JPH08155005A - Circular skin needle and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a circular skin needle which makes it possible to easy carry out a pricking operation and features high production efficiency and a process for production thereof. CONSTITUTION: This circular skin needle is composed of a sheet 3, a needle body 6 which projects a needle tipe part 7 perpendicularly from one surface of the sheet 3 by pricking the part through the sheet 3 and has a needle base part 8 extending along the other surface of the sheet 3 and another sheet 4 which is bonded in superposition on the sheet 3 via the needle base part 8 of the needle body 6. A flat part 9 expanding parallel with the sheets 3, 4 is formed at the needle base part 8 of the needle body 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a circular skin needle, and more particularly to a circular skin needle used for acupuncture and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as a circular skin needle used for acupuncture and moxibustion treatment, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 56-168143 is known. As shown in FIG. 7, the circular skin needle 15
Is a needle base portion 16 formed by forming the base end side of a single thread-like needle wire into an annular shape, and the tip end side of the needle wire is extended in a substantially central direction of the needle base portion 16 and further vertically projected. And a needle tip portion 17 formed by bending so as to be formed. However, in the circular skin needle 15, since the needle tip portion 17 is formed integrally with the annular needle base portion 16, the needle tip portion 17 can be surely directed in one direction without tilting, The work of forming the needle wire into an annular shape to form the needle base portion 16 takes time and labor, and there is a disadvantage that the manufacturing efficiency is low.

Further, in the above publication, as shown in FIG.
A circular skin needle 19 having a hook-shaped needle body 18 is disclosed. The needle body 18 of the circular skin needle 19 is bent so that a needle tip portion 20 and a needle base portion 21 are perpendicular to each other, and the needle base portion 21 is sandwiched between a flexible member 22 and an adhesive tape 23. It is supported. The needle body 18 can be manufactured simply by bending the needle tip portion 20 at a right angle to the needle base portion 21, so that it can be manufactured more easily than the needle body 15 having the annular needle base portion 16 shown in FIG. it can. by the way,
Prior to polymerizing the flexible member 22 and the adhesive tape 23, a work of piercing the needle tip portion 20 of the needle body 18 into the adhesive tape 23 is performed, and as shown in FIG. 9, the needle base portion 21 is tweezers or the like. It is gripped by the gripper 24. At this time, the needle body 1
Since the needle base 21 of No. 8 has a circular cross section, even if it is gripped by the gripper 24, it is in a state in which it is easy to rotate about the extending direction of the needle base 21 as an axis, and there is a disadvantage that the gripped state is not stable. For this reason, the directivity direction of the needle tip portion 20 is not fixed in one direction, which makes positioning work difficult and the work efficiency is low. Moreover, even when the needle base 21 is sandwiched between the flexible member 22 and the adhesive tape 23, as described above, the needle base 2
Since No. 1 is easy to rotate and the sandwiched state is not stable, there is a disadvantage that the needle tip 20 tends to tilt when puncturing the affected area, making puncturing work difficult.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems and to provide a circular skin needle which can be easily punctured and has high manufacturing efficiency, and a manufacturing method thereof.

[0005]

In order to achieve such an object, the circular skin needle of the present invention comprises a sheet and a needle tip portion which penetrates the sheet and vertically projects from one surface of the sheet. A needle body having a needle base portion extending along the other surface of the needle body, and another sheet bonded and polymerized to the sheet through the needle base portion of the needle body, and the needle base portion of the needle body is It is characterized in that it is provided with a flat portion extending along the surface of the sheet.

In the method for manufacturing a circular skin needle of the present invention, the rod-shaped needle body material has a needle tip portion bent at a right angle to the longitudinal direction of the needle body, and an extension of the needle tip portion. Forming a needle base portion having a flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction, piercing the needle tip portion in a direction perpendicular to a sheet to bring the flat portion of the needle base portion into close contact with the sheet, and to the sheet with an adhesive. And another sheet is superposed to sandwich the flat portion of the needle base portion between both sheets.

Further, in the method for manufacturing a circular skin needle of the present invention, after forming the needle tip portion and the needle base portion at the tip end portions of a plurality of needle body materials, each needle tip portion of the plurality of needle body materials is formed. Is pierced into a long strip-shaped sheet at a predetermined interval, another long strip-shaped sheet is polymerized with an adhesive agent to the sheet, and each needle base of a plurality of needle body materials is sandwiched between both sheets. A predetermined range centered on the needle tip portion is punched out to form a circular skin needle in which the flat portion of the needle base portion is sandwiched between both sheets.

[0008]

In the needle body of the circular needle of the present invention, the needle tip portion is bent at a right angle to the needle base portion, and the flat portion is formed on the needle base portion. When the flat portion is sandwiched by a sheet and another sheet, the flat portion closely adheres to both sheets in parallel,
The needle tip is made vertical and the needle base is prevented from rotating. Further, if the needle base is sandwiched between the two sheets while being prevented from rotating, the direction of the needle tip is fixed in one direction.

According to the method for manufacturing a circular skin needle of the present invention, the needle tip portion can be easily manufactured simply by bending the tip portion of the rod-shaped needle body material. Moreover, the flat portion is formed only by crushing the needle base portion. Further, since the flat portion is formed on the needle base, positioning during manufacturing becomes easy. That is, if the flat portion is gripped when the needle tip portion is punctured in the sheet, the needle base portion is prevented from rotating and the needle tip portion is tilted.

Further, in the method of the present invention, a plurality of needle-shaped materials are sandwiched between a belt-shaped sheet and another belt-shaped sheet at a predetermined interval, and then a predetermined range centered on the needle tip portion. To punch out a plurality of circular skin needles.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory sectional view of a circular skin needle of this embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a needle body, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are explanatory views showing a manufacturing process of the needle body of FIG. 4 to 6 are explanatory views showing the manufacturing process of the circular skin needle.

As shown in FIG. 1, a circular skin needle 1 is adhered to an adhesive surface of an adhesive sheet 2, and a supporting portion formed by synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4 which are polymerized with each other via an adhesive agent. 5 and a needle body 6 interposed and supported between the synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4 of the support portion 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the needle body 6 comprises a sharp needle tip portion 7 and a needle base portion 8 extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the needle tip portion 7 is directed. The needle base portion 8 includes a flat portion 9 that is flat. As shown in FIG. 1, the support portion 5 punctures and holds the needle tip portion 7 of the needle body 6 on one synthetic fiber sheet 3, and the other synthetic fiber sheet 4 is polymerized to form both synthetic fibers. A needle base 8 having a flat portion 9 is sandwiched in parallel between the fiber sheets 3 and 4. Since the needle base portion 8 is formed flat by the flat portion 9, when the needle base portion 8 is supported between the synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4 of the support portion 5, the needle base portion 8 is firmly supported, and It is possible to minimize the protrusion of the needle base 8 on the surface of the synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4. Further, since the needle base 8 interposed and supported between the synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4 of the support portion 5 is flat by the flat portion 9, both synthetic fiber sheets 3 and 4 are formed.
It is possible to reliably maintain the state in which the needle tip portion 7 is vertically oriented without rotating between them.

As shown in FIG. 1, the circular skin needle 1 of this embodiment is provided with an adhesive sheet 2 on the upper surface of a supporting portion 5 and a needle tip portion 7 when the adhesive sheet 2 is attached to an affected area. Puncture the affected area.
Even at this time, the needle base portion 8 of the needle body 6 is stably supported by the support portion 5 because it is flat by the flat portion 9, and the needle tip portion 7 does not tilt and reliably punctures the affected area. You can

Next, the manufacturing process of the circular skin needle 1 of this embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), a predetermined position of a rod-shaped needle body material 6'having a sharp tip as shown in FIG. 3 (a) is crushed by a pressing device (not shown) and flattened. Form part 9. Next, as shown in FIG. 3 (c), the tip portion of the needle material 6 ′ is moved from the tip edge of the flat portion 9 to the flat portion 9.
The needle tip 7 is formed by bending at a right angle with respect to. In addition,
This step can be performed at the same time when the flat portion 9 and the needle tip portion 7 are bent. In this manner, a plurality of needle body materials 6'having the flat portion 9 on the needle base 8 and the needle tip 7 oriented in a direction perpendicular to the needle base 8 are formed.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4A, the pedestal 1
0 is laid with a belt-shaped synthetic fiber sheet 3, and a plurality of needle tip portions 7 of the needle body materials 6 ′ are arranged at predetermined positions on the synthetic fiber sheet 3.
Are stabbed at predetermined intervals, and the synthetic fiber sheet 3
A plurality of needle material 6'is attached on top. The sheet 3 may be provided with a mark 11 indicating the attachment position of the needle body material 6 ', but a stopper is provided on the opposite side of the needle tip portion 7 to insert the needle tip portion 7 of the needle body material 6'. This facilitates positioning of the needle tip portion 7. When the needle material 6'is inserted into the synthetic fiber sheet 3, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), the flat portion 9 is held by a holding tool 12 such as tweezers so that the needle base 8 does not rotate. It is possible to perform work quickly and accurately in a stable gripping state. An adhesive 13 is applied to the sheet 3.

Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 5, another synthetic fiber sheet 4 is polymerized with the synthetic fiber sheet 3. Both sheets 3 and 4 are adhered by an adhesive agent 13,
A needle base 8 is supported between the four in a sandwiched state.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of circular skin needles 1 are punched in a circular shape so that the needle tip portion 7 is located at the center together with the flat portions 9 and the flat portions 9 of both sheets 3 and 4. To form.

As described above, since the flat body 9 facilitates the grasping of the needle body material 6'and the easy positioning between the sheets 3 and 4, the plurality of circular skin needles 1 can be manufactured very quickly. You can

[0020]

As is apparent from the above, the circular skin needle of the present invention has the flat portion formed at the needle base portion of the needle body, so that the flat needle pinched by the sheet and another sheet. The parts are attached in parallel between both sheets to prevent rotation,
It is possible to reliably maintain the state in which the needle tip portion is oriented in the vertical direction. This makes it possible to perform a stable and accurate puncturing operation when puncturing the affected area with the needle tip.

According to the method for manufacturing a circular skin needle of the present invention, the needle tip portion is bent at a right angle to the needle base portion, and the needle base portion is crushed to form the flat portion, so that the needle body is extremely simple to manufacture. If the flat portion is gripped when the needle tip portion is pierced into the sheet, the needle base portion is prevented from rotating and the needle tip portion is prevented from tilting.Therefore, the pinching position between both sheets should be accurately determined. It can be manufactured.

Further, in the method of the present invention, a plurality of long needle bodies are sandwiched between a belt-shaped sheet and another belt-shaped sheet at a predetermined interval, and then the needle tip is centered. Since it suffices to punch through a predetermined range, a plurality of circular skin needles can be easily and quickly manufactured.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory sectional view of a circular skin needle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a needle body.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing a manufacturing process of the needle body.

FIG. 4 (a) is an explanatory diagram showing a manufacturing process of a circular skin needle,
(B) is explanatory drawing of the holding | grip state of a needle body.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing a manufacturing process of a circular skin needle.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a manufacturing process of a circular skin needle.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a conventional circular skin needle.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory cross section showing a conventional circular skin needle.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a grasped state of a conventional needle body.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... circle needle, 3 ... sheet, 4 ... other sheet, 6 ... needle body,
6 '... Needle body material, 7 ... Needle tip portion, 8 ... Needle base portion, 9 ... Flat portion.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A sheet, a needle body that pierces the sheet and has a needle tip portion protruding perpendicularly from one surface of the sheet, and a needle base portion extending along the other surface of the sheet, and a needle of the needle body. A circular skin needle characterized in that the needle base of the needle body is provided with a flat portion that extends along the surface of the sheet, the needle base being configured by another sheet that is polymerized and adhered to the sheet via a base portion. 2. A needle tip portion formed by bending a tip end portion of a rod-shaped needle body material at a right angle to a longitudinal direction of the needle body material, and a flat portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction of the needle tip material. A needle base portion having the needle base portion, the needle tip portion is pierced through the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the sheet, and the flat portion of the needle base portion is brought into close contact with the sheet, and the sheet is polymerized with another sheet through an adhesive to both sheets. A method for manufacturing a circular skin needle, comprising sandwiching the flat portion of the needle base portion therebetween. 3. The needle tip portion and the needle base portion are formed on the tip end portions of a plurality of needle body materials, and then the needle tip portions of the plurality of needle body materials are provided on a long strip-shaped sheet at predetermined intervals. Piercing, and another sheet in the form of a long strip is superposed on the sheet via an adhesive to sandwich each needle base portion of a plurality of needle body materials between both sheets, and punch out a predetermined range centered on the needle tip portion. The method for manufacturing a circular skin needle according to claim 2, wherein a circular skin needle in which the flat portion of the needle base portion is sandwiched between both sheets is formed.