JP5737703B2 - Acupuncture tools - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an acupuncture device.

  In recent years, with the advance of medicine, the risk of infection via a pusher in acupuncture is becoming apparent. On the other hand, as an object for preventing such infection, an auxiliary tool for acupuncture described in Patent Document 1 is conventionally known. This auxiliary tool includes a main body formed in a tube shape and a circular ridge formed at the lower end of the main body, and is formed of a synthetic resin material and has flexibility. A slit is formed between the upper and lower ends of the main body, and a notch is provided in the scissors.

  The above-mentioned assisting device is attached to a fistula tube that is covered with a sputum, and the contact between the practitioner and the scissors is blocked by the main body being interposed between the pusher and the scissors, and the patient's insertion site is protected by the scissors. The Further, the auxiliary tool can be easily attached to and detached from the soot tube by the slit and the cut.

  The above-mentioned auxiliary tools are intended mainly to prevent infection caused by the operator's pusher touching the heel, but in order to prevent infection via the pusher, in particular, the patient's piercing position. It can be considered that it is important not to contact the skin in the vicinity with the pusher of the practitioner. That is, for example, when a hemorrhoid is inserted, the patient bleeds from the insertion position, and the blood of the patient spreads to the skin near the insertion position, it is assumed that the presser touches this blood. Is done.

  In this regard, it is considered that the above-described auxiliary tool is not necessarily impossible to prevent contact between the skin in the vicinity of the patient's piercing position and the pusher of the practitioner by the scissors.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-126038

  However, when using the above-mentioned auxiliary tool, there is a drawback that it takes time.

  In other words, in order to keep the jar clean, it is generally sold individually packaged, for example, with a tub tube on it. You must attach an auxiliary tool to the fistula after it has been. At the time of this installation, it is necessary to accurately align the ends of the fistula and the auxiliary tool in consideration of the position of the pusher during the operation. Is required.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide an acupuncture device that can prevent infection through a pusher and is easy to handle.

According to the present invention, the above-described object is
A heel 3 capable of being inserted into the patient 2 while supporting the vicinity of the insertion position with the pusher 1;
It also serves as a packaging material that seals the heel 3 over its entire length, and is fitted to the heel 3 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction by opening, and one end covers the vicinity of the insertion position and is between the patient 2 and the pusher 1. possess the interposed possible, and Oshide protective cover 4 1 by the support of acupuncture 3 is formed of a material having a liquid-permeable with flexibility as possible,
The protective cover 4 is formed in a bag shape, accommodates the collar 3 inside, can open both ends corresponding portions 5 and 5 corresponding to both ends of the collar 3, and is one end side corresponding to the insertion tip 6 of the collar 3. This is achieved by providing an acupuncture device that can be turned into a bowl shape .

  According to the present invention, the acupuncture device has the protective cover 4 that can be interposed between the vicinity of the heel 3 insertion position of the patient 2 and the pusher 1 of the practitioner, and the protective cover 4 is attached to the heel 3. It is configured to be fitted so that the work of attaching the protective cover 4 to the flange 3 can be omitted. In the case of using a tub tube on the heel 3 as in the case of using the above-mentioned conventional auxiliary tool, it is possible to save the trouble of wearing such a tub tube by attaching the tub tube to the outside of the heel 3 in advance. In this case, it is only necessary to externally fit the protective cover 4 to the flange 3 with a soot tube interposed.

Further, the protective cover 4 can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the flange 3, so that the positioning operation with respect to the flange 3 can be easily performed only by sliding the protective cover 4 in the longitudinal direction of the flange 3. In this case, if the protective cover 4 is held on the collar 3 so as not to be detached in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, the sliding movement is stabilized. The protective cover 4 to move freely in the longitudinal direction of the needle 3, for example, sufficient if the cylindrical like inner diameter greater than the needle 3 and above鍼管, to discussed later a protective cover 4 for this What is necessary is just to enable it to change to a cylinder shape.

Further, the protective cover 4 is formed of a material having liquid impermeability, and one end covers the vicinity of the insertion position of the heel 3 so that it can be interposed between the vicinity of the insertion position and the presser 1. These contacts can be prohibited, and the infection described above can be prevented by not allowing the body fluid to permeate. As a method of interposing between the patient 2 and the pusher 1, as in the above-described conventional assisting device, it is sufficient if the protective cover 4 has a hook-shaped portion, and by turning up the protective cover 4, A portion that can be deformed into a shape may be formed. In this case, the hook-shaped portion may have an annular shape, but it may be petal-shaped or may extend in two directions around the hook 3 corresponding to the thumb and the index finger constituting the presser 1.

  Further, in the case where the hook-shaped portion described above is provided, when the above-mentioned rigidity is given, the above-described sliding movement of the protective cover 4 can be performed by pushing the hook-shaped portion with the pusher 1. Thus, it is possible to smoothly shift to the piercing operation of the bag 3 after the slide movement. That is, if the buttocks are pressed evenly at the opposing position across the heel 3 with the thumb and the index finger, they can be pressed against the skin of the patient 2 as the pusher 1 as it is to enter the acupuncture treatment.

  Since the protective cover 4 is formed of a material having flexibility that can support the heel 3 by the pusher 1, the functions of the pusher 1 such as support of the heel 3 by the pusher 1 and palpation to the patient 2 are provided. There is not much damage.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, it is not necessary to perform a fine work such as passing a fistula or the like through a slit in the state of alignment as in the above-described conventional example, and the alignment work is facilitated, so that the visual acuity is impaired. Acupuncturists who have a relatively large number can easily handle such obstacles.

The protective cover 4 described above also serves as a packaging material for wrapping the acupuncture 3, thereby reducing the number of parts of the acupuncture treatment device and reducing the manufacturing cost. Specifically, it is formed in a bag shape, accommodates the heel 3 inside, can open both end corresponding portions 5 and 5 corresponding to both ends of the heel 3, and has one end side corresponding to the insertion tip 6 of the heel 3 By forming the protective cover 4 so that it can be turned up like a bowl, it can be changed into a cylindrical shape as described above by opening it, and it is interposed between the pusher 1 and the patient 2 by turning up. You will also be able to.

  Specifically, the protective cover 4 that also serves as a packaging material is formed by, for example, stacking two sheets of a sheet material made of a material having flexibility as described above, and peeling the peripheral portion excluding the storage space of the bag 3 It can be configured to be operably bonded. If comprised in this way, it will also become possible to form the hook-shaped part divided | segmented into two places corresponding to a thumb and an index finger by turning up so that the sheet materials of front and back may be peeled off. Moreover, since the length of the protective cover 4 in the longitudinal direction of the rod 3 is shortened depending on the amount of the flip-up, the operation is performed by sufficiently exposing both ends of the rod 3 and the rod. It is also possible to make it easier.

  In this case, further, if the margin of adhesion between the sheet materials on the side where the bowl-shaped part is formed by turning up is set long, for example, according to the size to be projected as the bowl-shaped part, the protective cover 4 is turned up by turning-up operation. It is also possible to make the state aligned with the ridge 3.

In consideration of contact with the skin in the vicinity of the insertion position of the heel 3 or the heel 3 of the patient 2, the protective cover 4, more specifically, the surface of the above-described heel-shaped portion on the patient 2 side or a cylindrical shape. such as the inner wall surface, not to desired to acupuncture 3 similarly clean held. Configuration also serves as a packing materials result, this means that the inner surface of the bag constitutes a flange-shaped inner wall surface of the patient 2 side faces and the cylindrical portion, it is possible to keep them easily clean.

Furthermore, when the protective cover 4 also serves as a packaging material, the insertion cover distal end side and the distal end side of the included bag 3 can be easily identified by the protective cover 4 by making the outer shape of the corresponding end portions 5 different from each other. Can do. Therefore, in this case, it becomes easy to grip the protective cover 4 as the packaging material before opening in the direction that takes the pusher 1 into consideration, and the handling property is further improved. In addition, by providing the outer shape with a difference between the corresponding ends 5, it is possible to determine by tactile sense as well as visual sense, and it can be easily handled even when the visual acuity is impaired.
According to the present invention,
A heel 3 capable of being inserted into the patient 2 while supporting the vicinity of the insertion position with the pusher 1;
Flexibility, which is externally fitted to the heel 3 so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction, can be interposed between the patient 2 and the pusher 1 with one end covering the vicinity of the insertion position, and can support the heel 3 by the pusher 1 It is also possible to provide an acupuncture device having a protective cover 4 formed of a liquid-impermeable material.

  As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent infection through a pusher and to provide an acupuncture device that is easy to handle. Can be improved.

It is a figure which shows the acupuncture device which concerns on this invention, (a) is a top view, (b) is the 1B-1B sectional view taken on the line of (a), (c) is the 1C-1C sectional view taken on the line of (b), d) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 1D-1D of FIG. It is a figure explaining a use condition, (a) is a figure which shows the opening stage of packaging, (b) is a figure which shows an impacting stage. It is a figure explaining a use condition, (a) is a figure which shows the insertion stage, (b) is the 3B-3B sectional view taken on the line of (a). It is a figure explaining a use state, and is a figure showing the stage where acupuncture was completed, and the extraction stage. It is a figure which shows a modification, (a) is a figure which shows the opening stage of packaging, (b) is a figure which shows the preparation stage of acupuncture.

  1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the acupuncture device has an acupuncture tube 3 and an acupuncture tube 11 as shown in FIG. 1 and is formed by packaging them with a packaging material (protective cover 4). The heel 3 has, for example, a skeleton 3a having a length suitable for piercing the tip 3 of a human body such as 40 mm, and the vicinity of the puncture position is supported by the pusher 1 so that the patient 2 can be pierced. It is formed. Specifically, the hook 3 is commercially available as a so-called single-use hook made of a stainless steel wire having a wire diameter of 0.12 mm, and the pinnacle as the piercing tip 6 is formed in a pointed shape. On the end side of the housing 3a, a collar 3b made of a synthetic resin material having a diameter slightly larger than that of the housing 3a is provided so as to be easily grasped.

  The soot tube 11 has a cylindrical shape slightly longer than that of the housing 3a, and has an inner diameter larger than that of the above-described collar 3b. Specifically, the soot tube 11 is formed by molding a synthetic resin material, and is commercially available as a set with the soot 3 described above.

  In the above-described rod 3 and rod 11, the rear end portion of the rod pattern 3 b protrudes from the rod tube 11 with a length suitable for impact (cutting) in a state where the rod body 3 a is accommodated in the rod tube 11. In this embodiment, although not shown in the drawings, the assembling posture can be maintained by adhering and fitting the rod pattern 3b and the rod tube 11 in a very small area, and with a finger during use. What was made to be able to cancel | release an adhesion | attachment and a fitting state by pushing the side surface of the collar pattern 3b is used.

  On the other hand, the wrapping material 4 is formed by stacking two sheets of strip-shaped sheet material 4a having flexibility and liquid impermeability, and adhering the peripheral portions thereof, and the bag 3 assembled inside as described above. It is formed into a bag shape in which a space 4b capable of accommodating the soot tube 11 is formed. Specifically, the packaging material 4 is formed of, for example, an appropriate synthetic resin material such as polyethylene, and preferably has a good touch, and is sterilized in, for example, an enclosed storage space 4b filled with ethylene oxide gas. Package 鍼 3 individually. Further, the packaging material 4 is made transparent or semi-transparent so that the inner bag 3 and the like can be seen, and further, the storage space 4b described above is configured so that the bag 3 and the like do not move loosely inside the package. It is set to a size that is slightly larger than the outer shape when the rod 3 and the rod tube 11 are assembled.

  In addition, the packaging material 4 is formed in a width that is wider than the longitudinal dimension of the finger when the index finger 1a or the thumb 1b as the pusher 1 contacts the skin of the patient 2, and FIG. ), The extra length portion 13 is set in the bonding margin 12 on the insertion tip 6 side of the heel 3 so that the tip side 5A is longer than the end side 5B. The length of the adhesive margin 12 on the piercing tip 6 side is larger than the width dimension of the finger of the presser 1 when the heel 3 of the tub tube 11 accommodated therein is peeled up to one end 11a on the piercing tip 6 side. It is set to be long. Further, the sheet material 4a described above may be picked at the front end side 5a and the end side 5B of the packaging material 4, that is, the both end portions 5 and 5 (both end corresponding portions) in the longitudinal direction at the time of peeling so as to easily peel off each other. A possible margin 14 is set. The tab margin 14 is sufficient if the sheet materials 4a and 4a are not bonded to each other. In FIG. 1B, the sheet materials 4a and 4a are separated from each other. no problem.

  Further, in this embodiment, the packaging material 4 is formed by providing a corner 15 at the corner portion of the distal end side 5A so that an acupuncturist with a visual impairment can be detected by tactile sense. It can be distinguished from the side 5B.

  The above acupuncture devices are stored in acupuncture or the like in a state of being packaged with the packaging material 4, and are unpacked and used for acupuncture. FIG. 2 (a) shows the unpacking process. First, the handle 14 on the distal end side 5A of the packaging material 4 is picked with both hands, and as shown in FIG. The packaging is unwound so that the extra length 13 is turned up toward the end side of the basket 3. At this time, if the distal end side 5A is oriented upward, it can be prevented from falling off the packaging material 4 of the soot tube 11, and can be easily turned up according to the position of the tip 11a of the soot tube 11. In this state, the front end side 5A of the packaging material 4 has a bowl shape.

  Next, the bag 3 or the like is not dropped from the packaging material 4 by, for example, abutting the tip 11a of the tube 11 against the bottom surface of the petri dish while the bag 3 or the tube 11 still remains in the packaging material 4. Then, in this state, the knob 14 on the end side 5B of the packaging material 4 is picked and turned up to be opened. At this time, the length to be turned up is set to be more than the extent that the handle 3b exposed by turning up can be grasped and inserted by a stabter. By the above unpacking, the packaging material 4 is in a state in which both end corresponding parts 5 and 5 are opened, and the intermediate part is not opened but is formed in a cylindrical shape and can be gripped by the thumb 1b and the indicating finger 1a as described later. A gripping portion 16 is formed. Further, on the side of the heel 3 insertion tip 6 side of the gripping portion 16, the heel portion 17 interposed between the pusher 1 and the vicinity of the needle insertion position of the patient 2 as will be described later by the extra length portion 13 described above. Is formed.

  The opening operation described above may be performed in the reverse order between the front end side 5A and the end side 5B of the packaging material 4. Further, it is sufficient that the turn-up length of the end side 5B of the packaging material 4 is at least shorter than the extent that the two sheet materials 4a and 4a constituting the packaging material 4 are completely separated from each other. Is also possible.

  When unpacking is completed in this way, as shown by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 2 (b), the tub tube 11 is sandwiched from the outside of the packaging material 4 by the index finger 1a and the thumb 1b, and the packaging material 4 is thickened. Grip in the direction. The gripping position at this time is a position where the side surface of the middle finger side of the index finger 1a and the thumb 1b is aligned with the distal end 11a of the heel tube 11, that is, the surface of the pusher 1 on the patient 2 side is the end surface of the heel tube 11 on the distal end 11a side. Make it aligned. Also, in this state, the side of the handle 3b is pushed with the hand opposite to the presser 1 to release the adhesion and fitting state between the hook 3 and the hook tube 11, and to prevent the hook 3 from dropping off after release, The thumb 1 is gripped with the thumb 1b so that it is slightly crushed, and the heel 3 is gripped and supported. The preparation before the treatment is completed, and the treatment is subsequently performed.

  In the treatment action, first, the distal end 11a of the fistula 11 is adjusted to the heel 3 insertion position of the patient 2 while keeping the gripping portion 16 of the packaging material 4 with the pusher 1 as described above. At this time, the heel part 17 is interposed between the presser 1 and the skin of the patient 2, and the position of the acupuncture point is confirmed by pressing the vicinity of the insertion position with the pusher 1 through the heel part 17. Prior to this, the surgical field of patient 2 is sterilized and treated. Further, if the approximate position of the acupoint is confirmed by the presser 1 without holding the packaging material 4, the position of the acupoint can be confirmed smoothly. Further, the direction in which the packaging material 4 is gripped can be determined by the presence or absence of the cornering 15.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the handle 3 b exposed from the rear end of the hook tube 11 standing upright at the bag 3 insertion position and exposed from the rear end of the packaging material 4 Press with the opposite hand to enter the bullet. At this time, the pain is alleviated by slightly pressing the fistula 11 and the pusher 1 against the patient 2.

  After the insertion, as shown in FIG. 3A, after loosening the sandwiching of the packaging material 4 by the index finger 1a and the thumb 1b and removing the tub tube 11, the packaging material is again used by the index finger 1a and the thumb 1b. 4 is pinched and the front-end | tip part of the collar 3 is supported. As described above, the packaging material 4 has flexibility, and due to its excellent deformability, as shown in FIG.

  Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 3A, the stab 18 is inserted and inserted. At this time, the pain can be reduced by pushing the vicinity of the insertion position of the patient 2 slightly strongly with the pusher 1. In addition, by utilizing the flexibility of the packaging material 4 described above, the presser 1 can support the heel 3 to prevent its bending and folds, and can also feel a sense of sensation and have a therapeutic effect. Can be evaluated.

  When the insertion is completed as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, after removing the packaging material 4 and maintaining the insertion state for a predetermined time according to symptoms, etc., as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The cocoon 3 is picked with the index finger 1a and the thumb 1b with a spirit cotton 19 or the like and extracted. Thereafter, the insertion position is sterilized or ridden, and the treatment is completed.

  In addition, although the case where the soot tube 11 was provided was shown in the above embodiment, according to the case where a tube method is not used, it is also possible to comprise without the soot tube 11, and in this case, packaging If the accommodation space 4b of the material 4 is made slightly larger than the flange 3, the operability can be maintained well.

  FIG. 5 shows a modification of the present invention. In this modification, the same components as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals in the drawing, and description thereof is omitted. In this modification, the extra length portion 13 described above is not set in the packaging material 4, and the alignment with the heel tube 11 and the length of the heel portion 17 are ensured in the preparation stage before the treatment action.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 5 (a), when the leading end side of the packaging material 4 without the extra length portion 13 is turned up to the same length as in the above-described embodiment, the soot tube 11 is exposed to the middle portion. In the state where both ends corresponding portions 5 and 5 of the packaging material 4 are opened, as shown in FIG. By pulling down the tub 3 and the tub tube 11 backward, the tip 11a of the tub tube 11 can be turned up and adjusted to the end position. As described above, instead of pulling down the tub 3 and the tub tube 11 with respect to the packaging material 4, the wrapping material 4 may be slid to the distal side 5 </ b> A with respect to the tub 3 or the tub tube 11.

  Therefore, according to this modification, the acupuncture device can be made more compact, and less space is required for storage and transportation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pusher 2 Patient 3 4 Protective cover 5 Both ends corresponding part 6 Insertion tip

Claims (2)

A heel that can be inserted into a patient by supporting the vicinity of the insertion position with a pusher,
It also serves as a packaging material that seals the heel over its entire length. and have a protective cover which is formed of a material having a liquid-permeable with a flexibility capable of supporting the acupuncture by Oshide,
The protective cover is formed in a bag shape, accommodates a bag inside, can open both ends corresponding to both ends of the bag, and can flip up one end side corresponding to the piercing tip of the bag in a bowl shape Acupuncture tool to be used. The acupuncture device according to claim 1 , wherein the protective cover has different external shapes at both ends .

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