WO2006006773A1 - Appareil permettant de regler la longueur d'un tube aiguille a saignee - Google Patents

Appareil permettant de regler la longueur d'un tube aiguille a saignee Download PDF

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WO2006006773A1
WO2006006773A1 PCT/KR2005/002028 KR2005002028W WO2006006773A1 WO 2006006773 A1 WO2006006773 A1 WO 2006006773A1 KR 2005002028 W KR2005002028 W KR 2005002028W WO 2006006773 A1 WO2006006773 A1 WO 2006006773A1
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Kwang-Il Kim
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H39/00Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture
    • A61H39/08Devices for applying needles to such points, i.e. for acupuncture ; Acupuncture needles or accessories therefor
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15Devices for taking samples of blood
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    • A61B5/150015Source of blood
    • A61B5/150022Source of blood for capillary blood or interstitial fluid
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
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    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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    • A61B5/15Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007Details
    • A61B5/150053Details for enhanced collection of blood or interstitial fluid at the sample site, e.g. by applying compression, heat, vibration, ultrasound, suction or vacuum to tissue; for reduction of pain or discomfort; Skin piercing elements, e.g. blades, needles, lancets or canulas, with adjustable piercing speed
    • A61B5/150106Means for reducing pain or discomfort applied before puncturing; desensitising the skin at the location where body is to be pierced
    • A61B5/150114Means for reducing pain or discomfort applied before puncturing; desensitising the skin at the location where body is to be pierced by tissue compression, e.g. with specially designed surface of device contacting the skin area to be pierced
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
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    • A61B5/15Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007Details
    • A61B5/150175Adjustment of penetration depth
    • A61B5/15019Depth adjustment mechanism using movable stops located inside the piercing device housing and limiting the travel of the drive mechanism
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/150007Details
    • A61B5/150374Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150381Design of piercing elements
    • A61B5/150412Pointed piercing elements, e.g. needles, lancets for piercing the skin
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    • A61B5/150374Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150381Design of piercing elements
    • A61B5/150503Single-ended needles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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    • A61B5/150007Details
    • A61B5/150374Details of piercing elements or protective means for preventing accidental injuries by such piercing elements
    • A61B5/150534Design of protective means for piercing elements for preventing accidental needle sticks, e.g. shields, caps, protectors, axially extensible sleeves, pivotable protective sleeves
    • A61B5/150694Procedure for removing protection means at the time of piercing
    • A61B5/150717Procedure for removing protection means at the time of piercing manually removed
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/15Devices for taking samples of blood
    • A61B5/151Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets, needles or blades
    • A61B5/15101Details
    • A61B5/15103Piercing procedure
    • A61B5/15107Piercing being assisted by a triggering mechanism
    • A61B5/15113Manually triggered, i.e. the triggering requires a deliberate action by the user such as pressing a drive button
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61BDIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
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    • A61B5/151Devices specially adapted for taking samples of capillary blood, e.g. by lancets, needles or blades
    • A61B5/15186Devices loaded with a single lancet, i.e. a single lancet with or without a casing is loaded into a reusable drive device and then discarded after use; drive devices reloadable for multiple use
    • A61B5/15188Constructional features of reusable driving devices

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  • the present invention relates to a bleeding needle tube capable of comprehensively performing an emergency treatment using a bleeding needle and a recovery and prevention of fatigue by a skin stimulation of a stimulation protrusion, and in particular to an apparatus for adjusting a needle length of a bleeding needle tube in which a needle fixture is formed based on a thread engagement of a stimulation and bleeding member and a needle length adjusting member, and a visual check and an accurate length adjustment of a needle are achieved, and a needle fixture may be selectively engaged at a conventional bleeding needle tube that does not have a needle length adjusting function, and a skin stimulation may be performed with weak and strong stimulations.
  • a bleeding needle tube capable of comprehensively performing a bleeding operation and an impact and stimulation function of a skin is not disclosed in the conventional art.
  • a skin stimulator should be ad ⁇ ditionally provided separately from the bleeding needle tube.
  • the Korean utility model application number 2000-10379 discloses an apparatus for adjusting a needle length of a bleeding needle tube by which a bleeding operation and an impact and stimulation operation of a skin may be selectively performed, is disclosed by the same applicant as the present invention.
  • a needle fixture having a bleeding needle and a stimulation protrusion is integrally formed.
  • the needle fixture is not capable of adjusting the length of a needle inserted into a skin.
  • it is needed to engage the needle fixture at a bleeding needle tube having a needle length adjusting function.
  • it in the case that it is engaged at a bleeding needle tube having no needle length adjusting function and is used, there are many problems, and it is impossible to achieve an accurate insertion of the needle.
  • the stimulation protrusion is not capable of adjusting the strength of skin stimulation. Since the skin is stimulated with a constant level, the effects of the stimulation are decreased.
  • an apparatus for adjusting a needle length of a bleeding needle tube comprising a stimulation and bleeding member that is selectively inserted into a lower side of the impacting member 6; and a needle length adjusting member that is thread-engaged with the stimulation and bleeding member and adjusts a needle length of the bleeding needle protruded to the outside through the interior based on a selective operation.
  • Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating a bleeding needle tube according to the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a disassembled view illustrating a bleeding needle tube according to the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a disassembled view illustrating an impacting member and a needle fixture according to the present invention
  • Figure 4 is a vertical cross sectional view illustrating an engaged state of an impacting member and a needle fixture according to the present invention
  • Figure 5 is a view illustrating an adjusting state of a needle length based on a needle length adjusting member according to the present invention
  • Figure 6 is a view illustrating a bleeding state by a bleeding needle according to the present invention.
  • Figure 7 is a view illustrating a weak stimulation state by a stimulation and stimulation bleeding member according to the present invention.
  • Figure 8 is a view illustrating a strong stimulation state by a needle length adjusting member according to the present invention.
  • Figure 9 is a vertical cross sectional view illustrating a state that a needle protector is covered on a bleeding needle according to the present invention.
  • Figure 10 is a front view illustrating a state that a transparent groove is formed at a stimulation protrusion of a needle length adjusting member according to the present invention.
  • a needle fixture 8 is formed with a thread engagement between a stimulation and bleeding member 10 having a bleeding function and a skin stimulation function and a needle length adjusting member 20.
  • the length of the needle can be adjusted.
  • the needle fixture 8 may be adapted to other all kinds of bleeding needle tube 1 for thereby providing a function of adjusting the length of needle.
  • a bleeding needle 14 may be selectively stored in or may be taken out from the needle fixture member 8, so that the use of the same is easy, and no hurts are made. Desired disinfections are obtained.
  • the skin stimulation can be selectively adjusted with weak and strong levels.
  • an apparatus for adjusting a needle length of a bleeding needle tube comprising a stimulation and bleeding member 10 that is selectively inserted into a lower side of the impacting member 6; and a needle length adjusting member 20 that is thread-engaged with the stimulation and bleeding member 10 and adjusts a needle length of the bleeding needle 14 protruded to the outside through the interior based on a selective operation.
  • the present invention is implemented based on a thread engagement between a separable stimulation and bleeding member 10 and a needle length adjusting member 20 differently from the conventional construction in which the needle fixture 8 is integrally inserted into the impacting member 6.
  • the stimulation and bleeding member 10 is inserted into a lower side of the impacting member 6 that is quickly moved down as the operation member 5 is pressed, and that allows the bleeding needle to protrude to the outside and then returns to its original position.
  • a supporting member 11 is formed at an upper side of the same, and a stimulation protrusion 12 capable of impacting and stimulating a user skin is integrally protruded from an upper side of the supporting member 11.
  • a thread part 13 is formed at a lower side corresponding to the supporting member 11 for a thread engagement with the needle length adjusting member 20.
  • a bleeding needle 14 having a bleeding function is integrally formed at a lower side of the thread part 13.
  • the stimulation protrusion 12 is provided so that a stronger impact is applied to the skin and has a narrow area contacting with the skin. It preferably has a uniform strength.
  • the needle length adjusting member 20 capable of adjusting the length of the needle of the bleeding needle 14 includes a through hole 21 in the interior so that the bleeding needle 14 passes through the same and is protruded to the outside. Another thread part 23 is formed at an upper side of the through hole 21 for a thread engagement with the thread part 13 of the stimulation and bleeding member 10. A stimulation protrusion 22 is formed at a lower side of the same.
  • the stimulation protrusion 22 is used in order to apply a relatively weak stimulation to the skin in a state that the bleeding needle 14 is stored in the interior of the needle fixture 8.
  • the area contacting with the skin is slightly wider than the cross section area of the stimulation protrusion 12 of the stimulation and bleeding member 10.
  • the stimulation protrusion 22 has a function of stimulating skin and of preventing the bleeding needle 14 from getting movable.
  • the stimulation protrusion 12 formed at the stimulation and bleeding member 10 is designed to apply relatively strong stimulation
  • the stimulation protrusion 22 formed at the needle length adjusting member 20 is designed to apply weak stimulation.
  • the above construction is not limited thereto. Namely, in another embodiment of the present invention, the positions of the strong and weak stimulations may be changed. Changing the strong and weak positions of the stimulation protrusions 12 and 22 does not escape from the scope of the present invention.
  • the through hole 21 is formed at the needle adjusting member 20 in such a manner that when the bleeding needle 14 is taken out from the needle fixture 8 to the outside, the guide surface 25 capable of guiding a smooth taking-out operation has a gradually decreasing diameter in the direction from the thread part 23 to the stimulation protrusion 22.
  • the needle fixture 8 of the present invention is inserted so that a contacting portion of the stimulation and bleeding member 10 and the needle length adjusting member 20 surrounds an inner side of the impacting member 6 as shown in Figure 4. Therefore, the needle fixture 8 does not move upwards or downwards without certain external operation or the thread engagement is not loosened.
  • the stimulation and bleeding member 10 of the present invention is produced in a disposable type because the bleeding needle 14 should not be repeatedly used for dis ⁇ infections.
  • the needle protector 15 formed to surround the bleeding needle has a cut-away portion 16 at a portion contacting with the thread part 13 and a head part 17 formed at a lower side of the same for separating the needle protector 15 in a manner that the needle protector 15 is distorted.
  • the needle protector 15 maintains disinfections by disconnecting the bleeding needle 14 from the outside. When it is used, it can be easily separated.
  • the needle length adjusting member 20 is loosened in one direction, and the needle length adjusting member 20 gets distanced from the stimulation and bleeding member 10, so that the length of the bleeding needle 14 protruded to the outside through the needle length adjusting member 20 is decreased.
  • the needle length adjusting member 20 gets closer to the stimulation and bleeding member 10, so that the protruded length of the bleeding needle 14 is increased.
  • the user can accurately adjust the length of the bleeding needle 14 at the side of the needle fixture 8, visually checking the length of the same.
  • the stimulation protrusion 22 of the needle length adjusting member 20 impacts for thereby releasing the pain occurring when inserting the bleeding needle 14.
  • the needle fixture 8 having a function of adjusting the length of needle may be provided at the body 2 of the bleeding needle tube 1 having a needle length adjusting function.
  • the needle fixture 8 can be easily engaged at the conventional bleeding needled tube 1 that does not have a needle length adjusting function for thereby achieving a needle length adjusting function.
  • the impacting and stimulation functions of the skin will be described.
  • the needle length adjusting member 20 is loosened in maximum, and the bleeding needle 14 is fully received in the interior of the needle length adjusting member 20.
  • the stimulation protrusion 22 of the needle length adjusting member 20 is oriented toward the skin, so that impacting and stimulation are performed at the skin.
  • the needle fixture 8 is separated from the impacting member 6.
  • the needle fixture 8 is engaged at the impacting member 6 so that the stimulation protrusion 12 of the stimulation and bleeding member 10 is oriented downwards for thereby selectively applying strong impact and stimulation to the skin for thereby doubling the effects of skin stimulation.
  • FIG. 10 is a view of another embodiment of the present invention.
  • a plurality of transparent grooves 26 are formed at an outer portion of the stimulation protrusion 22 formed at the needle length adjusting member 20 with the transparent grooves 26 com ⁇ municating with the through holes 21 in radial direction. Therefore, it is possible to visually check the inserted depth of the bleeding needle 14 received in the interior of the needle length adjusting member 20 through the transparent grooves 26.
  • the needle fixture of the present invention is implemented based on a thread engagement of the separable stimulation and bleeding member and the needle length adjusting member. It is possible to simply and easily adjust the length of the needle, visually checking the depth based on a selective operation of the needle length adjusting member.
  • the needle fixture of the present invention may be engaged at the conventional bleeding needle tube that does not have needle length adjusting function for thereby adjusting the length of needle, so that it is possible to achieve universal use of the same.
  • a bleeding needle may be selectively received in or taken out from the needle fixture.
  • An additional needle protection cover is not needed. The use is easy, and desired disinfections are achieved. No hurts when taking out the bleeding needle.
  • the bleeding function is basically performed, and the impacting and stimulation functions may be selectively performed with strong and weak levels for thereby doubling the effects of skin stimulation.

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Abstract

L'invention a trait à un appareil destiné à un tube aiguille à saignée permettant d'effectuer une saignée et dans lequel un couvercle inférieur possédant une ouverture au niveau d'un côté inférieur du corps du tube est doté d'un filetage, et un élément d'impact monté dans la partie interne permet à une aiguille à saignée de faire saillie vers l'extérieur lorsqu'un élément d'intervention supérieur est pressé. L'appareil selon l'invention est destiné à régler la longueur d'un tube aiguille à saignée, et comprend : un élément de stimulation et de saignée, qui est inséré sélectivement dans un côté inférieur de l'élément d'impact (6) ; et un élément de réglage de la longueur de l'aiguille, qui présente un filetage en prise avec l'élément de stimulation et de saignée, et qui règle la longueur de l'aiguille à saignée traversant la partie interne et faisant saillie vers l'extérieur en fonction d'une intervention sélective.
PCT/KR2005/002028 2004-07-09 2005-06-28 Appareil permettant de regler la longueur d'un tube aiguille a saignee WO2006006773A1 (fr)

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JPH05285196A (ja) * 1992-04-03 1993-11-02 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 光鍼式光治療器
JPH0866458A (ja) * 1994-08-29 1996-03-12 Masahide Koga 熱鍼装置
KR20020037321A (ko) * 2002-04-30 2002-05-18 양성식 근육내 자극용 플런저
KR200283543Y1 (ko) * 2002-04-22 2002-07-26 김용필 자동 사혈침 기구
US6575992B1 (en) * 1999-05-31 2003-06-10 Hanada College: Japan School Of Acupuncture, Moxibustion And Physiotherapy Safe needle, placebo needle, and needle set for double-blinding

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JPH05285196A (ja) * 1992-04-03 1993-11-02 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 光鍼式光治療器
JPH0866458A (ja) * 1994-08-29 1996-03-12 Masahide Koga 熱鍼装置
US6575992B1 (en) * 1999-05-31 2003-06-10 Hanada College: Japan School Of Acupuncture, Moxibustion And Physiotherapy Safe needle, placebo needle, and needle set for double-blinding
KR200283543Y1 (ko) * 2002-04-22 2002-07-26 김용필 자동 사혈침 기구
KR20020037321A (ko) * 2002-04-30 2002-05-18 양성식 근육내 자극용 플런저

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