Title:
ACUPUNCTURE BODY, PARTICULARLY ACUPUNCTURE NEEDLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/127672
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to an acupuncture body (1) having a needle-like shape, which can be temporarily inserted with a section of the acupuncture body in living tissue or permanently inserted in living tissue as an implant. At least in a partial region of the surface of the acupuncture body (1) that can be inserted in the tissue, the interface (2) thereof with the perforation of a vessel-nerve-connecting tissue bundle of the superficial body fascia constituting the acupuncture point exhibits a different design having an average surface roughness in the range of 0.01 μm - 250 μm, wherein a biological interaction exists in the inserted state in the form of reflexes between the interface (2) and the respective vessel-nerve-connecting tissue bundle. The interface (2) preferably features fractal geometry.
Inventors:
WERTH ULRICH (ES)
SCHMIDT KARLHEINZ (DE)
SCHMIDT KARLHEINZ (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/DE2010/000540
Publication Date:
March 24, 2011
Filing Date:
May 06, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
WERTH ACUPUNTURE CT S L U (ES)
WERTH ULRICH (ES)
SCHMIDT KARLHEINZ (DE)
WERTH ULRICH (ES)
SCHMIDT KARLHEINZ (DE)
International Classes:
A61H39/08
Foreign References:
US20050049632A1 | 2005-03-03 | |||
JP2003116960A | 2003-04-22 | |||
US20080157421A1 | 2008-07-03 | |||
KR20080018368A | 2008-02-28 | |||
JPH0221877A | 1990-01-24 | |||
RU2074699C1 | 1997-03-10 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2427162A2
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KIETZMANN, Manfred (Friedrichstrasse 95, Berlin, DE)
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