Apparatus for preparing skin in advance

• US 5,618,295 A
• Filed: 10/14/1994
• Issued: 04/08/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Min, Jin K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tucker, Guy V.
• Application Number:
  US08/322,494
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 606/167, 606/171, 606/185, 606/186, 606/1, 604/46, 604/173, 604/156, 604/151, 128/743, 128/744, 128/754
• US Class Current: 606/171
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/205 Vaccinating by means of needles or other puncturing devices

Abstract

An apparatus for preparing skin in advance to administer insulin to a body of a diabetic by forming a plurality of cicatrices on the skin is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotatable skin needle assembly having a plurality of skin needles thereon. The assembly is vertically vibrated by the interaction of a coil and magnet and is rotated by a motor and/or reduction gears.

Claims

1. An apparatus for preparing skin in advance by forming a plurality of cicatrices thereon to administer insulin to a patient, said apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a rotatable skin needle assembly having a plurality of skin needles thereon, said assembly being located at one end of said housing and being moved upward and downward;

a power supply;

means powered by said power supply for vibrating said assembly upwardly and downwardly relative to said housing; and

means powered by said power supply for rotating said assembly by predetermined rotations.

2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for vibrating said assembly comprises:

an inner yoke and an outer yoke;

a magnet provided between said yokes to generate magnetic force through a gap forming magnetic paths between said yokes;

a coil guide winding a coil therearound;

a shaft rod connected to said coil guide and said assembly, respectively; and

a shaft rod guide for guiding said shaft rod;

wherein said means for vibrating said assembly is operated by means of interaction of said coil and said magnet.

3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein an elastic means is fitted between said coil guide and said shaft rod guide to elastically move said assembly.

4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein first coil spring is provided between said inner yoke and said coil guide, and second coil spring is provided between said coil guide and said shaft rod guide to elastically move said assembly.

5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for rotating said assembly comprises a low speed motor, and means for coupling a shaft of said motor to a yoke shaft to which an outer yoke is rotatably mounted.

6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said means for rotating said assembly further comprises a bearing to exactly transmit rotating force of said motor to the outer yoke.

7. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for rotating said assembly comprises:

a low speed motor;

a rotatable outer yoke having an internal gear thereon; and

a pinion mounted to a shaft of said motor and engaged with the internal gear to rotate said outer yoke.

8. An apparatus for preparing skin in advance by forming a plurality of cicatrices thereon to administer insulin to a patient, said apparatus comprising:

a housing;

a rotatable skin needle assembly having a plurality of skin needles thereon, said assembly being located at one end of said housing and being moved upward and downward;

a power supply;

means powered by said power supply for vibrating said assembly upwardly and downwardly relative to said housing; and

means powered by said power supply for rotating said assembly by predetermined rotations wherein said means for rotating said assembly comprises;

a motor;

planetary gears connected to a shaft of said motor to reduce rotating force of said motor;

a rotatable outer yoke connected to said planetary gears; and

a yoke guide enclosing said outer yoke and rotating said assembly.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein planetary gears comprises a sun gear mounted to the shaft of said motor, a plurality of planet gears to reduce rotating force of the sun gear, and an internal gear engaged with the planet gears.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein ring-type contact members are provided at periphery of said yoke guide to supply a coil with electric current, and elastic contact members are provided at inside peripheral surface of said housing to contact the ring-type contact members.