NZ793109A - Health care device, health care body, health care method and health care system - Google Patents
Health care device, health care body, health care method and health care systemInfo
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Abstract
health care device includes a health care body for positioning a body part of a user, so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, wherein the body part has an acupoint; an acupoint work piece for performing a health care work onto the use through the acupoint; and a work piece holder having a first end connected to the health care body and a second end for fixing the acupoint work piece, so that under the first specific positional relationship, the acupoint work piece performs the health care work under the condition that the acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint. A health care body, method and system are also provided. d a work piece holder having a first end connected to the health care body and a second end for fixing the acupoint work piece, so that under the first specific positional relationship, the acupoint work piece performs the health care work under the condition that the acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint. A health care body, method and system are also provided.
Description
A health care device es a health care body for positioning a body part of a user, so as to
maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, wherein the body part has
an acupoint; an acupoint work piece for performing a health care work onto the use through
the acupoint; and a work piece holder having a first end ted to the health care body
and a second end for fixing the acupoint work piece, so that under the first specific positional
relationship, the acupoint work piece performs the health care work under the condition that the
acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint. A health care
body, method and system are also provided.
NZ 793109
HEALTH CARE DEVICE, HEALTH CARE BODY, HEALTH CARE
METHOD AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to device, body, method and system for
health-care, especially based on Chinese medical .
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Those who lose their health will know that being sick-free or
painless is a great blessing in life. Human nature is usually greedy for life
and fear of death. It is one of the big desires of ordinary people to get life
prolonged. Everyone seems to agree that prevention is better than cure, but
facing the life journey of birth, aging, sickness and death, not everyone has the
opportunity or the perseverance to always pay attention to prevention. The
invention follows the examples of Chinese genius doctors Hua Tuo and Bian
Que, and is intended to bring health and happiness to mankind.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
e of ely diversified disclosures of the present
inventions, for facilitating the ation, it is to be noted that the claims
currently on file of this application are directed to seek patent protections for
specific inventions exemplarily embodied in Figures 6 and 7. In a nutshell,
the present invention hopes to bring Hua Tuo and Bian Que back to the world.
The ensuing questions are: how to perform dreams or ideals? How to put
imagination into practical content? Because the issues are very big, readers
or examiners are d to carefully review and examine what are described
later.
Traditional Chinese medicine or acupuncture theory is scattered
in ancient e cs, where the cores or subtle implications thereof are
described in Huangdi g Suwen and Lingshu. Among these cultural
treasures, not only can we see the iteness of medical theory or logic, but
they have also been seen ally effective or widely reported, which cannot
be extensively quoted here. For e, acupuncture and stion have
an extremely effective analgesic effect in clinic. For some organic diseases,
even cancer, the sic effect can be maintained for a week, which was
frequently reported.
It is recorded in Bazheng Gods Thesis Chapter, Suwen, The
Yellow Emperor’s Neijing that “observing the unknown world means that the
shape, Qi (vitality), Rong and Wei are invisible to the e, while the artisan
(i.e., medical expert, good doctor, Hua Tuo or Bian Que) knows it well.
Because coldness and warmth of the sun, emptiness of the moon, ups and
downs of the air in the four seasons, and variation of their combination,
participation and arrangement are invisible to or unrecognized by the general
public but detected by the artisan, it is thus called observing the unknown world.
Only those that are communicable to the infinite future can be passed on to
later generations. That which has been detected different by an artisan is
externally invisible and cannot be entirely seen. As it is not tangibly visible
and cannot be , it is thus called unknown world, just like talking about
the gods.” The Chapter continues with "an insufficient evil means one Qi
deviated from eight righteous ones. A normal evil happens when one labors
to sweat into running into an evil wind through the muscles texture, which,
however, is mild and not felt or discernible." The r continued, "a
superior artisan cures a potential sickness upon its burgeoning h
detecting Qis by checking 9 pulses in three parts and is so qualified through
adequately regulating the Qis. An inferior artisan gets rid of a sickness after
it has been fully developed or the yin-yang Qi balance has been broken. The
need to cure a sickness after it has been developed comes from the failure in
detecting the yin-yang nce after checking 9 pulses in the three parts.
Such artisan can cure a sickness after it has been fully developed to be known
as the sickness and eventually cure the sickness through confirmations from 9
pulses in the three parts. Such artisan is merely like a doorkeeper because it
cannot know what is budding but what the outbreak evil is." The purpose and
ideal of the present invention are to equip every family or person with a caring
superior doctor for life.
Patent examination is to determine whether an ion is
different from conventional technology, and an invention is often originating
from the lack or deficiency of conventional technology. The value of an
invention to mankind depends on how much it contributes to society, while the
patent or market value of an invention depends on whether it is practical or not,
and whether all competitors have to follow suit. Although the various values
of an invention are not arily related to the level of technology or the
exquisiteness of the skill, it should be worthy of our s if we can solve
some problems systematically or comprehensively and achieve the s of
human relief. What follow will make a comprehensive review of related
technologies. Wherever there are discussions about existing technologies, it
is possible to capture the source of creativity or ideas.
From the perspective of "modern science", acupuncture is a
enon of sensing along the meridians. This can be learned by those
with acupuncture experience: when acupuncture is applied at the correct point,
the patient will feel a special feeling along the corresponding meridian lines,
and the sensation is often soreness, swelling, numbness, heat, cold, pain or
electric shock. These gs may appear alone, but most of them are mixed
gs of soreness, swelling, and numbness. The ancient book names it qi
sense, or qi obtainment. At this time, the person applying the needle will also
perceive that the needle seems to be sucked, awkwardly operable, not easy to
turn, and not easy to be pulled out.
In modern society having a tight or speedy pace, acupuncture and
moxibustion have once been ignored e of their insufficient consideration
in hygiene in the past and slow curative effects. There are lots of efforts tried
to construct modern es therefor, such as material metabolism theory or
energy metabolism theory, either from molecular, atomic or particle aspect or
wave aspect where it is proposed that there are many optically non-uniform
tubular structures or sheet-like structures in the human body, in which because
they are not uniform either in the performance of e light reflection,
refraction coefficient, and polarization ability, or in the performance of infrared
or microwave reflection, refraction coefficient, and polarization ability, an
electromagnetic wave guide system is thus formed in the human body.
According to the above, the internal qi of traditional Chinese
therapy is the relationship among electromagnetic waves, ans and
acupoints in the human body. The slow speed of the sense transmission along
the meridians is d from the group speed of the waveguide. ans
are not like blood vessels, lymphatic vessels or nerve fibers with clear
boundaries, but are strip-shaped areas with fuzzy boundaries and with the
highest conductance value on the central axis of each meridian, while radially
diminishing lly from the central axis. Specifically, the ans are
like mountains, and the nts are like individual peaks on the mountains.
In other words, the center of the acupuncture point is the top of each mountain
peak. However, with continuous conductance measurement at the same point,
the conductance of the human body fluctuates with the time, which the ancients
called the Ziwu , that is, the qi and blood flow dynamically circulate in
the body in accordance with the season, moon phase, and time. Nevertheless,
this conductance change happens throughout the entire body and does not
sly affects the difference between acupoints and non-acupoints, so it
does not affect the clinical conductance measurement.
What surprises the modern science (especially modern medicine
or modern y) is the holographic phenomenon of the acupoints.
Regarding the so-called holographic phenomenon, regardless of ear
acupuncture or foot massage, in a small area, there are acupoints reflecting all
the organs of the whole body. Even in each small finger joint area, acupoints
reflecting all the organs of the whole body can be found. In other words,
when a certain organ has a disease, not only the conductance of the main
acupoints on the 14 main meridians increases significantly, but also in the local
area of the specific acupoint. It is thus quite possible that every point in the
body is a micro meridian point.
When a person's physiological or logical state changes, the
probability distribution curve of conductance data in any area of the body will
change accordingly, and it seems that the mystery of the meridian points will
eventually be revealed. Meridians are electrical channels, optical channels,
microwave channels, sound channels, and chemical channels. What is
measured on the meridian points is not skin resistance, but body conductance
or electric field strength, where tance is proportional to the square of
the tance field strength. It thus can be concluded that the meridian
system in the scriptures is a kind of energy distribution in the human body.
This energy distribution can neither be seen with the naked eye, nor be tracked
with a scalpel.
The energy distribution structure in the preceding paragraph is
understood by modern s as a dissipative ure being a dynamic
structure. It exists by continuous energy supply and fully ms to the
dissipative structure formed by electromagnetic waves, which cannot be
simply understood from physiology. But understanding Chinese classical
ne in this way may bring physiology, biology and medicine to a new
milestone. The so-called dissipative structure, taking a dynamic all as
an example, can only exist when there is a source of high water level, and once
the source stops, the waterfall will disappear quickly. Because the
prerequisites are that the structure is constantly consuming energy, it is called
the dissipative structure. Others, such as candles, mountain springs,
fountains, lanterns, sky lanterns, flutes, ools, tornadoes, and lightning,
are all living structures. Once the environment is closed, this structure will
instantly disappear.
The an system is a kind of dissipative structure formed by
electromagnetic standing waves. Because two waves can exist in the same
position and mpose or cancel each other, new interference waves are
formed by point-by-point construction or destruction. When the human body
meridian system may be understood as a three-dimensional electromagnetic
standing wave interference pattern, we could then find ways to interfere and/or
change its erence pattern to change the energy distribution and restore the
t's . It may be magical, but for thousands of years, the ancestors
used a single needle to heal countless ancestors with Qi and blood circulation,
deficiency syndrome, excessiveness syndrome, Ziwu , qi obtainment,
yin and yang, tonic method, and draining method.
Regardless of whether coming from health concerns, the
traditional acupuncture has been developed to include many other ways to
change the aforementioned interference ns, such as hyperthermia,
infrared therapy, spectrum therapy, electroacupuncture, laser acupuncture,
microwave acupuncture, etc., all of which belong to non-intrusive or noncontact
interference and change media.
The dissipation theory or structure mentioned above, where
playing Dongxiao involves the same theory and the human body is also a
resonant cavity, ns numerous electromagnetic standing waves
interacting with each other to form x standing wave interference
patterns while acupuncture points play a key role in ering with individual
or combined standing waves, because acupuncture points always have the
highest conductance, or are the places where the peaks of individual or
combined omagnetic standing waves are located. Specifically, when a
certain organ has a problem, its natural frequency or accompanying standing
wave changes. As a result, the energies of some acupuncture points increase
or decrease abnormally, and the resistances on the acupuncture points in turn
decrease or increase accordingly. ore, no matter whether it is intrusive
or non-intrusive, we can build/destroy/correct individual or total standing
waves through acupoints, so that the organs or patients can return to
normal/healthy.
Light and microwaves are both electromagnetic waves. The
light commonly referred to by the world refers to e light, which only
occupies a very small share of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The
transmission speed of a single electromagnetic wave is ely fast (up to
0 kilometers per second), but the transmission speed of the meridian
sense is less than ten centimeters per second (where it takes tens of s to
convert from one interference pattern to another). The reason is that the
number of electromagnetic waves in the body is d in billions (or even
tens or tens of billions), and the propagation speed of the summing signal is
accordingly reduced. This is also the reason why we often hear that any
object is nothing but a mass of vibration frequencies.
Non-intrusive acupuncture and moxibustion, such as laser
acupuncture, although it is called a kind of acupuncture, there is no actual
puncturing action. Because it is trusive, safe and painless, it is easily
accepted by patients. More and more new treatments having effects not
inferior to the traditional cture and moxibustion are reported.
Although the laser acupuncture is a painless and safe treatment option, clear
dosage guidelines have yet to be established. Other non-intrusive
acupuncture and moxibustion, such as the now popular physiotherapy
ques, such as hyperthermia, infrared therapy, spectrum therapy,
electroacupuncture, microwave acupuncture, etc., because they all introduce
electromagnetic waves of different wavelengths into the human body, they
should also have standards to be ished.
In Western society, microwaves with a frequency range of 40~70
GHz are used to balance and treat the unique frequency (characteristic
frequency) of a person (or even a specific organ), which is called Microwave
Resonance Therapy (MRT). Of , microwave acupuncture is also based
on acupuncture. It is a method of infusing microwaves with the same
frequency as the characteristic frequency into cture points or directly
irradiating acupoints to generate resonance to treat diseases by connecting a
microwave antenna to the needle handle. In practice, it is found that the
nce frequency in the meridian channels will flow from the internal
organs to tips of the s or toes, and then be reflected back to the organs.
When sick, the amplitude of the inherent frequency (characteristic frequency)
will decrease or disappear. An extra energy with a very low energy level (one
millionth or one nth of a watt) can e the resonance frequency of a
specific organ or human body to the standard value, thereby
helping/completing the treatment.
In 1934, the professional Journal of cture and
Moxibustion in China published the clinical application of electroacupuncture
for the first time. In the late 1950s, there were extensive researches on
electroacupuncture and it was used clinically for al anesthesia. Modern
electro-acupuncture devices are small in size, often powered by batteries.
Small clips are connected to the wires from the device and clamped on the
acupuncture needles inserted into the body. When the electric current is
generated, the patient feels a slight beating or fluctuating ion, as if a
feather is sweeping the skin. Of course, we should avoid placing electrodes
near the heart, or not allow current to pass through the midline of the body (i.e.
an imaginary line from the nose bridge to the navel).
Either the ue-A Microwave Acupuncture Apparatus"
developed by Beijing Electronic Instrument Factory in 1980, or the s
acupoint therapy apparatuses that have sprung up recently, in order to meet the
needs of different diseases or different parts, their appearances look very
ent. They all suffer from difficulties in accurately aligning with the
acupoints, but require the assistance of the patient or the user, such as trying to
keep the affected part rately attached to or close to the working e
of the respective ment, in order to better obtain the service or treatment
effect from the instrument. In addition, in order to cope with the continuous
renovations of laser acupuncture, hyperthermia, infrared therapy, spectrum
therapy, electroacupuncture, microwave acupuncture, etc., because of their
different working principles, if we want to obtain the eutic effect, the
instrument itself or the working point, working surface or working area of the
instrument must be different. In order to have a relatively te positional
relationship between the acupuncture points on the human body to be worked
and the working point, working surface or working area of the instrument, for
achieving a better therapeutic effect, usually the manual of the instrument will
explain how to self-adjust the body e, or the operator will assist in
adjusting the patient's posture for receiving instrument/treatment services.
For example, the circular or arcuate treatment instrument is mostly used for
joints, shoulders, waist, etc.; the te treatment ment is suitable for
acupoints in elongate regions such as the spine or body part. Nevertheless, as
mentioned above, either the user needs to cause her/his the affected part close
to or attach to the working point, working surface or working area of the
ment, or it is ary to put the instrument directly on the patient's body,
so that the working point, working face or working area of the instrument can
serve (e.g., irradiate) the affected area. At this time, the patient's affected part
(or acupuncture points on the affected part) and the working point, working
surface or working area of the instrument in fact only maintain in a rough,
roughly or almost correct relative positional relationship. This kind of
ement not only results in the positional discrepancy between the
ment and the patient, but also in angular relationship therebetween, and
even in the distance therebetween. The correctness or properness of the
distance between the instrument and the affected part of the patient usually
determines whether the best effect can be obtained, or whether it will
unfortunately cause harm to be detailed later.
If we use the microwave acupoint therapy device for ations
in details, we can understand the entioned difficulties. Specifically,
the effects of microwave therapy are usually based on thermal effects, but nonthermal
effects cannot be ruled out (e.g., local microwave acupoint stimulation
may be conducted through the meridians for producing effects of "guiding qi
to where the disease exists"). The maximum ave radiation can
penetrate 50 eters into the body surface, and the body temperature of the
exposed area can be significantly increased, which is deeper and stronger than
the heat of moxibustion. The distance between the patient's affected part (or
acupuncture points on the affected part) and the working point, working
surface or working area of the instrument as ned in the preceding
paragraph obviously determines whether the ed part will be burned by
stion.
When microwaves irradiate the human body, there are mainly two
effects, namely thermal action and thermal external action (which is different
from ultrashort wave, where the latter is produced by electric t, while the
former by electromagnetic wave). The so-called thermal action comes from
the oscillation of electrolyte ions and electrolyte dipoles, or the requency
oscillation of water les, which causes the tissue to generate a large
amount of heat energy, thereby sing the tissue temperature, dilating
blood vessels, and accelerating blood flow (which can increase by 50%). The
so-called thermal external effects are the special physiological effects of
microwave radiation on the human body (where the relevant research is still
limited), and known to possibly affect the function of the nervous system
(where short-term or se radiation can e the excitatory process,
while long-term or large-dose radiation reverses inhibition). Compared with
infrared radiation and other light radiations, microwave has a deeper effect,
that is, it is difficult for infrared to penetrate the lipid layer, but microwave can
penetrate the lipid layer to reach the muscle layer. The therapeutic effects
thereof are not to be detailed here.
Microwave acupuncture has a strong qi sense (swelling, heavy,
soreness, numbness, feeling hot, sensation of nt and ) to the
meridian points, and can be conducted along the meridian for sweating (similar
to the Burning Mountain Fire skill). Further, the strength of the qi sense can
be quantitatively controlled by the microwave treatment instrument.
Microwave acupoint irradiation has functions of both acupuncture and warm
moxibustion. When the ave power reaches a certain value, there is a
high-frequency discharge phenomenon on the needle tip, but its power (2 watts)
is much less than that of the microwave therapy e (200 watts), so
no l protection is required.
Microwave acupuncture point therapy instruments can be roughly
divided into three categories: one is microwave or (which is
straightforwardly directed at acupoints or lesions and is similar to laser
irradiation at acupoints), the second is microwave cture (therapy)
instrument (having a radiation antenna needle for radiating acupuncture points),
and the third is the magnetic needle.
Microwave acupuncture point radiators or microwave radiators
generally include 5 types: (1) circular radiator, whose opening end is round,
and whose external shape is hemispherical, cylindrical, reflective mask-shaped,
etc., mainly used for acupoints at joints, shoulders or waist, or breast lesions;
(2) elongate (or rectangular) radiator having a rectangular opening, and mostly
used in elongate areas of the body, such as the spine or body part; (3) saddleshaped
radiator having a concave surface, used to treat acupuncture points at
large areas such as waist, knee, back, hip, buttocks, chest or abdomen, and
capable of being ly attached to the ed surface for treatment; (4)
focusing radiator, with a diameter of 1, 1.5, or 3.5 cm, used to treat small parts
not suitable for treatments by the aforementioned three kinds; and (5) ear
or, which is dedicated to irradiate ear acupoints or be inserted into the ear
canal for treatment and has a replaceable rubber sleeve.
The microwave acupuncture instrument consists of four parts: a
DC variable power supply, a microwave oscillator (1,000~2,000)MHz, an
output coaxial cable and a microwave antenna. The microwave antenna
includes a needle clamp, a needle, and a spiral spring l itter. The
needle is a component of the co-radiation antenna. The microwave energy is
itted to the needle via the coaxial cable by the oscillator, and then
radiated to the human body acupoints).
To understand the microwave Di needle, we need to know first
that the Di needle is one of the nine ancient needles, and has a large body and
a round tip. It is a kind of round and slightly pointed acupoint work piece
with a thick needle body and a millet-like tip. It is used to press the acupoints
for g the qi and blood without piercing into the skin. In "Yellow
Emperor’s Neijing Lingshu, Nine s Twelve Originals Chapter," it is
disclosed that "the third Di needle has three and a half body ..., the tip
sharpness is as sharp as a millet, and is used to press the pulse without piercing
into the skin, so as to cause Qi." In "Yellow r’s Neijing Lingshu, Nine
Needles Theory Chapter," it is disclosed that "the Di needle, which is ed
from the ’s sharpness, is three and a half body inches long and mainly
used for pressing the pulse to get the qi to drain the evil qi." The microwave
Di needle is produced through combining the modern microwave
physiotherapy, and was successfully trial-produced in Mainland China in 1979.
The microwave needles have functions and effects of traditional Di needle,
finger needle and moxibustion through merging the performance and
teristics of modern low-frequency and high-frequency electrotherapy.
The principles for acupoint selection and combination
compatibility in microwave therapy are the same as those for other acupoint
therapies, and can be either based on three options of local, nt, and
remote selection methods, and/or the tenderness point or the focus of the
disease. Of course, it is also possible to select acupuncture points in
consideration of the characteristics of the instrument, such as its number of
output heads or the stretching range.
When irradiating acupoints on the limbs, the patient usually takes
the lying or sitting position, while the recommended distance between the
radiator and the nt skin is 10-15 cm (or 5 cm at the ear). As for the
time and power thereof, they depend on the specific condition (e.g. for ears 8-
watts, neck 20-40 watts, chest and abdomen 60-100 watts, waist and back
80-120 watts, for 5-10 minutes). Regarding the acupoints around the knee
and er joints, -shaped radiators are often used; for the acupuncture
points on the chest, abdomen, back and waist, the patient should choose the
supine or prone position, for being served by the round or te radiator; as
for the neck acupoints and ear points, patients often use the sitting position, for
being served by the circular or convergent radiators.
From the above discussions, we can find that all existing
technologies encounter the following problems. Taking the microwave
radiator as an example, whether using a universal bracket to fix the microwave
radiator at the "ideal" position, or manually pressing the Di needle microwave
radiator on the acupuncture point to be treated, the relative positions (including
ce and orientation) between the working point of the ment and the
acupuncture point have not been or cannot be accurately determined.
Although the acupuncture points in Chinese medicine are not a point with
almost no area in the ric imagination, but a small area, it is obvious that
if we want to maintain the correct or better ve positions between the
working point of the instrument and the acupuncture point for a period of time
with either universal joints or artificial efforts, it is significantly difficult, at
least because (1) the ment range of the working point of the instrument
has its limit, and (2) the patient will inevitably adjust her/his posture
unconsciously.
The problem in the preceding paragraph will bring about another
problem, that is, because the theoretical relative position cannot be obtained or
d, it is impossible for the instrument to be scientifically qualitative
(effect) and quantitative (for receiving the instrument service time and
intensity). Therefore, taking the microwave therapeutic apparatus as an
example, we need be very careful to t high temperature and overheating.
gh it is tically known that the relative position should be adjusted
so that the patient has a comfortable warm feeling and soreness, but not a
ng sensation, each person has nevertheless different gs or tolerance
levels, so that there are qualitative or quantitative difficulties. For patients
with low pain tolerance, the dosage may not be enough to obtain curative effect;
on the ry, for patients with high pain tolerance, the dosage may ly
be excessive to cause temporary or permanent hurt.
The problem mentioned in the preceding paragraph makes it easy
for us to understand another problem: when the acupoints are located near the
face, brain, eyes, ovaries or testicles, in order to avoid excessive radiation or
damage, the existing technology has to recommend a distance of 5 cm and a
power of not more than 15 watts, for a time less than 10 s. It is thus
known that if we can get the theoretical relative position, we can not only get
great flexibility in designing the instrument or using the design, but also ensure
the obtainment of the effects.
The problem mentioned in the preceding paragraph makes us
understand the importance of being "qualitative" or "quantitative". In detail,
the guarantee of the relative position in theory allows us to accurately study
the nature and extent of the effects of the instrumental acupoint work piece.
For example, when patients have severe local organic or ischemic vascular
diseases, excessive ion not only does not improve their blood circulation,
but also often ates local hypoxia due to temperature rise, so both doctors
and patients have psychological barriers in using the instrument. However,
if the tical guarantee of relative positions, after successful qualitative and
quantitative researches, even for patients with active tuberculosis, high fever,
bleeding-prone es, advanced hypertension, heart failure, fractures and
the inability to clearly express the microwave needle sensation of the group of
patients and en, they will no longer belong to the group that is not suitable
for acupoint microwave therapy.
After solving the problems mentioned in the preceding paragraph,
we will be ed to understand: because of the qualitative and quantitative
success, we can design an effect-focused instrument acupoint work piece
(because the efficiency or effect is sufficient, there is no need for too large or
wide working area) without harming innocent adjacent people or staff. This
is because long-term microwave radiation is harmful to the human body since
the microwave therapy device leaks a small amount of microwaves and
radiates to the surrounding space, which may cause injuries to the innocent
staff.
After solving the problems mentioned in the ing paragraph,
we can’t help but jump for joy because the following various s will be
not only be guaranteed, but easier to be achieved through the establishment of
relevant theoretical relative positions. Specifically, high intensity, high dose
(3W/cm2) ultrasound (acoustic) waves have inhibitory or destructive effects
on various s and organs, causing irreversible changes in tissue
morphology; but (A) low-intensity, medium and small dose (therapeutic dose)
ultrasound s on peripheral nerves and spinal cord are first excited and
then inhibited, so it has analgesic effect on neuralgia; (B) a small dose can
congest heart capillaries and increase interstitial cells, so it can improve blood
circulation; (C) although the sensitivity of each part of the kidney to ultrasonic
waves is different (where the cortex close to curve tubules are the most
sensitive, while the medullary collecting duct and the urinary tube connective
tissue basement membrane are the least sensitive), the eutic dose of
ultrasound acting on the kidney area has functions of expanding blood s
and promoting renal blood circulation; (D) high-dose ultrasound on the ovaries
or testicles has tory or even damaging effects, so some people have tried
it to be used for birth control in recent years; (E) therapeutic dose ultrasound
can improve skin nutrition, promote dermal regeneration, strengthen epithelial
formation, and cause increased sweat gland secretion; (F) multiple applications
of small dose ultrasound waves can stimulate the growth of bone callus (while
it should be noted that a slightly larger dose of 10 minutes will slow down the
bone healing).
The s mentioned in the preceding paragraph were obtained
through the establishment of the ve position in theory. We may wonder
whether these effects also exist when applied in other therapies. According
to physical ments and clinical practices, the magnetic line bundle of the
magnetic needle (non-intrusive) can penetrate the human body skin to a depth
of 6~9cm, which is approximately equivalent to the depth of a traditional
acupuncture needle. It is speculated that when a certain acupoint in the
human body receives stimulation, it will cause the local cell receptors to
produce bioelectricity, and at the same time there will be "qi" in the meridian
, which is to be conducted along the meridian . The sensed
conduction route is consistent with the route predicted by the acupuncture
theory. Medical practices have also verified that even though the effects of
magnetic fields or magnetic lines of force and needle (intrusive) cture
may not be equivalent, their effectiveness is quite consistent. For example,
using warm water to soak one’s feet and then massage and magnetically absorb
the Yongquan nt is very effective in treating BPH atic hyperplasia)
nocturia and frequent urination. Here is a brief description of acupoint
magnetotherapy (using a magnetic device with north and south poles to a
certain acupoint in the human body) to e its applicability as follows.
In rical Records-Biography of Bian Que Cang," it describes
the use of magnets to treat diseases in 180 BC. In the second century BC, the
Chinese pharmacology monograph "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" officially
listed magnets as medicines: "Magnes tastes hot, has a cold nature and mainly
cures body sis, rheumatism, pain in the limbs unable to hold things... and
deafness". In the Collection of Famous Doctors by Tao Hongjing in the
Southern and Northern Dynasties, the effects of magnets are recorded: "they
foster kidney qi, strengthen bone qi, nourish essence, eliminate trouble,
lubricate , eliminate carbuncle, fistula, cervical nucleus, sore throat,
epilepsy in children". Yang Shangshan’s "Yellow Emperor's Neijing Taisu"
in Sui Dynasty, when interpreting the phrase "walking with heavy footsteps"
in the "Lingshu, Meridian" r, collaterally mentioned the external effect
of the magnet: “What heavy footsteps mean that you put the s in your
shoes fastened by straps to feel heavy upon walking. After you feel it
becomes light, you can gradually increase the weight in order to enhance the
fire qi. If you recover from the disease, you should gradually remove the
magnets. This is the ancient method of treating the kidney.” "Precious
Prescriptions for ncy Medicine" in Tang y has a prescription for
treating a bleeding wound: "Applying the magnet powder to the wound for
relieving pain and stopping bleeding." It is described in Li Shizhen’s
masterpiece of pharmacology "Compendium of Materia Medica" in Ming
Dynasty: “A true magnet of a bean size, calcined with pangolin, is ground to
be collected in a line shape which is then wrapped in the new cotton to be
inserted into the ear. Then, a piece of pig iron is kept in the mouth, and the
deafness is cured after the ear feels wind and rain.” Inspired by the
"Compendium of Materia Medica" magnet therapy for deafness, acupoint
ic therapy emerged in mainland China in the early 1960s. Some
acupuncture scholars in Shanghai tried to e acupuncture with a
magnetic field and use magnetic needles (magnetized needles) to ively
treat tinnitus; in 1965, medical workers in Hunan also combined the magnetic
field theory and the meridian theory to achieve clinical treatment results; major
breakthroughs in the application of magnetic therapy in the 1970s were caused
by easy accessibility of permanent magnet materials (mainly rare earth cobalt
alloys, permanent magnet ferrites, and um nickel cobalt magnets) so that
the acupoint magnetic therapy becomes r. For example, in 1970, it was
successfully trial-produced magnetic beads for acupoint ation to treat
diseases in Baotou City, Inner Mongolia; since 1973, rare earth alloy magnetic
sheets were first used for magnetic therapy of various es in Hunan
Province; in 1974, Beijing Acupuncture workers cooperated with some
researchers to turn a static magnetic field into a dynamic magnetic field to
make a rotating magnetic therapy e, which expanded the treatment
range to a certain extent and improved the curative effect on certain diseases;
in 1978, the first mainland China conference of magnetic therapy scientific
research collaboration was held in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.
Since 1980, acupoint magnetotherapy has made unprecedented
progress. While the magnetostatic method of fixing ic beads or sheet
on a certain acupuncture point or part has little to do with the present invention,
all of the moving magnetism method of using a gyromagnetic machine to
stimulate the acupuncture points, the combination of magnetism and traditional
acupoint workpieces to form the magnetic Di needle, the magnetic round plum
needle, the photomagnetic method of combining magnetism with helium-neon
laser irradiation, and the magnetoelectric method combining with the
electroacupuncture therapy, all of which have been d to nearly 70
diseases in s departments including internal, external, women, children,
ophthalmology, yngology and oral cavity, all of them have the
aforementioned qualitative and quantitative problems. Therefore, if we want
to standardize or ize magnetic nces, there comes the dilemma that
the discussed foregoing les are unpredictable and impossible to cope
with. The root of accurate qualitativeness and quantitiveness lies in the
e oning of the acupuncture points. When the precise acupuncture
points are secured, for example, the pulse current applied to the magnetic sheet
of the nt electrode, or the intensity of the magnetic field of the magnetic
head of the electromagnetic l needle placed on the intradermal needle
(or ordinary needle), or the intensity of the magnetic field applied to the
magnetic needle, upon qi-obtainment after the needle is pierced, can all be
precisely ted. So far, the most important core spirit of the present
invention has emerged, that is, to assist, check or confirm the patient's accurate
acupoints with scientific methods or equipment during the doctor's diagnosis
and treatment.
Through the foregoing discussions, we can summarize as follows:
In the intrusive case, a wrong or deviant acupuncture of no medical effect may
just make people feel disgusting. If side effects or other injuries occur, it is
indeed unfortunate; in the non-intrusive case, a biased or wrong acupoint
selection will cause qualitative, e.g. effective or not, or what kind of effect, and
quantitative, e.g. how much irradiation or magnetic field strength is to be
applied, ulties, as mentioned above.
Most of the above are based on ches from Taiwan and the
nd China, and here is a brief description of how foreigners view the
acupuncture. In 1950, a German, Dr. REINHOLD VOLL discovered that
there are different potential differences in the human body. After
experimental s, it was found that the "change" circuit diagram of the
human body's "electricity" is exactly the same as the "Meridian Diagram" in
"Ancient China." In 1949, after Dr. Yoshio Nakatani, a professor at Kyoto
University in Japan, began to study the relationship n skin resistance
and disease symptoms, he found that it was consistent with traditional Chinese
meridians, and developed a set of "scientific" disease detection methods,
referred to as "good conduction meridian". Recently, the "Federal
Committee of German Doctors and Health Insurance" launched large-scale and
high-standard human trials on headache, back pain and arthritis pain, and
successively hed that acupuncture does have an analgesic effect.
However, because the sham control group with acupuncture at non-acupoint
sites or insufficient needle penetration has similar analgesic effects to the real
treatment group, it is suspected that the acupuncture itself may have a strong
o effect and has nothing to do with acupuncture points. A few years
ago, Dr. Edzard Ernst and te students in the United Kingdom designed
a retractable needle. When inserted, the needle tip ts into the needle
tube and does not enter the skin, but it can make the subject think that there is
a needle inserted (while the needle tube keep staying on the skin). That is, by
using real and fake needles to conduct grouped randomized trials, the team of
physicians found that fake acupuncture is as effective as real acupuncture in
treating headaches and nausea and in preventing migraine. There is no
anatomical basis for qi veins or cture points, but American studies have
found that acupuncture points are usually d at where the ctive
tissue" is most dense. In 2002, Dr. Langevin from the University of Vermont
in the United States published a study on The Anatomical Record, which
showed that acupuncture and moxibustion on nts can have medical
effects on the body. Western studies have shown that acupuncture and
moxibustion can indeed relieve pain. The theory proposed is that the
acupuncture stimulates the body to release endorphins. It also seems to
increase the brain secretion of the chemical ent nin (which can
enhance the function of vasoconstriction), which changes the function of nerve
cells, by which people feel "happiness and comfort". If it is non-intrusive,
stimulating acupuncture points with different frequencies or energy levels will
relax nerves and muscles and make them beat, which is like passive exercise,
and can improve local blood circulation.
After the entioned close comparisons and sions with
conventional technologies, the goals or endeavors of the t invention
should have been specifically presented. In fact, however, the above
disclosure is only the basic level of what the present invention is attempted to
arrive at, that is, the present ion actually has a higher level of goal pursuit.
In the Huangdi (Yellow Emperor) Neijing Suwen, Ci-Yao Chapter, it is
recorded "The Huangdi askes: I would like to know the gist of cture.
Qi Bo replied: There are grave and light diseases, while the acupuncture depth
has shallow and deep. Each case has its own curing rationale, from which
deviation should be avoided. An excessive depth will cause an internal hurt
while an insufficiency will produce a superficial qi block which in turn invokes
evil qi. An improper depth will cause a big trouble internally hurting the 5
organs to develop a serious disease.” Specifically, acupuncture or a specific
case must be dealt with a specific depth in order not to incur the big trouble.
As we cannot have an insufficient depth or improper depth in order not to
invoke a big e or a serious disease, we need to detect or ensure the
relative position between the needle and the acupoint for an intrusive .
Likewise, for a non-intrusive therapy, if we can really detect or ensure the
relative on of the acupuncture workpiece and the acupoint, we can
confidently determine for a specific disease or physical therapy, what degree
of the irradiation or electric field or intensity of the magnetic field should be
accurately applied, thus ensuring the desired therapeutic effects without
suffering from ve effects.
In the Huangdi Neijing Suwen, Zhiyao Chapter, it is recorded that
through the impermanence of birth, aging, sickness and death, each person
suffers from a specific disease under a special cause. "Therefore, there are
diseases in the mis, in the derma, in the adipose tissue, in the muscle, in
the vein, in the sinew, in the bone, and in the marrow." How a misdiagnosis
or wrong treatment will result in has been briefly seen in the preceding
paragraph. In Huangdi Neijing Suwen, Zhiyao Chapter, it takes the disease
in the derma or adipose tissue as an example. If one can't grasp the essentials
in depth, one should be cautious that "when we are to acupuncture the derma
or adipose tissue, there should be no subcutaneous layer piercing, e such
piercing will indirectly damage the lungs, which in turn will incur warm
a in autumn to be shuddering."
So far, the basic level of the present invention is to ensure the
precise positioning n a patient or user's acupuncture point and the
instrument, acupoint workpiece (non-intrusive) or an acupuncture device
(intrusive) to guarantee that the acupuncture needle or workpiece has a correct
or safe physical therapy or treatment. This goal, in a sense, is focused on the
two-dimensional level, that is, how to solve or accurately position a patient or
a user’s nt with respect to the instrument, acupoint ece (nonintrusive
) or a needle device (intrusive). As mentioned in the preceding
paragraph, after ensuring the relative positional relationship, the t of
physical therapy or true needs of dealing with a specific disease can then be
actorily met through properly adjusting the parameters or variables
involved in the third dimension (i.e. depth) and fourth dimension (i.e. angle).
The t ion is not satiated through realizing the above two levels
(basically belonging to the hardware). The Yellow Emperor Neijing Suwen,
Yijing nge Chapter stated that in ancient times, the treatment of diseases
was dealt with at the initial burgeoning of a disease, so the disease is difficult
to adversely develop.
ing to the Yellow Emperor Neijing Suwen, as the time
goes by, "in the medieval ancient time, the disease was cured only when it has
been developed, by being served with a medicinal soup for ten days to
eliminate any one of the eight-wind and five-paralysis diseases. If not cured
in ten days, herbal roots and the grass are used, by which the root and the
symptom of the disease are both attended to get rid of the evil qi." As the
human beings are born to chase fame and wealth in the economic world, they
need to neglect or could not discern omens of disease until the disease has taken
shape before they begin to think about treatment. At this time, it is necessary
to rely on diet therapy or herbal ne to eliminate the evil qi or drive away
the disease. As for the human beings in the near ancient time, "the same is
not true for the treatment of diseases. The treatment is not based on four
seasons, ignores the sun and the moon, does not judge whether to combat or to
follow the development, and is practiced after the disease is already established,
by using the acupuncture from the outside and serving the nal soup into
the body. An inferior artisan is aggressive enough to embark measures to
attack the disease. It is not seldom to find out that while the disease is still
there, a new disease emerges." In modern treatments, the same disease (for
example, a cold) has almost the same ne. It does not care about
personal physique, and may not believe in the onship between the disease
ion and the four seasons or yin and yang. There is no idea to predict
when or what disease should be treated with the development trend or against
the development trend. Accordingly, it is not seldom experienced that
although the symptoms have been eliminated, e the "root" of the disease
has not been cured, the bud of a new disease latent in the body is g for
an opportunity to burgeon and then prosper.
It is a further level of ideal of the present invention to focus on the
level of "software", which can adapt or adjust the body immediately when there
is an l omen of a disease so that the ideal in the Yellow Emperor Neijing
Suwen, Yijing Qi-Change Chapter “keeping near to the health but away from
death, along the prolonged path of life” can be realized.
The ultimate level of the ideal of the present invention is to seek
the health and happiness of all d, and to realize the ideal that may be
moving in the preceding paragraph, so that every family or every person can
have the software and hardware of the present invention even if their ial
resources are relatively limited. When the present invention starts to be
commercialized and s more advanced, every one may enjoy or receive
physiotherapy or medical services like those provided by the rnation of
Hua Tuo and Bian Que.
Other features and advantages of the present application are
described later, and can be apparent in the specification, or can be understood
by practicing the present application. The purpose and other advantages of
the present application can be realized and obtained by the structure
specifically pointed out in the specification and the drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The following drawings are drawn according to embodiments and
are merely illustrative of the ts of the present invention.
Figure 1 is a health care device for positioning fingers or toes.
Figure 2 is a health care device fixed on two different parts of the
body part.
Figure 3A is a schematic diagram of the ans and nts
on the back.
Figure 3B is a simple health care device positioned with respect
to the chest or back.
Figure 3C is an advanced health care device positioned with
respect to the chest or back.
Figure 4A is the health care body of the health care device for the
lower arm;
Figure 4B shows the health care body of the health care device for
the upper arm;
Figure 4C is an embodiment of the length adjustment device of
the health care body of the health care device;
Figure 4D is the first embodiment of the length adjustment plate
of the length adjustment device of the health body of the health care device;
Figure 4E is a second embodiment of the length adjustment plate
of the length adjustment device of the health body of the health care device;
Figure 5 is a health care device for lower limbs;
Figure 5A is a length adjustment plate of the lower limb health
care body;
Figure 6 is a health care device for the head;
Figure 7 is a head health care device that can be accurately
positioned;
Figure 7A is the second embodiment of the connecting piece of
the acupoint work piece;
Figure 8 is the first embodiment of the work piece assembly;
Figure 8A is a tic diagram of the third embodiment of the
ting piece of the acupoint work piece;
Figure 8B is an embodiment of the acupoint work piece;
Figure 8C is the second embodiment of the work piece assembly;
Figure 8D is another embodiment of the work piece holder;
Figure 9 is an ment of a workpiece assembly with a c
Figure 9A is an embodiment of an automatic acupoint workpiece;
Figure 10 is a first embodiment of the health care methods of the
present invention;
Figure 10A is a second embodiment of the health care methods of
the present invention; and
Figure 10B is an embodiment of the health care system of the
present ion.
The nce numbers are:
1: index finger
2: fist
11: Erjian acupoint
12: finger joint
13: proximal end of middle phalanx of index finger
14: distal end of proximal phalanx of index finger
21: thumb
22: index finger
24: thumb joint
23: Hegu acupoint
: second joint of index finger
26: short thumb muscle
: Governor Vessel
31: Foot-Taiyang Meridian
32: Dazhui acupoint
33: Taodao acupoint
34: Shenzhu acupoint
: Ganshu acupoint
36: Danshu acupoint
37: Pishu acupoint
38: Weicang acupoint
39: Huangmen acupoint
40: Zhishi acupoint
100: health care device
101: pivot part
102: fixing body
103: semicylindrical rod body
104: recess
105: soft layer of cloth
106: semicylindrical male thread
110, 110': health care body
112: hollow rical end part
120: health care device
122: health care body
124: upper end shoulder
126: abutting plate
128: spring
130: groove
131: index finger plate
132: index finger accommodating area
133: shoulder
134: spring
135: index finger accommodating groove
136: abutting plate
138: index finger slot
140: middle finger slot
142: ring finger slot
144: little finger slot
146: recess
150: health care device
152: health care body
154: pressing piece
156: transverse piece
157: upper end
158: work piece support medium
160: sleeve
162: work piece connector
164: end
166: stanchion
168: ediate connecting piece
170: health care device
172: health care body
174: first pair of stanchions
175: upper end
176: intermediate connecting piece
178: matching part
182: hole
184: second pair of stanchions
185: intermediate connecting piece
186: matching part
187: pivot
180, 188: ess-halved area
189: clamp
190: protrusion
191: pin
192: clamp
193, 195: surface
194: flange
197: groove
196, 198: through hole
199: pin
200, 200': fixing piece
201: rod body
202: first end
203: female thread
204, 204': second end
205: universal ball joint seat
206: acupoint work piece connector
209: universal ball joint
300, 300': acupoint work piece
301: conducting wire
302, 302': acupoint work head
400: t transverse piece
401, 403: surface
402: connecting end
404: work piece support medium
405, 407: surface
406: adjustment sleeve
408: work piece connector
410: end
412: free end
500: health care device
501, 503: carrying base plate
502: health care body
505, 505': carpal protrusion of radius accommodating recess
506, 506': carpal protrusion of ulna accommodating recess
508: palm accommocating groove
510: cavity of oning block
511, 512: paired recesses
504, 524: paired positioning blocks
513, 515: two ends of spring
514: plural springs
516: pair of lower lugs
517: inner wall of recess
518: pair of side grooves
519: inner wall of positioning block
520: recess of end of carrying bese plate
526: recess
528: groove
530: lug
532: groove
534: recess
535: distal side of elbow end
536: groove
538: inner recess of adjacent ends of carrying base plates
540: tension spring
542: pin hole
544: pin
546: length ment medium
547: linking plate
548: pin hole
550: central groove of adjacent ends of carrying base plates
552: bottom cutout
554: bottom shaft hole
560: upper arm carrying base plate
562, 564: two carrier plates
566: axillary end
568: upper cutout
570: cutout
572: central pivot
574: length adjustment device
578: guiding sheet
580: cutout
582, 584: carrying base plate
586: length adjustment device of health care body
587: screw hole
588: rotatable screw rod
590: handle
591: longitudinal central groove
592: chain
594: positioning pin
595: g hole
596: length adjustment plate
597: distal groove
598: positioning pinhole
599: groove
600: trapezoidal piece
601: middle groove
602: side piece
603: two side bevels
604: spring
606: arc convex
608: groove
610: proximal groove
612: spring
614: g piece
616: sliding hole
618: guiding groove
620: trapezoidal piece and screw rod assembly
622: screw rod end
624: bottom hole
628: trapezoidal piece and screw rod assembly
630: trapezoidal piece
631: side bevel
632: shallow guiding groove
634: chuck
636: hole
638: screw rod
640: screw rod end
660: health care body
662: shank carrying base plate
664: thigh carrying base plate
666: (tibia) heel end of shank carrying base plate
668: side groove
670: recess
672, 674, 676: recess
678: slot
680: oning block
681: opposite surface
682: lug
684: large lateral malleolus recess
686: middle lateral malleolus recess
685, 687, 689: malleolus recess
688: small lateral malleolus recess
690: length adjustment device
692: thread
694: operating rod
696: handle
698: chain
700: pin
702: carrying base plate of length adjustment device
704: screw hole
706: space between the thigh and shank carrying base plates
710: rod
712: rod hole
708: spring
714: oning block
716: lug
718: recess
719: accommodating recess of knee tuberosity of the femur
720: central recess
722: through hole
724: pinhole
726: positioning block
728: positioning hole
730: (femur) buttock end of thigh carrying base plate
732: accommodating hole
734: spring
736: recess
738: stop
740: central concave
742: length adjustment trapezoidal piece
744, 746: two side bevels of trapezoidal piece
748: heel height adjustment medium
X and Y: distances between two side bevels and the center of ing
760: head health care body
762: base plate
764: slot
766: head oning plate
768, 770: connecting rod
772: oil cylinder
774, 776: first end and second end of oil cylinder
778: ear hole
780: inverted triangular hole
782: lower protruding slider
784: pressure sensor
786, 788: oil cylinder forward and backward buttons
790: circuit configuration
800: head health care device
802: health care body
804: rail body
806: gear slot
808: lower gear rack
810: upper surface
812: upper gear rack
814, 816: carrier body
818: paired oning plate
820: oning gear
822: stepping motor
824: gear protection sheet
826: motor shaft
828: gear
830: left end surface of carrier body
832: positioning rod
834: paired positioning slot
836: side positioning plate
838: stepping motor
840: screw rod
842: screw rod nest
844: two side wall upper surfaces
846: moving piece
848: work base
850: fixing screw bolt
852: middle protruding piece
854: groove
856: ball
858, 860: upper surface of carrier body
862, 864: proximal surface of carrier body
870: acupoint work piece connecting piece
874: first end
876: fixing nut
878: al thread
880: second end
882: acupoint work piece nut
884: internal thread
900: work base
902: longitudinal through hole
904: C-clamp
906: work piece holder
908: first end of work piece holder
910: second end of work piece holder
912: connector
914: al thread
916: annular groove
918: first end of work piece
920: connecting piece
922: second end of work piece
930: work piece holder
932: threaded section
934: annular groove
936: work base
938: threaded hole
940: acupoint work piece
942: slender pneumatic cylinder
944: threaded end
946: piston rod of pneumatic cylinder
948: upper connecting ring
950: main connecting piece
952: ring piece
954: crankshaft
956: work ring
958: rubber pad
960: work end
962: work bottom
964: work piece
966: point opening
968: first end of main connecting piece
970: second end of main connecting piece
971: work base
972: angle controller
974: angle control assembly
976: work piece supporter
978: fixing piece
980: ed barrel
982: work piece supporter
984: acupoint workpiece jaw
986: screw
988: holding part
1000: work piece assembly matched with robotic arm
1002: electric chuck
1004: jaw
1006: holding surface
1008: rotating head
1010: ion base
1012: first end
1014: connecting base
1016: rotating shaft
1018: rotating platform
1020: work platform
1022: work base
1024: first end
1026: second end
1028: second end
1030: first end
1032: second end
1040: automatic needle inserting acupoint work piece
1042: rotating head
1044: automatic needle insterting device
1046: needle inserting mechanism
1048: electric holder
1100, 1110, 1120: steps of first embodiment of health care method
1130-1180: steps of second embodiment of health care method
1200: health care system
1210: health care body
1215: micro computer
1220: central sing unit
1230: memory
1240: symptom ent module
1250: personal health care history record module
1260: feedback/report module
1270: screen
1280: keyboard and/or mouse
1290: microphone
1300: lens
1400: cloud se
1500: service center
1600: control module
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
What follow will cooperate with the drawings to disclose how to
realize the ideal of each level/each observation/each aspect of the present
invention one by one. The following specific embodiments are specific
examples used to assist in tanding a n invention
level/observation/solution, and are not the only feasible way or answer of the
invention level/observation/solution. In fact, the descriptions of the specific
embodiments of different invention levels/observation/solutions can be
mutually referred to for replacement or modification. The present inventions
should be groundbreaking, but the led groundbreaking inventions are
only clever, organic or amazing new combinations of s components that
are easily available in the world to realize the groundbreaking ideals.
ically, the creation or advancement of the present invention generally
does not lie in each component itself, but in the unexpected or creative
ation of related components.
Please refer to Figure 1 showing the first embodiment of the
present invention in the basic level, where the Erjian acupoint 11 national
Code LI2) on the index finger 1 is taken as an example. Acupoint 11 is
located between the red and white fleshes at the end of the radial transverse
crease of proximal phalanx bone (the third segment) of the index finger, and
mainly treats sore throat, toothache, epistaxis, crooked mouth and eye, lethargy,
and shoulder/back pain. The health care device 100 includes a health care
body 110 having two pieces of hollow semicylindrical fixing bodies 102
pivotally onnected h the pivot part 101, each of which has a solid
semicylindrical rod body 103 having a semicylindrical male thread 106.
Each fixing body 102 has a recess 104 odating a finger joint 12, for
example, the middle (second) and al (third) phalangeal joint. A
cleanable or disinfectable soft layer of cloth or disposable paper 105 can be
folded le times ing to the user's fatness or finger thickness, so that
when two fixing bodies 102 are tightly closed, index finger 1 or joint 12
determines or fixes the positional onship between health care device 100
and index finger 1 or Erjian acupoint 11 (in this example) to obtain the
previously described or expected effects. When two fixing bodies 102 are
tightly closed, two semicylindrical rod bodies 103 constitute a complete bolt;
and the protruding parts of the proximal end 13 of the middle phalanx and the
distal end of the proximal phalanx 14 of index finger 1 are accommodated in
recess 104.
A fixing piece 200 has a rod body 201 for providing a distance or
height required for configuring or operating an acupoint work piece 300, where
rod body 201 has a first end 202. After a female thread 203 in first end 202
engages with male thread 106 on two semicylindrical rod bodies 103, rod body
201 is fixed on health care device 100, while two semicylindrical fixing bodies
102 fix index finger 1 therein by locking first end 202 with two semicylindrical
rod bodies 103. Rod body 201 has a second end 204 configuring a universal
joint seat 205 thereon for connecting with a universal ball joint 209 on an
acupoint work piece connector 206. Due to technological advancement, the
rotational angle of the modern universal joint is extremely large, and it can
withstand a considerable impact at a specific angle and/or position without
being out of position. Moreover, if one universal joint is not enough, mutiple
universal joints can be serially connected to enhance the extent of the desired
orientation.
Acupoint work piece connector 206 has two lips 207 for passing
and holding acupoint work piece 300 in a hollow space 208 thereof. Acupoint
work piece 300 can be an energy work unit of microwave, laser or radiation as
aforementioned, and has a conducting wire 301 for receiving electrical energy
supply, so as to output energy from an acupoint work head 302. Due to the
uration of connector 206 and fixing piece 200, a work energy releasing
unit can thus be in the form of acupoint work piece 300, at which the work
energy output is trated. Because a relative position of between
acupoint work piece 300 and acupoint 11 has thus been determined, how or to
what extent an acupoint work head 302 of acupoint work piece 300 can or
should output the energy can also be precisely controlled or adjusted according
to the specific requirement of the atient.
Additionally, the bulks of health care device 100, fixing piece 200
and nt work piece 300 are relatively limited. As long as conducting
wire 301 is long enough, the user can either ideally move his position, or act at
will without changing the relative position between acupoint work piece 300
and Erjian nt 11, y not affecting the ed
physiotherapy/treatment effect. Furthermore, there are various ways for
connection between acupoint work piece connector 206 and acupoint work
piece 300, or between first end 202 and semicylindrical rod body 103. For
example, one is provided with an r protrusion and the other matching
piece is provided with an annular groove, so as to make the assembly between
first end 202 and lindrical rod body 103 easier. Therefore, we can
easily understand that the description for this figure or the embodiment is only
an example for realizing the objects disclosed in the present invention.
The first embodiment of the present invention is summarized as
follows: health care device 100 includes health care body 110 for positioning
body part 1 of a user, so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship
with body part 1, wherein body part 1 has acupoint 11; acupoint work piece
300 for performing a health care work on acupoint 11; and work piece holder
200 having first end 202 connected to health care body 110 and second end
204 for fixing acupoint work piece 300, so that under the first specific
positional onship, acupoint work piece 300 performs the health care work
under the condition that acupoint work piece 300 has a second specific
positional relationship with acupoint 11.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
acupoint work piece 300 has acupoint work head 302, and the second specific
positional relationship refers to a positional relationship between acupoint 11
and nt work head 302.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
health care body 110 is to relatively on a finger, toe, arm or leg of the
user.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
health care body 110 is formed by two ly d fixing bodies 102 of
a hollow semicylindeical crosssection, each of which has a semicylindrical rod
body 103, and two semicylindrical rod bodies 103 are combinable into a
connecting rod.
In ance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
each semicylindrical fixing body 102 has inner recess 104 to accommodate the
body part or the joint of finger 1, so that health care body 110 can properly fit
or relatively position body part 1.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
the fixing piece 200 has a first end 202 being hollow for accommodating the
connecting rod piece formed by the two semicircular section rod bodies 103,
and thus, the two hollow semicircular section fixing bodies 102 closely fit the
body part 1 therein.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
fixing piece 200 has second end 204 fixed to acupoint work piece tor
206 connecting acupoint work piece 300, through a fixing medium which can
be one or more serially connnected universal joints.
In accordance with health care device 100 of the first embodiment,
the tion method between first end 202 of fixing piece 200 and two
semicylindrical rod bodies 103 for forming the connecting rod piece, or
between acupoint work piece tor 206 and acupoint work piece 300 can
be male and female threads, an elastic holding, or an engagement of r
convex and annular concave through the material characteristics.
From another aspect, the aforementioned embodiment discloses
health care device 100 including health care body 110 for fixing body part 1 of
a user, so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with body part
1; and work piece holder 200 having first end 202 ted to health care
body 110, and second end 204 fixing acupoint work piece 300, and ensuring
acupoint work piece 300 to perform the health care work under the condition
that acupoint work piece 300 has a second specific positional relationship with
acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, the aforementioned embodiment
discloses health care device 100 for g nt work piece 300 n
to engage in a health care work onto a user, wherein the user has a body part
having acupoint 11, and health care device 100 includes health care body 110
for relatively positioning body part 1 so that health care body 110 and body
part 1 maintain a first specific positional relationship therebetween, and work
piece holder 200 having first end 202 configured on health care body 110 and
second end 204 for g acupoint work piece 300, and ensuring acupoint
work piece 300 to perform the health care work under the ion that
acupoint work piece 300 has a second specific positional relationship with
acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.
Referring to Figure 2 showing the second embodiment of the
present invention of a basic level, the Hegu acupoint 23 (International Code
LI4) located between the thumb 21 and the index finger 22 on the fist 2 is taken
as an example. Acupoint 23 is d between the first and the second
metacarpal bones, but is ly closed to the midpoint of the second
metacarpal bone, and mainly treats headache, eye pain, sore throat, toothache,
xis, cold, stroke, and facial paralysis. The same as the first embodiment,
this embodiment is focused on acupoints of special situation. When it is
possible to overcome the difficulty of positioning a special acupoint with
respect to an nt work piece (or its acupoint work head), the problems
related to acupoints that are more common or easier to obtain the relative
positions can be easily solved.
Health care device 120 includes a health care body 122 being
generally semi-cylindrical and having a groove 130 for accommodating a
user's thumb 21 therein. The user's thumb joint 24 is sleeved with health care
body 110 of the first embodiment having a hollow cylindrical end part 112
having two sides rested on two abutting plates 126 configured on two upper
end shoulders 124 of health care body 122. Two abutting plates 126 are
pushed toward the thumb tip by two springs 128 respectively. Thereby, the
relative position between thumb 21 and health care body 122 is secured.
Health care body 122 has a recess 146 for g the short thumb
muscle 26 of a user, for the user’s feeling of gripping health care body 122.
Another health care body 110’ is sleeved on the second joint 25 of index finger
22. Health care body 110 and health care body 110’ can be the same (where
thumb 21 or index finger 22 is properly fit by cloth soft layer 105 of the first
embodiment) or different (where their outlines or sizes slightly vary with
thumb 21 and index finger 22 tively). After second joint 25 is sleeved
in health care body 110’, index finger 22 sleeved on health care body 110’ rests
in the index finger accommodating area 132 through the index finger
accommodating groove 135 confiurged between the index finger wall 131 and
the shoulder 133, while the right and upper sides of the hollow cylindrical end
part 112’ of health care body 110’ urge against the abutting plate 136 connected
to the connecting spring 134. Abutting plate 136 here is generally inverted
L-shaped, with its horizontal part and al part tively urging against
the right and upper sides of hollow cylindrical end part 112’ of health care body
110’ in Figure 2. Further, the horizontal part of ed L-shaped abutting
plate 136 pivots thereon spring 134, so that after index finger 22 is positioned
ly, the vertical part of inverted L-shaped abutting plate 136 is rotated to
urge against the upper side of hollow cylindrical end part 112’. By this, on
the one hand, index finger 22 is constrained to be positioned, and on the other
hand, the relative positional relationship between the second end 204’ of the
fixing piece 200’ and Hegu acupoint 23 is ensured ingly. In other
words, the relative positional relationship between the acupoint work head 302’
on the acupoint work piece 300’ and Hegu acupoint 23 is thus assured for the
previously described or expected effects. Furthermore, health care body 122
is ed with an index finger slot 138 for insertion of index finger 22 placed
in groove 132. Certainly, health care body 122 can be further provided with
a middle finger slot 140, a ring finger slot 142 and a little finger slot 144 for
optional insertion of the other three fingers. Each of finger slots 138-144 may
or may not communicate with each other, or each has a completely or partially
independent space for accommodating fingers individually or collectively.
It should be noted that health care body 110 and health care body
110’ in this embodiment may have basic structural differences from health care
body 110 in the first embodiment, because health care body 110 and health care
body 110’ in this embodiment need not self-position by thumb joint 24 as that
in the first embodiment 110. In details, health care body 110’ can only extend
over the middle part of a phalanx because one end of health care body 110’ will
be stopped by the finger joint, so that health care body 110’ will not slip off.
Since the other end of health care body 110’ will urge against abutting plate
126 or 136, there is no trouble with positional assurance. The axial length of
health care body 110’ may thus be shortened.
The second embodiment of the present invention is summarized
as follows: health care device 120 es health care body 122 having two
accommodating grooves 130, 135 for relatively positioning two different parts
21, 22 of a user’s body part 2 respectively, so as to maintain a first specific
onal relationship with body part 2; and work piece holder 200 having first
end 202 connected to the health care body 110’, and second end 204 for fixing
acupoint work piece 300’, so that acupoint work piece 300’ and body part 2’
are in a second specific positional relationship under the first ic
onal relationship.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, there is acupoint 23 between two different parts 21, 22, acupoint
work piece 300’ has an acupoint work head 302’, and the second specific
positional relationship refers to the positional relationship between acupoint 23
and the acupoint work head 302’.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, health care body 122 is used to relatively position the user’s two
fingers, such as thumb and index finger.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, health care body 122 has two finger odating parts, such
as thumb odating groove 130 and index finger accommodating groove
In ance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, thumb accommodating groove 130 is defined by two shoulders
124, two springs 128 respectively configured in two shoulders 124, and two
ng plates 126 respectively connected to springs 128.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, index finger accommodating area 132 includes index finger
stopping plate 131, shoulder 133, groove 135 defined by index finger stopping
plate 131 and shoulder 133, spring 134 configured in shoulder 133, and
inverted L-shaped abutting plate 136 pivotally connected to spring 134.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, health care body 122 has recess 146 for fitting short thumb
muscle 26, so that the user can have a feeling of gripping health care body 122.
In accordance with health care device 120 of the second
embodiment, health care body 122 has index finger slot 138 for
accommodating the distal section of index finger 22, and can have middle
finger slot 140, ring finger slot 142, and little finger slot 144 for optional
insertion of the other three fingers, wherein finger slots 138-144 may or may
not communicate with each other, or each has a completely or partially
independent space for accommodating fingers individually or collectively.
] From another aspect, health care device 120 holds an acupoint
work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the ing embodiments) thereon to
engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has body part 2 having
two different parts 21, 22, there is acupoint 23 between the two different parts,
and health care device 120 includes: health care body 122 having two abutting
parts (124-130 and 131-135) for positioning two different parts 21, 22 of body
part 2, so as to maintain a first specific positional onship with body part
2; and a work piece holder (as described in Figure 1 or the following
embodiments) having: a first end configured on the health care body; and a
second end holding the acupoint work piece, for ensuring acupoint work piece
300 to perform the health care work when acupoint work piece 300 has a
second specific onal relationship with acupoint 11 under the first specific
positional relationship.
] From yet another aspect, health care device 120 includes health
care body 122 having two abutting parts 30 and 131-135) for relatively
positioning two different parts 21, 22 of body part 2 of a user respectively, for
ining a first specific positional relationship with body part 2, wherein
there is acupoint 23 between two different parts 21, 22; and a work piece holder
(as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) has: a first end
configured on the health care body; and a second end g an nt work
piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon, for
ensuring acupoint work piece 300 to perform a health care work under the
condition that acupoint work piece 300 has a second specific positional
relationship with acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.
Distribution of acupoints in chest or abdomen of a human body is
quite symmetrical. For the chest, the midline is the Conception Vessel with
two Kidney Meridians of Foot-Shaoyin located 0.5 body inch away from two
sides thereof, two Stomach Meridians of Foot-Yangming d another 1
body inch away (i.e. 1.5 body inches from the Conception Vessel), etc. For
the back, the midline or spine is the Governor Vessel with two branches of two
Bladder Meridians of Foot-Taiyang respectively located 1.5 and 3 body inches
away from two sides f, etc. Figure 3A shows Governor Vessel 30,
Bladder Meridian 31 and acupoints, such as Dazhui acupoint (International
Code GV14) 32, Taodao nt (International Code GV13) 33, Shenzhu
acupoint (International Code GV12) 34, Ganshu acupoint (International Code
BL18) 35, Danshu acupoint (International Code BL19) 36, Pishu acupoint
national Code BL20) 37, Weicang acupoint (International Code BL50)
38, Huangmen nt (International Code BL51) 39 and Zhishi nt
(International Code BL52) 40.
Please refer to Figure 3B showing a simple health care device 150
for chest or back. Health care device 150 has health care body 152, support
transverse piece 156 having two ends 164 connected to health care body 152,
and work piece support medium 158 fixed on support transverse piece 156.
Health care body 152 further has two stanchions 166 whose upper end 157 is
pivoted on an end 164 of support transverse piece 156, intermediate connecting
piece 168 fixed on two stanchions 166, and pressing piece 154 fixed on
intermediate ting piece 168, wherein angles included between two
stanchions 166 and intermediate connecting piece 168, and between
intermediate connecting piece 168 and pressing piece 154 are generally 90
degrees. That is, when using, the user presses pressing piece 154 with r
chest or back to ensure health care body 152 to be in a definite relative
onal state. Beacuse pressing piece 154 is to be pressed by the user, its
shape should not cause uncomfortableness to the user, or its placement surface
should have corresponding recess to avoid the user's discomfort.
Work piece support medium 158 slidably sleeves thereon a sleeve
160 fixing thereon a work piece connector 162 for sleeving thereon an acupoint
work piece as described in the first embodiment. Therefore, the
physiotherapist or therapist can move/adjust the position of sleeve 160 on work
piece support medium 158 to fix or secure the relative positional relationship
between the nt work piece and the specific acupoint.
] There are so many acupoints in chest or back while health care
device 150 seems too simple, so that we may agree that health care device 170
in Figure 3C is somewhat advanced. Health care device 170 has health care
body 172, support transverse piece 400 having two ends 410 pivoted on health
care body 172 respectively, and work piece support medium 404 slidably
sleeved on t transverse piece 400. Health care body 172 has a first pair
of stanchions 174 whose upper end 175 is pivoted to an end of support
transverse piece 400, intermediate connecting piece 176 fixed on two
stanchions 174, matching part 178 fixed on intermediate connecting piece 176,
a second pair of stanchions 184, ediate ting piece 185 fixed on
two stanchions 184, and matching part 186 fixed on intermediate connecting
piece 185, wherein angles included between two stanchions 174 (184) and
intermediate connecting piece 176 (185), and between intermediate connecting
pieces 176 (185) and matching parts 178 (186) are generally 90 degrees, and
matching part 178 (186) has a thickness-halved area 180 (188), matching part
186 is pivoted on intermediate connecting piece 185 through pivot 187, and
thickness-halved areas 180 and 188 respectively have matching holes 182 and
protrusions 190. In use, matching part 186 and two stanchions 184 are first
kept in el or coplanar, and after the user presses the combined matching
parts 178 and 186 with his/her chest or back, two ions 184 are pivoted
to have the right-angle relationship with matching part 186 for ng health
care body 172 in a secured relative position. As mentioned above, because
matching parts 178 and 186 are to be pressed by the user, their shapes should
not cause uncomfortableness to the user, or their placement surface should
have corresponding recesses to avoid the user's discomfort.
] As in the preceding example, work piece support medium 404
slidably sleeves thereon sleeve 406 fixing thereon work piece connector 408
for sleeving thereon the acupoint work piece in the first embodiment.
Therefore, the physiotherapist or therapist can move/adjust the position of
sleeve 406 on work piece support medium 404 to fix or secure the relative
positional relationship between the acupoint work piece and the specific
acupoint. Work piece support medium 404 has connecting end 402 slidably
sleeved on support transverse piece 400, and free end 412 clamped by a pair of
clamps 189 and 192 on a second pair of stanchions 184, n clamp 189 is
fixed above the pair of stanchions 184, clamp 192 is d on the upper end
of one stanchion 184 by pin 191, the other stanchion 184 has flange 194, the
free end of clamp 192 has groove 197, flange 194 and the free end of clamp
192 tively have through holes 196 and 198, and pin 199 passes through
the through holes 196 and 198 so that the pair of clamps 189 and 192 hold free
end 412.
Although e fit is no longer a problem in nowaday
technology, considering convenience of sliding (so a nce must be left)
and security of positioning, corresponding surfaces 195 and 193 of clamps 189
and 192, corresponding surfaces 401 and 403 of support transverse piece 400
and connecting end 402, and ponding surfaces 405 and 407 of work piece
support medium 404 and adjustment sleeve 406 may be roughened or covered
with a layer of thick or thin rubber material. Additionally, becasue acupoints
in chest and abdominal are symmetrically distributed relative to the Conception
Vessel or Governor Vessel, both symmetrical acupoints need
physitherapy/treatment, and adjustment sleeve 406 is thus preferably
configured in pairs. Certainly, if multiple acupoints are simultaneously
required to be d, work piece support medium 404 can have an increased
number.
ing two embodiments are summarized as follows: health
care device 150 (170) includes health care body 152 (172) having two
supporting pieces 166 (174), each of which has upper end 157 (175), so as to
maintain a first specific positional onship with a user’s body; support
transverse piece 156 (400) having two ends 164 (410) pivoted on upper ends
157 (175) of two supporting pieces respectively; and work piece t
medium 404 having first end 402 connected to health care body 152 (172), and
adjustment sleeve 406 sleeved thereon for fixing an acupoint work piece, so
that the acupoint work piece and the body are in a second specific positional
onship under the first specific positional relationship.
In ance with health care device 150 (170) of the
embodiment, the body is chest or back of a human body, the acupoint work
piece has an acupoint work head, and the second specific positional
relationship refers to a relative positional relationship between a chest or back
acupoint and the acupoint work piece.
In accordance with health care device 150 (170) of the
embodiment, health care body 152 (172) has pressing piece 154 (178, 186) for
being pressed by a user’s chest or abdomen for securing the relative position
between the users and health care body 152 (172).
In accordance with health care device 150 (170) of the
embodiment, pressing piece 154 has two matching parts 178, 186, each of
which has thickness-halved area 180 (188), and thickness-halved areas 180,
188 have ng holes and protrusions respectively.
In accordance with health care device 150 (170) of the
embodiment, health care body 172 has two pairs of stanchions 174, 184,
bottoms of each pair of stanchions 174, 184 are interconnected with
intermediate connecting piece 176 (185), and matching part 186 is pivoted on
intermediate connecting piece 185 by pivot 187.
In ance with health care device 170 of the ment,
work piece support medium 404 is slidably sleeved on support transverse piece
400; and/or work piece support medium 404 slidably sleeves thereon sleeve
In accordance with health care device 170 of the embodiment, a
second pair of stanchions 184 of health care body 172 has a pair of clamps 189,
192 configured thereon for g free end 412 of work piece support medium
In accordance with health care device 170 of the embodiment,
corresponding surfaces 195 and 193 of clamps 189 and 192, corresponding
surfaces 401 and 403 of support transverse piece 400 and connecting end 402,
and corresponding es 405 and 407 of work piece t medium 404
and adjustment sleeve 406 are roughened or d with a layer of rubber
material.
In accordance with health care device 170 of the embodiment,
second adjustment sleeve 406, and/or second work piece support medium 404
are/is further included.
From another aspect, health care device 150 (170) holds an
acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the ing embodiments)
thereon to engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has a body part
having an nt, and the health care device includes: health care body (152,
166, 154, 168; 172, 174, 178, 184, 190) having a pair of supporting pieces (152,
166; 172, 174; 184), for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with
a user’s body; support transverse piece 400 having two ends 410 respectively
ted to the supporting pieces; and work piece support medium 404
connected to support transverse piece 400 and sleeving thereon sleeve 406
holding the acupoint work piece, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to
perform the health care work when the acupoint work piece has a second
specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, health care device 150 (170) includes
health care body (152, 166, 154, 168; 172, 174, 178, 184, 190) having a pair
of ting pieces (152, 166; 172, 174; 184) for relatively positioning a
user’s body part to maintain a first specific onal relationship with the
body part, wherein the body part has an acupoint; support erse piece 400
having two ends 410 respectively connected to the pair of supporting pieces;
and work piece support medium 404 connected to the support transverse piece
and sleeving thereon sleeve 406 holding the acupoint work piece, for ensuring
the nt work piece to perform the health care work when the acupoint
work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint
under the first specific positional relationship.
The meridian path in either upper or lower arm is not regular or
identifiable relatively easier like that (or acupoints) in chest or abdomen of the
human body, runs either in yin or yang side of the arm. Contrasting to the
acupuncturists who may identify it easily, it is not easy for the general public
or ers. We only deal with the positioning problem first. Please refer
to Figure 4A showing health care body 502 of upper arm health care device
500 of the present invention which has ng base plates 501, 503, each of
which has paired es 511, 512 tively configuring pairs of
positioning blocks 524, 504. Because all positioning blocks 524, 504 are
similarly provided, only positioning block 504 is illustrated in details as
follows.
Positioning block 504 has a pair of lower lugs 516 slidably
configured in a pair of side grooves 518 in recess 512. Two ends 513, 515 of
each of springs 514 are respectively configured on inner wall 517 of recess 512
and inner wall 519 of the lower part of positioning block 504. Inner wall 517
and inner wall 519 are provided to compensate or offset the length of springs
514. In this invention, plural springs 514 always keep paired positioning
blocks 504 as close as le to each other in paired recesses 512. The
remaining width of the cutout upper portion at the free end of ng base
plate 503 between paired recesses 512 is approximately the thickness of the
lower arm wrist. Because people are unavoidably thin or fat, according to
this invention, paired positioning blocks 504 can be adjusted automatically to
hold the wrist part. Additionally, the lug in the figure is sheet-shaped, while
cylindrical one may be more common. Because they make no ntial
difference, it will not be further described.
When acupoints of the Hand-Yangming Large Intestine Meridian
(for example, Wenliu, ational Code LI7, which mainly treats headache,
sore throat, borborygmus, abdominal pain, and shoulder/back pain) are treated,
the wrist should be held by paired oning blocks 504 in the thickness
direction to facilitate acupoint physiotherpy/treatment. At this time, the
protrusion corresponding to the short abductor muscle of the user's thumb rests
in cavity 510 recessed in positioning block 504. However, when acupoints of
the Hand-Jueyin Pericardium Meridian (for example, Neiguan, International
Code PC6, which mainly treats stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, chest pain,
arrhythmia, stroke/dementia, elbow spasm, hot face, cloudy vision, shock) are
treated, the wrist should be held by paired oning blocks 504 in the width
direction with the yin side up. At this time, a radial carpal sion of the
lower arm abuts on recess 506 of left side positioning block 504, while an ulnar
carpal protrusion of the lower arm abuts on recess 505’ of right side positioning
block 504 for co-performing the positioning effect. If we observe the wrist
structure carefully, contrasting with the palm, the radial carpal protrusion of
the lower arm is in a lower but or position, while the ulnar carpal
protrusion is in an upper but posterior position, and thus we can use this
structural feature to design ons of recesses 505, 506 of positioning block
504 for strengthening the positioning relationship or function. Specifically,
no matter whether the yin side of the m (or lower arm) faces upward or
downward, it can be effectively held by positioning blocks 504. Additionally,
the user's palm stays free in groove 508 of positioning block 504.
On the contrary, when acupoints of the Hand-Shaoyang Sanjiao
an (for example, Waiguan, International Code TE5, which mainly treats
unfavorable flexion and extension of elbow/arm, finger pain/inability to grip,
hand tremor, deafness, us, headache, cheek pain, fever) are treated, the
wrist should be held by paired positioning blocks 504 in the width direction
with the yang side up. At this time, the ulnar carpal protrusion of the lower
arm abuts on recess 505 of left side positioning block 504, while the radial
carpal protrusion of the lower arm abuts on recess 506’ of right side positioning
block 504 for forming the positioning . There is a recess 520 at
the end of carrying bese plate 503. This recess 520 has two functions,
wherein on the one hand, when the forearm side is kept laterally upright on
base plate 503 (i.e., resting with thickness), the abductor muscle of the user's
little finger rests thereon; on the other hand, when the yin side of the forearm
is placed on base plate 503, the user's wrist/palm rest thereon.
] Please refer to the left portion of Figure 4A showing positioning
block 524 and carrying base plate 501 for carrying the elbow joint.
oning block 524 has recess 526 accommodating the most protruding
sesamoid at the ulnar side of the elbow end of the humerus, and carrying base
plate 501 correspondingly has recess 534 accommodating the most prominent
part (i.e., elbow tip) of the elbow end of the ulna. The structure of the human
body is very mysterious. When the m rests on carrying base plates 501,
503, whatever it is kept laterally upright or placed with the yang side, recesses
526 and 534 can accommodate the sesamoid and the most prominent part,
respectively. However, when the forearm is kept laterally upright, left and
lower sides of prominent muscles (composed of the palmar longus muscle, the
flexor carpi radialis and the flexor carpi ulnaris) of the forearm are respectively
positioned in groove 528 of positioning block 524 and groove 536 of carrying
base plate 501. As preceding positioning block 504 of the wrist joint,
oning blocks 524 are ured on paired es 511 of carrying base
plate 501, and has paired lugs 530 slidably configured in grooves 532 of
recesses 511.
Please refer to the middle portion of Figure 4A showing length
adjustment medium 546 configureded between two carrying base plates 501,
503. The Creator is mysterious, and makes people either tall or short with
arms either short or long. For example, it is said that Liu Bang's hands are
long enough to extend beyond his knees, and thus length adjustment medium
546 is configured for accommodation. Adjacent ends of carrying base plates
501, 503 have central groove 550 for accommodating linking plate 547
symmetrically. Each adjacent end of ng base plates 501, 503 has inner
recesses 538, so that pairs of tension springs 540 are configured symmetrically
above and below linking plate 547 to pull together carrying base plates 501,
503 as much as possible. Opposite sides of adjacent ends of carrying base
plates 501, 503 respectively have plural pairs of pin holes 542, which
pond to plural pin holes 548 on both sides of linking plate 547. When
the distance between adjacent ends of carrying base plates 501, 503
corresponding to the user's arm length is properly adjusted, four pins 544 can
be inserted into corresponding pin holes 548 and corresponding two pairs of
pin holes 542 to complete the arm length setting.
] Please refer to Figure 4B. Its right side is the forearm carrying
base plate of Figure 4A, which is to be combined with the one for the upper
arm to form a complete upper limb carrying base plate, and thus is slightly
modified. Specifically, the elbow end of forearm carrying base plate 502 (or
501) has bottom cutout 552 and bottom shaft hole 554. Its left side is upper
arm carrying base plate 560 having two carrier plates 562, 564. The elbow
end of carrier plate 564 has upper cutout 568 and central pivot 572 pivoted on
bottom shaft hole 554. Contrasting with upper arm carrying base plate 560,
because the forearm can only be bent inward, rather than folded d, its
pivoting is directional. g from Figure 4B, considering existence of the
elbow end of the forearm carrying base plate 502, when pivoting
counterclockwise, its distal side 535 must interfere with the elbow end of upper
arm carrying base plate 560, so that if the elbow end of upper arm carrying
base plate 564 is not ed accordingly, they cannot rotate with each other.
Therefore, the elbow end of upper arm carrying base plate 564 has cutout 570
to accommodate distal side 535 of the elbow end of m carrying base plate
Please refer to the left side of Figure 4B. Because the inner side
of the upper arm is connected to the body, the inner and outer sides of the upper
arm have different lengths ve to upper arm carrier plate 562, and thus the
distal side of axillary end 566 of carrier plate 562 has cutout 580 and lindrical
part 576 connected thereto to urge against the user's axilla.
Additionally, the proximal side of axillary end 566 of carrier plate 562 has a
guiding sheet 578 conforming to the shoulder end of the user’s upper arm.
Certainly, in order to adapt to the forearm length, a length adjustment device
574 can be configured n two carrier plates 562, 564, which will not be
detailed here.
Please refer to Figure 4C showing an embodiment of length
adjustment device 586 of the health care body of the health care device of the
present invention. Length adjustment plate 596 having sliding hole 595,
longitudinal central groove 591, paired grooves 597 on both sides of the distal
end, paired proximal grooves 610 and grooves 599 configured on both sides of
length adjustment plate 596 is configured between two carrying base plates
582, 584. Adjacent distal ends of two carrying base plates 582, 584 have
paired arc convexes 606, paired grooves 608 respectively configured on both
sides of paired arc es 606, paired middle grooves 601, and paired
springs 604 (corresponding/symmetrical to arc es 606) configured
between mutually corresponding paired grooves 608 and paired grooves 597,
wherein respective two ends of paired springs 604 are connected to respective
corresponding s 608 and grooves 597, longitudinal center groove 591
moves therein oidal plate 600, and when two carrying base plates 582,
584 abut against length adjustment plate 596, arc convexes 606 are
accommodated into longitudinal center groove 591. The distal plural pairs of
springs 604 and the proximal plural pairs of springs 612 tend to combine
carrying base plates 582, 584 and length adjustment plate 596 ly together
because the three plates 582, 584 and 596 are slidably sleeved together via
distal side pieces 602 and sliding holes 616, middle groove 601 and trapezoidal
piece 600, and ponding paired guiding pieces 614 and paired guiding
grooves 618 at the proximal side.
Although there are adult, children, men and women, in fact, for
the forearm or upper arm, the difference of lengths usually does not exceed 5
cm. Even if comparing a four-year-old child with a person who is two meters
height, it is rare that the difference of lengths exceeds 15 cm. Length
adjustment plate 596 has screw hole 587 and plural positioning pinholes 598.
Under the condition that the total length of three plates 582, 584 and 596 is the
shortest, there is no gap thereamong. Because trapezoidal piece and screw
rod assembly 620 is configured, when it is necessary to increase its virtual
length, the user rotates handle 590 of screw rod 588 to push trapezoidal piece
600 to move to the distal side. Since two side bevels 603 of oidal piece
600 abut against arc es 606, carrying base plates 582, 584 are pushed
out symmetrically to adjust the total virtual length of three plates 582, 584 and
596. When screw rod 588 is rotated to an riate extent to obtain a
suitable total virtual length of three plates 582, 584 and 596, positioning pin
594 connected to screw rod 588 via chain 592 is inserted into positioning
pinhole 598 nearest to the desired position to prevent springs 604, 612 from
ly reversing screw rod 588.
Please refer to Figure 4D showing a first embodiment of
trapezoidal piece and screw rod assembly 620. oidal piece 600 has a
bottom hole 624 for accommodating screw rod end 622. Please refer to
Figure 4E showing a second ment of trapezoidal piece and screw rod
assembly 628. In some cases, for example, when it is desired to control the
thickness of ng base plates 582, 584 and 596, or when the thickness of
trapezoidal piece 630 is limited, chuck 634 can be configured to hold the
bottom of trapezoidal piece 630, and has hole 636 to match end 640 of screw
rod 638. Additionally, shallow guiding groove 632 may also be configured
on side bevel 631 in proper circumstances to securely guide the relative
movement between arc es 606 (Figure 4C) and trapezoidal piece 630.
The preceding health care s only are used for primary
purposes or have primary functions, i.e., they are used to fix a rod-shaped
acupoint work piece 300 as shown in Figure 1. The health care devices
discussed here are summarized as follows. Health care device (500) includes
health care body (502) having carrying base plate (501, 503) carrying a body
part, and paired recesses (511, 512), wherein the body part is an upper or lower
limb or has an upper body part and a lower body part, any one of the body parts
has a main limb bone, any body part or limb bone has two ends, and at least
one of the two ends has a protruding features; paired positioning blocks (524,
504) are respectively slidably configured on paired recesses (511, 512), and
have recesses (505, 506) corresponding to the protruding features for holding
the relevant body part etween by the protruding feature; and a work piece
holder (not shown) has a first end connected to carrying base plate (501, 503)
or positioning block (524, 504), and a second end g an acupoint work
piece.
Health care device (500) includes health care body (502) having
two carrying base plates (501, 503) adapting to a body part in length to carry
the body part, and one end of each carrying base plate (501, 503) has paired
recesses (511, 512), wherein the body part is an upper or lower limb and has
an upper body part and a lower body part, any body part has a main limb bone,
any body part or main limb bone has two ends, and at least one of the two ends
has a protruding features; paired positioning blocks (524, 504) are respectively
slidably configured on paired es (511, 512), and have recesses (505, 506)
corresponding to the protruding features for holding the relevant body part
therebetween by the protruding feature; and a work piece holder (as shown in
Figure 1 or the embodiments described later) has a first end connected to
carrying base plate (501, 503) or oning block (524, 504), and a second
end holding an acupoint work piece (as shown in Figure 1 or the embodiments
described later).
In accordance with health care device (500) of the two preceding
embodiments, positioning block 504 has paired lower lugs 516; recess 512 has
paired side s 518 respectively g therein paired lugs 516.
In accordance with health care device (500) of the two preceding
embodiments, positioning block (503) has a free end whose width is
approximately the thickness of the lower arm wrist after deducting the width
of paired es 512.
In accordance with health care device (500) of the two preceding
embodiments, one of positioning block (504) has cavity (510) accommodating
the thumb short abductor muscle of the palm when the palm is upright, recess
(506) abutting the radial carpal protrusion of the lower arm, recess (505)
abutting the ulnar carpal protrusion of the lower arm, and groove (508) staying
free the palm therein.
In accordance with health care device (500) of the two preceding
embodiments, the end of the free end of one carrying base plate (503) has
recess (520) g thereon an little finger abductor muscle of the user when
the forearm is kept laterally upright (i.e., resting with thickness), and freely
resting thereon the wrist/palm of the user when an inner (or yin) side of the
lower arm is placed.
In ance with health care device (500) of preceding
embodiments, when positioning block (524) is configured in recess (511) of
carrying base plate (501) carrying the forearm elbow end, positioning block
(524) has recess (526) accommodating a most protruding ulnar sesamoid at an
elbow end of a humerus, ng base plate (501) has recess (534) for
accommodating a most prominent part (i.e., the elbow tip) of elbow end of the
ulna, and positioning block (524) and carrying base plate (501) respectively
has groove (528, 536) positioning n a respective left or lower side of
ent muscles of the lower arm when the lower arm is kept laterally
upright.
In accordance with health care device (500) of preceding
embodiments, two carrying base plates (501, 503) configure therebetween
length adjustment medium (546) including paired central grooves (550)
respectively configured on nt ends of carrying base plates (501, 503),
linking plate (547) configured in paired l grooves (550), plural paired
pinholes (542) respectively configured on te sides of adjacent ends of
carrying base plates (501, 503), plural pinholes (548) respectively configured
on linking plate (547) and corresponding to plural paired pinholes (542), and
four pins (544) inserted into pinholes (548) of linking plate (547) and
corresponding two pairs of pinholes (542) of carrying base plates (501, 503).
In accordance with health care device (500) of preceding
embodiments, health care device (500) r includes upper arm ng
base plate (560), n the elbow end of forearm carrying base plate 502 (or
501) has bottom cutout (552) and bottom shaft hole (554), upper arm carrying
base plate (560) has two r plates (562, 564), the elbow end of carrier plate
(564) has upper cutout (568) and central pivot (572) pivoting on bottom shaft
hole (554), and the elbow end of carrier plate (564) has another cutout (570)
accommodating distal side of elbow end (535) of forearm ng base plate
(502).
In accordance with health care device (500) of ing
embodiments, the distal side of axillary end (566) of carrier plate (562) near
the axilla has cutout (580) and semi-cylindrical part (576) connected thereto to
urge against the user's axilla, and the proximal side of axillary end (566) has
guiding sheet (578) conforming to the shoulder end of the user’s upper arm.
From another aspect, health care device (500; 560) holds an
acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments)
thereon to engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has a body part
having an acupoint, and the health care device (500; 560) includes: health care
body (501, 503; 562, 564) having carrying base plate (502; 562) carrying the
body part, for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body
part, wherein the carrying base plate has an end, the body part has a main limb
bone, and the body part or the main limb bone has a protruding feature
corresponding to the recess; paired positioning blocks (504; 524) are
respectively slidably configured on the carrying base plate, and have recesses
(505; 526) ponding to the protruding feature for confining the protruding
feature to position the body part therebetween; and a work piece holder (as
bed in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) has: a first end connected
to the carrying base plate or the paired positioning blocks, and a second end
holding the acupoint work piece, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to
perform the health care work when the acupoint work piece has a second
specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, health care device (500; 560) includes:
health care body (501, 503; 562, 564) having carrying base plate (502; 562)
carrying a body part of a user, for maintaining a first specific positional
relationship with the body part, wherein the carrying base plate has an end, the
body part has a main limb bone, and the body part or the main limb bone has a
ding feature corresponding to the recess, and the body part has an
acupoint; paired oning blocks (504; 524) are respectively ly
configured on the carrying base plate, and have recesses (505; 526)
corresponding to the protruding feature for ing the protruding feature to
position the body part etween; and a work piece holder (as described in
Figure 1 or the following embodiments) has: a first end connected to the
carrying base plate or the positioning block, and a second end holding an
acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments),
for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work when the
acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the
acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
A health care device (500) includes a health care body having two
carrying base plates (582; 584) for carrying a body part; and length ment
device (586) configured on two carrying base plates (582; 584) for adjusting
an apparent length of the health care body to be adapted to a length of the user’s
body part.
In accordance with the health care device of preceding
embodiments, length adjustment device (586) is ured between two
carrying base plates (582, 584) and has sliding hole 595; adjacent ends of two
carrying base plates (582, 584) have paired arc es (606), paired middle
grooves (601) and paired g holes (616); side piece (602) is inserted
through sliding hole (595) and paired sliding holes (616), and slidably and
planarly combines carrying base plates (582, 584) and length adjustment plate
596 together; and oidal piece (600) is configured in paired middle
grooves (601), and adjusts an apparent length of the health care body by an
interaction between paired side bevels (603) and paired arc convexes (606).
In accordance with the health care device of preceding
embodiments, length adjustment plate (596) has screw hole (587), plural
positioning pinholes (598) and rotatable screw rod (588) for operating
trapezoidal piece (600) so as to adjust a contact position between paired side
bevels (603) of oidal piece (600) and arc convexes (606) to adjust a total
virtual length of three plates (582, 584, 596).
In ance with the health care device of preceding
embodiments, trapezoidal piece (600) has bottom hole (624), and screw rod
(588) has end (622) configured freely rotatable in bottom hole 624.
] In accordance with the health care device of preceding
embodiments, the health care device further includes chuck (634) having first
end (642) for holding bottom (646) of trapezoidal piece (630), and second end
(644) having hole (636) thereon configuring therein end (640) of screw rod
(638).
In accordance with the health care device of preceding
embodiments, side bevel (631) of trapezoidal piece (630) has shallow guiding
groove 632 for guiding therein arc convex (606).
From another aspect, health care device (500; 560) holds an
acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments)
thereon to engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has a body part
having an acupoint, and the health care device includes: a health care body
having two carrying base plates (501, 503; 562, 564) carrying the body part,
for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part; a
length adjustment device (546; 574; 568) configured between the two carrying
base plates for adjusting an apparent length of the health care body to be
adapted to a length of the body part; and a work piece holder (as described in
Figure 1 or the following embodiments) : a first end ted to one
of the two carrying base plates, and a second end g the acupoint work
piece, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to m the health care work
when the acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with
the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, health care device (500; 560) includes:
a health care body having two carrying base plates (501, 503; 562, 564)
carrying and positioning a body part of a user, for maintaining a first specific
positional onship with the body part, wherein the body part has an
acupoint; a length adjustment device (546; 574; 568) configured between the
two carrying base plates for adjusting an apparent length of the health care
body to be adapted to a length of the body part; and a work piece holder (as
described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) having: a first end
connected to one of the two carrying base plates, and a second end holding an
acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments)
thereon to engage in a health care onto a user, for ensuring the acupoint work
piece to perform the health care work when the acupoint work piece has a
second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first ic
positional relationship.
] There are also many nts on the foot soles, for example, the
Neiting acupoint national Code ST44) of Stomach Meridians of Foot-
Yangming located at 0.5 body inch behind the web edge between the second
and third toes mainly treats headache, toothache, facial edema, bloody
dysentery and gastrointestinal diseases. The suitable health care device may
be the one shown in Figure 1, which will not be detailed here. Additionally,
the foot sole health care device may also be ed by adopting or modifying
the health care device of Figure 3B.
From this paragraph, the health care device suitable for the lower
limb will be discussed. The lower limb includes the thigh and the shank,
which are thicker but less bendable/flexibile than the upper limb; for example,
the rotatable angle of the knee/ankle is obviously less than that of the
elbow/wrist. Additionally, the distribution regularity of acupoints in the
lower limb is poorer than that of the upper limb, so that design principles of
the health care device suitable for the upper limb cannot be or is not suitable
for direct/complete application for the lower limb. ing to acupuncture
and moxibustion theories, when ic reference points of the thigh and
shank are found, it can be found that there is a specific length ratio relationship
between them. In details, the length from the greater trochanter of the femur
to the outer Dubi acupoint (located between the femur and the tibia, and
outwards below the p) is 19 body inches, and the length from the outer
Dubi acupoint to the lateral malleolus is 16 body , that is, the length ratio
of these two sections is 19:16. The length is ent for everyone because
of their height, but the ratio is the same for everyone regardless of age. The
former may mislead that the traditional Chinese medicine or the acupuncture
is unscientific, while the latter arouses acclamations for ies of the human
body or the wisdom of our ancestors.
Please refer to Figure 5. Health care body 660 of the lower limb
health care device includes shank ng base plate 662, thigh carrying base
plate 664, and length adjustment device 690. Length adjustment device 690
plays the following roles: (1) forming a part of the carrying base plate or
platform of health care body 660; (2) for (tibia) heel end 666 of shank carrying
base plate 662, providing a carrying platform for the tibia knee end, and
forming a combined shank carrying platform with shank carrying base plate
662; (3) for (femur) k end 730 of thigh carrying base plate 664, providing
a carrying platform for the femur knee end, and forming a combined thigh and
shank carrying platform with shank carrying base plate 662; (4) adjusting an
apparent length of the health care body to fit the specific leg length of each
user; (5) simultaneously adjusting the apparent lengths of shank and thigh
ng base plates 662, 664 for a specific user's thigh and shank; (6)
simultaneously adjusting the apparent lengths of shank and thigh carrying base
plates 662, 664 according to the 16:19 ratio; and (7) forming the positioning
device of the knee reference feature.
Paired side s 668 are configured on shank carrying base
plate 662 near heel end 666 for ly configuring paired positioning blocks
680 therein. Because positioning blocks 680 are similar to positioning blocks
504, 524 of Figure 4A, they are only briefly described here. As mentioned
above, the length from the outer Dubi acupoint to the l malleolus is 16
body inches. Although the length from the lateral malleolus to the heel is not
within the feature length of the shank, the foot sole is connected to the shank,
so that it is designed as follows. Considering the accommodation of the tibia
outer sion of the shank of the user when the user lies pronely, and the
accommodation of the calf, the calcaneal tendon and the calcaneus when the
user lies supinely, shank carrying base plate 662 has central concave 740, and
heel end 666 has deeper recess 670. Paired side grooves 668 are configured
on shank carrying base plate 662 near heel end 666. Each groove 668 has
paired slots 678 for slidably configuring paired lugs 682 configured on each
positioning block 680. Heel height ment medium 748 is configured on
positioning blocks 680 and heel end 666 for accommodating heel heights of
different users. Ankle engaging es are configured on paired opposite
surfaces 681 of paired positioning blocks 680. Taking distal positioning
block 680 of Figure 5 as an example, its opposite surfaces 681 have large l
malleolus recess 684, middle lateral malleolus recess 686 and small lateral
lus recess 688. The purpose of configuring these three es is to
match the user’s height, and to accommodate therein the lateral malleolus. In
details, in general, although there are children, adults, fatties and skinnie, in
fact, the difference in length of shank (or including the ce between the
lateral malleolus and the foot sole) is usually less than 50%. Specifically, the
vertical (when standing) or horizontal (when lying) distance or height from the
lateral lus to the heel is about 4 cm for a child and about 7cm for a person
of about 170cm. Therefore, three es 672, 674, 676 are configured on
recess 670 for the heel portion, paired recesses 672 and 688, 674 and 686, and
676 and 684 can well accommodate the specific length of each user, and in this
manner, heel height adjustment medium 748 works.
Certainly, in design, three heel es 672, 674, 676 can be a
continuous inclined surface to create a stepless effect, and positioning block
680 can simply have one lateral lus recess. On the contrary, if the
width of opposite surfaces 681 is sed, heel end 666 can be narrowed, and
three recesses 672, 674, 676 are not needed. Additionally, the proximal
positioning block 680 has a recess (not shown) corresponding to the medial
malleolus. For facilitating the health care body assembly, opposite surfaces
681 on paired positioning blocks 680 can be respectively provided with three
recesses 685, 687, 689 (or 684, 686, 688) corresponding to the medial
malleolus (or lateral malleolus), that is, it is unnecessary to pay attention to
which positioning block 680 belongs to the distal or proximal side. It is also
worth noting that when using the health care body, because acupoints are
located on the leg back or the calf, the user may lie supinely or pronely.
Taking Figure 5 as an example, when lying supinely, the lateral malleolus of
the right leg is on the distal side; when lying pronely, the lateral malleolus of
the left leg is on the distal side. Thus the distal positioning block is provided
with three additional malleolus recesses 685, 687, 689 for positioning when
lying pronely. It is also worth noting that when lying supinely, the calcaneal
tendon will raise the height of the lateral malleolus, but when lying pronely,
the distance n the leg back and the lateral lus is shortened. Thus,
the height of three l malleolus recesses 685, 687, 689 on oning block
680 is less than that of three lateral malleolus recesses 684, 686, 688.
Needless to say, the springs g paired positioning blocks 680 closer to
each other are the same as those in Figure 4A, which will not be detailed here.
Buttock end 730 of health care body 660 has recess 736 for
accommodating muscles connecting between buttocks and the thigh, and its
distal end has accommodating hole 732 for accommodating positioning block
726 having positioning hole 728 for containing the trochanter major protrusion
at the femur buttock end. Plural springs 734 are configured between the distal
wall of accommodating hole 732 and the distal wall of positioning block 726
to abut positioning block 726 against the trochanter major protrusion at the
femur buttock end for positioning. The proximal side of buttock end 730 of
thigh carrying base plate 664 has stop 738 for abutting against the bottom edge
of the groin, to complete the te positioning of buttock end 730 of the
lower limb.
Please refer to the middle part of Figure 5 showing length
adjustment device 690 of health care body 660. Basically, length adjustment
device 690 simultaneously serves as parts of both shank and thigh, and forms
a te platform for carrying shank and thigh with shank carrying base
plate 662 and thigh carrying base plate 664. The shank and thigh carrying
base plates 662, 664 are onnected to have a longitudinally adjustable
distance and form an integral lower limb health care body 660 by at least one
pair of rods 710 and at least two pairs of rod holes 712 seelving paired rods
710 and respectively confiuged on adjacent two ends and on both sides of
carrying base plates 662, 664.
Length adjustment device 690 mainly includes ng base plate
702, operating rod 694 and length adjustment oidal piece 742 (also refer
to Figure 5A). Length adjustment device 690 is similar to length adjustment
device 586 in Figure 4C. In brief, only main differences are described here.
Carrying base plate 702 has central recess 720, screw hole 704 and a distal
middle groove (not shown, for accommodating length adjustment trapezoidal
piece 742). Length adjustment trapezoidal piece 742 has two side bevels 744
and 746 for abutting against arc es (not shown, for clarity, refer to
Figure 4C). The distal half of operating rod 694 has thread 692 for screwing
into screw hole 704 to urge length adjustment trapezoidal piece 742 in the
middle groove at the distal side of carrying base plate 702 as required, to
increase the apparent length of the shank and thigh ng platform according
to the actual demand. When the user lies pronely, central recess 720 is
provided for accommodating the user's protrusion of a kneecap.
Paired oning blocks 714 are configured in space 706
between thigh and shank carrying base plates 664, 662 for positioning the
corresponding features of tibia and femur around the knee. Specifically, for
the knee, the most protruding part of the outer side is the knee tuberosity of the
tibia, and the most protruding part of the inner side is the knee tuberosity of the
femur. Thus, positioning block 714 at the distal end has recess 718 to
odate the knee tuberosity of the tibia. Because only legs are changed
when lying suprinely and pronely, and the on of the knee tuberosity of
the tibia will not be changed, only one recess 718 is configured. Specifically,
although the height of the tuberosity is different when lying suprinely and
pronely, it can be compensated by the depth of central recess 720 or the central
height of carrying base plate 702. Likewise, only one accommodating recess
719 corresponding to the knee tuberosity of the femur on al end
positioning block 714 in Figure 5 is needed. As shown in Figure 5, the shape
of lugs 716 of positioning block 714 is significantly different from that in
Figure 4A, because thigh and shank carrying base plates 664, 662 are separated
from each other during the operation of length ment device 690.
Therefore, lugs 716, slidably ured in paired sliding slots 750 on thigh
and shank carrying base plates 664, 662 respectively, are lengthened to be
slidably positioned between oning blocks 714 in the separation process
of thigh and shank carrying base plates 664, 662. Additionally, the springs
(not shown, for clarity, refer to Figure 4A) are respectively configured between
positioning blocks 714 and ng base plates 662, 664, so that positioning
blocks 714 tend to be close to each other, to position the user’s knee joint.
One or more pairs of springs 708 are used to keep thigh and shank
carrying base plates 664, 662 close to each other. Because the characteristics
of this embodiment, paired spring 708 may be installed after the positioning
blocks are installed. Proximal positioning block 714 has through hole 722 for
freely g therethrough operating rod 694, and plural pinholes 724 are
configured on the proximal surface, so that when operating rod 694 is in the
correct ing position, it can be fixed through pinning pin 700 connected
to handle 696 through chain 698 in pinhole 724. Please refer to Figure 5A,
the configurations of two side bevels 744 and 746 cause distances between
each side bevel and the center of operating rod 694 to be respectively X and Y,
and distances of X and Y have a ratio relationship of 16:19. Length
adjustment device 690 is pushed away from shank and thigh carrying base
plates 662, 664 according to this ratio relationship, to perfectly and
nondeformably adjust acupuncture lengths of thigh and shank for each user.
The health care body of the lower limb health care device of the
present invention is summarized as follows. Health care body (660) es
shank carrying base plate (662); thigh carrying base plate 664; and length
adjustment device (690) having a first part forming a combined shank carrying
platform with shank carrying base plate (662), and a second part forming a
combined thigh ng platform with thigh carrying base plate (664).
In accordance with the health care body of the preceding
embodiment, length adjustment device (690) serves as a positioning device for
the reference e of the knee.
According to a second embodiment of the health care body of the
t lower limb health care device, health care body (660) includes shank
carrying base plate (662) for ng a user's shank and lateral malleolus; thigh
carrying base plate (664) for carrying the user's thigh and the trochanter major
protrusion of the femur; and length adjustment device (690) having a first and
a second parts for respectively carrying the user's the knee lateral tuberosity of
the tibia of the shank and the knee medial tuberosity of the femur of the thigh,
wherein length adjustment device (690) can adjust the apparent length of the
health care body to odate the user’s specific leg length.
In accordance with the health care bodies of the preceding
ments, shank carrying base plate (662) and thigh carrying base plate
(664) respectively m a shank and a thigh carrying platforms with the first
and second parts of length adjustment device (690), and the length adjustment
device simultaneously adjusts apparent lengths of the corresponding thigh and
shank carrying platforms.
According to a second embodiment of the health care body of the
present lower limb health care device, health care body (660) includes shank
carrying base plate (662) for carrying a user's shank and lateral malleolus; thigh
carrying base plate 664 for carrying the user's thigh and trochanter major
protrusion of the femur; and length adjustment device (690) having a first and
a second parts for respectively carrying the user's the knee lateral tuberosity of
the shank tibia and the knee medial tuberosity of the thigh femur, wherein
shank carrying base plate (662) and thigh carrying base plate (664) respectively
co-form a combined shank and thigh ng platforms with the first and
second parts of length adjustment device (690), which simultaneously adjusts
under a ratio of 16:19 the combined shank and thigh carrying platforms.
In accordance with the health care bodies of the ing
embodiments, shank carrying base plate (662) has central concave (740),
wherein when the user lies pronely, central e (740) contains the outer
protrusion of the shank tibia, and when the user lies supinely, central concave
(740) accommodates the shank calf.
In accordance with the health care bodies of the preceding
embodiments, shank carrying base plate (662) has heel end (666) having
deeper recess (670) for containing therein the calcaneal tendon and the
calcaneus when the user lies ly.
In accordance with the health care bodies of the preceding
embodiments, shank carrying base plate (662) has heel end (666) and paired
positioning blocks (680) slidably configured close to heel end (666) for
containing a user’s lateral malleolus and medial lus.
In accordance with health care bodies (660) of the preceding
embodiments, heel height ment medium (748) is configured on paired
positioning blocks (680) and heel end (666) for being adapted to the specific
heel height of each user.
In accordance with health care bodies (660) of the preceding
embodiments, paired positioning blocks (680) respectively have te
surfaces (681) having recesses (684, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689) so designed that
regardless of whether the user is lying suprinely or y, and whether
positioning blocks (680) are hanged or not, the recesses can correctly
accommodate the user's lateral malleolus and medial malleolus, respectively.
In accordance with health care bodies (660) of the preceding
ments, thigh carrying base plate (664) has buttock end (730) having
recess (736) for accommodating the muscles connecting between buttocks and
the thigh; positioning block (726) for containing the trochanter major
protrusion at the femur buttock end of the user; and stop (738) configured on a
side of buttock end (730) for abutting against the bottom edge of the user’s
groin.
In accordance with health care bodies (660) of the ing
embodiments, length adjustment device (690) includes carrying base plate
(702), operating rod (694) and length adjustment trapezoidal piece (742);
length ment trapezoidal piece (742) has two side bevels (744, 746) for
respectively abutting against shank and thigh carrying base plates (662, 664);
distances between two side bevels (744, 746) and the center of operating rod
(694) tively are X and Y; and distances of X and Y have a ratio
relationship of 16:19.
In accordance with health care bodies (660) of the preceding
embodiments, length ment device (690) includes paired positioning
blocks (714) configured between thigh and shank carrying base plates (664,
662) for simultaneously positioning the knee tuberosity of the tibia and the
knee tuberosity of the femur of a user.
From another aspect, health care body (660) holds an acupoint
work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to
engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has a lower limb having a
shank, a thigh and an acupoint, and the health care body includes: a shank
carrying base plate (662) and a thigh ng base plate (664) tively
carrying and positioning the shank and the thigh, for maintaining a first specific
positional relationship with the shank or the thigh; a length adjustment device
(690) configured between the shank carrying base plate and the thigh carrying
base plate, wherein the shank carrying base plate, the thigh carrying base plate
and the length adjustment device have an actual total length and a virtual length,
and the length adjustment device is used for adjusting the virtual length of the
health care body; and a work piece holder (as described in Figure 1 or the
following embodiments) : a first end connected to the shank or the thigh
ng base plate, and a second end holding the acupoint work piece thereon,
for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work when the
nt work piece has a second specific positional onship with the
acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, health care device (660) includes: a
health care body having a shank carrying base plate (662) and a thigh carrying
base plate (664) carrying and oning a lower limb/body part of a user, for
maintaining a first specific positional onship with the body part, wherein
the lower limb has a shank, a thigh and an acupoint; length adjustment device
(690) configured between the shank carrying base plate and thigh carrying base
plate, wherein the shank carrying base plate, thigh carrying base plate and
length ment device have an actual total length and a virtual/apparent
length, and the length adjustment device is used for adjusting the virtual length
of the health care body; and a work piece holder (as described in Figure 1 or
the following ments) having: a first end connected to the shank or thigh
carrying base plate, and a second end holding an acupoint work piece (as
described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to engage in a
health care onto a user, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the
health care work when the acupoint work piece has a second specific positional
relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
] After discussions above, only the head of the human body remains
untreated. In this regard, please refer to Figure 6 showing head health care
body 760 including base plate 762, paired slots 764 on either of left and right
sides, paired oil cylinders 772, paired head positioning plates 766, paired
pressure sensors 784 configured on each paired positioning plates 766, circuit
configuration 790 integrating the operation of pressure sensors 784 and oil
cylinders 772, and paired oil cylinder forward and backward buttons 786, 788
configured on either of left and right sides of base plate 762. Specifically,
below each positioning plate 766, paired lower protruding sliders 782 having
two side lugs are slidably configured in respective paired slots 764. Oil
cylinder 772 has first end 774 fixed on base plate 762 and second end 776 fixed
on the corresponding positioning plate 766 by paird ting rods 768, 770,
so that the distance between paired positioning plates 766 is determined by
paired oil cylinders 772.
When using, because there are many acupoints on face and back
of the head, health care body 760 is not only le for the user lying
suprinely to perform the health care work on the face, but also le for the
user lying pronely to perform the healthcare work on back of the head. It can
be understood why the center of base plate 762 is provided with ed
triangular hole 780 to expose eyes and nose when the user lies pronely. When
forward button 786 is operated, oil cylinders 772 pushes positioning plates 766
toward each other. First, the user’s paired ears will pass through ear holes
778 on positioning plates 766, followed by circuit arrangement 790 to cut off
the power immediately when the temple, being the most protrusive on the
user's head, is erminedly touched by related pressure sensors 784, to
complete the head’s positioning. No matter whether the holder of the
acupoint work piece is ued on base plate 762 or positioning plate 766, it
is easy to define the relative position with the acupoint, and thus not detailed
here.
It is worth noting that the movement device (i.e., oil er 772
in the embodiment) of the preceding head healthcare device can also be simply
ed to displace the length adjustment device of the more ng
embodiments to digitize and accurately control the total amount of
displacement, which will not be detailed here.
The head health care body is summarized as follows. care
body (760) includes base plate (762) supporting a user’s head; paired head
oning plates (766), symmetrical to the head’s longitudinal axis, and
movably configured transversely on base plate (762) for positioning the user's
head to ensure the acupuncture work on the user's head or face; movement
device (772) configured between base plate (762) and paired head positioning
plates (766) for determining a spacing of paired head positioning plates (766)
to be adapted to a width of the user’s head or face; and an acupoing work piece
configured on base plate (762) or head positioning plates (766) to perform a
work to the acupoint.
In accordance with the preceding head health care body, the head
health care device further includes pressure sensor (784) configured on at least
one of paired positioning plates (766), whose position corresponds to a vicinity
of the user’s , and when paired positioning plates (766) move until the
head is touched by or sandwiched with pressure sensors (784), the movement
device power is cut off.
In accordance with the preceding head healthcare body,
movement device (772) is oil or pneumatic er.
In accordance with the preceding head care body, either side
of base plate (762) has paired buttons (786, 788) controlling the movement
device to move forward and backward.
In ance with the preceding head health care body, base plate
(762) has paired slots (764); and below each positioning plate (766), paired
lower protruding sliders (782) having two-side lugs are slidably ured in
corresponding paired slots (764).
In accordance with the preceding head health care body,
movement device (772) has first end (774) fixed on base plate (762), and
second end (776) fixed on tive positioning plate (766) by paird
connecting rods (768, 770).
In accordance with the preceding head healthcare body, base plate
(762) has inverted triangular hole (780) to expose eyes and nose when the user
lies y.
In ance with the preceding head health care body, each
positioning plate (766) has ear hole (778) for passing through the user’s ear.
From another aspect, care body (760) holds an acupoint
work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to
engage in a health care onto a user, wherein the user has head, face and acupoint,
and the health care body includes: a base plate 662 carrying thereon the head
or face, for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the head or
face; paired head positioning plates (766), symmetrical to the head’s
longitudinal axis, and movably configured transversely on the base plate for
positioning the head or face to perform a healthcare work on the user through
the acupoint; and a work piece holder (as bed in Figure 1 or the following
embodiments) having: a first end connected to the base plate, and a second end
holding the acupoint work piece thereon, for ensuring the acupoint work piece
to perform the healthcare work when the acupoint work piece has a second
specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, health care body 760 includes: a base
plate 664 carrying thereon a user’s head or face, for maintaining a first specific
onal relationship with the head or face, n the head or face has an
acupoint; paired head oning plates 766, symmetrical to the head’s
longitudinal axis, and movably configured transversely on the base plate for
positioning the head or face to perform a healthcare work on the user through
the acupoint; movement device 772 configured between base plate 762 and
paired head positioning plates 766 for determining a spacing of the paired head
positioning plates in adaptation to a width of the user’s head or face; and a
work piece holder (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments)
having: a first end connected to the base plate, and a second end holding an
nt work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments)
thereon to engage in the healthcare work, for ensuring the nt work piece
to perform the healthcare work when the acupoint work piece has a second
specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
Those who have researched cture and have a keen mind
may question that although the acupoint oning mechanism described
above is new, it is not yet complete or ideal. The reason why it is not complete
is that taking the head healthcare body as an example, there are still acupoints
on the head top. If the positioning device for the acupoint workpiece is
ured on positioning plate 766, it seems that the distance is relatively long,
which may raise an “accurate” positioning issue. Therefore, it seems that the
following logic can be developed: If the accurate positioning of the acupoints
in the head’s front, back and top can be solved, this solution can be applied or
modified, and the accurate positioning for the rest body will naturally be
obtained. nly, in order to avoid any doubt for the skilled person in the
art, while disclosing the solution below, it will be briefly ned why the
accurate positioning for other acupoints is a piece of cake.
Figure 7 shows head health care device 800 for accurate
positioning purposes, which includes health care body 802, where two
positioning plates 766 in Figure 6 are changed to two rail bodies 804 in this
figure. In appearance, it seems that the complexity is involved, but this is the
only way for the invention to jump from the basic level to the advanced level,
which is described hereinafter. To avoid the figure being too complicated, the
first displacement/adjustment device for the distance between two rail bodies
804 is sed in the preceding embodiments, and thus is no longer shown in
Figure 7. Each rail body 804 has upper surface 810, paired gear slots 806
configured on two udinal sides close to upper surface 810, and lower gear
racks 808 are configured on the top e of gear slots 806. Additionally,
upper gear rack 812 is configured longitudinally along upper e 810.
The first displacement/adjustment device of two rail bodies 804
adjusts the distance therebetween, and carrier bodies 814, 816 carry work base
848. Carrier bodies 814, 816 are two-piece because they need to follow the
distance change between two rail bodies 804, and to fully perform the ng
work. Paired positioning rods 832 are respectively configured on distal and
proximal sides of left end surface 830 of carrier body 816, and paired
positioning slots 834 are correspondingly configured on carrier body 814, so
that no matter how two rail bodies 804 change within the necessary ce
ment range, upper surfaces 858, 860 of two carrier bodies 814, 816 are
coplanar.
Proximal surfaces 862, 864 of carrier bodies 814, 816 each has
paired positioning plates 818, each of which has positioning gear 820 meshing
with lower gear rack 808. Each proximal surface 862, 864 fixes therewith
stepping motor 822 and gear protection sheet (with/without gear slot) 824.
Stepping motor 822 has motor shaft 826 coaxially fixing therewith gear 828.
Therefore, when gear 828 is driven to rotate by stepping motor 822, because
carrier bodies 814, 816 have been fastened to lower gear rack 808 by
positioning gear 820, gear 828 will definitely mesh with upper gear rack 812
(or between upper gear rack 812 and gear protection sheet 824 with gear) to
longitudinally move entire carrier bodies 814, 816 along two rail bodies 804.
onally, the whole mechanism, i.e., all components carried and
configured on carrier bodies 814, 816, achieves the second
displacement/position adjustment function (that is, move longitudinally along
rail body 804), under cooperation of two sets of upper gears 828 and paired
lower gears 820. The functions/purposes of this second
displacement/position adjustment will be described later.
Side positioning plate 836 is fixed on carrier body 814 for fixing
another stepping motor 838 driving screw rod 840. The screw rod nest 842
is fixed on upper surfaces 858, 860 for odating screw rod 840, and has
two side wall upper surfaces 844. Work base 848 is driven by stepping motor
838 to move along two side wall upper surfaces 844 through moving piece 846
screwed to screw rod 840 to determine its work position. To adapt to the
ce change between two rail bodies 804, the right side bottom of screw
rod nest 842 has middle ding piece 852, and upper surface 860 has
corresponding groove 854 for allowing middle protruding piece 852 to freely
slide in groove 854. Certainly, to increase the sliding smoothness, plural balls
856 may be configured between middle protruding piece 852 and groove 854.
Therefore, the mechanism completes the third free movement of work base 848
on screw rod nest 842 to change its g position free from any influence
from the preceding first and second displacements/position adjustments.
Certainly, the ons/purposes of this third displacement/position
adjustment or change will be detailed later. Work base 848 has fixing screw
bolt 850 fixing a work piece, which will be detailed later.
] The standard body inch at the head and face depends on the
Touwei nt of Stomach Meridians (International Code ST8, located at 0.5
body inch behind the hairline of the forehead, and mainly treating eye pain,
unclear vision, unbearable headache, splitting headache, dizziness), and the
ce n left and right Touwei acupoints defines 9 standard ntal
head body inches. Specifically, after the distance between two rail bodies 804
is adjusted by first displacement/adjustment device 772 in Figure 6 to position
a user's face, the third cement/position adjustment mechanism
(component assembly 838- 856) can be activated to perform the healthcare or
medical work. First, this kind of work is therefore performed very delicately,
because the positioning of the stepping motor can be extremely accurate;
second, stepping motor 838 is activated first to obtain the specific size of each
, that is, moving work base 848 first to ascertain Touwei acupoints
(International Code ST8), followd by calculating the real distance
therebetween, and proportionately correlating this real distance to 9 body
inches, whereby we can know the exact length of a body inch a specific person
has; third, when the exact size of the specific person is known, it can be
accurately found out where the other acupoints are based on this; fourth, when
it can be accurately found out where the specific acupuncture point is, the
healthcare or medical work on the acupoint is performed, that is, there is no
risk of misdiagnosis or mistreatment.
] As mentioned, in order not to make the figure too complicated,
health care body 802 is somewhat simplified. Another point that should also
be mentioned here is that Figure 7 is suitable for the head and face healthcare.
For Governor Vessel, there are Yamen acupoint (International Code GV15),
Fengfu acupoint (International Code GV16), Naohu acupoint (International
Code GV17), Qiangjian nt (International Code GV18) and g
acupoint (International Code GV19) in the head back, and thus, the positions
of health care body 802 corresponding to these acupoints must be hollowed
out. There are two ways of hollowing out, hollowing horizontal grooves to
expose spaces corresponding to these acupoints, or providing longitudinal
holes corresponding to these acupoints. Because this is not difficult, it will
not be further detailed or illustrated in this regard.
Please refer to Figure 7A showing acupoint workpiece connecting
piece 870 having first end 874 connected to fixing nut 876, and second end 880
connected to acupoint workpiece nut 882. Fixing nut 876 is screwed on
fixing screw bolt 850 with its internal thread 878, so acupoint workpiece
connecting piece 870 is ely positioned on er bodies 814, 816, and
work nut 882 is screwed to an acupoint work piece with its internal thread 884
to perform the healthcare or medical act on a certain acupoint. More details
will be bed later.
The standard head vertical body inch is defined to 12 body inches
from the front hairline to the back hairline. To find out how many eters
the head vertical body inch a specific user has, the second
displacement/position adjustment mechanism (component assembly 808, 812
and 818-828) is activated. Specifically, when stepping motor 822 is activated,
upper gear 828 and paired lower gears 820 will drive carrier bodies 814, 816
to move longitudinally along two rail bodies 804, by which a probe workpiece
fixed on work base 848 ascertain the real size between the front and back
hairlines of a specific user. As this real size is defined as 12 rd head
al inches, it can be known how many centimeters each head vertical inch
of the user has. It may deserve mentioned here that to move carrier bodies
814, 816 driven by stepping motor 822 ly along the longitudinally
curved rail 804, the interactive bottom surfaces related to carrier bodies 814,
816 and upper surfaces of two rails 804 can have an appropriate arc, to facilitate
the mutual relative movement, which will not be detailed here.
Although the first (772), second (component assembly 808, 812
and 818-828) and third (component assembly 838-856) cement/position
adjustment mechanisms in Figures 6, 7 and 7A take the head as an example, it
should not be difficult for the skilled artisan to directly apply or modify it to
the upper limb, lower limb or trunk healthcare body, so it will not be ed
here. However, it can be known that by the ing mechanism, the
following amazing effects can be achieved: 1. A certain acupoint can be
accurately found out according to the extremely advanced modern stepping
motor; 2. The specific body size of the specific user can be measured; 3.
Because the body size of each body part is not necessarily the same, it can be
used for different body parts of the same user, and the exact body size of a
certain part can be found out; 4. A new milestone for further scientificization
of acupoints or acupuncture is achieved.
The health care device for accurate position is summarized as
follows. Health care device (800) includes health care body (802); rail body
(804) configured on health care body (802) generally along a body part of a
user; work base (848) configured on rail body (804) for building thereon an
nt workpiece, for ensuring the acupoint ece to perform a
care or medical work onto the body of the user; and driving device (818-
828) configured between rail body (804) and work base (848), for moving
work base (848) along rail body (804), so work base (848) and a specific part
are in an optimum mutual relative positional onship.
In accordance with preceding health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes another rail body (804) configured on health care
body (802), and two rail bodies (804) sandwich the body part; and
displacement/position adjustment device (772) ured on healthe care
body (802) and at least one rail body (804) to adjust the ce between two
rail bodies (804).
In accordance with preceding health care device (800), rail body
(804) has upper surface (810); near upper surface (810), paired gear slots (806)
are configured on both longitudinal sides of rail body (804); a top surface of
each gear slot (806) has (downward) lower gear rack (808); upper surface (810)
longitudinally configures upper gear rack (812); and driving device (818-828)
has upper gear (828) meshed with uppe rgear rack (812), and paired lower
positioning gears (820) respectively meshed with paired lower gear racks (808).
] In accordance with preceding health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes two r bodies (814, 816), each of whose
proximal surfaces (862, 864) has paired positioning plates (818); each
positioning plate (818) has paired lower positioning gears (820); two proximal
es (862, 864) are respectively fixed with gear protection sheet (824) and
ng motor (822); and each stepping motor (822) has motor shaft (826) and
upper gear (828) fixed coaxially.
In accordance with preceding health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes a carrier configured between two rail bodies (804)
and work base (848), wherein the carrier es two carrier bodies (814, 816);
and two carrier bodies (814, 816) have adjacent end surfaces (830) respectively
having at least one pair of positioning rods (832) and at least one pair of
positioning slots (834) corresponding to positioning rod (832), whereby no
matter how a distance between two rail bodies (804) changes, upper surfaces
(858, 860) of two carrier bodies (814, 816) are co-planar.
In accordance with preceding health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes carrier body (814, 816) carrying thereon work
base (848); carrier longitudinally moving stepping motor (838) configured on
carrier body (814, 816); and screw rod (840) configured between stepping
motor (818) and work base (848), wherein stepping motor (838) drives to
/move work base (848).
In ance with preceding health care device (800), carrier
body (814, 816) has upper e (858, 860); and health care device (800)
further includes screw rod nest (842) and moving piece (846), wherein screw
rod nest (842) is fixed on upper surfaces (858, 860) for accommodating screw
rod (840), moving piece (846) is configured between work base (848) and
screw rod (840), and stepping motor (838) determines the work position of
work base (848).
] In accordance with preceding health care device (800), the carrier
es two carrier bodies (814, 816) respectively having two upper surfaces
(858, 860); one upper surface (860) of the two upper surfaces has sliding
groove (854); and screw rod nest (842) has middle protruding piece (854)
corresponding to the bottom of upper surface (860), whereby middle
protruding piece (852) freely slides in groove (854).
In accordance with preceding health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes at least one ball (856) configured between middle
protruding piece (852) and groove (854).
In accordance with ing health care device (800), health care
device (800) further includes acupoint workpiece connecting piece (870),
wherein acupoint workpiece connecting piece (870) has first end (874)
connected to fixing nut (876), and second end (880) connected to acupoint
workpiece nut (882); fixing nut (876) is screwed on fixing screw bolt (850) on
work base (848); and work nut (882) screws thereto an acupoint work piece.
From another aspect, health care device 800 holds an acupoint
work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to
engage in a healthcare onto a user, wherein the user has a body part having an
acupoint, and the health care device includes: a health care body 802 carrying
and positioning the body part, for maintaining a first specific positional
relationship with the body part; a rail body 804 configured on the health care
body and extended generally along the body part; a work base 848 configured
on the rail body; an acupoint work piece (as described in Figure 1 or the
following embodiments) ured on the work base to perform a health
d work on the user through the acupoint; a g device (836-846)
configured between the rail body 804 and the work base 848 for moving the
work base along the rail body; and a workpiece holder (as bed in Figure
1 or the following embodiments) having: a first end connected to the health
care body, and a second end holding the acupoint work piece thereon, for
ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health related work when the
acupoint work piece has a second specific positional onship with the
nt under the first specific positional onship.
] From yet another aspect, health care device 800 includes a health
care body 802 carrying and positioning a body part of a user, for maintaining
a first specific positional relationship with the body part, wherein the body part
has an acupoint; a rail body 804 configured on the health care body and
extended generally along the body part; a work base 848 configured on the rail
body to perform a health related work on the user through the nt; a
driving device (836-846) configured between the rail body 804 and the work
base 848 for moving the work base along the rail body; and a work piece holder
(as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) having: a first end
connected to the health care body, and a second end holding an acupoint work
piece (as described in Figure 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to
engage in the health related work, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to
perform the health related work when the acupoint work piece has a second
specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
It is pitiful/regrettable if such a e positioning or
displacement adjustment mechanism is only used for completing the simple
healthcare as shown in Figure 1. The advanced application of the present
invention will be described below to show its actual industrial value. The
physical therapy on acupoints, or acupuncture-related act at present (1) relies
on sionals, such as traditional Chinese physicians or their assistants; (2)
relies on the handiness of professionals (who know the correct work position)
or fixed relatively large equipment (often difficult to maintain or obtain relative
positions n acupoints and relevant parts of the equipment); (3) trusts the
professional to have sufficient physical th to maintain suitable relative
position or contact relationship between the acupoint work piece and acupoints
within a specific period; and (4) trusts that the professional is in good spirits
and mood during working hours, and will not misjudge acupoints to achieve
the above-mentioned task in (3). However, at least because (1) people will
get tired, (2) n will inevitably fluctuate, (3) mind may occasionally be
absent, (4) consumers may not have enough financial resources or time to keep
their bodies y by physical therapy or traditional Chinese clinic, and/or (5)
service er, such as traditional Chinese physicians, may ence cost
pressure for hiring enough assistants, we can use the aforementioned precise
oning mechanism to at least complete (1) the precise relative positional
relationship n acupoint work piece and acupoint; (2) uously and
reliably maintaining the relative positional relationship in (1); (3) obtaining for
the user the present precise positioning device at an extremely economical cost
and using it at home; (4) when the user's illness or discomfort is ed by
the present invention, s/he no longer needs to go to the hospital for treatment,
which saves the burden on the national health insurance by at least one third
(taking Taiwan as an example, it is over NT$200 billion); and/or (5) the
resources can be transferred to measures ting country and people under
rational al policies.
The ideal disclosures may be touching; but it must be
implemented before gaining trust from others. According to Paragraphs 20
to 29 of the present ication, it can be known/inferred that there must be
various acupoint work pieces on the market, for examples, (A) the microwave
needle usually has a focal work point; (B) the radiator instrument often has a
planar or curved output end; (C) the magnet has a specific work plane; (D) one
end of the magnetic massager is a single relatively large ball, while the other
end includes three relatively small balls. Please refer to Figure 8 showing a
specific embodiment of a ece assembly, ing work base 900
configured on the aforementioned health care device, being equivalent to work
base 848, and havig longitudinal through hole 902. In this embodiment, work
piece holder 906 has first end 908 configuring thereon annular groove 916, and
second end 910 configuring thereon connector 912 having internal thread 914.
Work piece 964 has first end 918 d to internal thread 914, and second
end 922 being an acupoint ece for performing the health care work onto
a user’s acupoint, and first and second ends 918, 922 are connected by
connecting piece 920.
When using, first end 908 of work piece holder 906 passes
through through hole 902, and C-clamp 904 is fastened to annular groove 916
to position work piece 964. If the acupoint work piece, i.e., second end 922
of work piece, is the microwave or radiation in the preceding paragraph, it is
only necessary to determine or fix the relative positional relationship between
acupoint work piece 922 and the acupoint; but if it is a magnet or magnetic
massager, some pressure must be applied on the nt. To achieve the
e of applying pressure, because connector 912 is cylindrical and first
end 918 is columnar, their screwing depth can determine the work pressure
applied to the acupoint, to adjust the work pressure of acupoint work piece 922.
Please refer to Figure 8A, the first end of work piece holder 930 has threaded
section 932 and annular groove 934, and threaded section 932 is to tightly fit
with threaded hole 938 on work base 936 at a specific angle. In this way, the
work angle of nt work piece 922 with respect to the acupoint can be
adjusted.
Please refer to Figure 8B showing an ment of acupoint
work piece 940 in the present ion. nt work piece 940 is
lly slender pneumatic cylinder 942 having threaded end 944 connected
to a work piece holder and work end 960. Work bottom 962 adjacent to work
end 960 has rotatably configured crankshaft 954, point opening 966, rubber
pad 958 configured among crankshaft 954, point opening 966 and work bottom
962, main connecting piece 950 having first end 968 and second end 970 fixing
thereon ring piece 952, upper connecting ring 948 fixed on piston rod 946 of
pneumatic cylinder 942 and interlocked with ring piece 952, and work ring 956
fixed on first end 968 and movably buckled on the crank part of crankshaft 954.
When using, crankshaft 954 is driven to rotate rd through upper
connecting ring 948, main connecting piece 950 and work ring 956 when
piston rod 946 moves down; and crankshaft 954 is reversely driven to rotate
upward through the same components when the piston rod moves up. At this
time, point opening 966 is in contact with an acupoint, and work ring 956
performs the massage operation on the user’s acupoint h rubber pad 958
by the crankshaft’s rotation. According to the acupoint’s characteristics, the
shape of point opening 966 can be determined, such as a small round area, or
an arc slot corresponding to the working track of work ring 956.
Different embodiments disclosed in different stages or
embodiments of the present application can be mutually replaceable, which
should be noted. This paragraph summarizes the main requirements related
to the acupoint work piece. Specifically, a health care device es a
health care body; work base (900) configured on the health care body for
health-caring a user having an acupoint; a moving device configured between
work base (900) and the health care body to move a position of work base (900)
corresponding to the health care body; acupoint work piece (922) performing
a health-care work onto the user through the acupoint; and work piece holder
(906) for connecting acupoint work piece (922) to work base (900), so that
acupoint work piece (922) can continue performing the health-care work under
a specific relationship position relative to work base (900) or the acupoint.
In accordance with preceding health care device, work piece
holder (906) has first end 908 configured on work base (900), and second end
(910) configuring thereon connector (912) having internal thread (914); and
work piece (964) has first end (918) screwed to internal thread (914), and
second end (922) for performing the health-care work onto a user’s nt
or part to be treated.
] In accordance with preceding health care device, tor (912)
is cylindrical, and first end (918) of work piece (964) is columnar, whereby a
screwed depth or extent therebetween can determine a work re of the
acupoint or part to be treated exerted by second end (922).
In accordance with preceding health care device, second end (922)
of work piece (964) is an acupoint work piece.
In accordance with preceding health care device, work base (900)
has longitudinal through hole (902); first end (908) of work piece holder (906)
has annular groove (916); and after first end (908) passes h through hole
(902), C-clamp (904) is fastened to annular groove (916) to position work piece
(964).
] In accordance with ing health care device, work base (900)
has longitudinal through hole (902) having an end threaded hole (938); and
first end (908) of work piece holder (906) has a threaded n (932),
whereby we can adjust a work angle acupoint work piece 922 treats the
acupoint or part to be healthcared through fit of threaded section (932)
with threaded hole (938) under a specific angle.
From another , a health care device holds an acupoint work
piece thereon to engage in a health-care onto a user, wherein the user has a
body part having an acupoint, and the health care device includes: a health care
body carrying the body part thereon, for maintaining a first specific onal
relationship with the body part; work base 900, 936 configured on the health
care body; an acupoint work piece configured on the work base to perform a
health related work on the user h the acupoint; moving device (e.g, 836-
846, 972, 1040) configured between the work base and the health care body
for determining an orientation of the acupoint work piece relative to the health
care body; and a work piece holder (e.g., 906, 930) having: a first end
connected to the work base, and a second end holding the acupoint work piece
thereon, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health related
work when the acupoint work piece has a second specific positional
relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, a health care device includes a health
care body carrying a body part of a user thereon, for maintaining a first specific
positional relationship with the body part, wherein the body part has an
acupoint; work base 900, 936 configured on the health care body to perform a
health d work on the user through the acupoint; moving device (e.g., 836-
846, 972, 1040) ured between the work base and the health care body
for securing an orientation of the work base relative to the health care body on
the health care body; and work piece holder (e.g., 906, 930) having: a first end
connected to the work base, and a second end holding an acupoint work piece
thereon to engage in the health related work, for ensuring the acupoint work
piece to perform the health related work when the acupoint work piece has a
second specific positional onship with the acupoint under the first specific
positional relationship.
A work piece (940) for health care is configured on a health care
device to perform a health-care work on a user’s acupoint, wherein the health
care device has a work base (900), and the acupoint work piece (940) includes
work body (942) having first end (944) and second end (960), wherein first end
(944) is connected to work base (900); and health care medium (922, 956)
configured on second end (960) to perform the -care work.
] In accordance with preceding work piece, the work body is
slender pneumatic cylinder (942) having piston rod (946).
In accordance with preceding work piece, work end (960) further
includes crankshaft (954) rotatably ured on work end (960); point
opening (966); rubber pad (958) configured n crankshaft (954) and
point opening (966); and main connecting piece (950) connected between
piston rod (946) and crankshaft (954), so that piston rod (954) drives crankshaft
(954) to perform the health-care work.
In accordance with preceding work piece, main ting piece
(950) has first end (968) and second end (970); second end (970) fixes
therewith ring piece (952); work piece (940) further includes upper connecting
ring (948) ted between piston rod (946) and ring piece (952); and work
ring (956) is fixed on first end (968), and movably buckled to crankshaft (954).
In accordance with preceding work piece, work ring (956)
performs massage operation on body part or acupoint through rubber pad (958).
In accordance with preceding work piece, point opening (966) is
a round opening, or an arc slot corresponding to working track of work ring
(956).
In accordance with preceding work piece, the first end has a
thread.
In accordance with preceding work piece, a working medium of
the health care medium is a microwave, a eter wave, a radiation heat, a
magnetism, a frequency signal, a microcurrent or a od heat.
From another aspect, healthcare acupoint work piece (942, 964)
is configured on health care body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) to perform a health care
work on an acupoint in a user’s body part, n the health care body has
work base (900, 934) carrying and positioning the body part for maintaining a
first specific onal relationship with the body part, and the acupoint work
piece includes: work body (922, 942) having first end (944) and second end
(960), wherein the first end is connected to the work base; and a health care
medium (922; 946-958) configured on the second end, for ensuring the
acupoint work piece to perform the health care work when the nt work
piece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the
first specific positional relationship.
From yet another aspect, acupoint work piece (942, 964) for
health care includes work body (922, 942) configured on health care body (e.g.,
502, 562, 582), wherein the health care body carries and positions a body part
of a user, the health care body maintains a first ic positional relationship
with the body part having an nt, the health care body has work base (900,
934) to perform a health care work to user through the acupoint, and the work
body includes: first end (944) connected to the work base; second end (960);
and health care medium (922; 946-958) configured on the second end, for
ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work when the
acupoint work piece has a second specific positional relationship with the
acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
It is not difficult under the current technology if the accuracy of
adjusting the working angle of the acupoint work piece is to be increased.
Please refer to the second embodiment of the work piece assembly in Figure
8C showing work base 971 corresponding to work base 848. Work base 971
configures thereon angle controller 972 including angle control assembly 974
and work piece supporter 976. Supporter 976 fixes thereon threaded barrel
980 through fixing piece 978, y supporter 976 is controlled by angle
control ly 974 to secure for threaded barrel 980 a specific angle relative
to work base 971 or the acupoint. Figure 8D shows that highly resilient
acupoint workpiece jaw 984 is fixed on workpiece supportor 982 by screw or
rivet 986, and nt workpiece jaw 984 has paired holding parts 988 for
firmly holding an nt work piece therebetween.
This paragraph summarizes the nt work piece having the
accurate adjustment of the g angle. ically, a health care device
includes a health care body; work base (971) configured on the health care
body for health-caring a user having an acupoint; an acupoint work piece
performing a health-care work onto the user through the acupoint; and angle
controller (972) for connecting the acupoint work piece to work base (971), so
that the acupoint work piece can continue ming the health-care work
under a specific angle relative to work base (971) or the acupoint.
In ance with preceding health care device, the health care
device further includes a moving device configured between work base (971)
and the health care body to move a position of work base (971) relative to the
health care body.
In accordance with preceding health care device, the angle
controller includes angle control assembly (974) and workpiece supporter (976)
connected thereto to obtain a specific work angle of workpiece supporter (976)
with respect to work base (971) or the acupoint.
In accordance with preceding health care device, ece
ter (976) is highly resilient acupoint workpiece jaw (984) fixed on
workpiece tor (982) by rivet or screw (986).
] In accordance with preceding health care device, workpiece jaw
(984) has paired resilient holding parts (988) for firmly holding an acupoint
work piece therebetween.
One should not consider that the sure of the technology
related to the acupoint health care of the present invention has been completed
with the aforementioned work pieces and health care devices. Specifically,
although the last embodiment above can solve the problem of precise angle
control, taking the ldder Meridian as an example, its distribution path of
some acupoints is rather irregular. For example, three acupoints,
Yanglingquan (International Code GB34, mainly treating knee pain, sciatica,
hemiplegia, lower limb numbness and cholecystitis), Yangjiao (International
Code GB35, mainly treating chest/flank distention, chest tightness, pharyngitis,
knee pain, leg/foot atrophy/weakness, facial swelling) and Waiqiu
(International Code GB36, mainly treating he, neck pain, hepatitis,
lower limb paralysis, poisonous stasis from a vicious dog) cross front side,
midline and back side of the yang surface of the shank. Even the positioning
problem can be solved based on the above, it is not the best policy to invoke
“a ” for only a few acupoints. Therefore, if there is a design that can
allow the acupoint work piece to be optionally tilted relative to the work base,
the usability or satisfaction of the design will be greatly improved.
To the aforementioned purpose, please refer to Figure 9 showing
an embodiment of work piece assembly 1000 matching with a robotic arm.
Modern technology is often amazing, where robots or robotic arms can often
work with ion. Work assembly 1000 es work base 1022 of Figure
9 corresponding to work base 848 of Figure 7, and work platform 1020 fixed
thereon. Work platform 1020 carries rotating platform 1018 with a precisely
controlled rotation angle, and rotating rm 1018 is connected to first end
1024 of connecting base 1014 with a precisely controlled pivot angle. First
end 1012 of extension base 1010 is connected to rotating shaft 1016 of second
end 1026 of connecting base 1014 with a ely controlled pivot angle, and
second end 1028 of extension base 1010 is fixed to first end 1030 of ng
head 1008 having second end 1032 precisely bly fixing thereon ic
chuck 1002 having two jaws 1004 tively having paired g surfaces
1006 for holding the preceding acupoint work piece therebetween. Having
these four rotations, it can be immediately imagined that: (1) some
displacement designs or ements in Figure 7 can be replaced; (2) if this
work piece assembly 1000 is combined with lower limb health care body 660
in Figure 5, the irregular acupoints on the Gallbaldder Meridian are very easy
to be found; (3) with respect to the reference point or positioning point of the
acupoint work piece on the health care body, the planar distance, vertical height
and relative angle of the acupoint work piece relative to the specific part or
acupoint of the body to be health cared can be fully controlled (through the
abovementioned four rotation movements, which can be accurately calculated
and obtained); and (4) therefore, the medical-grade acts can be expected using
the acupoint work piece. In this regard, the principle is detailed in the next
paragraph.
The body inch standards of hand and leg are mentioned above.
If following standards of the chest and abdomen are realized, with the structure
disclosed earlier, after finding the reference acupoint, can the specific body
inch of a person be found and calculated? It also helps to find other acupoints
automatically by the computer, and thus the misidentification of acupoints
caused by the fatigue of the doctors or humans can be avoided, which will be
detailed later. (1) The standard of chest vertical body inch: 6.8 body inches
from Tiantu acupoing (International Code CV22) to Shanzhong acupoint
(International Code CV17, the middle of two nipples); (2) the standard of upper
abdomen vertical body inch: 8 body inches from branch bone (xiphoid process)
to navel (International Code CV8, Shenque); (3) the standard of lower
abdomen vertical body inch: 5 body inches from navel (International Code
CV8) to Qugu (International Code CV2); (4) the standard of lateral abdomen
vertical body inch: 9 body inches from Zhangmen (International Code LR13)
to Huantiao (International Code GB30); and (5) the standard of trunk
horizontal body inch: 8 body inches between two nipples. Therefore, after
the Shanzhong acupoint is obtained, 1.6 body inches therebeneath is ing
acupoint (International Code CV16). In details, according to the preceding
robotic arm device nents 1002-1020), (1) the first rotation mechanism
(between components 1018 and 1020) can determine the angular onship
between the work base or the health care body and an acupoint; (2) the second
pivoting mechanism (between components 1018 and 1014 ) can at least
determine the linear ce relationship between the work base or the health
care body and an acupoint alone or together with other mechanisms; (3) the
third pivoting mechanism (between components 1010 and 1014 ) can at least
determine the height relationship between the work base or the health care
body and an acupoint alone or together with other mechanisms; (4) the fourth
on mechanism (between components 1010 and 1002) can determine the
r relationship n the acupoint work piece and an acupoint; and (5)
all these relationships can be easily and automatically calculated by the
computer to obtain in which distance and orientation (actually representing an
acupoint on) of the robotic arm device to enable the acupoint work piece
to perform the health care or therapeutical work to the user through the
nt under which specific angle. ore, although oblique
acupuncturing is often necessary for acupoints on the head/face, it is no longer
a trouble because the control/adjustment of the relative inclination angle
between the acupoint work piece and the work base has been made possible by
the aforementioned mechanism. Certainly, it has been described that the
robotic arm device can be ly configured on a health care body, or
configured on a work base that has been configured on the health care body.
The main requirements related to work piece ly 1000 are
summarized as follows. Specifically, a health care device includes a health
care body for health-caring a user having an acupoint; work platform (1020)
configured on the health care body; an acupoint work piece performing a
health-care work onto the user through the acupoint; and robotic arm device
(component assembly 1002-1020) connected to the work rm (1020) for
holding the acupoint work piece, so that the acupoint work piece can perform
the health-care work under a specific relationship position relative to work
platform (1020) or the acupoint.
In accordance with ing health care device, the health care
device r includes work base (1022) configured between the health care
body and work platform (1020); and a moving device e 7) ured
between work base (1022) and the health care body.
In accordance with preceding health care device, the health care
device further includes rotating platform (1018) rotatably carried on work
platform (1020).
In accordance with preceding health care device, the health care
device further includes ting base (1014) lly connected on the
rotating platform (1018).
In accordance with preceding health care device, the health care
device further includes extension base (1010) having first end (1012) and
pivotally connected on connecting base (1014).
In accordance with preceding health care device, the robotic arm
device includes rotating head (1008) rotatably fixing precisely thereon electric
chuck (1002) having two jaws (1004) respectively having paired holding
surfaces (1006) to hold therebetween the acupoint work piece.
It can be imagined that since the preceding health care device is
precise enough, it is predictable it can be applied to the needle insertion of
acupuncture. Because the control and adjustment of the angle can be
completed by the preceding embodiments, it is easily understood according to
Figure 9A that the automatic needle insertion of acupuncture is feasible.
Maybe people may question that as an acupuncture act is of a human nature,
why does the t invention try to do it ically? This question is
actually contrary to the appeal for “scientificization of traditional Chinese
medicine (TCM)”, not to mention that the scientific spirit is a nature of TCM.
First, the “Encyclopedia of cture/Moxibustion” points out: “Needle
withdrawal should happen slowly, or it will cause injuries if rapid”, which
means that the needle should be withdrawn , which can wonderfully be
performed by a machine which will follow instructions without mood or
emotional effects. , according to the Yellow Emperor Neijing, Ci-Yao
Chapter, which records “There are floating and sunk states, while the
cture depth is shallow or deep. Each case has its own curing rationale,
from which deviation should be avoided. An excessive extent will cause an
al hurt while an iciency will produce a superficial block which in
turn invokes an evil qi. An improper depth will cause a big trouble ally
hurting the 5 organs to develop an ensuing serious disease”, each acupoint for
a n disease has its appropriate depth. By the same token, isn’t it the best
policy to determine the appropriate depth of needle insertion by a machine to
eliminate the interference of human factors?
] Figure 9A shows an embodiment of automatic needle inserting
acupoint work piece 1040 including rotating head 1042 similar to rotating head
1008 of e 9 and automatic needle ting device 1044. Automatic
needle inserting device 1044 includes electric holder 1048 (or a non-electric
) for holding an acupoint work device, and needle inserting mechanism
1046 capable of longitudinally moving electric holder 1048 and pivotably
configured on rotating head 1042. Needle ing mechanism 1046 enables
the acupoint work device to insert the needle orderly or controls the needle
inserting speed by a stepless speed motor. As this technical task can be easily
achieved by the skilled person in the art, which will not be detailed here.
Certainly, when it is necessary to significantly drain the evil qi, the needle hole
must be widened. At this time, the needle ing parameters are not limited
to the speed, but include the front, back, left and right polarizations. In view
of above technical disclosures, these technical tasks should already be easily
realizable by the skilled in the art, which will not be detailed here.
The main requirements related to automatic needle inserting
acupoint work piece 1040 are summarized as follows. Specifically, a health
care device includes a health care body for health-caring a user having an
acupoint; an acupoint work piece performing an acupuncture work onto the
user through the acupoint; a robotic arm device (component ly 1002-
1020) configured on the health care body for holding the acupoint work piece,
so that the acupoint work piece can perform the acupuncture work under a
ic relationship on relative to the health care body or the acupoint;
and needle inserting mechanism (1046) configured between the acupoint work
piece and the robotic arm device, and enabling the nt work piece to
perform the acupuncture work on the user with a specific control parameter.
In accordance with the preceding automatic needle inserting
acupoint work piece, the specific control parameter is a speed control
parameter.
In accordance with the preceding automatic needle inserting
acupoint work piece, the specific control parameter is a polarization parameter.
In accordance with the preceding automatic needle ing
acupoint work piece, the automatic needle inserting acupoint work piece
further includes holder (1048) for holding the acupoint work piece.
] In accordance with the preceding automatic needle inserting
acupoint work piece, the automatic needle inserting acupoint work piece
further includes needle inserting mechanism (1046) for longitudinally moving
holder (1048).
In ance with the preceding automatic needle ing
acupoint work piece, the automatic needle inserting acupoint work piece
further es rotating head (1042) for rotatably configuring needle inserting
mechanism (1046) on the robotic arm device.
From another aspect, health care device 1000 holds an acupoint
work piece thereon to engage in a health-care onto a user, wherein the user has
a body part having an acupoint, and the health care device includes: health care
body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) carrying and positioning the body part, for
maintaining a first specific positional onship with the body part; work
platform (1020) configured on the health care body; and a robotic arm device
(1002-1018) connected to the work platform for g the acupoint work
piece, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the health-care work
when the nt work piece has a second specific positional relationship with
the acupoint under the first specific onal relationship.
From yet r aspect, health care device (1000) includes a
health care body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) carrying and positioning a body part of
a use, for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part
to engage in a -care work onto the user, wherein the body part has an
nt; work platform (1020) configured on the health care body; and a
c arm device (1002-1018) connected to the work platform for holding
the acupoint work piece, for ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the
health-care work when the nt work piece has a second specific positional
relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.
Descriptions on relevant hardware of the present invention have
come to an end. It can be found that each paragraph is directed to adjust the
“qi field” to recuperate the body instantly when there is an initial disease omen,
for a al and healthy life as disclosed in the Yellow Emperor Neijing
Suwen, Yijing Qi-Change Chapter, “while nearing being alive away from death,
the living seedling is growing.” The present ion’s gist is summarized
with the Figure 10 flowchart as follows: providing health care body 1100,
wherein the health care body has a first relative onal relationship with a
user’s body part having an acupoint; ing acupoint work piece having a
second onal relationship with the health care body and a third positional
relationship with the acupoint to perform a health care work on the user
through the acupoint (1110); and providing a positioning device configured
between the acupoint work piece and the health care body to position the
acupoint work piece on the health care body, and ensure the acupoint work
instrument to perform the health care work under the second and the third
positional relationships (1120).
From another aspect, the present invention is a health care method
for health-caring a user, n the user has a body part having an acupoint,
including: providing a health care body (1130); positioning the body part on
the health care body under a first relative positional relationship between the
health care body and the body part (1140); providing an acupoint work piece
to perform a health care work onto the user through the acupoint (1150);
providing a position ment device configured between the acupoint work
piece and the health care body for maintaining a second positional relationship
therebetween (1160); and ensuring the acupoint work piece to perform the
health care work with a control parameter (1180).
In accordance with the preceding health care method, the first
relative positional relationship is to enable the body part to keep the relative
positional relationship with the health care body in a specific posture.
In accordance with the ing health care method, the health
care method further includes a step of enabling the acupoint work piece to have
a specific angle relationship with the acupoint (1170) between the steps of
providing the position adjustment device (1160) and ensuring the acupoint
work piece to perform the health care work with the l parameter (1180).
] In accordance with the preceding health care method, the second
ve positional relationship is to enable the acupoing work piece to keep the
relative positional relationship with the health care body in at least one of a
specific distance, ion and height.
In accordance with the preceding health care method, the control
ter is a work mode for the acupoing work piece to perform the health
care work.
In accordance with the ing health care method, the work
mode is that the acupoint work piece and the acupoint remain mutually still.
In ance with the preceding health care method, the work
mode is that the acupoint work piece and the acupoint keep therebetween a
specific contact relationship.
] In accordance with the preceding health care method, the work
mode is that the acupoint work piece performs a massage operation onto the
user through the acupoint.
In accordance with the preceding health care method, the work
mode is that the acupoint work piece s into or draws out of the acupoint
at a specific speed.
From another aspect, a method using an acupoint work piece to
perform a health care work on a user, wherein the user has a body part having
an acupoint, includes: providing a health care body for carrying the body part
1110; oning the body part on the health care body so that the health care
body and the body part have a first relative positional relationship
therebetween 1120; and providing a position adjustment device for maintaining
a second positional relationship between the acupoint work piece and the
health care body, or the acupoint work piece and the acupoint to ensure the
nt work piece to perform the health care work with a control parameter
(1160).
From yet another , a health care method includes: ing
a health care body for health-caring a user (1110), wherein the user has a body
part having an acupoint, and the health care body carries the body part, so that
a health care effect is performed to the user when the health care body holds
an acupoint work piece thereon; positioning the body part on the health care
body so that the health care body and the body part have a first relative
positional relationship therebetween 1120; and providing a position adjustment
device for maintaining a second positional relationship n the health care
body and the acupoint work piece, or the acupoint work piece and the acupoint
to ensure the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work with a
control parameter (1160).
If the preceding methods involve medical acts, they may be
classified as disease ng methods, which may be patent-ineligible ts
in Taiwan and China. When it is only related to a health care act, it may not
relate to a treating method.
The disclosure of the present invention may be well-plotted, but
must have an end. The last highlight or ideal of the present invention is
hereby proposed: in order to seek the health/happiness of all mankind to realize
the touching ideals disclosed previously, it is necessary to enable every
family/person to possess the software/hardware of the present invention even
if their financial ces are relatively limited. Except g for the
present invention to be cialized in large scale to reduce costs, it is clear
good hardware alone should be insufficient, and success can be alleged in the
end only when every one may enjoy or receive physiotherapy or medical
services like those provided by the reincarnation of Hua Tuo or Bian Que.
AlphaGo developed by Deep Mind company defeated the world's chess king,
and it simply relies on accumulating all the world's experiences in the same
brain and then making decisions. For another example, if an ft has an
accident, it must be reported to the manufacturer to repair the design to prevent
the same accident in future. If this spirit is upheld, and the previous wisdom
since ancient times will first be collected and then organized by the outstanding
people today, ed by the continuous true feedback on therapeutic effects
of the nt therapy from the general public, why should it be worried about
that Hua Tuo or Bian Que cannot reincarnate?
For es of the preceding paragraph, please refer to Figure
10B g an embodiment of health care system 1200 of the present
invention including health care body 1210 having micro computer 1215
ted to cloud database 1400 and service center 1500 through an internet.
Micro er 1215 includes/configures central processing unit 1220,
memory 1230, screen 1270, keyboard/mouse 1280, microphone 1290, and lens
1300. Since their mutual connection and configuration are common
technologies, it will not be detailed here. It also makes no difference whether
screen 1270 is touch type or non-touch type. Memory 1230 can store the
application software ed for interaction between the user and cloud
database 1400 and service center 1500, such as symptom treatment module
1240 for clicking or entering the current discomfort symptoms, to retrieve from
cloud database 1400 which treatment scheme or acupoint(s) to receive the
health care work. It can also be personal health care history record module
1250 recording a user’s personal health care history. Certainly, it can also be
feedback/report module 1260 for the feedback/report of the user’s satisfaction
or problems encountered in use after the health care work suggested by cloud
database 1400. Modules 1240, 1250, 1260 and other modules related to
health care work can be individual or separate modules, or dules
integrated in the same m.
Through cloud database 1400, the user can search and confirm the
ms or their treatment methods by screen 1270 and/or keyboard/mouse
1280. Through e center 1500, the user can consult, inquire about the
symptom and/or confirm the act related to acupuncture or moxibustion by
microphone 1290/lens 1300. Certainly, health care system 1200 must be
confirmed by the national health ity as a doctor or qualified to perform
a medical practice before performing needle ion. As mentioned,
through collection of acupuncture or moxibustion information available so far,
and research, confirmation, deep ng and constant user ck, cloud
database 1400 cooperated with service center 1500 stationed with traditional
Chinese physicians should be able to provide extremely g health care
or medical s. As there is no ending for learning, the present invention’s
disclosure is just a good start, and more efforts are still needed for Hua Tuo or
Bian Que to be truly reincarnated. Control module 1600 stores, with supports
from central processing unit 1220, coordinates the health care device or the
health care body previously disclosed to perform various relevant health care
works.
The first chapter, Nine s and Twelve Originals, of Lingshu
of the Yellow Emperor's Neijing starts with "The Yellow Emperor asked Qibo:
I have myriad thousands of people, and collect therefrom rents and taxes; I
want to use micro-needles to smoothen their meridians, adjust their blood/qi,
and flourish the meeting points of incoming and ng paths without drugs
or medical nces. What I want is that can be passed on to future
generations, must be clear standards, will not be overturned, will be everlasting,
is easy to use but difficult to forget, is classical but separated into chapters,
distinguishes inner and outer symptoms, systemizes with beginning and ending,
and is concretized into acupuncture scriptures. Is this something possible?"
As the acupuncture effects have been worldwide confirmed, the present
invention is to ignite the strong hope of ing incarnation of Hua Tuo or
Bian Que. Through the joint participation of all human beings, we may
welcome the return of Hua Tuo or Bian Que as soon as possible.
Health care system (1200) is summarized as s.
Specifically, it includes health care body (1210) for health-caring a user,
wherein the user has a body part having an acupoint; positioning medium (524,
680, 714, 804) configured on health care body (1210) and securing a positional
onship between the body part and the health care body; an acupoint work
piece configured on the health care body and performing a health care work
onto the user through the acupoint; and computer device (1215) configured on
the health care body and controlling and/or monitoring the acupoint work piece
to perform the health care work.
] In accordance with preceding health care , the health care
system further includes cloud database (1400) connected to computer device
(1215) h an internet, and allowing the user to access therefrom
knowledge and healthcare scheme or medical treatment related to
acupuncture/moxibustion.
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) further includes symptom treatment module 1240 ng the
user to click or enter a current discomfort symptom, by which cloud database
(1400) provides a specific treatment scheme or a specific acupoint to receive
the health care work.
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) further includes feedback/report module (1260) allowing the
user to feedback/report user action or problems encountered in use to
cloud database (1400) after the health care work on a specific acupoint
suggested by cloud database (1400).
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) further includes screen (1270) and keyboard/mouse (1280)
allowing the user to search and m a symptom or its treatment method
h cloud se (1400).
In accordance with preceding health care system, the health care
system further includes service center (1500) connected to er device
(1215) through an internet, and providing the user with a consultation related
to acupuncture/moxibustion, or a confirmation of the user’s own choice of a
medical-level act.
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) further includes microphone (1290) and lens (1300) for a
consultation by, an inquisition on the symptom of, or a confirmation from the
user of an act related to acupuncture or moxibustion via service center (1500).
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) includes screen (1270) of a touch type or non-touch type.
] In ance with preceding health care , computer
device (1215) further includes personal health care history record module
(1250) ing a user’s personal health care history.
In accordance with preceding health care system, computer
device (1215) further includes control module (1600) coordinating the health
care body and/or the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work.
In accordance with preceding health care , the health care
system further includes a position adjustment device configured between
health care body (1140) and the acupoint work piece, so that the acupoint work
piece and health care body (1140) have a ve positional onship.
From another , health care system 1200 using an acupoint
work piece to perform a health care work on a user having a body part having
an acupoint, includes: health care body (1210) carrying the body part;
positioning medium (524, 680, 714, 804) configured on the health care body
and positioning the body part on the health care body so that the health care
body and the body part have a first relative positional relationship
therebetween; and computer device (1215) configured on the health care body,
and controlling/monitoring the acupoint work piece to m the health care
work under a second positional onship ined between the health care
body and the acupoint work piece, or the acupoint work piece and the nt.
From yet another aspect, health care system (1200) includes:
health care body (1210) performing a healthcare work on a user, wherein the
user has a body part having an acupoint, and the health care body supports
thereon the body part for the health care work when the health care body holds
an acupoint work piece thereon; positioning medium (524, 680, 714, 804)
configured on the health care body and positioning the body part on the health
care body so that the health care body and the body part have a first specific
positional relationship therebetween; and computer device (1215) configured
on the health care body, and controlling/monitoring the acupoint work piece to
perform the health care work under a second positional relationship maintained
between the health care body and the acupoint work piece, or the acupoint work
piece and the acupoint.
Although the le implementations of each of the abovementioned
ments have not been listed in detail, there are a lot of mutual
references or substitutions among the various ments, and thus, an
embodiment is likely to be a nce or alternative schemes for other
embodiments. Because the content of this case is already quite long, it will
not be detailed here in order to save the burden of all parties.
In summary, it can be understood by those skilled in the art that a
variety of modifications and variations may be made to the present invention
without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention defined in
the appended claims, and their equivalents.
English Translation of the claims for the PCT Application
1. A health care system, comprising:
a health care body performing a health care work on a user, wherein the
user has a body part having an acupoint;
a positioning medium configured on the health care body and
positioning the body part on the health care body so that the health care body
and the body part has a first specific positional relationship therebetween;
an acupoint work piece configured on the health care body and
executing the health care work on the user via the acupoint; and
a er device configured on the health care body and controlling
and/or monitoring the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work
under a second specific positional relationship maintained between the
health care body and the acupoint work piece, or between the acupoint work
piece and the acupoint.
2. The health care system as claimed in Claim 1, further comprising a cloud
database connected to the computer device through an et, and allowing
the user to access knowledge and alternatives of health care or medical
treatment related to acupuncture or moxibustion.
3. The health care system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the computer device
further comprises a symptom treatment module allowing the user to click or
enter a current discomfort m, and the cloud database es a ic
treatment scheme or a specific acupoint to receive the health care work.
4. The health care system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the health care
system further ses a cloud database, and the computer device further
comprises: a feedback/report module allowing the user to feedback/report user
action or a problem encountered in use to the cloud database after the
health care work on a specific acupoint suggested by the cloud database; and a
screen and rd and/or mouse allowing the user to search and confirm a
symptom or its treatment method through the cloud database.
. The health care system as claimed in Claim 1, r comprising a service
center connected to the computer device through an internet, and providing the
user for a consultation related to acupuncture or moxibustion, or a confirmation
of the user’s own choice of a medical-level act.
6. The health care system as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the computer device
further comprises a microphone and a lens for a consultation by, an inquisition
on the symptom of, or a confirmation from the user of an act related to
acupuncture or moxibustion via the service center.
7. The health care system as claimed in Claim 1, wherein the er device
further comprises:
a screen of a touch type or non-touch type;
a personal health care history record module recording a al
health care history of the user; and/or
a control module coordinating the health care body and the acupoint
work piece to perform the health care work.
8. The health care system as d in Claim 1, further comprising a
position ment device configured between the health care body and the
acupoint work piece, and maintaining the second specific positional
relationship between the health care body and the acupoint work piece, or
between the acupoint work piece and the acupoint.
9. A health care system using an acupoint work piece to perform a health care
work on a user, wherein the user has a body part having an nt,
comprising:
a health care body carrying the body part;
a positioning medium configured on the health care body and
positioning the body part on the health care body so that the health care body
and the body part have a first specific positional relationship therebetween;
a er device ured on the health care body, and controlling
and/or monitoring the acupoint work piece to perform the health care work
under a second specific positional relationship maintained between the
health care body and the acupoint work piece, or the acupoint work piece
and the acupoint.
. A health care system, comprising:
a health care body performing a healthcare work on a user, wherein the
user has a body part having an acupoint, and the health care body supports
thereon the body part for the health care work when the health care body
holds an acupoint work piece thereon;
a positioning medium configured on the health care body and
positioning the body part on the health care body so that the health care body
and the body part have a first specific onal relationship therebetween;
a computer device configured on the health care body, and controlling
and/or monitoring the nt work piece to perform the health care work
under a second specific positional relationship maintained between the
health care body and the acupoint work piece, or between the acupoint work
piece and the acupoint.
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