitter. However, the rotational system and the forward / reverse system may be separately driven with completely different pulses (details). (Omitted).

In the following, three examples of acupuncture rotation and forward / backward movement that are considered useful as an acupuncture treatment are shown (FIG. 6). Various other combinations are possible, but details are omitted.
In the following embodiment, a case where a device is driven with a positive logic pulse will be described.
The negative logic pulses shown in FIG. 5 are distinguished by adding “bar” (eg, F ₂ bar).
In general, a negative logic pulse that easily drives the device is used.
Example 1, while the needle 81 is rotated clockwise (F ₂ bars), forward (F ₂ bars) is, while acupuncture and left rotation (F _2), shows a case of reverse (F _2).
In the second embodiment, the kite is rotated forward (F ₂ bar) while rotating the kite to the right (F ₃ bar), and the kite is rotated backward (F ₂ ) while rotating the kite to the left (F ₃ ). F ₃₎ remains, the forward (F ₂ bars) is, with acupuncture right rotate (F ₃ bars) illustrates the case of reverse (F _2).
In Example 3, the kite is moved forward (F ₂ bar) while rotating the kite clockwise (F ₂ bar and F ₃ bar), and the kite is moved backward (F ₂ ) while being stopped at the right rotation. is further while acupuncture and left rotation (aND of F ₂ bars and F _3), reverse (F ₂₎ is, while it is stopped at the needle was left rotation, the case of acupuncture the reverse (F ₂₎ is Show.

In the above embodiment, a square wave pulse is illustrated as an example of the control pulse. However, a pulse having an appropriate waveform corresponding to the device to be used is used as the control pulse.
For example, when an ultrasonic motor is used, a sine wave pulse is appropriate. When an electromagnet is used for reciprocal movement, a sine wave pulse is appropriate for reducing the impact.

  The present invention relates to acupuncture used by many people for the purpose of relaxation, analgesia, anti-inflammation of muscle consolidation, etc., and provides what can contribute a great deal in maintaining and promoting health, There is much to contribute to the health industry, and industrial applicability is extremely high.

Further, the present invention is applied to many fields when commercialized, and also uses the latest technology electrically and is industrially useful.

It is sectional drawing which shows the cross section of the acupuncture treatment apparatus at the time of an acupuncture treatment. It is sectional drawing which shows the state at the time of attaching an acupuncture unit to an acupuncture treatment apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows the state just before the start of a treatment of an acupuncture treatment apparatus. It is sectional drawing which shows a heel unit. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of an electronic circuit. It is a figure which shows the state of the pulse produced from an electronic circuit, and the Example of control.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Acupuncture treatment apparatus 50 Control unit 11 Case 13 Penetration position detector 15 Control position detector 20 Acupuncture guard gripping forward / backward movement mechanism 60 Power source 21 Spring support component 23 Spring fixing component 25 Spring 30 Power supply motor unit 80 Acupuncture unit 31 Electric Motor stator / rotor part 81 ３３ 33 motor shaft 83 鍼 rod 35 magnet piece 85 鍼 handle 37 鍼 gripping part 87 鍼 protective tube 40 forward / backward moving mechanism 89 cuspid protective tube

Claims (3)

A acupuncture device using a needle stored in鍼管, acupuncture comprising a mechanism for holding the acupuncture, a mechanism for rotating the mechanism for holding the needle, the mechanism for the forward-reverse the mechanism for holding the needle An apparatus having an electronic circuit for controlling the rotation mechanism and the forward / reverse mechanism, wherein the electronic circuit controls the rotation mechanism so that the forward / reverse direction can be freely rotated and the forward / backward mechanism can be freely moved forward and backward; Acupuncture device characterized by A scissor unit comprising a scissors and a scissor tube used in the invention of claim 1, wherein the scissors tube is composed of a tube that protects the scissors and scissors and a tube that protects the scissors. , when attached to the acupuncture apparatus according to claim 1, Ri length Sadea not protrude from the tip of該鍼treatment device, and acupuncture unit, wherein 該鍼unit replaceable der Rukoto, the In the invention of claim 1 wherein, the鍼尖is provided with a mechanism for detecting the position just before the position or and the contact into contact with the skin in the case of acupuncture device, acupuncture and wherein the

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