Device for acupuncture treatment

• US 20040098036A1
• Filed: 09/22/2003
• Published: 05/20/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acufriend AS
• Original Assignee: Acufriend AS
• Inventors: Bergersen, Turid
• Application Number:
  US10/472,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20040098036A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/204
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/10 Cooling bags, e.g. ice-bags
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0207 heated
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0214 cooled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0228 heated by an electric resistance element
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/025 by direct air flow on the patient's body
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0257 by a heat accumulator, e.g. a sand or liquid reservoir
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1604 Head
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/022 Face
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/025 Forehead
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/04 Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or AcupressureMassage or pressure on general areas A61H9/00 - A61H23/00

Abstract

A device for acupressuric treatment, more specifically for stimulating the acupoints BL1 and BL2 on both sides of the root of the nose and over the eyes near the root of the nose, consists in accordance with the invention, of a resilient, bow-shaped clip that has pads arranged in pairs symmetrically about a plane of symmetry for this clip, which pads are designed to exert pressure against said acupoints when the bow is arranged over the root of the user'"'"'s nose. While one set of pads faces in towards the plane of symmetry of the bow, the other set of pads faces sideways out from the plane of the bow.

Claims

1. A device for acupressure treatment, more specifically for stimulating the acupoints BL1 and BL2 on both sides of the root of the nose and over the eyes near the root of the nose, the device comprising:

a resilient, bow-shaped clip including pads arranged in pairs symmetrically about a plane of symmetry of said clip, said pads configured to exert pressure against the accupoints responsive to said clip being arranged over the root of a user'"'"'s nose.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein said pads are coated with a substance that has a cooling effect on skin.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein said pads are impregnated with a substance that has a cooling effect on skin.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein said pads comprise a hydrophilic gel material.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein one set of said pads faces sideways to one side of said resilient bow-shaped clip.