Magnetized acupuncture needle assembly having a magnetized acupuncture needle and method
OwnerFrank Heinventor
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Abstract
An acupuncture needle assembly with an acupuncture needle and needle guide tube which are constructed and arranged to adhere magnetically together. The magnetic attraction allows the acupuncture needle to be held in the needle guide tube automatically. The needle guide tube may include magnetic or ferrous particles or material in its body structure. Preferably, the acupuncture needle includes magnetic or ferrous particles or material in its body structure. The needle handle may also glow in the dark.
Claims27
A magnetized acupuncture needle assembly comprising:
- an acupuncture needle having a portion which has a first material;
- and,
- a needle guide tube having a body with an interior circumferential surface forming a hollow center and having embedded in the body a second material wherein the second material is operable to magnetically attract or be magnetically attracted to the first material to automatically attract the acupuncture needle in the needle guide tube.
A magnetized acupuncture needle comprising:
- a needle handle having embedded therein material which is operable to magnetically attract or be magnetically attracted to material of a needle handle;
- and
- an elongated and thin cylindrical member with a sharpened needlepoint end, the sharpened needlepoint end being constructed and arranged to penetrate body tissue.
A method of securing an acupuncture needle in a needle guide tube comprising the steps of:
- magnetically attracting, in a hollow center of the needle guide tube, the acupuncture needle;
- and,
- magnetically securing the acupuncture needle in the hollow center.
A needle guide tube comprising non-metal material forming a tubular body with a hollow center, the tubular body having embedded therein particles which are operable to magnetically attract or be magnetically attracted to material of an acupuncture needle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.