RU2240721C1 - Device for detecting and stimulating biologically active points - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medical engineering.

SUBSTANCE: device has active and passive electrodes connected to measurement unit connected to indication element. The measurement unit and indication element are manufactured as single integrated microcircuit or micro-assembly one output of which is connected to the active electrode. The microcircuit or micro-assembly casing is produced from current-conducting material and is concurrently used as the passive electrode. One passive electrode ends has holder. Active electrode is built-in into the holder. Cover having electric power supply source is mounted on the other end.

EFFECT: simplified design; small size; easiness in use.

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Description

The invention relates to medicine, in particular to electronic devices for reflexology, and can be used for accurate determination and operational impact on biologically active points (BAP).

Currently, a device for electropuncture is known, which allows one to find and act on biologically active points, which contains active and passive electrodes connected via a current polarity switch to an electronic circuit (see USSR author's certificate No. 1466749, published on March 23, 89 in bulletin No. eleven). In it, the electrodes have wires connecting them to the electronic circuit, which increases the dimensions of the device and creates inconvenience in operation.

A device is known for searching and influencing biologically active points containing active and passive electrodes connected to a measuring unit connected to an indication element (see patent of the Russian Federation No. 2161948, published on January 20, 2001 in Bulletin No. 2).

In this device, the housing is made of insulating material and is closed by a lid of conductive material, which is a passive electrode. In the cavity of the housing there is a printed circuit board on which the measuring unit, indication, switching, regulation and power elements are mounted. The output of the measuring unit is connected by a wire to the cover, which simultaneously serves as a passive electrode.

The disadvantages of the known device adopted for the prototype are the large size, the complexity of the device, the complexity of the technology for its manufacture, installation, disassembly and assembly, inconvenience in operation due to the presence of a cavity in the housing with a passage for installing a printed circuit board and a wire connecting the cover to the measuring unit.

When installing a printed circuit board, individual components mounted on it may be damaged. It is inconvenient to replace the batteries of the electronics unit, since this requires removing the printed circuit board from the case. When replacing the batteries many times, the wire from the cover covering the hole for installing the printed circuit board may come off.

In this invention, the task is to reduce the dimensions and simplify the design of the device, increase its manufacturability, simplify installation, disassembly and assembly of the device and increase the convenience of its operation.

The problem is solved due to the fact that in the device for searching and exposure to biologically active points, containing active and passive electrodes connected to a measuring unit connected to an indication element, the measuring unit and indication element are made in the form of a single microcircuit or microassembly, one of the conclusions of which are connected to the active electrode, and the housing of the microcircuit or microassembly is made of conductive material and is simultaneously a passive electrode.

The proposed device is illustrated using the drawings, which depict: figure 1 - functional diagram of the device; figure 2 - its General view.

A device for searching and influencing biologically active points contains active (1) and passive (2) electrodes connected to a measuring unit (3) connected to an indication element (4). In this case, the measuring unit (3) and the indication element are made in the form of a single microcircuit or microassembly, one of the terminals of which (5) is connected to the active electrode (1), and the housing of the microcircuit or microassembly is made of conductive material and is simultaneously a passive electrode (2) . As an indication element (4), a digital liquid crystal indicator or a light emitting diode can be used. An analog-to-digital converter can be used as a measuring unit (3). In the housing of the microcircuit or microassembly there is an opening for the digits of a digital liquid crystal indicator or for a light emitting diode.

The housing (2) of the microcircuit or microassembly is made in the form of a cylinder of conductive material, for example metal, and has two connectors with plugs on both ends, with the help of one of which a holder (6) is attached to the housing (2) with the active electrode located in it ( 1) ending in a single-pole outlet. Using another microchip or microassembly, a cover (7) with a power supply (8) connected to a multipolar outlet is attached to the housing (2) of the microcircuit or microassembly. As a power source (8), galvanic batteries or accumulators can be used. Connection of plugs to sockets is carried out on tight fit. For proper connection of the plugs with sockets on the inner surface of the housing (2) of the microcircuit or microassembly, fixing tabs are made in the place of the connector, and grooves are made on the outer surface of the mating parts of the holder (6) and the cover (7). A source of infrasonic electrical signals can also be used as a power source.

The power supply (8) is connected to the measuring unit (3) through a switch (9) located in the cover (7).

In the initial position, the circuit of the electrodes (1) and (2) is open.

When using the device, the patient takes it in the hand by the housing of the microcircuit or microassembly (2) and closes the electric circuit, moving the active electrode (1) over the skin surface in the studied area, looking for the studied point, while observing the indicators of the indication element (4). The indicator readings when finding a point should be minimal (within 0.1-3 μA). The search is usually carried out within 15-30 seconds. To influence a biologically active point, the patient presses the switch (9), transfers the device from the BAP search mode to the BAP exposure mode and holds the active electrode (1) at the found point for 1-2 minutes.

The location of biologically active points, the sequence of their search and the impact on them for various diseases are given in the instruction manual of the device.

In the proposed design, by eliminating the device case, in which the circuit board with the measuring element and indicator are placed in the prototype, and combining the functions of the holder board of the measuring unit and the indicator with the functions of the case of the entire device and the passive electrode, the dimensions are reduced, the device as a whole is simplified, simplified its manufacturability and ease of use, and the exception of the cover with an attached wire further increases the reliability of the device.

The proposed device was tested in various medical institutions with positive results and recommended for serial production.

Claims (1)

A device for searching and influencing biologically active points, containing active and passive electrodes connected to a measuring unit connected to an indication element, and a power source, characterized in that the measuring unit and indication element are made in the form of a single microcircuit or microassembly, one of the terminals which is connected to the active electrode, and its housing is made of conductive material and is a passive electrode, while on one of the ends of the passive electrode there is a holder b, in which the active electrode is installed, and on the other there is a cover with a power source.

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