KR0144993B1 - Insulation device of meridians - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an insulation device for protecting a patient from an external power source in a diagnosis and treatment device using the electrical characteristics of the human meridians. The insulation device of the present invention converts the power into the required high voltage power through the isolated DC-DC converter, and is used in the digital data generating part and the analog part generating the therapeutic wave through the opto-coupler. Configured to insulate between power supplies. Therefore, the present invention not only accurately sets the shape and frequency of the treatment waveform, which is the most important treatment element in the meridians, but also provides an effect of insulating the patient and the power supply.

Description

Insulation device of meridians

1 is a block diagram showing a general meridian treatment device that operates with batteries and commercial power,

2 is a block diagram showing an insulation device of the meridians according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

※ Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing

21: commercial power supply unit 22: isolated DC-DC converter

23: central processing unit 24: digital pulse generator

25: Opto-coupler 26: D / A converter

27: amplifier 30: digital circuit

35: analog circuit part

The present invention relates to a diagnosis and treatment device using the electrical characteristics of the human meridians, and more particularly, to an insulation device of the meridians treatment device that can give a desired signal to the human body while maintaining the insulation. Meridian treatment device that can treat various diseases of the human body by correcting the meridians and threads of the meridians of the human body applies a weak DC voltage between one acupuncture point in the human meridians and one reference hand. Then electricity flows through the meridians and the disease is diagnosed by checking the response to this stimulus. Some configurations of such a general meridians are shown in FIG. Figure 1 (a) is a block diagram showing a part of the meridians that operate with a battery, Figure 1 (b) is a block diagram showing a part of the meridians that operate on a commercial power source. The meridians of Figure 1 (a) is provided with a battery (11) for supplying power to operate each configuration, and a waveform generator (12) for generating waveforms for diagnosis and treatment. The waveform generator 13 is connected to an output terminal of the waveform generator 12 for converting a waveform of an input pulse into a desired waveform. The output terminal of the waveform shaping unit 13 is configured to be connected to an amplifier 14 for amplifying the waveform of the input pulse to the required size. Meridian treatment device of Figure 1 (b) is provided with a commercial power supply unit 15 for supplying power to operate each configuration, and a waveform generator 16 for generating a waveform necessary for diagnosis and treatment. A waveform shaping section 17 is connected to the output terminal of the waveform generator 16 for converting a waveform of an input pulse into a desired waveform. An amplifier 18 is connected to an output terminal of the waveform shaping section 17 for amplifying the waveform of the input pulse to a desired magnitude. The output terminal of the amplifier 18 is configured such that a transformer 19 for isolating between the input and the output is connected. Meridian therapies that operate with such batteries and commercial power will be briefly described since they are common devices. First, in the meridian treatment device of FIG. 1 (a) using the battery as a power source, the battery operates as a power source supplied from the battery 11. The waveform generator 12 generates a rectangular pulse waveform in order to apply an electrical signal to the human body. This pulse waveform is input to the waveform shaping unit 13. The waveform shaping unit 13 converts the waveform of the input pulse into a therapeutic waveform having a desired shape and frequency. This treatment waveform is input to the amplifier 14. The amplifier 14 amplifies the inputted therapeutic waveform to the required size and outputs the therapeutic waveform to be applied to the patient contact through the electroacupuncture needle. At this time, the amplifier 14 converts the power supplied from the battery 11, which is the power supply unit, into high voltage. Meridian treatment device of Figure 1 (b) using a commercial power source as a power source operates with the power supplied from the commercial power supply unit 15. The waveform generator 16 generates a pulse waveform having a duty cycle necessary for applying an electrical signal to the human body. This pulse waveform is input to the waveform shaping section 17. The waveform shaping unit 17 converts the waveform of the input pulse into a therapeutic waveform having a desired shape and frequency. This treatment waveform is input to amplifier 18. The amplifier 18 amplifies the input waveform to the required size and outputs it. The amplified waveform is transmitted to the output side through the transformer 19. As mentioned above, the most important factor in the meridians that apply electrical signals to the human body is the frequency, waveform, and magnitude of the signal. Therefore, insulated for safety while utilizing these three factors is very important. However, when operating using a battery, the insulation from the outside is perfect, but there are limitations due to the limitation of the battery capacity in driving a circuit that can realize precise waveforms, that is, various shapes, various frequencies, and accurate time setting. In addition, when using the commercial power supply to create a therapeutic waveform, the transformer is insulated using the final output stage. In this case, even though the waveform is made precisely at the front stage, it is difficult to transmit pulse and low frequency characteristics without distortion at the same time. There are limitations to creating a waveform. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an insulation device of the meridians treatment device which can give a desired signal to the human body while completely insulated between the commercial power supply and the patient contact by solving the above problems. Insulation device of the meridians according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a device for isolating between the human body and the power supply in the diagnostic and treatment device using the electrical characteristics of the human meridians, the AC (DC) power supply required The commercial power unit generated by converting to a power source, an isolated type DC-DC converter which separately obtains a desired voltage from the DC power source supplied from the commercial power unit, and receives a DC power source from the commercial power source as an operating power source, and a desired frequency. And a digital pulse generator for generating a predetermined bit of digital data capable of generating a treatment waveform having a shape and a time, and receiving operating power from the isolated DC-DC converter, and the digital pulse generator generated from the digital pulse generator. Converts data into analog signals and amplifies the voltage and current components of the analog signals And an analog waveform generator for outputting a therapeutic waveform applied to the optical waveform, and an opto-coupler for isolating the digital pulse generator and the analog waveform generator. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 2 is a block diagram showing an insulating device of the meridians according to the present invention. As shown, the meridians of the present invention is provided with a commercial power supply unit 21 for supplying power to operate each configuration, and the isolated DC-DC converter 22. The commercial power supply unit 21 is connected to the digital circuit unit 30 that receives the DC power required from the AC power source as an operating power supply, and the analog circuit unit 35 is connected to the insulated DC-DC converter 22. do. The digital circuit unit 30 is provided with a central processing unit (CPU) 23 for generating data according to external key input. A digital pulse generator 24 is connected to an output terminal of the central processing unit 23 for generating a treatment waveform represented by a certain number of bits in response to the input data. An output terminal of the digital pulse generator 24 is connected to an Opto-Coupler 25 that electrically insulates input and output. On the other hand, the analog circuit unit 35 that receives the necessary voltage from the isolated DC-DC converter 22 has an opto-coupler 25 and a digital therapeutic waveform output through the opto-coupler 25 in an analog form. D / A converter 26 for conversion, and an amplifier 27 for amplifying the voltage and current of the analog waveform input to a predetermined magnitude. The output of this amplifier 27 is configured to supply the desired signal to the patient contact via the electroacupuncture. The operation of the insulation device of the meridians according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail. First, the commercial power supply unit 21 generates power required for the meridians. This power is supplied to an isolation DC-DC converter 22 and a digital circuit section 30, respectively. The isolated DC-DC converter 22 obtains an arbitrary voltage from the DC input and supplies it to the analog circuit unit 35. In the digital circuit unit 30 receiving the necessary power from the commercial power supply unit 21, the central processing unit 23 is determined whether to generate a therapeutic waveform or a diagnostic waveform from an external input source such as a keyboard. In addition, the central processing unit 23 is determined to generate a treatment waveform having a frequency, shape, time, etc. when generating the treatment waveform. The central processing unit 23 outputs data necessary for the digital pulse generator 24 according to the external input signal. The digital pulse generator 24 generates 8 bits of digital data that can produce a therapeutic waveform of a desired frequency according to the input data. This 8-bit digital data is input to the opto-coupler 25. The opto-coupler 25 electrically insulates the power used in the digital portion from the power supplied from the commercial power supply 21 and the power used in the analog portion. That is, the opto-coupler 25 converts the electric 8-bit digital data applied from the digital pulse generator 24 into the form of light, and again, the power is supplied from the isolated DC-DC converter 22. Due to the conversion to the electrical signal to the D / A converter 26 to maintain the insulation state. The D / A converter 26 converts an analog signal to 8-bit digital data input through the opto-coupler 25 and outputs the analog signal. This analog signal is input to the amplifier 27. The amplifier 27 amplifies the voltage and current components of the analog signal input by the high voltage power supplied from the isolated DC-DC converter 22 and outputs them as therapeutic waveforms. This therapeutic waveform is applied to the human body through an electric needle. As described above, the present invention relates to an insulator of the meridians, and in terms of safety, the battery is used to insulate between the human body and the power supply. Compared to the conventional art, the opto-coupler is used to insulate between the digital circuit unit and the power supply used in the analog circuit unit, and the insulating DC-DC converter is used to insulate the insulation while maintaining the insulation. .

Claims (5)

An apparatus for insulating between a human body and a power source in a diagnosis and treatment device using electrical characteristics of human meridians, comprising: a commercial power supply unit generated by converting an AC power source into a DC power source; An insulated DC-DC converter that separately obtains a desired voltage from a DC power supplied from the commercial power supply unit; A digital pulse generator for receiving a DC power from the commercial power source as an operating power source and generating a predetermined bit of digital data capable of generating a therapeutic waveform having a desired frequency, shape, and time; Operating power is supplied from the isolated DC-DC converter, and converts the digital data generated by the digital pulse generator into an analog signal, and amplifies the voltage and current components of the analog signal into a therapeutic waveform applied to the human body. An analog waveform generator for outputting; And an opto-coupler for insulating between the digital pulse generator and the analog waveform generator. The digital pulse generator of claim 1, wherein the digital pulse generator comprises: a central processor configured to receive a shape, a frequency, and a treatment time of a treatment waveform from the outside, and generate data corresponding thereto; And a digital pulse generator for generating a predetermined bit of digital data capable of producing a treatment waveform having a desired treatment element in response to data applied from the central processing unit. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the analog waveform generator comprises: a D / A converter for converting input digital data into an analog signal; And an amplifier for amplifying the voltage and current components of the analog signal applied from the D / A converter, respectively. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the opto-coupler converts the electrical digital data applied from the digital pulse generator into light, and converts the light back to the electrical digital data to be transferred to the D / A converter Isolating device of the meridians, characterized in that to insulate between the digital pulse generator and the D / A converter. The method of claim 1, wherein the insulated DC-DC converter separately obtains a voltage necessary for the analog waveform generator from the DC voltage of the commercial power supply unit and supplies the voltage to the analog waveform generator so as to insulate the components from the digital pulse generator. Insulation device of the meridians.