KR101698867B1 - Electric sham acupuncture drive device and electric sham acupuncture drive method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic sham acupuncture operating device, and to a method for operating electronic sham acupuncture. The electronic sham acupuncture operating device allows a reliable control group for verifying efficacy of acupuncture therapy by applying electric stimulation to a fake needle used as a control group, thereby causing a sense equal to the sense as if a real needle is inserted.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to an electric shampoo drive device and an electric shampoo drive method,

[0001] The present invention relates to an electronic sham needle driver and a method for driving an electronic shutter, and more particularly, to an electronic sham grip driver and an electronic shutter that can apply an electric stimulus that causes the same pain stimulus as a real needle, ≪ / RTI >

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state of acupuncture.

Acupuncture or acupuncture refers to the treatment of a person's illness by injecting needle (10), a needle-like, elongated medical device, into the acupuncture point on the meridian path of the body.

This acupuncture treatment is a traditional treatment method that is carried out in East Asia such as Korea, Japan, and China for more than 2,000 years. In recent years, interest and use of acupuncture has increased in the Western countries. Is also increasing.

In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment, a grounding-based acupuncture clinical study based on a randomized controlled trial (RCT) study is needed. Fig. 5 is a view showing an example of a needle.

In FIG. 2, the needle is a silk needle, which is a kind of false needle. In addition, a needle support is further provided under the needle cup for storing the needle inside. The need for a needle support in such a burst shampoo is due to the fact that the false needle used in the control group is only intricate to the skin and does not enter the skin, so it is necessary to fix the false needle to the skin so as not to distinguish it from the real needle.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a real needle used in a box shampooing method, and FIG. 4 is a view showing a false needle used in a box shampooing method.

As can be seen from FIG. 3, the real needle has a pointed end and can penetrate through the skin. However, the false needle can not be inserted into the skin because the needle tip is blunt as shown in FIG. Then, each needle is fixed to the skin using an adhesive tape on the lower surface of the needle so that the subject does not recognize that the needle is a real needle or a false needle.

However, the conventional false needle is not robust enough to adhere to the skin, so that the testee recognizes whether the needle is a false needle or a real needle, thereby reducing the effectiveness of the control setting.

In addition, there is a problem that the subject can recognize whether the acupuncture he or she has performed is a real acupuncture because the acupuncture applied through the false acupuncture ceases to be one-time, and the sensation is also different from the real acupuncture.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an electron beam showering apparatus and an electronic shutter driving method which are excellent in a blinking effect that can not be perceived as a real needle or a false needle .

In addition, it is intended to provide an electronic shotgun driving device and a method of driving an electronic shotgun that can apply the same sensation as a real feeler to a substantially fake needle.

In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for examining a subject, comprising: a first hand position input unit receiving an acupuncture point of a first hand attached to a test subject; An EEG signal processing unit for receiving an EEG signal from the test subject and generating EEG data; An EEG analyzing unit for analyzing brain wave change data according to stimulation of the first needle attached to the test subject based on EEG data generated by the EEG signal processing unit; An EEG averaging unit for receiving the EEG change data analyzed by the EEG analysis unit and performing an averaging operation to calculate average EEG data; And an EEG database for storing EEG data transmitted by the EEG processing unit in association with the first acupoint position.

The EEG averaging processor calculates an average EEG change data by performing an arithmetic mean or a weighted average of the EEG change data when the input EEG change data is a plurality of EEG change data.

In addition, the EEG analyzing unit analyzes the EEG data in a band of each channel of a delta wave, a theta wave, an alpha wave, a betha wave, and a gamma wave obtained from the EEG data, And extracting at least one of a maximum strength, an average strength for a predetermined time, and a rate of change of strength before and after the first needle stimulation.

An electrical stimulation unit for providing electrical stimulation to the same acupuncture point as the acupuncture point of the first needle; An electric stimulation appropriateness determining unit for determining whether or not the brain wave change data due to the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit is similar to the brain wave change data within a predetermined range with the average brain wave change data of the brain wave wave database per the menstrual blood; If the electric stimulation suitability determining unit determines that the electroencephalogram change data by the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit is similar to the EEG variation data of the menstrual blood brain memory database within a preset range, An electrical stimulation determination unit for determining the magnitude of the electrical stimulation applied as an additional stimulation size; An electric stimulation averaging unit for calculating an average electric stimulus by performing an averaging operation on the electric stimulation size determined by the electric stimulation determination unit; And an electric stimulus size database for each acupuncture point storing the average electric stimulus delivered by the electric stimulation averaging processing unit in association with the acupuncture point provided by the electric stimulation unit electric stimulus do.

The electric stimulation averaging processor calculates an average electric stimulus by using an arithmetic average or a weighted average of the electric stimulation magnitudes when the input electric stimulation magnitude is plural.

And a second needle position input unit for inputting the position of the acupuncture point of the second needle attached to the control subject, wherein the electric stimulation unit receives, from the electric stimulus size database, And the electric stimulation magnitude is received and provided to the second needle.

Further, there is provided an electron beam showerhead driving apparatus characterized in that the first needle is an electrode patch including a real needle.

And the second needle is an electrode patch including a fake needle.

In addition, the present invention provides a method for evaluating an acupuncture point, comprising: Attaching a second needle to the same acupuncture point as the acupuncture point of the first needle attached to the test subject on the control subject; Wherein the electric stimulation of a predetermined size is applied to the subject to be stimulated when the stimulation is performed on the experimental subject, Wherein the electric stimulation is selected as an electric stimulation of the subject.

In addition, the first needle is an electrode patch including a real needle, and the second needle is an electrode patch including a fake needle.

The EEG is measured as at least one of a maximum intensity in a band for each channel of a delta wave, a seta wave, an alpha wave, a beta wave and a gamma wave, an average intensity for a predetermined time, and a rate of change in intensity before and after the first stimulus stimulus The present invention also provides an electronic shutter driving method.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided the following effects.

First, in verifying the acupuncture treatment effect, there is an effect that the subject can not recognize whether it is a real acupuncture or a false acupuncture.

Secondly, since the false needle is not inserted, it has the effect of excluding the physiological activity.

Third, the false impulse is not inserted, but it delivers the same sensation as the true impulse, so that it is possible to accurately verify whether the acupuncture effect is due to the placebo.

Fourth, since the electric stimulation size to be applied to the EEG and the false needle at the needle insertion is averaged, it is possible to provide a false needle which is not greatly influenced by the sensitivity of the individual to the needle.

FIG. 1 is a view showing a state of acupuncture.
The needle in FIG. 2 is a figure showing the shape of a buttonhole, that is, a kind of false needle.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a real needle used in the Bamshampening method. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a false needle used in the bursting method. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing an apparatus for driving an electron gun according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a shape of an electrode patch with a real needle used in an electron beam showerhead driving apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view showing an electrode patch with a false needle used in an electronic SiC needle driving apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a procedure of performing an acupuncture treatment using an electroscope needle driving apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a view showing a state of an EEG measurement module used for measuring EEG when the ESP and ERS according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is in an EEG mode.
FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic blood pressure monitor according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the method for driving an electron gun according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an apparatus for driving an electron gun according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The basic principle of an electronic shutter and a method of driving an electronic shutter according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described.

First, a real needle is inserted into the acupuncture point of the subject, and the brain wave of the subject at this time is recorded and stored. Next, a false needle is attached to the subject, and the electric stimulus is applied to the false needle to store the magnitude of the electric stimulus when the same EEG is generated as when the real needle is inserted. These experiments are repeatedly conducted through a large number of subjects to be databases. After this sufficient data has been secured, the electric stimulation is applied to the false needle so that the real stimulus is applied to the experimental group and the false stimulus is generated in the control group, The electron beam showerhead driving device and the electronic shutter driving method can provide a perfect blinding condition. To this end, the electroscope needle driving apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may be selected as one of the EEG measurement mode, the electric stimulation determination mode, the false needle driving mode, and the real acupuncture mode.

The electroscope needle driving apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may be configured to include a main body 100 and an electrode patch 200. The main body 100 may be used as a true immersion type or a false immersion type according to a mode setting method. That is, only the shape of the saliva in the electrode patch 200 is different between the real needle and the false needle in the electron beam showerhead.

Therefore, the subject of the electronic siraman driving device and the electronic shutter driving method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can not confirm whether he or she is treated with a real needle or a false needle It is effective.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a shape of an electrode patch with a real needle used in an electron beam showerhead driving apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The saliva of the electrode patch 200 of the electron shower apparatus driven by the true acupressure mode may be formed such that the tip of the electrode patch 200 is actually sharpened so as to penetrate through the skin. However, as shown in FIG. 7, the false needle can be formed with a blunt end portion of the needle. Therefore, it does not enter the subject's skin.

FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a procedure of performing an acupuncture treatment using an electroscope needle driving apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for driving the electronic SiC according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can be practiced by attaching the electrode patch 200 to a portion requiring treatment.

Therefore, the subject receives the acupuncture through the electrode patch of the same shape, so that he can not recognize whether the acupuncture he or she is performing is a false acupuncture or a real acupuncture. In addition, even if a false needle is applied, it is difficult to confirm whether the subject is practiced a real needle or a false needle because the electric stimulus is given to a feeling similar to a real needle.

FIG. 9 is a view showing a state of an EEG measurement module used for measuring EEG when the ESP and ERS according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is in an EEG mode.

The EMS apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can use the EEG measurement module 300 as shown in the figure to measure the brain waves of the subject. That is, the brain wave measuring module 300 as shown in the figure may be used to analyze the brain waves that are generated when a real needle is inserted or an electric stimulus when the electric stimulation is performed. That is, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for repeatedly receiving EEG brainwave data at the time of actual needle insertion is used to detect the EEG position of a real needle in the main body 100, 110, and an electrical magnitude for generating an electroencephalogram similar to the electroencephalogram stored in the electroencephalogram database 110 is also selected and stored in the perineal electrostimulation size database 120 as well. The operation method in each mode will be described later in more detail.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic blood pressure monitor according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

The apparatus for driving the electronic siram needle according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a first needle position input unit 130, an EEG signal processing unit 141, an EEG analysis unit 142, an EEG averaging process unit 143, An electric stimulation determining unit 161, an electric stimulation determining unit 162, an electric stimulation averaging processing unit 163, a second hand position input unit 170, 120).

In the EEG measurement mode, the first needle position input unit 130 of the electronic siram pressure driver according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention receives the acupressure position of the first needle including the real needle attached to the test subject The EEG signal processing unit 141 may perform a role of generating EEG data by receiving an EEG signal generated from an experimental subject when the first needle is inserted into an experimental subject. That is, the EEG signal processing unit 141 receives an EEG signal including a delta wave, a theta wave, an alpha wave, a betha wave, and a gamma wave from the EEG measurement module 300, And converts the data into data. Next, the EEG analyzing unit 142 receives the EEG data from the EEG signal processing unit 141 and calculates the maximum intensity of the delta wave, theta wave, alpha wave, beta wave and gamma wave in each band of the EEG, And the rate of change of intensity before and after the first needle stimulation.

The brain wave averaging processor 143 may receive the brain wave change data analyzed by the brain wave analyzer 142 and perform an averaging operation. For this averaging operation, the brain-wave averaging processor 143 may perform arithmetic mean or weighted average of the inputted EEG change data. In other words, rather than storing the brain waves of the individual experimental subjects directly into the generated brain waves according to the stimulation of the corresponding acupuncture points, the brain waves that are received from the plurality of experimental subjects are analyzed and the average values are obtained, thereby eliminating the specificity of the brain waves according to individual differences And can determine the average EEG for the stimulus.

Therefore, according to the electroscope needle driving apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a false needle that is not greatly influenced by the sensitivity of the individual to the needle, thereby enabling a more preferable control group setting.

The brain waves processed by the brain-wave averaging processor 143 are finally recorded in the brain-wave database 110 according to the menstrual discharge in relation to the menstrual blood obtained through the first hand-position input unit 130. [ That is, the EMS apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may be configured such that an EEG measurement module 300 is mounted on an experimental subject while the main body 100 is set to the EEG measurement mode, The electroencephalogram response of the experiment subject can be systematically organized and stored in the brain wave database 110 of the menstrual blood.

Next, the electroscope driving device according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can operate in the electric stimulation determination mode. The electric stimulation determination mode is a mode for measuring the electrical size to be applied to the false needle. If the EEG mode was previously a mode for measuring the sensation sensed by the experimental subject in the actual acupuncture point per se, Mode is a mode in which a false needle is attached to a subject and how much electrical stimulation should be applied to generate a similar EEG. To this end, the EEG measurement module 300 may also be mounted on the experimental subject.

In the electric stimulation sizing mode, the electroscope driver according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may provide electrical stimulation through the electrical stimulation portion 150 to the same acupuncture point of the first needle. Next, the electric stimulation adequacy determining unit 161 determines whether or not the EEG change data generated by the experimental subject with respect to the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit 150 is greater than the average EEG variation data of the EEG data base 110 It can be judged whether the data is similar EEG data. This process can be repeatedly performed while varying the magnitude of electricity applied by the electric stimulation unit 150 until EEG data similar to the mean EEG data of the EEG database 110 are measured .

Next, the electric stimulation determination unit 162 determines whether the electric stimulation appropriateness determination unit 161 determines that the EEG change data is the EEG change data measured through the mean EEG change data of the EEG data base 110 and the electric stimulation of the electric stimulation unit 150 It is determined that the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit 150 at that time is an appropriate electric stimulation size. The appropriate electrical stimulation magnitude is obtained by averaging the electrical stimulation magnitudes repeatedly inputted by the electrical stimulation averaging processor 163 through an arithmetic mean or a weighted average to obtain an appropriate electric stimulation magnitude less affected by the individual sensitivity difference .

Finally, the magnitude of the electrical stimulation processed by the electrical stimulation averaging processor 163 is stored in the electrical stimulus magnitude database 120 for each acupuncture point in association with the acupuncture point at which the electrical stimulation unit 150 provides electrical stimulation. Then, the electrical stimulation magnitude stored in the electrical stimulation magnitude database 120 for the menstrual blood is used as an electric stimulation magnitude to be applied in a subsequent operation in the false immersion mode.

The second needle position input unit 170 receives the acupuncture point of the second needle attached to the control subject in a process in which the electronic siram needle driver according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention is operated in the false needle mode and used in the experimental group have. The electrical stimulation unit 150 may receive the average electrical stimulation magnitude to be applied corresponding to the acupuncture point of the second needle from the electrical stimulation magnitude database 120 according to the menstrual blood, and may transmit the average electrical stimulation magnitude to the second needle. That is, in the experimental group, an electronic shotgun driving apparatus including a first needle driven in a real needle mode is used, and a control system uses an electronic shotgun driving apparatus including a second needle driven in a false needle mode, By applying an electric stimulus that can cause a sensation similar to when the first acupuncture needle is inserted into the acupuncture, the control subject included in the control group feels that the first acupuncture is similarly applied.

Therefore, according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to equally set the remaining conditions other than needle penetration between the control group and the experimental group, so that the acupuncture treatment effect can be efficiently verified, It is possible to verify effectively whether the effect of acupuncture treatment is due to the placebo effect.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the method for driving an electron gun according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

A method of driving an electron gun according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be briefly described in the following flowcharts.

First, in the method of driving the electronic siammetry according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the acupressure position of the first needle which is attached to the test subject can be grasped (S11-1). Next, a process of attaching a false needle second needle to the same acupuncture point as the acupuncture point to which the first needle is attached on the control subject can be performed (S11-2)

After the second needle is attached to the control subject, the electroscope driving apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention can perform the process of applying electrical stimulation to the second needle through the electrical stimulation unit 150, (S11-3) This electric stimulus is an electric stimulus of a magnitude that generates an EEG similar to an EEG caused when the first needle is implanted in an experimental subject, and may be called from the light type electric stimulus size database 120 have.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims. And changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

10: Needle
21: The real saliva during the night
22: False Sedum during Park Sham Sedum
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110: EEG database by menstrual blood
120: Electric stimulation size database per menstrual blood
130: first needle position input unit
141: EEG signal processing section
142: EEG analysis unit
143: EEG processing unit
150: electric stimulation part
161: electric stimulation appropriateness judgment unit
162: electric pole determination unit
163: Electrical Stimulation Averaging Processor
170: second needle position input part
200: Electrode patch
210: The real needle
220: False needle
300: EEG measurement module

Claims (11)

A first needle position input unit receiving an acupuncture point of a first needle attached to an experimental subject;
An EEG signal processing unit for receiving an EEG signal from the test subject and generating EEG data;
An EEG analyzing unit for analyzing brain wave change data according to stimulation of the first needle attached to the test subject based on EEG data generated by the EEG signal processing unit;
An EEG averaging unit for receiving the EEG change data analyzed by the EEG analysis unit and performing an averaging operation to calculate average EEG data;
A brain wave database for menstrual blood storing the mean brain wave change data transmitted by the brain wave averaging processor in association with the first perch menstrual position;
An electrical stimulation portion for providing electrical stimulation to the same acupuncture point as the acupuncture point of the first needle;
An electric stimulation appropriateness determining unit for determining whether or not the brain wave change data due to the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit is similar to the brain wave change data within a predetermined range with the average brain wave change data of the brain wave wave database per the menstrual blood;
If the electric stimulation suitability determining unit determines that the electroencephalogram change data by the electric stimulus applied by the electric stimulation unit is similar to the EEG variation data of the menstrual blood brain memory database within a preset range, An electrical stimulation determination unit for determining the magnitude of the electrical stimulation applied as an additional stimulation size;
An electric stimulation averaging unit for calculating an average electric stimulus by performing an averaging operation on the electric stimulation size determined by the electric stimulation determination unit;
And an electric stimulus size database for each of the menstrual blood storing the average electric stimulus delivered by the electric stimulation averaging processor in association with the menstrual position provided by the electric stimulation unit.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the brain wave averaging processor calculates the mean brain wave change data by performing arithmetic mean or weighted mean of the brain wave change data when the input brain wave change data is a plurality of input brain wave change data.
The method according to claim 1,
The EEG analyzing unit analyzes the maximum intensity of the delta wave, theta wave, alpha wave, betha wave and gamma wave of each channel obtained from the EEG data, , The average intensity for a predetermined time, and the rate of change of intensity before and after the first needle stimulation.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the electric stimulation averaging processor calculates an average electric stimulus by using an arithmetic mean or a weighted average of the electric stimulation magnitudes when the input electric stimulation magnitude is plural.
6. The method of claim 5,
And a second needle position input unit receiving a position of a menstrual discharge of a second needle attached to the control subject,
Wherein the electrical stimulation unit receives an average electrical stimulation magnitude associated with the acupuncture point of the second needle from the electrical stimulation magnitude database for the menstrual blood to the second needle.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first needle is an electrode patch comprising a real needle.
The method according to claim 6,
And the second needle is an electrode patch including a fake needle.
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