Therapeutic and diagnostic needling device and method
AssigneeUniversity of Vermont
InventorsDavid L. Churchill, Helene M. Langevin
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Abstract
The invention relate to a needing device for mechanically effecting needling procedures according to predetermined parameters and/or measuring the physical and/or electrical characteristics of such needing procedures. The invention also relates to methods of using the invention for mechanically effecting needling procedures according to predetermined parameters and/or measuring the physical and/or electrical characteristics of such needling procedures.
Claims11
A hand-held needling device for measuring pullout force required to remove a needle from tissue of a subject and/or torque resulting from rotation of a needle in a subject, the device comprising:
- (a) a shaft;
- (b) a needle grip mounted at an end of the shaft;
- (c) a needle mounted in the needle grip and adapted for in vivo use in an animal or a human;
- n(d) one or more of the following components:
- (i) a mechanism for providing an output indicative of pullout force coupled to the shaft or the needle grip;
- (ii) a mechanism for providing an output indicative of torque caused by rotation of the needle coupled to the shaft or the needle grip.
A hand-held needling device for measuring pullout force required to remove a needle from tissue of a subject and/or torque resulting from rotation of a needle in a subject, the device comprising:
- (a) a shaft;
- (b) a needle grip mounted at an end of the shaft;
- (c) a needle mounted in the needle grip and adapted for in vivo use in an animal or a human;
- (d) a force indicator coupled to the shaft or the needle grip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.