KR20170110382A - Electric needle system without sting into skin by needle - Google Patents

Abstract

[0001] The present invention relates to a noninvasive electromedication system, which generates irregular bioelectric stimulation pulses through pulse voltage amplitude, pulse frequency, and pulse width modulation, and applies it through an electrode pair (cathode, anode) With an electronic needle system,
Non-invasive electronic needle system technology in which a pair of electronic needle electrode pairs are bonded to skin by a double-sided adhesive sheet integrated with a needle system body.
Particularly, the cathode electrode of the electrode pair is formed in the form of a metal rod, and is pressed onto the skin by the double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet to apply a pressing stimulus. On one side of the double- A medicinal agent and a pressure-sensitive adhesive are mixed to come into contact with the skin,
It is a noninvasive electronic needle system that provides a therapeutic effect such as pain relief by gradually absorbing the medicinal agent into the body.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a non-invasive electronic needle system,

The present invention relates to a noninvasive type electronic needle system, which comprises a function of attaching an adhesive pair and a medicinal agent to one side of a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet so that the medicinal agent is slowly absorbed by the body, The present invention also relates to a technique of doubling an effect by simultaneously providing bioelectrical stimulation.

Generally, acupuncture is widely used to treat pain. Recently, as the obesity population increases, the socioeconomic cost increases significantly due to the increase of the metabolic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes due to obesity. Therefore, , And acupuncture stimulation has been widely used and studied. (The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine Volume 20, Issue 2, 2010.04)

Particularly, it is known to use a needle to measure a bioelectrical charge in order to stimulate a necessary acupoint with a symptom of a disease and to find a acupoint. (Patent 10-2007-0059698)

In addition, an intelligent electronic needle system technology for determining an electric stimulation position using real-time bio-signal information is also known. (Patent No. 10-2013-0042467)

As a technique related to electrodeposition,

A technique to maximize the therapeutic effect of one-sided needle by applying electrical stimulation to the resonance frequency and electrical resonance of the living body through the spinal cord with various harmonic signals of various intensities and frequencies (wavelengths) through the pulsed high frequency signal Lt; / RTI > (Patent 10-2012-0139493)

In addition, by alternately operating a plurality of electric needles with a needling needle and a grounding needle, charging and discharging of electric charge into and out of the human body can be repeatedly performed without using a conventional dual phase stimulation circuit An electrodermabrasive treatment device technique capable of performing an electrodialysis treatment is also known. (Patent 10-2011-0071158)

It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-invasive electronic needle system technique which is not an electric stimulation acupuncture method which stings acupuncture or acupuncture on the body and gives electric stimulation to the body.

In the case of the present invention, by alternately operating a plurality of electric needles, which are one of the known electric stimulation acupuncture techniques, with a stimulating needles and a grounding needles, the inflow and outflow of electric charges to the human body are repeated alternately to charge neutralize A method of forming an electrode pair of a negative electrode and a positive electrode in a body of an electronic needle system without using a plurality of electric needles such as an electrodermal treatment device, .

Generally, when an electrical stimulation of a certain frequency is applied, irregular pulses are generated by modulating the voltage amplitude, frequency and pulse width of pulses in order to prevent the human body from learning and reacting to further electrical stimulation, It is applied to the human body through an electrode pair.

A method of placing a cathode electrode in the center of a skin contact surface and forming a cathode electrode in the form of a metal rod and piercing the skin like a needle among a pair of electrodes of a cathode and an anode formed in a form that is integrated with a system body on a skin- However, the effect of pressure on the area of pain or acupuncture point by the metal rod is to be made.

In particular, a method of attaching an electronic needle system to the skin is to apply an adhesive on both sides of the elastic member, attaching the electronic needle system to one side, and bringing the other side into contact with the skin. Also disclosed is a double-sided adhesive sheet technology for mixing a pressure-sensitive adhesive and a medicinal agent in a portion in contact with the skin to allow the medicinal agent to be slowly absorbed onto the skin while facilitating skin adhesion.

A sensor circuit is attached to a power source supplied to a bioelectrical pulse generating unit in an electronic needle system, and a resistance value is calculated and compared from measured data to provide a method of finding the meridian point.

Also, a plurality of electronic needle systems placed at the acupressure point can be controlled by providing a short-range communication unit inside the electronic needle system and controlling the electronic needle system through the portable terminal.

In addition, a method of contacting a server providing a database service for acupressure points and symptom-specific positions through a portable terminal, and displaying acupoints on a human body image displayed on the screen of the portable terminal to help the therapist.

The noninvasive electrometric system of the present invention is a noninvasive electrometric system for eliminating the fear and risk factors of acupuncture which is inserted into the skin and stimulates the electropic method of applying the electric pulse to the inserted needle, It provides a means for anyone to easily manage their health by using a non-invasive electronic needle system in conjunction with a server that serves many clinical and therapeutic methods.

Fig. The entire configuration of the non-invasive electronic needle system of the present invention
Fig. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a non-invasive electronic needle system according to the present invention;
3. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A configuration of a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of a non-
FIG. Examples of skin contact and skin impulse pulse diagram of the noninvasive electromagnetic needle system of the present invention
Figure 5. In order to attach the non-invasive electronic needle system of the present invention,

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a noninvasive electromagnetism system of the present invention.

A noninvasive electromagnet system circuit (100) of the present invention includes a pulse width modulation section (102) for generating a pulse width modulation signal under the control of a control operation processing section (101) for processing a control operation and a pulse The frequency modulation unit 103, and the battery power supply 107

A non-contact short distance communication unit 108 for communicating with an external device such as the mobile terminal 130, an electronic sticking system user 106, The interface 109,

The voltage output from the pulse voltage adjusting unit 105 passes through the current sensor unit 104 before being applied to the bioelectrical stimulation pulse generating circuit 113 of the bioelectrical pulse generating unit 110, The amount of micro current applied to the human body is sensed to calculate the resistance value

It provides a safety function to detect acupuncture points or detect abnormal current flow.

The control signal generating unit 112 of the bioelectrical pulse generating unit 110 receives and processes a selection signal such as a bioelectrical stimulation mode or a mode for finding the acupoint point from the mode control unit 111, Receiving a signal having a modulated pulse width,

The pulse frequency modulator 103 receives the pulse frequency signal to generate a forward signal S112F and an inverse signal S112B for generating an ideal symmetric pulse having an intermediate pulse interval and outputs the forward signal S112F and the reverse signal S112B to the bioelectrical stimulation pulse generating circuit 113 And controls the H-bridge circuit.

A positive pulse synchronized with the forward signal S112F is generated through the H-bridge circuit to drive the anode electrode 114 and a negative pulse generated in synchronism with the reverse signal S112B is applied to the cathode electrode 115 .

2 is a block diagram of the main body of the non-invasive electronic needle system of the present invention and a plan view of the skin contact surface.

The non-invasive electronic needle system 200 of the present invention is characterized in that a battery 107 is mounted on a circuit board 202 in which the non-invasive electronic needle system circuit 100 is mounted in one system body 201 And a pair of electrodes 114 and 115 formed integrally on the upper part of the system body to which the touch sensor 203 is attached and the lower part of the system body of the skin contact surface.

The cathode electrode 115 is formed in the middle of the lower part of the body of the non-invasive electromagnetic sucking system 200 in the form of a metal rod, thereby providing a pressing effect in skin contact. The anode electrode 114 is provided at four lower edges of the body of the noninvasive type electron injection system 200.

3 is a configuration diagram of a double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the non-invasive electronic needle system of the present invention.

In the double-sided adhesive sheet 300 of the non-invasive electronic needle system 200 of the present invention, the pressure-sensitive adhesive 302 is applied on both sides of the elastic member 303.

The elastic member 303 is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive 304 in which a pressure sensitive adhesive agent and a medicinal agent are mixed with the skin contact surface portion so that the skin contact surface is easily adhered and the medicinal agent is gradually absorbed into the skin.

The release sheets 302 and 305 are attached to the pressure sensitive adhesive 302 applied to both sides of the stretchable member 303 to remove the release members 302 and 305 at the time of use so that a non- Attaching the electronic needle system 200, and the skin contact surface 304 is attached directly to the skin

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The pressure-sensitive adhesive (302, 304) can be attached to the device or skin several times. Of course, when the medicinal agent is fully absorbed into the skin, a new double-sided adhesive sheet 300 should be used as the surface to which the mixture of the skin-contact side medicinal agent and the adhesive 304 is applied.

Holes are formed in the double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet 300 excluding the release members 302 and 305 for the electrode pair of the positive electrode 307 and the negative electrode 305 of the non-invasive electronic needle system 200.

4 is a skin contact example and skin impulse pulse diagram of the non-invasive electromagnetic needle system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 (a) of the present invention shows a state in which the non-invasive electronic needle system 200 is attached to the skin by the double-sided adhesive sheet 300. Fig.

The skin 400 is composed of a skin 401, a dermis 402 and a subcutaneous fat layer 403. The bioelectric pulse 425 passes through the skin 400 and flows in both directions through the anode electrode 114 through the cathode electrode 115 in the form of a metal rod.

The body fat of our body is stored in each tissue in the form of triglyceride, and the triglyceride is hydrolyzed by free fatty acid and glycerol and released into the blood during the fat decomposition. Glycerol released into the blood is transported to the liver and used for lipid or glucose synthesis. Free fatty acids bind to albumin and are transported to whole tissues to form acetyl CoA through beta oxidation in the mitochondria.

When the sympathetic nervous system is excited by the bioelectrical stimulation pulses by the noninvasive electromagnetic needle system 200, the concentration of the catecholamine is increased and the lipolysis is promoted.

4 (b) shows a case where a pulse S103 from the pulse-frequency modulating unit 103 and a pulse S102 from the pulse-width modulating unit 102 of Fig.

The control signal generating unit 112 generates the control signal S112F and the negative pulse control signal S112B from the pulse S102 and the signal S103, And controls the H-bridge circuit of the bioelectrical stimulation pulse generation circuit 113. The H-

The bioelectrical stimulation pulse generation circuit 113 generates a bioelectrical stimulation pulse having a voltage amplitude determined by the pulse voltage adjustment unit 105 from the positive pulse control signal S112F and the negative pulse control signal S112B, Thereby driving the electrode 114 and the terminal of the cathode electrode 115.

And an ideal symmetric pulse having an intermediate pulse interval such as pulses 424 and 425 applied to both electrode pair terminals.

FIG. 5 is a human body image showing a human circumferential fulcrum for attaching the noninvasive electronic needle system of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 5 of the present invention relates to a system for accessing a server 151 serving a database 152 such as the acupoint of a human body, (512) is displayed on the human body image on the display unit (511).

The displayed acupoints 512 are synthesized with the human body image and stored so that the image stored so that the noninvasive type electronic acupuncture system 200 can be placed on the accurate acupoints 512 and the human body displayed on the screen 511 of the current portable terminal 130 The non-invasive electronic needle system 200 on the image 510

So that the position can be corrected.

100: Noninvasive Electro Surgical System Schematic
110: a bioelectrical pulse generator
S112F: Bipolar pulse control signal
S112B: Cathode pulse control signal
114: positive terminal
115: negative terminal
200: Noninvasive Electron Syringe System Appearance Diagram
201: System body
202: circuit mounting substrate
203: touch sensor
300: Double-sided adhesive sheet
305,301:
302: Adhesive
303: Elastic member
304: Adhesive / Medicated Paste
306: hole for cathode terminal
307: Hole for bipolar terminal
400: Skin
401: Skin layer
402: Dermal layer
403: Subcutaneous tissue (subcutaneous fat)
421: Pulse frequency
422: Pulse width modulation frequency
423: Pulse width
424: Positive terminal pulse amplitude
425: Negative terminal pulse amplitude
510: Front of upper body
520: Back of upper body
511: Portable terminal display unit
512: Acupoints

Claims (10)

A bioelectrical pulse generator for generating an irregular bioelectrical stimulation pulse by incorporating a power source (battery) in a system body and modulating the amplitude, frequency and pulse width of the electric pulse; And,

An electron immersion system for applying a pulse to a body through an electrode pair (cathode, anode) formed integrally with a skin contact surface of a system body;

A double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a pressure-sensitive adhesive applied on both sides of a stretchable member having a hole at a position of an electrode pair;

Characterized in that an electron-withdrawing system is attached to one surface of the double-faced pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which is easy to attach and detach, and a biomagnetic stimulation pulse is applied to the body by bringing the other surface into contact with the skin.
The double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet according to claim 1,

Wherein the medicinal component is mixed with a pressure-sensitive adhesive on the skin-contacting surface of the double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet, thereby transferring the medicinal ingredient to the skin while facilitating skin adhesion.
The electrode pair of claim 1,

Characterized in that a metal rod shaped electrode is located at the center of the skin contact surface of the system body.
The method according to claim 3,

Wherein the metal rod at the center of the skin contact surface of the system body is a cathode electrode.
The method according to claim 1,

An H-bridge circuit configured by a pair of circuits for driving one current driving electrode with two transistors;

Wherein the H-bridge circuit constitutes a bioelectrical stimulation pulse generation circuit of the bioelectrical pulse generation unit.
The method of claim 5,

Wherein the pulse generated through the bioelectrical stimulation pulse generation circuit is an ideal symmetric pulse having an intermediate pulse interval.
The method according to claim 1,

A boosting circuit for boosting a power supply (battery) voltage,
A pulse voltage regulator for regulating the boosted voltage;

A method of calculating a real time resistance value from data measured by a current sensor unit and comparing the measured voltage with a current sensor unit before the adjusted voltage from the pulse voltage adjusting unit is supplied to the bioelectrical pulse generating unit, Non-invasive electronic needle system.
The method according to claim 1,

And a local communication unit to control the electronic needle system through the portable terminal.
The method of claim 7,

As another method of finding the acupoint,

A server that provides a database service about the acupuncture point of the human body and the stimulus position of the symptom;

Inputting a user's symptom through a portable terminal connected to the server;
A step of searching for acellular points according to a symptom input by a user in a database and transmitting the acellular points to a portable terminal;
Displaying a human body on a portable terminal screen through a portable terminal camera;
Displaying an acupressure point on the human body image captured on the screen of the portable terminal;

And a non-invasive electronic needle system for informing the user of the position of the bioelectrical stimulation.
8. The method of claim 7,

And storing the human body image and acupressure point captured on the screen in the portable terminal,

Wherein the bioelectrical stimulation position is corrected by comparing the stored image with an image of a mobile terminal image screen of a human body on which an actual electronic needle is placed.

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