Heat conductive needle for acupuncture
OwnerJoo Young Kim, Seung Ah Seo +1inventors
InventorsJoo Young Kim, Seung Ah Seo, Dong Hyun Kim
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a heat-conducting needle for acupuncture in which heat conduction occurs only in the needle body area involved in the treatment during oriental medicine treatment and includes a needle body formed of a metal material with relatively high conductivity to be inserted into human tissue, a needle grip fixed to a rear end of the needle body to form a grip for procedure, and a non-conductive holding cover detachably coupled to the needle grip to cover the needle grip or covering the needle grip together with a portion of the needle grip and made of a material having relatively low conductivity.
Claims3
A heat conductive needle for acupuncture, the needle comprising:
- a needle body formed of a metal material with high conductivity to be inserted into human tissue;
- a needle grip fixed to a rear end of the needle body to form a grip for procedure;
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- a non-conductive holding cover detachably coupled to the needle grip to cover the needle grip or covering the needle grip together with a portion of the needle grip and made of a material having low conductivity
- wherein the non-conductive holding cover comprises a needle grip cover made of any one of synthetic resin, silicone, rubber, and latex, made in a tubular shape, and detachably coupled along the longitudinal direction of the needle grip;
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- a needle body cover made of the same material as the needle grip cover and made in a tubular shape, provided at a lower end of the needle grip cover, and detachably coupled along the longitudinal direction of the needle body, wherein the needle grip cover is configured separately from the needle body cover, and
- wherein the non-conductive holding cover further comprises an incision cut along the longitudinal direction of the needle grip cover to form an opening in a portion of the needle grip cover and coupled to the needle grip through the opening to couple the needle grip cover to the needle grip in a wound form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.