FR2625900A1 - Single-use acupuncture needles - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the handle plate of a disposable acupuncture needle. The handle plate consists of a plastic or synthetic wire which adheres very strongly to the metal handle, by adhesive bonding or other means, and is wound around this metal handle, in turns or concentric circles and covering this handle in the manner of a sheath or a net.

Description

The present invention relates to a new inodle of acupuncture needles, composed of a metal blade enui.anchée in a sheath, itself composed of a plastic or syhthetic material.

The blade: Dimensions: Three millimeters to four centimeters, 0.12 to 0.45mm in diameter; It is composed of Iron, Molybdenum, Work hardened steel, Stainless steel, Japanese steel. This part of the blade is the functional part: It is finely polished by a special treatment.

Another part of the blade keeps its rough aspect inotial and measures between a half and three centimeters this is the Blade-t; reed.

Around this handle blade is wrapped a plastic or synthetic wire which makes the deposit original.

This wire has a section either circular or multi-faceted thus becoming a triangle, a square, a hexagon, a pentagon, it can also be flattened like a ribbon and have a thickness of 0.10 to 3 mm.

It is not made of metal: It is made of plastic or synthetic material.

 I1 is wound concentrically around the handle blade, in concentric and horizontal circles or else in a concentric but oblique circle or even in spiers, it can be braided with the fagoll of a woolen sock of various patterns.

The blade-handle fitted with this sheath of synthetic material ends in a small half-sphere of Inbn synthetic or plastiqwe material: this small relief may be absent.

In the case of plastic tape, it is wound obliquely in such a way that each turn partially encroached on the previous one. It is glued.

In the case of concentric circles, these are carefully juxtaposed and glued to each other and also with a handle-blade,
The Glue is thermostable at 40, at least.

Sterilization: by Ethylene oxide Gas.

Presentation: by unit, by two, by three, by five, by ten, by twenty. Assemblies of different quantities can make packs of 100 needles.

These needles are for single use. They are bought by a reseller of Medical and Surgical Equipment, Doctors Acupuncturists or preferably clean by the patient himself who will bring them to his doctor: They will be mainly sold in Supermarkets in the department of items enclosed in glass display cases (radios or photos).

Claims (7)

 WAKE-UP  adherent.  l) acupuncture needle, sterilized in the factory, ready to use and disposable after usap, e, sold directly to the consumer and preferably in supermarkets, composed of a metal blade and a handle blade covered with a synthetic yarn  2) handle blade according to claim l, characterized in that a plastic wire  or synthetic wraps around the metal handle.  3) Handle blade according to claim l, characterized in that the concentric circles of the wire can be either horizontal or oblique or spiral.  use a sheath or a net.  4) Lam.e-sleeve according to claim l, characterized in that this wire can reali  a circular or geometric section with several faces.  -5) 1 core according to claim l, characterized in that this wire can have  6) Handle blade according to claim 1, characterized in that this wire is glued to the handle blade. 7) Needle according to claim 1 7caractérisé in that the dimensions of the metal blade are from three millimeters to four centimeters, and that the dimensions of the blade-handle are from 1 centimeter to three and a half centimeters.