KR102567692B1 - A cupping cupping device that can be attached to body joints and small areas - Google Patents

Abstract

In order to provide a technology capable of imparting a therapeutic effect to finger knuckles and other narrow body parts by enabling attachment to very narrow or protruding body parts such as knuckles and nose, according to an embodiment of the present invention, body The cupping cupping device attachable to joints and small areas includes a container part and a protruding part, and when air is sucked in through an air intake valve formed in the protruding part, cupping treatment is performed by adsorbing the skin in contact with the opening part of the container part. In the cupping device for the purpose, the cross section of the container portion in the width direction is formed in an elliptical shape, and the maximum diameter and length ratio of the container portion is 1:2.5 to 1.5:10.

Description

A cupping cupping device that can be attached to body joints and small areas

The present invention is a cupping device for eliminating pain and inflammation in the body, and specifically, has a structure suitable for a cupping device used for the purpose of treating inflammation of the knuckles and other body joints characterized by degenerative arthritis, It relates to a cupping device for easy attachment to joints.

The general efficacy of cupping is used for the purpose of promoting blood circulation and metabolism by supplying oxygen to peripheral vascular tissues, internal organs, and muscles by activating ions in cells associated with the expansion of subcutaneous capillaries with low pressure (negative pressure). do.

On the other hand, degenerative finger arthritis is a disease in which the cartilage that protects the finger joints is damaged or the joints and ligaments are damaged due to degenerative changes. As a result, the pain becomes severe and the finger swells or bends and deforms. In addition, if the symptoms persist, the strength of the hand is lost, and it is even impossible to lift heavy objects.

Most of these finger degenerative arthritis treatments are drug treatment and extracorporeal shock wave treatment. In cases where the pain is severe or finger deformation occurs, surgical treatment is sometimes performed, but it is difficult to cure it completely. In this case, if the above cupping procedure is possible, it can be of great help in curing the body joints completely.

In this way, oriental medicine treats such inflammation and pain by cupping. As a technology related to a cupping device related to cupping treatment, for example, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0020798 and the like exist. This existing technology includes a technical feature of minimizing pain of a subject by forming a partition inside the cupping cup and minimizing skin tension by the partition when removing air inside the cupping cup.

However, there is a problem in applying the existing cupping device to body joints including the finger joints as described above. The reason for this is that the inflamed part of the knuckle is a joint part of a protruding small bone due to the body structure, so it is impossible to perform the procedure with the size of a general cupping device. This is because there is a problem in that the cupping cup cannot be maintained at a negative pressure because the compression force is not sufficiently formed in the area with many wrinkles. In addition, for this reason, there is a problem that it cannot be used in a very narrow and protruding area of the body, including knuckle joints, and a curved area such as the ridge of the nose.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique related to a cupping device that can be easily attached to a very narrow, protruding, and calloused or wrinkled area of the body, particularly to knuckle joints.

In order to achieve the above object, a cupping-type cupping device attachable to body joints and small areas according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a container part and a protrusion part, when air is sucked through an air intake valve formed in the protrusion part. , In the cupping device for performing cupping treatment by adsorbing the skin in contact with the open portion of the container portion, the cross section in the width direction of the container portion is formed in an elliptical shape, and the maximum diameter and length ratio of the container portion is 1: 2.5 to 1.5. : It is characterized in that it consists of 10.

The opening portion of the container portion may be inclined to have an inclination of 40 to 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container portion.

The diameter ratio of the minimum diameter to the maximum diameter of the container section in the width direction is 3:4 to 2:3, and the minimum diameter may be 10 mm to 15 mm.

The thickness of the outer wall of the container part may be 1 to 2 mm.

A short side of the opening of the container unit may be made of a silicon material.

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It is possible to further include; an expanded suction unit made of an elastic material that is connected to the open end of the container and includes a suction port larger than the diameter of the container.

According to the present invention, as a long tube shape, the contact area is minimized and the cross section of the container portion is formed in an ellipse, so that it can be installed very effectively in narrow areas such as protruding knuckles and nose bridges. By securing the volume, there is an effect of providing a device capable of stable cupping treatment.

In addition, there is an effect of providing a cupping device capable of cupping treatment to a wide variety of body joints and narrow areas by the thickness of the outer wall of the container part, the structure of the diameter of the ellipse, the inclined structure of the opening part, the material of the one side of the opening part, and the expansion suction unit. .

1 is a view showing the structure of a container part and a protruding part of a cupping cupping device attachable to a body joint and a narrow area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a view of an expansion suction unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 and 4 are views for explaining an example in which an expansion suction unit is installed in the container unit and attached to the affected area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a view for explaining an example in which the container part is attached to the affected part according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a view for explaining structural features of a storage unit according to various embodiments of the present disclosure;

In the following, various embodiments and/or aspects are disclosed with reference now to the drawings. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to facilitate a general understanding of one or more aspects. However, it will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that such aspect(s) may be practiced without these specific details. The following description and accompanying drawings describe in detail certain illustrative aspects of one or more aspects. However, these aspects are exemplary and some of the various methods in principle of the various aspects may be used, and the described descriptions are intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents.

References to “embodiment,” “example,” “aspect,” “example,” etc., used in this specification should not be construed as indicating that any aspect or design described is preferable to or advantageous over other aspects or designs. .

Also, the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" mean that the feature and/or element is present, but excludes the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements and/or groups thereof. It should be understood that it does not.

In addition, terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. These terms are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first element may be termed a second element, and similarly, a second element may be termed a first element, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The terms and/or include any combination of a plurality of related recited items or any of a plurality of related recited items.

In addition, in the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, are those commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. have the same meaning. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the embodiments of the present invention, an ideal or excessively formal meaning not be interpreted as

1 is a view of the structure of a container part and a protruding part of a cupping device attachable to body joints and small areas according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a view of an expansion suction unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4 are views for explaining an example in which an expansion suction unit is installed in the container unit and attached to the affected area according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a container unit attached to the affected area according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 6 is a drawing for explaining the structure of the container unit according to various embodiments of the present invention, while in the following description, the details described in the drawings explain the function of each component of the present invention In order to do so, some configurations are omitted, or are shown excessively enlarged or reduced, but it will be understood that the illustrated details do not limit the technical features and scope of the present invention.

In addition, in the following description, a plurality of drawings will be described with reference to one technical feature or component constituting the invention at the same time.

Referring to the drawings together, the cupping cupping device attachable to body joints and small areas according to an embodiment of the present invention has a structure of a general cupping device, and as shown in FIG. 1, the container part 10 and It is characterized by comprising a protrusion (20).

In the cupping device, the container part 10 corresponds to a housing of the cupping device having an internal cavity in which the body is adsorbed to the opening part by inhaling the air above where the body is brought into close contact with the open area of the container part in the presence of air. refers to configuration. In the present invention, it can be seen that the container part 10 is formed in a cylindrical structure with a long cylindrical shape. This is a form designed to provide sufficient adsorption force to the body adsorbed on the container part 10 .

In the present invention, the container unit 10 is preferably made of, for example, transparent glass, acrylic or PC material. However, it may be made of other materials that are transparent or translucent in order to grasp the adsorption information of the body skin.

In addition, as described above, the container unit 10 should not be damaged by negative pressure in order to ensure that vacuum force is completely generated when negative pressure is generated by sucking air. At the same time, when damage to the container unit 10 occurs due to negative pressure, wounds may occur on the body contact area, and the container unit 10 should not be torn or crushed by the negative pressure. To this end, in one embodiment of the present invention, the outer wall thickness of the container portion 10 is preferably composed of 1 to 2mm.

In addition, due to the material of the container part 10 as described above, a problem of causing wounds to the body when in contact with the body may occur. At the same time, in the present invention, as a body region where the container unit 10 is disposed, calluses and wrinkles may exist in knuckle joints, the bridge of the nose, or other narrow regions of the body with wrinkles. In this case, the above Attachment of the container portion 10 made of material may be impossible.

To this end, in another embodiment of the present invention, the one-side open portion of the container part 10, that is, the area attached to the body may be finished with an elastic material such as silicon.

In addition, as described above, the container portion 10 is configured in the form of a long length of the long tube, it should be able to be attached to the body is sufficiently formed vacuum force during eup-pressure. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 1, the ratio between the maximum diameter W1 and the length L1 of the open portion of the container part 10 and the body of the container part 10 is, for example, 1:2.5 to 1.5:10. may consist of

At this time, as shown in (a) of FIG. 6, the cross section in the width direction of the container portion 10 is composed of an elliptical shape having a minimum diameter W2 and a maximum diameter W1. At this time, the ratio of each diameter is W2 :W1 may be composed of 3:4 to 2:3. At this time, the minimum diameter may be formed to be 10 to 15 mm according to the characteristics of the body part to be attached. In this case, the maximum diameter may be formed to be 15 to 20 mm.

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In this case, the length of the container part 10 may be 50 to 100 mm, for example, according to the ratio of W1:L1. Or, if necessary, it may be formed to be 100 mm or more.

On the other hand, as a cross-section of the container part 10, the adsorption member 11 may be used in combination with the area in contact with the body as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 5. Since the container part 10 is a plastic member to withstand pressure as described above, it may cause pain when adhered to a finger or the like.

Accordingly, the suction member 11 is an elastic body similar to the above-described expansion suction unit 40 and is composed of a soft material, and is connected to the short side of the container part 10 as shown in FIGS. It can be used to attach to narrow areas such as According to this, there is an effect of relieving pain upon contact with the body.

On the other hand, in order to be able to be attached to a generally wide area or a wide body joint area other than a narrow area, the cupping device according to another embodiment of the present invention includes an expansion suction unit 40 as shown in FIG. 2 This may include more.

The expansion suction unit 40 has a diameter W3 whose inner diameter is fitted into the open portion of the container portion 10 so that one end side is connected to the open portion end side of the container portion 10, and a diameter W4 of the opposite cross section. ) may be implemented to have a larger diameter than the diameter of the container part 10, so that it can be attached to a wider area of the body. Of course, in order to be attached to calluses and wrinkled areas, the expansion suction unit 40 may be implemented with an elastic material.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 3, with the expansion suction unit 40 installed on the container part 10, a cupping device is installed on a wider area of the body, for example, the elbow, etc. to perform general treatment. There are possible effects.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 5 , the cupping device may be attached to a very narrow area such as a knuckle by installing only the container part 10 without the expansion suction unit 40 .

On the other hand, the contact surface of the container unit 10, that is, the open portion, for example, may be formed to have an inclined surface in order to overcome the difference in thickness of the fingers and to sufficiently form negative pressure at the knuckles.

That is, as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, the opening of the container part 10 is the same as the opening (A1) shown in (a) of FIG. 6 and the opening (S2) of (b) of FIG. , It may be formed inclined to have an inclination of 40 degrees to 90 degrees with the longitudinal axis of the container part 10 .

In this case, if the inclination angle is smaller than 90 degrees, there is an effect that the container part 10 can be easily attached even if the thickness of the finger changes.

On the other hand, instead of the inclination angle of the container part 10, the cross section of the above-described adsorption member 11 is inclined to have an inclination of 40 to 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container part 10 as shown in (b) of FIG. can be formed In the case of this example, the short side of the container portion 10 does not need to be inclined.

On the other hand, the protrusion 20 is provided with an air intake valve 30 so that negative or positive pressure is formed in the container 10, so that the container 10 is attached to or detached from the body. means structure. That is, as shown in FIG. 4, a negative pressure is formed in the container part 10 by installing the negative pressure generator 50 to the air intake valve 30 of the protruding part 20 to form a negative pressure, thereby forming a negative pressure in the container part 10. ) is affixed to the body part.

On the other hand, in another embodiment of the present invention, although not shown in the drawing, the boundary area between the container part 10 and the protruding part 20 has a structure so as not to obstruct the air movement path of the air intake valve 30 and is installed. And, it may further include an LED lamp generating far-infrared rays irradiated to a body part in contact with the container unit 10 .

The LED lamp radiates far-infrared rays toward the opening of the container unit 10, thereby radiating light in a far-infrared wavelength band to the body region attached to the opening.

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As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited examples and drawings, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and variations are possible from the above description. Terms such as "comprise", "comprise", or "having" described above mean that components that are not specifically stated to the contrary may be inherent, so other components are not excluded but other components are included. It should be interpreted as being more inclusive. In addition, the protection scope of the present invention should be construed according to the claims below, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

A cupping device for performing cupping treatment by adsorbing skin in contact with an open part of the container part when air is sucked through an air intake valve formed in the protrusion part, including the container part and the protrusion part, comprising:
The cross section in the width direction of the container portion is formed in an elliptical shape, and the ratio of the maximum diameter and length of the container portion is 1: 2.5 to 1.5: 10,
An absorbent member made of an elastic material for contact with the body is detachably installed at one end of the opening of the container unit,
The opening part of the container part is formed inclined to have an inclination of 40 degrees to 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container part,
The cross section of the adsorption member is inclined to have an inclination of 40 degrees to 90 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the container part,
Characterized in that the diameter ratio of the minimum diameter and the maximum diameter of the cross section in the width direction of the container part is 3: 4 to 2: 3, and the minimum diameter is 10 mm to 15 mm,
The outer wall thickness of the container part is characterized in that 1 to 2mm,
An expansion suction unit made of an elastic material, which is installed to be connected to the one end of the open part of the container part and includes a suction port larger than the diameter of the container part; a cupping-type cupping device attachable to body joints and small areas .
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A cupping cupping device attachable to body joints and narrow areas, characterized in that the one side of the opening of the container part is made of silicone material.
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