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US 2024/0207137 A1Published application
Device, system, and method for self dry needle for pain or discomfort
AssigneeDry Needling Innovation Systems, LLC
InventorDana Halderson
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Abstract
Device, system, and method for dry needling comprising a device having a surface area configured to surround a location on a user, one or more openings in the surface area, each opening supporting a directional needle guide configured to allow a needle to pass therethrough to the location on the user; and one or more needles configured to fit within each directional needle guide.
Claims17
A system for self-needling comprising:
- a device comprising a surface area configured to surround a location on a user,
- one or more openings in the surface area, each opening supporting a directional needle guide configured to allow a needle to pass therethrough to the location on the user;
- and
- one or more needles configured to fit within each directional needle guide.
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A method for self-administering therapeutic needling comprising:
- donning a sleeve on a selected location on a user;
- and
- inserting one or more needles through one or more corresponding needle guides held by one or more corresponding apertures in the sleeve into a selected muscle positioned therebelow,
- wherein the one or more needle guides are secured to one or more target locations on the sleeve wherein the target locations correspond to one or more locations on the selected location of the user, and
- wherein the sleeve has dimensions specific to hold the sleeve and one or more needle guides on the selected location on the user while inserting the one or more needles through the one or more needle guides and into the selected muscle.
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A system for dry needling or acupuncture comprising:
- a device comprising one or more surface areas configured to attach to a selected location on a user, one or more openings in the one or more surface areas, each opening configured for supporting a needle passing therethrough and into the selected location on the user;
- and
- an adhesive layer on the device configured to removably secure the device to the selected location;
- wherein the one or more locations correspond to a muscle or muscle group, scar or scar tissue, incision site, wound, a dermal trauma injury, a neural tissue trauma injury, muscular trauma injury, contracture, stretch marks, connective tissue, joint, or combinations thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.