KR20180024777A - Atomatic Acupuncture Apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic acupuncture device having a launch mechanism that can automatically perform a plurality of acupuncture spontaneously and automatically and safely to be performed on the skin of a patient. The automatic acupuncture device according to the present invention is characterized in that the acupuncture device A hollow tube-shaped main body having a needle bar; An acupuncture portion disposed immediately behind the needle aspiration tool and having a needle to be used to be mounted; A push button that is installed on a side portion of the main body so as to be linearly movable and moves with respect to the main body by a pressing operation of an operator; A rotation cam which is rotatably installed in the main body and has a plurality of drive tooth projections in the form of gears formed on the outer periphery thereof to a predetermined section along the circumferential direction; A striking member which is installed to be capable of reciprocating linearly along the axial direction of the main body immediately behind the stalk mounting portion and which has a driven tooth projecting portion engaging with a drive tooth projecting portion of the rotation cam to strike a rear end portion of the stalk of the stalk mounting portion; An elastic member for applying an elastic force forward to the striking member; And an interlocking unit for converting the linear motion of the push button into a rotary motion of the rotation cam.

Description

{Atomatic Acupuncture Apparatus}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus for performing an acupuncture, and more particularly, to an automatic acupuncture device capable of automatically ejecting a needle by pressing a button of a pen type main body,

In general, Oriental Medicine, which is called Oriental Medicine, is a medicine that has been handed down over thousands of years but has not been able to benefit from science relatively as compared with Western medicine. And the oriental medicine treatment in Oriental medicine is performed by the oriental doctor after grasping the condition of the patient through photographic method and then acupuncture or moxibustion. The photographic method is to grasp the state of the patient by watching, listening to, asking, and tapping.

Acupuncture or moxibustion is being performed for the purpose of treatment and for the purpose of maintenance according to the health condition of the patient.

In order to further scientificize the herbal medicine treatment, various studies have been carried out. As a method of the above-mentioned herbal treatment science, methods such as skin impedance measurement, pulse wave measurement and skin temperature measurement are applied to the diagnosis method.

In addition, bedding, moxibustion and hot water medicine are used as the above-mentioned medical treatment methods of oriental medicine, and bedding or moxibustion is used as one of the skin stimulation methods for treating diseases by operating various stimulation methods on certain parts of the body surface In recent years, in addition to the conventional stimulation method, various new therapies have been developed and used in clinical practice.

However, in the case of acupuncture or moxibustion, it is a fact that various problems arise due to the method of stimulating the patient directly by touching the body surface. Among them, in the case of acupuncture, the size of the acupuncture needle is small and thin, and a large number of acupuncture points are often settled simultaneously for treatment. These medical accidents are one of the medical accidents that anyone in the oriental hospital can agree with.

In this way, all of the needles stuck to the body of the patient after being soaked in the body by the treatment means are not recovered during the footsteps but left in the patient's body, This can threaten the patient's life. In addition, this causes a large civil lawsuit, which causes the medical institutions to incur damages.

Accordingly, the applicant of the present invention has proposed an automatic acupuncture device capable of preventing a medical accident that is caused due to the fact that the practitioner confirms the number of the acupuncture after the acupuncture, -1397597).

However, although such an automatic acupuncture device can accurately monitor the number of acupuncture procedures, it does not provide a suitable mechanism for automatically launching acupuncture with a certain force.

In addition, the existing pedicure apparatus (sesame needle apparatus) is a mechanism that can cause bleeding to the skin by repeatedly pushing and pulling a single needle repeatedly, and it is not suitable as an acupuncture apparatus which penetrates plural needles into the proper place of the skin have.

Korean Patent No. 10-1397597 Korean Registered Utility Model No. 20-0283543

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic acupuncture device having a launch mechanism that can automatically and continuously fire a plurality of acupuncture needles to be safely performed on the skin of a patient.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic needle acupuncture device comprising: a hollow tube-shaped main body having a needle bar at a front end thereof, An acupuncture portion disposed immediately behind the needle aspiration tool and having a needle to be used to be mounted; A push button that is installed on a side portion of the main body so as to be linearly movable and moves with respect to the main body by a pressing operation of an operator; A rotation cam which is rotatably installed in the main body and has a plurality of drive tooth projections in the form of gears formed on the outer periphery thereof to a predetermined section along the circumferential direction; A striking member which is installed to be capable of reciprocating linearly along the axial direction of the main body immediately behind the stalk mounting portion and which has a driven tooth projecting portion engaging with a drive tooth projecting portion of the rotation cam to strike a rear end portion of the stalk of the stalk mounting portion; An elastic member for applying an elastic force forward to the striking member; And an interlocking unit for converting the linear motion of the push button into a rotary motion of the rotation cam.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic acupuncture treatment device comprising: a main body in the form of a circular bar having a needle bar opening through which a needle is discharged at a front end; An acupuncture portion disposed immediately behind the needle aspiration tool and having a needle to be used to be mounted; A cartridge detachably mounted on the staple mounting portion, the cartridge including a water immersion portion in which a plurality of staples are stacked in a vertical direction; A push button that is installed on a side portion of the main body so as to be linearly movable and moves with respect to the main body by a pressing operation of an operator; A button spring for resiliently supporting the push button with respect to the main body; A rotation cam which is rotatably installed in the main body and has a plurality of drive tooth projections in the form of gears formed on the outer periphery thereof to a predetermined section along the circumferential direction; And a driven tooth-shaped protrusion that is engaged with the drive tooth-shaped protrusion of the rotation cam is provided so as to be linearly reciprocating along the axial direction of the main body immediately behind the needle mounting portion, A member; An elastic member for applying an elastic force forward to the striking member; A pinion gear coupled to a center portion of the rotation cam and having a gear formed along a circumferential direction at an outer peripheral portion thereof; a gear which is provided on the push button to extend in the same direction as the movement direction of the push button and meshed with the pinion gear, An interlocking unit including a rack gear having a rack formed therein for converting linear movement of the push button into rotational movement of the rotation cam; A sensing unit installed at one side of the main body to detect that the push button is pressed and moved; A display unit installed in the main body and displaying a number of times the push button is sensed by the sensing unit; And a safety lock unit for restricting the pressing operation of the push button.

According to the present invention, when the practitioner presses the push button, the rotating cam rotates in conjunction with the operation of the push button, and the striking member is moved backward and forward, so that the needle can be automatically fired by striking the needle.

Therefore, the saliva can be automatically fired with a simple structure, so that the automatic firing mechanism can be implemented without significantly increasing the overall size of the main body, and there is no fear of malfunction or malfunction due to the automatic firing without the electric device.

Further, since a plurality of needles can be automatically and continuously fired by mounting a plurality of needles on a cartridge and mounting the cartridge on the needling portion and firing the needles, the needling procedure can be conveniently performed.

1 is a perspective view of an automatic acupuncture device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIGS. 2 to 4 are cross-sectional views showing the construction and operation of the automatic needle acupuncture device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an automatic acupuncture treatment device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a plan view of a portion of an automatic acupuncture device in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the automated acupuncture device shown in FIG.
8 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view of an automatic acupuncture device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of the main part of the automatic needle acupuncture device of Fig. 8; Fig.
10 is a plan view of the cartridge of the automatic acupressure device shown in FIG.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an automatic acupuncture device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 to 4, an automatic needle acupuncture device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a main body 10 having a needle bar 11 through which a needle N is emitted at a front end thereof, A push button 30 installed to be linearly movable on a side portion of the main body 10 and a push button 30 which is disposed on the right side of the push button 30 relative to the main body 10, A button spring 35 for resiliently supporting the main body 10 and a rotation cam 40 rotatably installed in the main body 10; And an elastic member (60) for applying an elastic force to the striking member (50) in a forward direction and a linear movement of the push button (30) 40 to the rotational motion of the motor.

The main body 10 is generally formed in the form of a circular rod, and a needlepoint 11 through which the needle N struck by the striking member 50 is discharged is formed at the front end portion thereof in the axial direction.

In addition, a needle mounting portion 20 on which a plurality of needles N to be processed are mounted is provided in a concave groove shape just behind the needle point 11. The stab mounting portion 20 is detachably attached to the cartridge 70 in which a plurality of needles N are stacked. The cartridge 70 is in the form of a rectangular box and has a submerged portion 71 in which a plurality of needles N are stacked in the vertical direction. Out port 72 through which the needle N is discharged and a striking hole 73 through which the front end of the striking member 50 is inserted are formed in the front and rear surfaces of the lower end of the water immersion section 71, And a presser plate 74 and a pressure spring 75 for pushing the stacked needles N in the submergence absorbing portion 71 downward are provided at the upper end of the submergence absorbing portion 71.

The push button 30 is provided on the side surface of the main body 10 so as to be movable in the width direction of the main body 10 or in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction, As shown in FIG. The push button 30 is elastically supported by a button spring 35 installed in the main body 10 and when the push button 30 is pressed and released by the practitioner, the push button 30 is returned to the initial state by the elastic force of the button spring 35 .

The rotation cam 40 is installed inside the main body 10 so as to be rotatable about its central axis. The rotary cam 40 has a disc shape, and a plurality of drive tooth projections 41, which are gear teeth, are formed in the outer circumferential portion of the rotary cam 40 along a circumferential direction. A section where the drive tooth projections 41 of the rotation cam 40 are formed is referred to as an operation section A and a section where the drive tooth projections 41 are not formed is referred to as a sleep section B) '.

When the practitioner presses the push button 30, the rotation cam 40 rotates in conjunction with the push button 30. The interlocking unit for converting the linear motion of the push button 30 into the rotary motion of the rotary cam 40 includes a pinion gear 40 coupled to a central portion of the rotary cam 40, And a rack gear 82 extending in the width direction of the main body 10 at a central portion of the push button 30 and having gear teeth engaged with the pinion gear 81 on one side thereof. do.

The striking member 50 has an elongated bar shape and is installed to be linearly reciprocating along the axial direction of the main body 10 immediately behind the stalk mounting portion 20. [ On one side of the striking member (50), a driven tooth projecting portion (51) engaging with the drive tooth projections (41) of the rotation cam (40) is formed along the longitudinal direction. The front end portion of the striking member 50 strikes the rear end portion of the needle N of the needle mounting portion 20 so that the needle N can be fired. The front end of the striking member 50 is inserted into the striking hole 73 in the rear of the cartridge 70 so that the striking member 52 May be formed so as to protrude forward.

In order to smoothly return to the initial position of the rotation cam 40 after the striking member 50 is moved backward and strikes the needle N, the driven teeth 51 of the striking member 50 And the driving teeth projections 41 of the rotation cam 40 are preferably in the form of ratchet gear teeth in the form of a substantially right triangle and the striking member 50 is formed to have a predetermined length in the width direction of the main body 10 Flow can be configured.

The elastic member 60 is composed of a compression coil spring installed between the rear end of the striking member 50 and the rear end of the main body 10 and applying a predetermined elastic force forward to the striking member 50.

The automatic acupuncture device of the present invention configured as above operates as follows.

2, when the practitioner mounts the cartridge 70 on which the plurality of needles N are mounted to the needle mounting portion 20 of the main body 10 and presses the push button 30, The rack gear 82 is moved in the width direction of the main body 10.

As a result, the pinion gear 81 and the rotation cam 40 engaged with the rack gear 82 rotate clockwise in the figure, as shown in Fig. As the rotary cam 40 rotates in the clockwise direction, the driven tooth projections 51 of the striking member 50 engaged with the drive teeth projections 41 of the rotary cam 40 linearly move backward, and the striking members 50 are retracted, the elastic member 60 is compressed and the elastic force is accumulated.

At this time, the striking member 50 receives power from the drive tooth top projection 41 formed in the operating section A of the rotation cam 40 to the section where the driven tooth projections 51 are engaged with each other, When the drive tooth projections 41 of the drive cam 40 move into the slip section B where no drive tooth projections 41 are formed, the cam 40 is no longer subjected to the power of the rotation cam 40 and is in a free state.

4, the striking member 50 is repelled forward by the elastic force of the elastic member 60, and the striking projections 52 formed at the front end of the striking member 50 are engaged with the cartridge 70, And strikes the rear end of the needle N through the striking hole 73 on the rear surface.

The needle N in the cartridge 70 is strongly urged forward by the striking member 50 and is discharged to the outside of the cartridge 70 through the needle draw-out hole 72 on the front side of the cartridge 70, And is released to the outside through the launching port (11) to be stuck to the skin of the patient.

The push button 30 is returned to the initial position by the elastic force of the button spring 35 and the rack gear 82 coupled with the push button 30 is returned to the initial position, (Counterclockwise direction) so that the rotation cam 40 rotates counterclockwise and returns to the initial position.

At the same time, the needles N stacked in the cartridge 70 are lowered and ready for the next needle N to be fired. At this time, since the pressure plate 74 presses the uppermost needle N stacked on the water-immersed portion 71 downward on the upper portion of the water-immersed portion 71 of the cartridge 70, even if the practitioner tilts the body 10 The needles N in the cartridge 70 are smoothly lowered so that the lowermost needle N can always stand ready for launching at a position corresponding to the striking hole 73 and the needle drawing hole 72.

The practitioner can continuously perform acupuncture operation as described above to continuously perform acupuncture on the body part of the patient, so that acupuncture can be easily and conveniently performed.

As described above, in the automatic acupuncture treatment apparatus of the present invention, the needle N is automatically fired by the operation of pushing the push button 30 by the practitioner, so that acupuncture can be performed. A sensing unit for sensing that the push button 30 is pushed and moved is provided on one side of the main body 10 provided with the push button 30 in order to allow the practitioner to accurately recognize the push button 30, A display unit 90 (see FIG. 1) for displaying the number of times of movement of the push button 30 sensed by the sensing unit may be further configured.

The sensing unit may use an optical sensor capable of sensing the movement of the push button 30 in a non-contact manner. However, as shown in FIG. 5, the sensing unit may be slidably mounted on the movement path of the push button 30 And a button contact sensor 92 for sensing the push button 30 in contact with the push button 30. The button contact sensor 92 may be, for example, a conductive connection pin such as a pogo pin. The button contact sensor 92 is electrically connected to a controller for controlling the operation of the display unit, To the controller.

 The display unit 90 may be an LCD device or the like installed on the outer surface of one end of the main body 10 and may receive a control signal from the controller The number of times of movement of the display unit 30 is displayed.

Although not shown in the drawing, the main body 10 is provided with a power supply unit such as a controller and a battery for controlling the operation of the display unit 90, the button contact sensor 92, and the like.

In the automatic needle acupuncture device of the present invention, the needle N is automatically fired by the pushing operation of the push button 30, so that in order to prevent the needle from being automatically fired unintentionally without the needling operation, A safety lock unit may be additionally provided for restricting the depressing operation of the switch 30.

6 and 7, the safety lock unit includes a locking groove 36 having a "C" shape formed to be laterally opened in the push button 30, A locking plate 37 is provided on the outer surface of the main body 10 so as to be rotatable within a predetermined angle range and one end thereof is inserted into the locking groove 36 of the push button 30 to limit the movement of the push button 30 .

Therefore, in a state where the locking plate 37 is inserted into the locking groove 36 of the push button 30, the push button 30 is not moved by the locking plate 37, so that the needle is not fired, can do.

When the operator rotates the locking plate 37 by 90 degrees, the locking plate 37 is released from the inside of the locking groove 36, so that the push button 30 is in a free state and the push button 30 The push button 30 can be moved.

As described above, according to the present invention, when the practitioner presses the push button 30, the rotation cam 40 rotates in conjunction with the operation of the push button 30, and the striking member 50 moves backward and forward, N), and automatically fire the needle (N).

Accordingly, since the needle N can be automatically fired with a simple configuration, an automatic firing mechanism can be implemented without greatly increasing the overall size of the main body 10, and automatic firing without an electrical device is possible, There is also no advantage.

8 to 10 show a part of the automatic needle acupuncture device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The automatic needle acupuncture device of this embodiment is configured such that the acupuncture attachment portion 20 is pierced in the lateral direction of the main body 10 And the cartridge 70 is mounted on the stalk mounting portion 20 so as to be movable in a lateral direction with respect to the main body 10 by a predetermined distance. A pushing button 30 and a button spring 35, a rotation cam 40, a striking member 50 (not shown) for automatically emitting a needle N mounted in the cartridge 70, ), The elastic member 60, the pinion gear 81, the rack gear 82, and the like are the same as or similar to those of the above-described embodiment, and thus a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The cartridge 70 includes a submerged portion 71 in which a plurality of needles N are arranged in the lateral direction and a plurality of needles N, Out hole 72 and a plurality of striking holes 73 through which the front end of the striking member 50 is inserted are formed.

The rear end of the cartridge 70 and the rear end of the cartridge 70 are positioned so that each needle N can be aligned with the striking member 50 in a correct position when the cartridge 70 is laterally moved by a certain distance, A plurality of positioning grooves 76 are formed at predetermined intervals along the lateral direction of the cartridge 70 and at the rear end and / or the front end of the stalk mounting portion 20, the positioning grooves 76 A ball plunger 22 is inserted to the inside of the ball plunger 22 to be elastically inserted. The ball plunger 22 is composed of a ball 22a and a spring 22b inserted into the positioning groove 76. One or two or more of the ball plungers 22 may be installed in an appropriate number at appropriate positions.

Therefore, when the user automatically fires any one of the needles N mounted on the cartridge 70 and moves the cartridge 70 to the side of the striking part 20 when the next needle is to be fired, The stop position of the cartridge 70 is determined while the negative positioning groove 76 is resiliently coupled to the ball plunger 22 and the striking projection 50 of the striking member 50 (see Fig. 2) The cartridge 70 is ready to be fired without moving while the cartridge 52 (see Fig. 2) is aligned.

A first through hole 77 is formed in the upper surface of the cartridge 70 at a position corresponding to each needle N so that the needle N in the cartridge 70 can always be struck at an accurate position. A ball 23 is provided on an upper surface of the needle mounting part 20 to press and support the upper end of the needle N downward through the first through hole 77 and a lower part A ball spring 24 for applying an elastic force can be provided.

A second through hole 78 is formed at a position corresponding to each needle N on the lower surface of the cartridge 70. The second through hole 78 is formed in the lower surface of the needle mounting portion 20, A lower support ball 25 for supporting the upper end of the needles N by pressing the upper ends of the needles N downward can be additionally provided.

The embodiment of the acupuncture device having such a structure has a structure in which the practitioner can perform the operation by automatically firing the needle N while gradually moving the cartridge 70 in the lateral direction by a predetermined distance.

Of course, in this embodiment, the cartridge 70 is configured to move in the lateral direction of the main body 10, but may be configured to move in the up and down direction of the main body 10 differently.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. And it is to be understood that such modified embodiments belong to the scope of protection of the present invention defined by the appended claims.

N: Needle 10: Body
11: Needle thrower 20:
22: ball plunger 23: ball
24: Ball spring 25: Lower support ball
30: push button 35: button spring
36: locking groove 37: locking plate
40: rotation cam 41: driven tooth projection
50: striking member 51:
52: striking projection 60: elastic member
70: cartridge 71:
72: Needle drawer 73: Strike ball
74: pressure plate 75: pressure spring
76: positioning grooves 77, 78: first and second through holes
81: Pinion gear 82: Rack gear
90: Display unit 92: Button contact sensor

Claims (12)

A body 10 in the form of a hollow tube having a needlepoint 11 through which a needle N is emitted at a front end thereof;
An acupuncture point 20 disposed immediately behind the needlepoint 11 and to which a needle to be used is mounted;
A push button 30 which is installed on a side portion of the main body 10 so as to be linearly movable and moves with respect to the main body 10 by a pressing operation of an operator;
A rotation cam 40 rotatably installed in the main body 10 and having a plurality of drive tooth projections 41 shaped like gears on the outer periphery thereof, the rotation cams 40 having a predetermined length along the circumferential direction;
A driven tooth projecting portion 51 which is provided so as to linearly reciprocate along the axial direction of the main body 10 immediately behind the stalk mounting portion 20 and engages with the drive teeth projections 41 of the rotation cam 40 A striking member (50) formed to strik the rear end portion of the needle (N) of the stalk mounting portion (20);
An elastic member (60) for applying an elastic force to the striking member (50) forward;
An interlocking unit for converting a linear movement of the push button 30 into a rotary motion of the rotation cam 40;
And an automatic acupuncture device. The linkage unit according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit comprises: a pinion gear (81) coupled to a central portion of the rotation cam (40) and having a gear formed along a circumferential direction at an outer periphery thereof; And a rack gear (82) extending in the same direction as the moving direction of the pinion gear (30) and having gear teeth engaged with the pinion gear (81) on one side thereof. The automatic acupressure device according to claim 1, further comprising a safety lock unit for restricting a pressing operation of the push button (30). The safety lock unit according to claim 3, wherein the safety lock unit comprises: a locking groove (36) having a "C" shape formed to be laterally opened in the push button (30) And a locking plate 37 which is rotatably installed on the outer surface in a range of a predetermined angle and one end of which is inserted into the locking groove 36 of the push button 30 to limit the movement of the push button 30. [ An automatic acupuncture device. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a sensing unit installed at one side of the main body (10) on which the pushbutton (30) is installed and sensing that the pushbutton (30) Further comprising a display unit (90) for displaying the number of times the push button (30) is sensed by the display unit (90). The touch sensor according to claim 5, wherein the sensing unit includes a button contact sensor (92) slidably installed on a movement path of the push button (30) and contacting the push button (30) Wherein the automatic irrigation device comprises: The cartridge according to claim 1, further comprising a cartridge (70) detachably mounted on the stalk mounting part (20) and having a floatation part (71) in which a plurality of needles (N)
Out opening 72 through which the needle N is discharged and a striking hole 73 through which the front end of the striking member 50 is inserted are formed in the front and rear surfaces of the lower end portion of the lower end of the immersion- And a pressure plate 74 and a pressure spring 75 for pushing the stacked needles N in the submergence absorbing portion 71 downward are provided at the upper end of the submergence absorbing portion 71 An automatic acupuncture device. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a button spring (35) for resiliently supporting the push button (30) with respect to the body (10). The cartridge (70) according to any one of claims 1 to 7, further comprising: a cartridge (70) having a water immersion part (71) movably disposed at a predetermined distance in a lateral direction and having a plurality of needles (N) Further,
A plurality of needle depression holes 72 through which the needles N are discharged and a plurality of needle depression holes 72 through which the front end portion of the striking member 50 is inserted are formed on the front surface and the rear surface of the submergence- And the striking hole (73) is formed so as to penetrate through the striking hole (73). The cartridge according to claim 9, wherein a first through hole (77) is formed in the upper surface of the cartridge (70) at a position corresponding to each needle (N) Characterized in that a ball (23) for pressing and supporting the upper end of the needle (N) downward through a through hole (77) and a ball spring (24) for applying elastic force downward to the ball (23) Device. The cartridge according to claim 10, wherein a second through hole (78) is formed in a lower surface of the cartridge (70) at a position corresponding to each needle (N) And a lower support ball (25) for pressing and supporting the upper end of the needle (N) downward through the through hole (78) is provided. The cartridge (70) according to claim 9, wherein a plurality of positioning grooves (76) are formed at the rear end or the front end of the cartridge (70) at regular intervals along the lateral direction of the cartridge (70) And a ball plunger (22) elastically inserted into the positioning groove (76) at an end or a front end thereof.

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