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US 6,280,454 B1Granted
Head acupuncture instrument
OwnerWei-Cheng Wanginventor
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Abstract
A head acupuncture instrument is disclosed. The head acupuncture instrument includes headgear with electrode probes mounted thereon, a wire dispenser, a plurality of wires extending from an electricity supply to the electrode probes via the wire dispenser, and a column with a bottom end secured to the headgear and a top end extensively received in the wire dispenser. The electrode probes offer stimulating current to acupuncture points needed to be stimulated in a patient's head.
Claims1
A head acupuncture instrument comprising:
- headgear including a crown, two side parts hinged to said crown;
- and a rear part hinged to said crown;
- a plurality of electrode probes, each having a casing pipe, and each extending through one of a plurality of through holes defined in said headgear;
- a mandril extending through said casing pipe with a spring mounted around a lower portion of said mandril and compressed between an electrode cap mounted on a bottom end of said mandril and an undersurface of the headgear;
- a pin mounted through a pin hole provided in said mandril and above an outer surface of said headgear whereby said mandril is fixed in said casing pipe;
- wherein said electrode cap is made of magnetic material with 1500-3500 GS, which offers a changeable effect of a magnetic field and wherein each electrode probe is directed toward a respective acupuncture point of a patient's head;
- a wire dispenser;
- a plurality of wires extending through said wire dispenser, each of said wires having a first end connected to an electricity supply and a second end connected to a respective one of said electrode probes;
- at least one earphone provided on an inside surface of said side parts;
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- support means with a bottom end secured to the headgear and a top end received in said wire dispenser;
- whereby electric current is received in each said electrode probe and a patient wearing said head acupuncture instrument can receive head acupuncture treatment and can further simultaneously receive aural therapy such as music.
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