KR101280449B1 - Glove type multi purpose electric needle capable of automatical acupuncturing based on pulse diagnosic - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A gloves type multifunctional electronic needle with an automatic procedure function according to pulse diagnosis is provided to form accurate measurement using the state of a patient and data analyzed data. CONSTITUTION: A main body part is worn at the hand of a user. A plurality of electronic needle procedure tips is attached to the inner side surface or outer side surface of the main body part. A plurality of skin conductivity measuring sensors (30) is attached to the inner side surface or outer side surface of the main body part. A pulse measuring sensor (40) measures pulse of the wrist. An oxygen saturation measuring sensor (50) is installed on one side of the inner side surface or outer side surface of the main body part.

Description

GLOVE TYPE MULTI PURPOSE ELECTRIC NEEDLE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICAL ACUPUNCTURING BASED ON PULSE DIAGNOSIC}

The present invention relates to a glove-type multifunction electronic needle, which is implemented in the form of a glove so that it can be worn on the user's hand, the electronic needle based on the data of measuring the pulsation state of the user, the conductivity of the skin, the oxygen saturation contained in the blood By determining the strength of the electricity applied and the maintenance time, the diagnosis and the procedure can be performed simultaneously, and the acupuncture is applied to the reflex ports where nerves in each part of the human body are concentrated in the hand so that several procedures can be performed simultaneously. Relates to a device.

The electrical phenomena of the human body have been studied by the scientific researchers on the electrical properties of biological systems and the electrical properties of living tissues and cells and the components that make up the disease. It has greatly influenced the identification and progress of effective treatment in medicine and further advances in medical engineering.

Confirmation of oriental medical doctor's findings before treatment, such as pulmonary diagnosis and diagnosis of oriental medicine, is indispensable in almost all oriental medicine diagnosis procedures. In addition, the verification process has recently been progressing on the basis of more objective data than on the subjective judgment of a doctor based on a more scientific basis due to the rapid development of sensors and electronic technologies.

In this way, a problem of reliability in accuracy arises in the pulsation caused by the measuring device other than the diagnosis of the oriental medical doctor. In other words, it is not known whether the measurement is made when the sensor is accurately positioned in the radial artery, and because the thickness of blood vessels varies depending on a person such as a person with a thick forearm and a person with a narrow arm, according to a person's body type and characteristics There is a possibility of error in the pulse measurement.

In order to solve this problem, in Korean Patent No. 1034255, the pulsation measurement point is selected by analyzing the surface temperature of the radial artery part, and the pulsation wave is detected by contacting and pressing the pressure sensor to the selected pulsation measurement point. It is proposed a technology that can measure the accurate and reliable pulse wave.

However, since the registered patent has to have a separate surface temperature measuring device and a surface temperature analyzing device for pulsation measurement, the device is not only complicated and increases in manufacturing cost, but can also reflect the characteristics of the patient's body shape. There is no problem.

On the other hand, acupuncture, which is the center of patient treatment in oriental medicine, has been used a lot in modern times as a center of classical patient treatment methods that have been descended for a long time. Such acupuncture has developed in recent years with the development of electronic devices, one of which is the electronic needle. Recently, various methods have been introduced, including electric needles and laser needles similar to the form of electronic needles.

Dual needles do not insert needles into the skin, unlike classical or electroacupuncture needles. In other words, the lead of the tip corresponding to the needle is not made like a needle so as not to deeply irritate the patient's skin so that the patient does not have fear of penetrating the needle into the skin and concern about the transmission of the disease.

In the conventional herbal treatment, acupuncture treatment is often performed after pulsation, and the acupuncture treatment time is long, as well as the pulsation process and the acupuncture process are made separately.

Therefore, there is a need for an apparatus or technology for diagnosing an accurate patient's condition without oriental medicine's progress in oriental medicine treatment, and enabling oriental medicine treatment in a shorter time.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, the object of the present invention is to focus on the signal strength according to the electrical conductivity of the pulse wave and the skin generated in the patient in consideration of the difference in the conductivity of the skin according to the affected part of the patient Using the electronic mechanism to accurately measure and the fuzzy rule to objectify these contents, algorithms based on the patient's different body type, skin impedance, vascular purity and body's situation can be applied. It is.

Another object of the present invention is to enable the active procedure according to the condition of the patient while performing the electronic needle function.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a plurality of electrons formed in the form of a glove to be worn on the user's hand, attached to the inner surface or the outer surface of the body portion Acupuncture tip, a plurality of skin conductivity sensors attached to the inner surface or the outer surface of the body portion, a pulse measuring sensor worn on the user's wrist to measure the pulse of the wrist, installed on the inner side or the outer side of the body portion Diagnosis of the user's health on the basis of the user's pulse state, skin conductivity, oxygen saturation data measured by the oxygen saturation measurement sensor and the pulse rate measurement sensor, skin conductivity measurement sensor and oxygen saturation measurement sensor. Electrode needle tip to apply electricity, the electric strength and retention time to determine the electric power applied to the needle needle Provided is a glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to a pulse diagnosis characterized in that it comprises a controller.

Here, the electroacupuncture tip and the skin conductivity measuring sensor is preferably installed in consideration of the position corresponding to the reflector connecting the nerves of each part of the human body in the hand.

The apparatus may further include a storage configured to store the body signal information and the fuzzy learning algorithm for each user's health state, and the controller may include the body signal information for the user's health state and the measured pulse state, skin conductivity, and oxygen saturation of the user. It is more preferable to diagnose the state of health of the user using the fuzzy learning algorithm as an input value.

The controller may train a fuzzy learning algorithm in advance so as to detect a user's health state and a lesion through a body signal information of the user's health state and a body signal information pattern in an unhealthy state, and store the training result in the storage unit. Can be stored in

The apparatus may further include a wireless communication unit configured to transmit the measured pulsation state, skin conductivity and oxygen saturation data of the user to a user terminal or a remote medical terminal, and receive a control signal from the user terminal or the remote medical terminal. On the basis of the control signal received from the wireless communication unit, it is also possible to determine the electro needle needle tip to apply electricity, the intensity and maintenance time of electricity applied to the electro needle needle tip.

According to the present invention, the electrical intensity and the cycle of the electrical conductivity generated in the affected part of the patient automatically senses the oxygen saturation and pulse of the blood based on the patient's condition and the analyzed data based on this based on the electrical strength and cycle by the fuzzy technique Determine and determine the acupuncture treatment effect by one performance by the multi-type glove mechanism.

Figure 1 conceptually illustrates the shape and configuration of a glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic procedure function according to the pulse diagnosis according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis according to the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a controller.
Figure 4 is a block diagram of a remote electronic needle operation or a remote health monitoring system using a multi-function electronic needle of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing pulse diagnosis using a fuzzy algorithm.

Prior to the description of the specific configuration of the present invention, the principle of allowing a more accurate diagnosis by reflecting the skin conductivity and oxygen saturation data to the pulse data is briefly described as follows.

In case that a certain part is diagnosed as bad through pulsation, the electrical signal is different according to the fact that the bio signals are different for each patient. You can judge. For example, when an electrical stimulation of the acupuncture point of the resin is applied to the hepatic vein located in the reflex port of the hand, and the pain occurs around the liver, the main reflex port, this class of patients may be considered to have problems with the hepatic vein.

When a tissue is injured, the wound becomes more electrical resistant than the surrounding tissue. This is because the intrinsic reference value of the reference current that is responsible for the neurotransmission flowing through the nervous system has a characteristic that the current does not pass well because the electrical resistance is high at the wound site. Therefore, since the wound part has less electricity and as a result, the absolute current of the cell is less, the part of the body may move uncomfortably and sometimes it may not be used at all.

That is, when inflammatory reactions, various diseases, and cancer are caused in the human body, pain, local fever, edema, and seizures appear in the body. In addition, when problems occur in the skin and body tissues, the body and muscles will contract themselves as a protective dimension. Contraction of the wounded tissue and muscles results in a decrease in blood flow, a decrease in oxygen supply, and a decrease in nutritional balance. In addition, waste is not excreted and accumulated inside. These symptoms are the main cause of pain in muscles.

The fact that this hypothesis is proved that acne, atopy and blotch are high in electrical resistance and have insulator characteristics, and due to lack of oxygen supply, the skin's order is broken and inflammation of the skin or death of skin tissue causes atopic dermatitis. Will become a mushroom.

Existing pulsation has not been able to understand the electrical transmission characteristics of skin caused by these organ problems, and because it does not consider the patient's gender, age and illness, it is impossible to determine the exact blood point and determine the bedtime and the needle strength. Therefore, the elderly and children who are weak skin had a problem that the bruise or wound on the skin after the electroacupuncture treatment.

In order to solve this problem, the self-adjusting period and the electric intensity suitable for the patient's condition are adjusted by the intelligent purging method, and the method of applying the intensity to the needle area rather than penetrating the skin directly. The main feature is that it is possible to give a multi-stimulus by the glove type.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.

In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification and claims, when a part includes a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, except to exclude other components unless specifically stated otherwise.

Figure 1 conceptually illustrates the form and configuration of a glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis according to the present invention 3 is a block diagram showing the detailed configuration of the controller.

1 and 2, the glove-type multifunction electronic needle (1) having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis according to the present invention is formed in the shape of a glove to be worn on the user's hand 10 , A plurality of electro-acupuncture needle 20 and the skin conductivity measuring sensor 30 attached to the inner side or the outer side of the main body 10, a pulse measuring sensor that is worn on the user's wrist to measure the pulse of the wrist ( 40), based on the oxygen saturation measuring sensor 50 and the data measured by each sensor installed on one side of the inner side or the outer side of the main body portion to diagnose the state of the user (patient) and accordingly the electroacupuncture needle 20 It is configured to include a diagnostic unit 60 for controlling the electric needle to perform the electrosurgery procedure.

The main body 10 is formed in the shape of a glove so that the user can be subjected to pulsation and electroacupuncture at the same time while wearing it on the user's hand. It is preferable to be made of a material having elasticity, such as rubber or silicone, which can contact and maintain electrical insulation.

The electroacupuncture needle 20 is intended to apply electrical stimulation to the contacted area in contact with the skin of the user's hand. The needle does not penetrate the skin, unlike acupuncture, by slightly blunting the tip of the needle without sharpening it. It is desirable to prevent the user from fear of penetrating the skin and transmission of the disease.

Electron needle nib 20 may be attached to the inside or outside of the body portion 10, when installed inside, the human body from the hand using the principle that the nerve of each part of the human body is concentrated in the human hand The electroacupuncture needle 20 is installed at a position corresponding to the portion corresponding to the reflector of each part, and electricity is applied to the electroacupuncture needle 20 installed at a position corresponding to the abnormal part according to the diagnosis result. Electrical stimulation is applied to the site. When the electroacupuncture needle 20 is installed outside, it is intended to directly apply electrical stimulation to each part of the body rather than the reflector of the hand, and the effect of the procedure is greater than that of stimulating the reflector. On the other hand, there is a disadvantage that the diagnosis is made while pointing to each part of the body and the acupuncture procedure must be made individually according to the diagnosis result.

Pulse measurement sensor 40 is a device for measuring the pulse of the wrist worn on the user's wrist, as described above, due to the difficulty of accurate positioning of the radial artery, the difference in blood pressure for each constitution, such as electrical or mechanical Accurate diagnosis of pulsation is practically impossible.

With this in mind, the present invention measures skin conductivity and oxygen saturation of the user, and reflects the skin conductivity and oxygen saturation data in the pulse data to enable a more accurate diagnosis. By using this method, more rapid and accurate patient diagnosis is possible.

The skin conductivity measuring sensor 30 is installed on the inner side or the outer side of the main body portion 10, and it is possible to determine the accurate affected area by measuring the skin conductivity near the affected part of the patient. To this end, the skin conductivity measuring sensor 30 is preferably installed at a position corresponding to a portion corresponding to the reflector of each part of the human body, as in the electroacupuncture nib 20, in the case of measuring the reflector of the hand It is provided inside the main body 10, and when measuring each body part, it is provided outside the main body 10.

Oxygen saturation measurement sensor 50 is to measure the oxygen saturation of the skin, when a problem occurs in the skin and body tissues is used for the purpose of assisting the pulse measurement by using the oxygen supply decreases the oxygen saturation is lowered.

The diagnosis unit 60 measures the health state of the user based on the pulse state, skin conductivity, and oxygen saturation data of the user measured by the pulsation measurement sensor 40, the skin conductivity measurement sensor 30, and the oxygen saturation measurement sensor 50. Diagnosis, and determines the strength and the maintenance time of the electric needle applied to the electro-needle needle 10, the electro-needle needle 10 to be applied according to the diagnosis result, the wireless communication unit 61, the controller 62 ), A storage unit 63 and a power supply unit 64.

The wireless communication unit 61 is used for data communication with an external device, and may be used to provide a function such as remote monitoring or remote acupuncture control as described below.

The storage unit 63 stores the body signal information and the fuzzy learning algorithm for each user's health state.

The controller 62 drives a fuzzy algorithm based on the data measured from the sensors and the body signal information of the user's health state stored in the storage unit 63 as an input value to determine the accurate classification of the patient's condition to determine the correct patient's condition. Diagnosis is made, which will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The power supply unit 64 applies power to each component of the diagnosis unit 60, each sensor, and the electronic needle tip 20, and a power terminal for using an internal battery or receiving external commercial power may be formed. .

The controller 62 for realizing the pulse wave measuring mechanism required for the 'glove-type multi-electron needle' proposed in the present invention is designed to cope with various patterns, and the microsignal potential of the body changes according to the painful part of the patient. It is designed to detect the state at the same time, and will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

TI's TMS320VC33 is used as the main processor, and HY29F040 is used as the flash ROM for Operand. It is designed to have 512K * 8 Opcode storage capacity and 512K * 32 Main Operating RAM capacity. Built-in 8 channel analog to digital converter (A / D) with 1 serial port, 1 USB bus, 12 bit 454 kHz sampling rate, 4 channel digital to analog converter (D / A) with 12 bit 1B settling time Has built in.

The signal measured by the sensor is first filtered after the signal is amplified by the amplifier and passed through the isolation amplifier AD202. This is to prevent fatal electric shock accidents that may occur in the human body in advance. However, this part may be omitted if the design of this input stage is operated by a small battery by wireless.

Pulse waves and other signals generated in the human body are signals that are not relatively fast compared to those of other human bodies, but for real-time analysis and second-order differentiation and re-fuzzy learning based on new pattern changes. There is a need for a processor with floating point arithmetic and an A / D converter with fast conversion times. However, D / A converters have more time and precision than A / D converters.

However, for the safety of the body, this part also requires the isolation of the power supply.The serial type D / A converter having four signals (CS, SCL, SDI, SDO) lines for this function and the high voltage signal control for acupuncture A photo coupler was installed at the input and output stages.

The idea that the electrical conductivity is different depending on the physical characteristics of the person and the sick lesion of the patient is expected to further develop the scientificization of oriental medicine through many future studies. It is designed to control voltage change of AC30V ~ 300V and power change of 100uA ~ 10mA by using D / A changer and high voltage FET that can convert digital signal into analog type signal for generating various signal voltage. It also includes hardware requirements to support multi-mode electro-needle function that can act as a mechanical needle available in the existing policy through protection function for safety and control mode conversion.

All data generated by the DSP is controlled via RS232C and USB or designed to accept the resulting data in real time. A dedicated serial controller is built in to support RS232, and the communication speed is as low as 1200BPS to 115,000BPS. It also supports USB1.0 and USB2.0, which are widely used for PC communication. In addition, the ISM band of the 2.4 GHz band has a feature that can communicate with the system wirelessly. In this configuration, the signal generated by the sensor and the control signal do not use any elements for power disconnection.

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a remote electronic needle operation or a remote health monitoring system using a multi-function electronic needle of the present invention.

According to the system of FIG. 4, the result of the measurement or diagnosis in the diagnosis unit 60 is transmitted to the management terminal 2 through the wireless communication unit 61 and monitored remotely or electronically from an administrator such as a doctor based on the diagnosis result. Acupuncture command may be provided to allow electroacupuncture to be performed.

In addition, the result of the measurement or diagnosis in the remote diagnosis unit 60 may be transmitted to the management server 3 through the wireless communication unit 61 so that it can be remotely monitored or analyzed.

In particular, when the multifunction electronic needle 1 of the present invention is used for a large number of users, it is difficult to store all the body signal information for each health state in the storage unit 63 of the multifunction electronic needle 1. In this case, the body signal information for each state of health of a plurality of users may be stored in the management server 3, and in case of diagnosis, the necessary information may be received from the management server 3, or may be directly purged from the management server 3 It is also possible to perform an algorithm to directly diagnose the patient's condition and transmit the diagnosis result to the multifunction needle 1.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing pulse diagnosis using a fuzzy algorithm.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, information such as pulse information, skin conductivity, oxygen saturation, etc. of each user's health state is included in an indexing vector to perform fuzzy algorithm prior learning.

After the learning is completed, the controller 62 calls body signal information for each health state of the user from the storage unit 63 to generate data corresponding to each pattern (S20).

Thereafter, skin conductivity, pulse, and oxygen saturation information are detected through the skin conductivity measuring sensor 30, the pulse measuring sensor 40, and the oxygen saturation measuring sensor 50 (S30).

The controller 62 executes a fuzzy algorithm based on the called information and the detected sensor information as input values (S40), and classifies the patient's condition as an execution result (S60). In other words, the data undergoing the detection process is converted into patterned information through an indexing vector, and then classified through the fuzzy algorithm to classify the patient's state information such as “normal”, “lung abnormality”, “hepatic abnormality” and “kidney abnormality”. The controller 62 determines the electronic needle procedure according to the classified state information.

More specifically, the data received from the sensor is converted into an easy-to-determined form through the first and second derivatives of the blood pressure using a data indexing algorithm, and each of the electrodes for measuring the conductivity filters the transmitted signal. This creates the input data required by fuzzy logic. The generated data is classified through a fuzzy logic driver. The classification of the condition may determine the severity of the disease and the aging of blood vessels that the patient may have based on the information of the surveyed user's constitution, age, diet and measured data.

According to the present invention, it is possible to more accurately analyze the detected sensor information according to the learned contents based on the basic data of the surveyed user and the biosignal information for each health state, and further refine the analysis result to optimize the electronic It is possible to provide acupuncture procedures.

That is, the electroacupuncture needles 20 to which electricity is to be applied are determined according to the affected part of the patient, and the electric strength, maintenance time, driving frequency, etc. applied to the electroacupuncture needles 20 according to the basic constitution and the severity of the disease. By varying the optimal electroacupuncture procedure according to the constitution and condition of the patient is possible.

In addition, the conventional acupuncture needle and the conventional electronic needle method can not be performed except one affected area according to the patient's treatment site, and if the procedure is required, the procedure is difficult due to the need for more than several labors. According to the present invention, the electrical conductivity generated in the affected part of the patient and the oxygen saturation and pulse of the blood are automatically sensed and purged based on the patient's condition and the analyzed data. The electrical strength and the cycle are determined by the technique, and the acupuncture treatment can be performed in one operation by the glove mechanism.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to the present embodiment, and even if design changes are made within the scope of the present invention, they are included in the present invention .

1: multifunction electronic needle 2: manager terminal
3: management server 10: main body
20: Electroacupuncture needle 30: Skin conductivity measuring sensor
40: pulse sensor 50: oxygen saturation sensor
60: diagnostic unit 61: wireless communication unit
62: controller 63: storage unit
64: power supply

Claims (5)

A main body formed in a glove form and formed to be worn on a user's hand;
A plurality of electron needle surgical tips attached to the inner side or the outer side of the main body;
A plurality of skin conductivity measurement sensors attached to the inner side or the outer side of the main body;
A pulse measuring sensor worn on a user's wrist to measure a pulse of the wrist;
Oxygen saturation measuring sensor is installed on one side of the inner side or the outer side of the main body; And
An electronic needle for diagnosing a user's health state based on the pulse state, skin conductivity and oxygen saturation data of the user measured by the pulse measuring sensor, the skin conductivity measuring sensor and the oxygen saturation measuring sensor, and applying electricity according to the diagnosed result. A glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis, characterized in that it comprises a controller for determining the strength and the maintenance time of the electric force applied to the procedure tip, the electroacupuncture needle.
The method of claim 1,
The electroacupuncture needle and the skin conductivity measuring sensor is a glove-type multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis, characterized in that installed in consideration of the position corresponding to the reflector connecting the nerves of each part of the human body in the hand.
The method of claim 1,
A storage unit for storing the body signal information and fuzzy learning algorithm for each user's health state is further included,
The controller may be configured to diagnose a user's health state using the fuzzy learning algorithm as input values of the body signal information of the user's health state and the measured pulse state, skin conductivity, and oxygen saturation data of the user. Armored multifunction electronic needle with automatic procedure according to diagnosis.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The controller trains a fuzzy learning algorithm in advance so as to detect a user's health state and a lesion through a body signal information of the user's health state and a body signal information pattern in an unhealthy state, and stores the training result in the storage unit. Armored multifunction electronic needle having an automatic operation function according to the pulse diagnosis characterized in that.
The method of claim 1,
Further comprising a wireless communication unit for transmitting the measured pulsation state, skin conductivity, oxygen saturation data of the user to a user terminal or a remote medical terminal, and receives a control signal from the user terminal or a remote medical terminal,
The controller performs an automatic procedure according to the pulse diagnosis according to the pulse diagnosis, characterized in that for determining the intensity of the electric needle and the maintenance time of the electric needle applied to the needle, the electric needle applied to the electric needle based on the control signal received from the wireless communication unit. Having armored multifunctional electronic needle.

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