Method for implanting electra-acupuncture needle

A method for applying an electro-acupuncture device to body tissue, said device comprising a head having receiver means therein for selectively receiving and converting high frequency magnetic energy pulses into stimulating pulses, a first electrode including a metallic tube electrically connected to said receiver means for receiving said stimulating pulses therefrom and a needle-like wire adapted to be slidably mounted in said tube, and a second electrode, electrically connected to said receiver means and electrically insulated from said tube, said method comprising the steps of

• placing said head on said body tissue,
• inserting said wire through said tube to project beyond a distal end of said tube to pierce said body tissue,
• positioning an exposed tip at a distal end of said wire at a preselected distance from the distal end of said tube and at a at a preselected location and depth in said body tissue,
• electrically connecting said needle to said tube and fixing the position on the exposed tip of said wire in said body tissue,
• transmitting high frequency magnetic energy pulses to said receiver means to convert said energy pulses to stimulating pulses, and
• transmitting said stimulating pulses sequentially from said receiver means to said first electrode, through said body tissue and to said second electrode.