WO2008004818A1

WO2008004818A1 - Rotating body for medical treatment

Info

Publication number: WO2008004818A1
Application number: PCT/KR2007/003258
Authority: WO
Inventors: Cheol-Min Cho
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-07-05
Filing date: 2007-07-04
Publication date: 2008-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 2009-01-05

Abstract

Provided is a rotating body for medical treatment. The rotating body includes: a rotating member rotating about a rotation axis, including radial ribs arranged radially in a circumferential direction and extending in a rotation axis direction, and including slits that are elongated in an axial direction of the rotating member between the adjacent radial ribs; insertion members inserted into the slits in rotation axis direction so as to be coupled to the rotating member; and needle members penetrating into the insertion members so as to protrude from the insertion members, and rotating with the rotating member in which the insertion members are coupled to the rotating member.

Description

ROTATING BODY FORMEDICAL TREATMENT

Technical Field

[1] The present invention relates to a rotating body for medical treatment, and more particularly, to a rotating body for medical treatment having an improved structure so as to rapidly and sufficiently perform acupuncture throughout a large part of the human body. Background Art

[2] Medical treatments for circulating the blood sufficiently in the human body are currently being performed. In particular, in the field of oriental medicine, if a blood circulation disorder is caused by a thrombus or narrowed blood vessels, acupuncture to a certain part of the human body is performed using an acupuncture device to forcefully extract blood from of the human body, and then, a pressure on the certain part that is being acupunctured is increased so as to allow the blood to sufficiently circulate in such part.

[3] Conventionally, the acupuncture device includes a cylindrical case member that is elongated in a certain direction, and a needle member coupled to the cylindrical case member, and which can be elastically moved by an operator in a length direction of the cylindrical case member to protrude from a front edge of the cylindrical case member.

[4] Therefore, when the needle member protrudes such that a tip of the needle member contacts the skin of the human body, the needle member pierces into the skin of the human body, and thereby, forming a respective hole in the skin such that blood outflows from the hole.

[5] Additionally, in order to forcefully extract blood from a large area of the human body, the acupuncture device is repeatedly operated to pierce the skin with a plurality of holes throughout such large area. However, since the needle member is repeatedly pierced into the skin, the patient feels uncomfortable pain and, at the same time, it is inconvenient to operate the acupuncture device.

[6] Recently, a rotary acupuncture device has been developed in order to solve the above described problem, and such rotary acupuncture device includes a handle member, a plurality of circular rotating members that are rotatably coupled with the handle member, and needle members disposed between the circular rotating members.

[7] In the rotary acupuncture device, the circular rotating members are coaxially arranged, and the needle members are arranged radially in a circumferential direction between the circular rotating members, and then, the circular rotating members are attached to the handle member by an adhesive. Then, the needle members are fixed between the circular rotating members. Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem

[8] However, the rotary acupuncture device has the following problems.

[9] That is, each of the circular rotating members is attached to the handle member by an adhesive that is harmful to the human body of a patient.

[10] In addition, when the circular rotating members are wrongly coupled with the handle member, it is difficult or impossible to separate and re-couple the circular rotating members. Therefore, the coupling must be precisely performed, and thus, an efficiency of the coupling operation is degraded.

[11] In addition, since the needle members are fixed between the circular rotating members by the adhesive, it is not easy to check the arrangement status of the needle members when the rotating members are coupled, and thus, a reliability of the product may also be degraded. Technical Solution

[12] The present invention provides a rotating body for medical treatment having an improved structure, by which acupuncture can be rapidly and sufficiently performed on a large area of the human body and the assembling efficiency of the rotating body can be improved.

[13] According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotating body for medical treatment, the rotating body including: a rotating member rotating about a rotation axis, including radial ribs arranged radially in a circumferential direction and extending in a rotation axis direction, and including slits that are elongated in an axial direction of the rotating member between adjacent radial ribs; a plurality insertion members inserted into the slits in the rotation axis direction so as to be coupled to the rotating member; and a plurality needle members penetrating into the insertion members so as to protrude from the insertion members, and rotating with the rotating member in which the insertion members are coupled to the rotating member.

[14] The rotating body may further include a handle member to which the rotating member is rotatably coupled.

[15] Each of the slits may include a first recess having a width that is reduced radially inward in the radial direction of the rotating member and a second recess having a width that is increased toward the inner portion of the rotating member in the radial direction of the rotating member, and each of the insertion members may include a filling portion filled in the first recess, and an insertion portion that is inserted into the second recess so as to prevent the insertion member from uncoupling from the rotating member in the radial direction of the rotating member.

[16] The rotating body may further include cover members having disc shapes that are coupled to both end portions of the rotating member in an axial direction so as to prevent the insertion members from uncoupling from the rotating member in an insertion direction of the insertion members. [17] The rotating body may further include ring-shaped step portion formed in the cover members, and circumferentially protruding from the cover members; and ring-shaped recess portion formed in the rotating member so as to couple to the ring-shaped step portion. [18] The rotating body may further include: coupling recesses formed on the radial ribs and the insertion members; and coupling step portion formed circumferentially protruding from the cover members so as to couple to the coupling recesses of the radial ribs and the insertion members. [19] Each of the insertion members may include the needle members that are arranged in a row in the rotation axis direction of the rotating member.

Advantageous Effects [20] The rotating body for medical treatment of the present invention has the following effects. [21] That is, since an additional coupling unit such as an adhesive or a coupling screw for coupling the rotating member and the insertion members, and the rotating member and the cover members is not required, an assembling property of the product can be improved, and thus, costs for fabricating the product can be reduced and the product is more hygienical. [22] In addition, according to the present invention, since the needle members coupled to the rotating member contact the human body as the rotating member rotates, a medical operator can rapidly and sufficiently perform acupuncture , and pain caused by repeated acupuncture can be reduced.

Description of Drawings [23] The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which: [24] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rotating body for medical treatment, according to an embodiment of the present invention; [25] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the rotating body for medical treatment of

FIG. 1; [26] FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the rotating body for medical treatment taken along line III-iπ of FTG. 1 ; and [27] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the rotating body for medical treatment taken along line IV-IV of HG. 1. Best Mode

[28] Hereinafter, a rotating body for medical treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.

[29] FlG. 1 is a perspective view of the rotating body for medical treatment, according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FlG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the rotating body for medical treatment of FlG. 1. FlG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the rotating body for medical treatment taken along line 111-111 of FlG. 1, and FlG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the rotating body for medical treatment taken along line IV- IV of FIG. 1.

[30] Referring to the drawings, the rotating body for medical treatment according to the current embodiment includes a rotating member 20 rotating about a center rotary axis line extending in a direction, insertion members 30 coupled to the rotating member 20, and needle members 40 coupled with the insertion members 30.

[31] The rotating member 20 is rotatably coupled to a handle member 10, and includes radial ribs 22 arranged radially in a circumferential direction. Each of the radial ribs 22 is elongated in the center rotary axis direction of the rotating member 20. Slits 24 that are elongated in the center rotary axis direction are formed between adjacent radial ribs 22.

[32] The insertion members 30 are inserted into the slits 24 in the center rotary axis direction so as to be coupled to the rotating member 20. Each of the slits 24 includes a first recess 24a and a second recess 24b. As shown in FlG. 3, the first recess 24a has a width (A) that is reduced radially inward in the radial direction of the rotating member 20. A filling portion 32 of the insertion member 30 is filled in the first recess 24a.

[33] An insertion portion 34 of the insertion member 30 is inserted into the second recess

24b that communicates with the first recess 24a, and includes a portion (B) that has a width that is increased toward the inner portion in the radial direction. This structure prevents the insertion member 30 coupled to the slit 24 from uncoupling from the slit 24 in the radial direction of the rotating member 20.

[34] In the current embodiment, coupling recesses 28 and 38 are respectively disposed in each of the radial ribs 22 and each of the insertion members 30. In a status where the insertion member 30 is coupled to the rotating member 20, the coupling recess 28 of the radial rib 22 and the coupling recess 38 of the insertion member 30 are connected to each other to form a circle.

[35] Cover members 50 in the shape of discs are coupled to both end portions of the rotating member 20 in an axial direction, and thus, prevent the insertion member 30 from uncoupling from the rotating member 20 in the insertion direction of the rotating member 20.

[36] Each of the cover members 50 includes a coupling step portion 54 circumferentially protruding from the cover member 50. The coupling step portion 54 has a circular shape having the same diameter as that of the circle formed by the coupling recesses 28 and 38 so that the coupling step portion 54 can be inserted into the coupling recesses 28 and 38 of the radial rib 22 and the insertion member 30, and fix the cover member 50 onto the rotating member 20.

[37] The rotating member 20 includes a ring-shaped recess portion 26. In addition, the cover member 50 includes a ring-shaped step portion 52 that circumferentially protrudes from the cover member 50, and is inserted into the ring-shaped recess portion 26 to firmly couple the rotating member 20 and the cover member 50 to each other.

[38] Additionally, the rotating member 20 and the insertion member 30 are formed of a synthetic resin material such as ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer). Each of the insertion members 30 includes a plurality of penetration holes 36 that are arranged in a row in the rotation axis direction of the rotating member 20. A plurality of needle members 40 are coupled with the penetration holes 36 of the insertion members 30.

[39] That is, the needle members 40 respectively penetrate into the penetration holes 36 in a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction of the insertion member 30. The needle members 40 penetrate the insertion members 30 so as to protrude from the insertion members 30, and are rotated with the rotating member 20 in which the insertion members 30 are coupled to the rotating member 20.

[40] Each of the needle members 40 can be formed, for example, by plating gold on stainless steel. Thus, acupuncture throughout a large area of the human body can be rapidly and sufficiently performed since the needle members 40 are pierced into the skin of the human body as the rotating member 20 rotates.

[41] In the drawings, the rotating body includes a rotary shaft 60 about which the rotating member 20 rotates.

[42] Hereinafter, operations of the rotating body for medical treatment according to the current embodiment will be described in detail.

[43] The rotating body for medical treatment of the current embodiment is assembled as follows. The insertion members 30, to which the needle members 40 are coupled, are inserted into the slits 24 of the rotating member 20, and the cover members 50 are coupled to both end portions of the rotating member 20. In addition, the rotary shaft 60 is coupled to the handle member 10 and the rotating member 20.

[44] As described above, the rotating body for medical treatment according to the current embodiment does not require an additional coupling unit for coupling the rotating member 20 to the insertion members 30 and for coupling the rotating member 20 to the cover members 50. Therefore, an assembling property of the product can be improved, and costs for fabricating the product can be reduced.

[45] In particular, the slits 24 of the rotating member 20 include the second recesses 24b and the insertion members 30 include the insertion portions 34 that are inserted into the second recesses 24b, and thus, the insertion members 30 do not uncouple from the rotating member 20 in the radial direction of the rotating member 20. In addition, since the cover members 50 are coupled to both end portions of the rotating member 20, the insertion members 30 do not uncouple from the rotating member 20 in the axial direction of the rotating member 20.

[46] The rotating body for medical treatment assembled through the above processes is used to sufficiently circulate blood in the human body. For example, the rotating body can be used as an auxiliary device in the medical treatment for circulating blood of a patient having a blood circulation disorder.

[47] For example, a medical operator can grab the handle member 10 and pierce the skin of a patient with the needle members 40 that protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotating member 20 as the rotating member 20 is rotated and pressed against the skin and thus cause blood to flow out.

[48] As described above, acupuncture can be performed on a large area of the human body by rotating the rotating member 20 while pressing the rotating member 20. Therefore, the medical operator can rapidly and sufficiently perform acupuncture, and uncomfortable pain to the patient caused by repeated acupuncture can be prevented.

[49] Besides the above example, when surgery for removing cancer is performed, a large lump of the cancer can be removed through the surgery and a small lump of the cancer can be removed using the rotating body for medical treatment of the current embodiment of the present invention.

[50] While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.

Claims

[1] A rotating body for medical treatment, the rotating body comprising: a rotating member rotating about a rotation axis, including radial ribs arranged radially in a circumferential direction and extending in a rotation axis direction, and including slits that are elongated in an axial direction of the rotating member between adjacent radial ribs; a plurality insertion members inserted into the slits in the rotation axis direction so as to be coupled to the rotating member; and a plurality needle members penetrating into the insertion members so as to protrude from the insertion members, and rotating with the rotating member in which the insertion members are coupled to the rotating member.

[2] The rotating body of claim 1, further comprising: a handle member to which the rotating member is rotatably coupled.

[3] The rotating body of claim 1, wherein each of the slits includes a first recess having a width that is reduced radially inward in the radial direction of the rotating member and a second recess having a width that is increased toward the inner portion of the rotating member in the radial direction of the rotating member, and each of the insertion members includes a filling portion filled in the first recess, and an insertion portion that is inserted into the second recess so as to prevent the insertion member from uncoupling from the rotating member in the radial direction of the rotating member.

[4] The rotating body of claim 1, further comprising: cover members having disc shapes that are coupled to both end portions of the rotating member in an axial direction so as to prevent the insertion members from uncoupling from the rotating member in an insertion direction of the insertion members.

[5] The rotating body of claim 4, further comprising: ring-shaped step portion formed in the cover members, and circumferentially protruding from the cover members; and ring-shaped recess portion formed in the rotating member so as to couple to the ring-shaped step portion.

[6] The rotating body of claim 4, further comprising: coupling recesses formed on the radial ribs and the insertion members; and coupling step portion formed circumferentially protruding from the cover members so as to couple to the coupling recesses of the radial ribs and the insertion member.

[7] The rotating body of claim 1, wherein each of the insertion members includes the needle members that are arranged in a row in the rotation axis direction of the rotating member.