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Method and apparatus relating to the practice of acupuncture
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Inventors: Kim, Sung S.;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Pace; Channing L.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jeffers; Albert L.
A special acupuncture needle and a method and apparatus for inserting the needle. The needle is adapted for placement in a selected region, especially in the external ear, and consists of a pair of opposed curved pointed sections which can be pressed together to effect insertion of the needle. An inserting device is provided for pressing the needle into the proper position while pressing the aforementioned opposed curved portions together, thereby to fix the needle in place. The needle has a portion which is exposed when the needle is implanted and which exposed portion has a handle, or the like, connected thereto for movement of the needle to stimulate the region in which the needle is implanted, thereby permitting the individual in whose external ear the needle is implanted effectively to carry out self-treatment merely by manipulating the handle on the exposed portion of the needle. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring to the drawings somewhat more in detail, the needle element of the present invention, and generally indicated at 10, comprises a pair of curved prongs 27 having opposed pointed ends 28, with the needle prongs at the end opposite pointed ends 28 being embedded in a rod-like handle or carrier element 18, which may have a flat button-like outer end 14.
The individual prongs diverge outwardly from the end of carrier member 18, as indicated at 15 and 16, and are then formed inwardly directly toward each other, as indicated at 25, and then have straight leg portions 20 and 21, which connect to the ends of the respective curved prongs 27 opposite the pointed ends 28 thereof.
A keeper member in the form of a hollow spherical bead member 12 is slidably mounted on carrier element 18 and has an aperture in one side in which handle 18 is slidable and another aperture 22 formed therein on the side facing the prongs of the needle element.
When bead member 12 is moved from its FIG.
1 position to its FIG.
2 position, aperture 22 of the bead member slides along the diverging inclined portions 15 and 16 of the prongs and presses the prongs toward each other into implanted, or inserted, position.
The bead will then snap over the portions 25 of the prongs and hold the prongs together, thus fixing the needle in implanted position.
The bead member 12 and the carrier member, or handle, 18 with its flange like head 14 can be employed for manipulating the needle after it is implanted for stimulating the region in which the needle is implanted, thus permitting the individual in whom the needle is implanted effectively to carry out an acupuncture treatment.
It will be understood that, in as much as the needle penetrates tissue it is important for the needle to be sterile and for the region in which the needle is implanted to be maintained in a sanitary condition, such as by swabbing the region with alcohol, or the like, periodically.
FIG.
3 shows a modification in which the needle element prongs 31 and 32 are connected to a carrier member, or handle, 33 and have curved outer ends 30 terminating in sharp points the same as the FIGS
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