# US 2016/0354554 A1 · Device And Method For The Reduction Of Pain Associated With Needle Sticks

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- Number: US 2016/0354554 A1
- Document ID: US20160354554A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/174,094
- Filed: 2016-06-06
- Published: 2016-12-08
- Earliest claimed: 2006-10-04
- Assignees: Mmj Labs, LLC
- Applicants: Mmj Labs, LLC
- Inventors: Amy L. Baxter; Louis A. Calderon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160354554A1

## CPC

- A61M 5/422: {Desensitising skin}
- A61F 7/10: Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
- A61H 23/00: Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms {(apparatus for passive exercising A61H1/00; generating or transmitting mechanical vibrations in general B06B)}
- A61F 7/032: {using oxygen from the air, e.g. pocket-stoves}
- A61F 2007/0001: {Body part}
- A61F 2007/0075: {using a Peltier element, e.g. near the spot to be heated or cooled}
- A61F 2007/0078: {with a battery}
- A61F 2007/0084: {using a solar cell}
- A61F 2007/0285: {Local anaesthetic effect}
- A61H 2201/0119: Support for the device
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)

## Abstract

A device that is used to reduce the pain of a needle stick to a person, the device having a casing containing a vibratory device and a temperature reducing device, and a method for using the device to reduce the pain of a needle stick by applying both thermal and vibration analgesia to a subject during a needle stick.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-22. (canceled)

### Claim 23

A device for reducing pain at a site of a subject, comprising:
(a) a vibrational source capable of producing vibration; and
(b) a thermal source capable of being cooled;
wherein the vibrational source and thermal source are operatively positioned relative to each other such that the thermal source and the vibrational source cooperate to provide cold and vibration to a site of the subject; and
wherein the combination of the cold and vibration transmitted produces a thermal analgesia and vibrational analgesia effect so as to reduce pain at the site of the subject.

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, wherein, during operation, the vibrational source is configured to be varied among a plurality of vibrational cycles.

### Claim 25 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, wherein the thermal source is capable of cooling the site to a temperature of below about 45° F. (7.2° C.).

### Claim 26 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, wherein the thermal source is capable of cooling the site to a temperature of between about 54° F. (12.2° C.) and about 28° F. (−2.2° C.).

### Claim 27 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, wherein the thermal source comprises a metal ingot, a low freezing point liquid, a low freezing point gel, a ceramic, a polymer, or ice.

### Claim 28 (depends on 30)

The device of claim 30, wherein the thermal source comprises a low freezing point gel.

### Claim 29 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, further comprising a casing comprising an application area; and wherein the vibrational source is contained within the casing.

### Claim 30 (depends on 32)

The device of claim 32, wherein the casing is manufactured from a pliant material comprising natural or synthetic woven or non-woven fabrics, rubbers, flexible polymer materials, or flexible silicone-based materials,

### Claim 31 (depends on 32)

The device of claim 32, wherein the casing is manufactured from a material that is non-toxic, hypo-allergenic and non-staining to the subject.

### Claim 32 (depends on 23)

The device of claim 23, further comprising a strap for holding the device at or near the site on the subject.

### Claim 33

A method for reducing pain at a site of a subject, comprising:
(a) placing a device comprising:
a vibrational source capable of producing vibration; and
a thermal source capable of being cooled;
wherein the thermal source has been cooled to a desired temperature;
(b) operatively positioning the vibrational source and thermal source relative to each other such that the thermal source and the vibrational source cooperate to provide cold and vibration to the site in the subject;
(c) activating the vibrational source;
(d) maintaining the device at the site for a time sufficient to reducing pain at the site;
wherein the combination of the cold and vibration transmitted produces a thermal analgesia and vibrational analgesia effect so as to reduce pain at the site of the subject.

### Claim 34 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, wherein the thermal source has been cooled to a temperature of temperature of below about 45° F. (7.2° C.).

### Claim 35 (depends on 36)

The method of claim 36, wherein the thermal source has been cooled to a temperature of between about 54° F. (12.2° C.) and about 28° F. (−2.2° C.).