Meridian point-probing device and curative effect-determining device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuhiko Amano
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Abstract
A meridian point-probing device includes a pulse wave-detecting unit for detecting pulse waves, a stimulation unit having an end that stimulates a position of skin of a trial subject, a memory unit for storing pulse waveforms detected by the pulse wave-detecting unit before and after the stimulation of the position by the stimulation unit, and a meridian point determination unit for determining whether the stimulated position is a meridian point, according to the pulse waveforms stored in the memory unit. The position of the meridian point can be objectively determined with high reproducibility.
Claims8
A meridian point-probing device comprising:
- a pulse wave-detecting unit which detects pulse waves;
- a stimulation unit having an end that stimulates a position of skin of a trial subject;
- a memory unit which stores pulse waveforms detected by the pulse wave-detecting unit before and after the stimulation of the position by the stimulation unit;
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- a meridian point determination unit which determines whether the stimulated position is a meridian point, according to the pulse waveforms stored in the memory unit.
A meridian point-probing device comprising:
- a pulse wave-detecting unit which detects pulse waves;
- a stimulation unit having an end that stimulates skin of a trial subject;
- a memory unit which stores pulse waveforms detected by the pulse wave-detecting unit after the stimulation of a plurality of positions of the skin of the trial subject by the stimulation unit;
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- a meridian point determination unit which determines whether each of the stimulated positions is a meridian point, according to the pulse waveforms stored in the memory unit.
A curative effect-determining device comprising:
- a pulse wave-detecting unit which detects pulse waves;
- an acupuncture unit having an acuminate tip for performing an acupuncture treatment;
- a memory unit which stores pulse waveforms detected by the pulse wave-detecting unit before and after the acupuncturing treatment by the acuminate tip;
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- a curative effect determination unit which determines the curative effect of the acupuncturing treatment, according to the pulse waveforms stored in the memory unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.