WO2001035896A1 - Electropunctual stimulation electrode and manipulating implement for the same - Google Patents
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- WO2001035896A1 WO2001035896A1 PCT/AT2000/000296 AT0000296W WO0135896A1 WO 2001035896 A1 WO2001035896 A1 WO 2001035896A1 AT 0000296 W AT0000296 W AT 0000296W WO 0135896 A1 WO0135896 A1 WO 0135896A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61N—ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
- A61N1/00—Electrotherapy; Circuits therefor
- A61N1/02—Details
- A61N1/04—Electrodes
- A61N1/05—Electrodes for implantation or insertion into the body, e.g. heart electrode
- A61N1/0502—Skin piercing electrodes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B17/00—Surgical instruments, devices or methods, e.g. tourniquets
- A61B17/30—Surgical pincettes without pivotal connections
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- 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
- A61H39/00—Devices for locating or stimulating specific reflex points of the body for physical therapy, e.g. acupuncture
- A61H39/002—Using electric currents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
- B25B11/00—Work holders not covered by any preceding group in the subclass, e.g. magnetic work holders, vacuum work holders
- B25B11/005—Vacuum work holders
- B25B11/007—Vacuum work holders portable, e.g. handheld
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
- B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
- B25B9/00—Hand-held gripping tools other than those covered by group B25B7/00
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- the invention relates to an electrical punctual stimulation electrode, with a, in particular needle-shaped, contact part and a flexible lead connected to the contact part, which is provided for connecting the electrode to a treatment current generator.
- the invention further relates to a handling tool for such an electrode.
- Electrodes of the aforementioned type are provided for the stimulation of receptor areas which are located at a number of places in the body below the surface of the skin and are in a conduction-conducting connection with parts of the body located in other areas of the body.
- the stimulation can exert an influence on the parts of the body that have a stimulus-conducting connection with such receptor areas for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.
- the type, the extent and the duration of the effect brought about by the stimulation with such electrodes can be adjusted by selecting the current delivered by the treatment current generator to the relevant electrode.
- the receptor areas usually have a very small spatial extent and there are often receptor areas assigned to different parts of the body closely next to one another, so that precise placement of the electrodes on the body and also a stable fit of these electrodes are of great importance. In order to ensure a well reproducible relationship between the respectively set values of the treatment current supplied to the electrodes and the effects achieved by the stimulation, it is also important that other irritations in the electrode area are largely avoided.
- the punctual stimulation electrode according to the invention of the type mentioned at the outset is characterized in that the, in particular, needle-shaped contact part is provided with a bead of electrically insulating material which covers the connection point between the contact part and the lead and is firmly attached to the contact part.
- the electrode can easily be grasped and held by hand or by means of a rod-like tool that engages the bead, and in this way the electrode can be positioned exactly at the body points provided in each case.
- the pearl also offers extensive security against any adverse contact effects at the location of the electrode and the immediate vicinity of this location, e.g. from any burrs of a soldered, welded or clamped connection or from any remaining residues of oxidation or flux, solder or the like could originate at the connection point of the contact part and supply line. Furthermore, it is also important that the pearl provides a good mechanical hold of the lead on the contact part of the electrode, so that the lead itself can be very thin and flexible and, accordingly, the electrode or its seat at the stimulation point of the lead can hardly be any more is loaded, which is also important for the positioning of the electrode, in which such an electrode is often also rotated somewhat.
- the presence of the pearl also offers advantages in terms of keeping the stimulation site sterile, in particular when it is grasped with a tool for handling the electrode, which is particularly advantageous if the contact part of the electrode is in the form of a needle that can be inserted into the body.
- the pearl itself can have various shapes, in addition to a spherical shape or egg-like shape also flattened shapes, such as, for example, lenticular flattened shapes or simple platelets or disks, which do not necessarily have to have a circular outline, are also possible.
- An embodiment of the electrode designed according to the invention which is advantageous in terms of handling is characterized in that the bead is cambered on the side facing away from the tip of a needle-shaped contact part.
- Such an embodiment can be manufactured very simply and can be easily grasped and held with a suction handling tool, which also simplifies the positioning of the electrode, and if desired, such an electrode can be very easily fixed to the body with an adhesive strip.
- a suction handling tool which also simplifies the positioning of the electrode, and if desired, such an electrode can be very easily fixed to the body with an adhesive strip.
- the pearl has a thin, sleeve-like outlet at the outlet point of the feed line.
- the contact part at least on its surface, consists of titanium.
- the covering or sheathing of the connection point of the contact part and the feed line by the pearl made of electrically insulating material provided in the electrode according to the invention is of particular importance.
- a layer of a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the pearl, on its side facing the tip of a needle-shaped contact part.
- a related embodiment of the electrode is characterized in that the pearl is shaped like a flattened lens and sits with a flattened side on a spherically shaped contact part.
- the handling tool for an electrode designed according to the invention is characterized in that the tool is designed as a hollow rod which has at one end a holding device which is matched to the size of the pearl of the electrode and which can be actuated by finger pressure is.
- An advantageous embodiment of this tool which, with a simple structure, enables very sensitive manipulation of the electrode. light, is characterized in that a suction cup is provided as the holding device, which is connected to an elastic balloon chamber which can be compressed by finger pressure.
- the hollow rod forming the tool has a reduced diameter of less than 5 mm in a partial area of its longitudinal extent ,
- Another embodiment of the handling tool according to the invention which allows the electrode to be held very firmly on the holding device, which is significant if greater resistances have to be overcome when placing the contact part of the electrode, is characterized in that a resilient gripper is used as the holding device the pearl-engaging pliers arms is provided, the pliers arms being connected to a button or lever that can be actuated by finger pressure.
- FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of an electrode designed according to the invention in section
- FIG. 7 shows a first embodiment of a tool designed according to the invention for handling an electrode according to the invention in a sectional view
- an electricalisedualsti ulationselektrode 1 has a needle-shaped contact part 2, to which a flexible supply line 4 is connected, which leads to a schematically indicated treatment current generator 5.
- the connection of the feed line 4 to the treatment current generator 5 can take place, for example, with a plug-in device, not shown.
- a pearl 9 Arranged on the contact part 2 is a pearl 9, which is made of an electrically insulating material, and which covers the connection point 6 of the contact part 2 and the supply line 4 and is firmly seated on the contact part 2.
- connection point 6 is covered by the pearl 9 against the section of the needle-shaped contact part 2 which is to be pierced into the body, so that no irritating influences, such as sharp burrs or chemically active residues present at this connection point 6, are disruptive in the area of the insertion point Appearance can occur, and it is also sheathed at the end of the feed line 4 present at the connection point 6, the pearl 9 sheathing both the conductor 7 of the feed line 4 and the insulation 8 of this feed line, so that even with a very thin and flexible design the supply line 4 is mechanically well anchored to the contact part 2. It is very advantageous if the pearl 9 consists of a flexible material.
- the pearl 9 is cambered on the side 11 facing away from the tip 10 of the needle-shaped contact part 2, and it has the pearl
- a layer 17 of a pressure sensitive adhesive which is applied to the bead 9 on its side facing the tip 10 of the contact part 2, serves to improve the retention of the electrode at the puncture site.
- 1 and 2 are needle-shaped contact parts 2 with a relatively short length 13, from the pearl 9 to the tip
- the needle-shaped contact parts 2 are in Figs. 1 and 2 with smooth surface. However, in order to maintain a good fit of the needle-shaped contact parts at the puncture point even in the case of a small penetration depth and to facilitate the insertion or insertion of these contact parts, it is also possible to provide an externally sharp-edged thread 14 on the contact parts 2, the pitch of which is greater than that Diameter of the needle-shaped contact part is.
- the pitch 15 is to be understood as shown schematically in FIG. 4 and is in relation to the diameter 16 of the contact part 2.
- FIG. 4 shows a thread 14 which extends over more than one pitch, while the needle-shaped contact part 2 of FIG .3 a thread 14 is provided, which only extends over about half a pitch.
- the thread shown is catchy. But you can also provide a multi-start thread.
- a needle-shaped contact part 2 which has a greater length 13, measured from the pearl 9 to the tip 10, namely approximately 10 mm to approximately 50 mm, such as this is to be provided to reach deeper receptor areas.
- the pearl 9 is provided in this case with recesses 33 which serve the engagement of a pliers-like clamp of a handling tool with which the electrode 1 can be detected when inserted into receptor areas located under the skin and also when it is pulled away after the end of a treatment.
- the contact part 3 of the electrode is spherical, and the bead 9, which is shaped like a lens flattened, sits with a flattened side 12 on this spherically shaped contact part 3. Also in this case, the connection point 6 of contact part 3 and lead 4 tightly sheathed by the pearl 9.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 are designed as a hollow rod 20 which has at one end a holding device 21 which is matched to the size of the pearl of the electrode to be detected. These holding devices can be actuated by finger pressure.
- a suction cup 22 is provided as a holding device 21, which is connected via a tube to a balloon chamber 23, which in turn is somewhat compressed by pressing a button 24 can be.
- the holding device 21 has a resilient gripper 28 with tong arms 29, which are pressed together by a constraint 30 provided in the hollow bar as soon as the gripper 28 is pulled upwards by the rod 31 under the influence of a spring 25 , To open the tong arms 29, the rod 31 can be pressed down with a button 32.
- the hollow rod 20 forming the tool in question has a reduced diameter of less than 5 mm in a partial region 26 of its longitudinal extent, so that the tool can be easily rotated between two fingers of one hand if desired can what is usually advantageous for the positioning of an electrode in question here.
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US4037590A (en) * | 1975-11-17 | 1977-07-26 | Dohring Albert A | Point pressure therapy device |
US4139011A (en) * | 1975-12-19 | 1979-02-13 | Benoit Jean L P M | Device for driving a needle into a patient |
US4244375A (en) * | 1979-02-07 | 1981-01-13 | Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. | Transcutaneous electrode with finger operative attachment assembly |
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US9782584B2 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2017-10-10 | Nervana, LLC | Transcutaneous electrostimulator and methods for electric stimulation |
US10130809B2 (en) | 2014-06-13 | 2018-11-20 | Nervana, LLC | Transcutaneous electrostimulator and methods for electric stimulation |
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