229results about "Skin piercing electrodes" patented technology

Disclosed is a needle tip structure for a handpiece having an NFC function. The needle tip includes a body mounted at the front end of a handpiece, a first substrate fixed within the body and connected to a plurality of RF supply terminals of the handpiece, a second substrate on which a plurality of micro needles is mounted and movably installed within the body, a holder coupled to a driving shaft of the handpiece through the first substrate and configured to support the second substrate, and a pair of connection pins connected to the second substrate and the first substrate. An NFC chip capable of short-distance wireless communication with an external NFC terminal is installed in the first substrate.

Proposed is a complex handpiece. The handpiece includes a housing and a needle assembly. The housing has an internal space and a plurality of holes formed at a front face thereof. The needle assembly is located in the internal space of the housing, and includes a plurality of microneedles for applying a high-frequency current. The microneedles are movable in a longitudinal direction of the housing such that tips of the microneedles are exposed to an outside of the housing through the holes. The microneedles become longer as being positioned from an outermost edge of the front face of the housing to a central portion of the front face of the housing such that the tips of the microneedles are arranged convexly with the central portion as an apex. The complex handpiece can uniformly insert the microneedles into the skin and perform both microneedle high-frequency treatment and ultrasonic treatment.

Disclosed are a method for controlling an electrical treatment device with injection function and an electrical treatment device. The method includes: driving ends of a plurality of needle bodies to penetrate at least one target depths of a skin tissue by a actuator, and controlling the plurality of the needle bodies to electrically connect to an electric energy output assembly to release an electric energy at least one target depths of the skin tissue, and / or controlling the plurality of the needle bodies to connect to a liquid storage unit to perform drug injection based on at least one target depths of the skin tissue.

A skin surgery device equipped with a needle group and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The skin surgery device equipped with a needle group, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a needle group comprising a plurality of needles; a first circuit board to which a first needle group that is a part of the needle group is fixed and in which a perforated portion is formed; and a second circuit board to which a second needle group that is the other part of the needle group is fixed, wherein the second needle group is formed to pass through and protrude out of the perforated portion of the first circuit board.

The disclosure is directed to compositions that comprise a plasmid DNA construct having a DNA sequencing encoding a therapeutic protein, or a fragment thereof, in vivo, along with methods of generating and manufacturing the antibody or therapeutic protein, as well as methods for preventing and / or treating a disease in a patient.

Measurements are performed on biological subjects by using microstructures to penetrate the functional barriers of the target. [Solution] A system for performing measurements on a biological object, comprising: at least one substrate 511 including a plurality of plate microstructures 512.1, 512.2 configured to penetrate the stratum corneum of the object; at least one sensor operably connected to at least one microstructure and configured to measure a response signal from at least one microstructure; and one or more electronic processing devices configured to perform at least one of the following: determine the measured response signal, provide an output based on the measured response signal, perform an analysis using at least part of the measured response signal, and store data indicating at least part of the measured response signal.

Systems and methods of applying electrical stimulation to achieve sustained relief of chronic pain that comprise a coiled wire percutaneous lead configured for insertion into a portion of a body that is proximal to a region of pain and an electrode formed integrally on the coiled wire percutaneous lead, wherein the electrode is configured to be positioned inside the body and at a therapeutically effective distance from a portion of at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain. The systems and method may also include an electrical stimulation device operatively coupled to the lead to apply electrical stimulation through the at least one electrode to at least one peripheral nerve that innervates the region of pain, to activate target peripheral nerve fibers while preventing activation of non-target peripheral nerve fibers and avoiding changing or blocking neural activity in off-target peripheral nerve fibers in the at least one peripheral nerve to create comfortable sensations in the region of pain and produce pain relief by modulating central nervous system plasticity associated with the pain.

The present invention presents a medical laser device. The medical laser device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a body, which can be gripped and has an accommodation space therein; a needle part which is coupled to a front end portion of the body such that same can be replaced, and which is inserted into the skin of a patient so as to provide a high frequency current; and at least one weight adjustment part positioned inside the body. Here, the weight adjustment part includes at least one weight, and the body includes: the accommodation space in which the weight is accommodated; and a cover fixed to one side of the accommodation space such that same is detachable.

Providing an electrode array for electroporation, as well as related systems and methods. [Solution] An electrode array for use with an electroporation device includes a support member having an upper surface and a bottom surface, defining a plurality of injection channels extending from the upper surface to the bottom surface. The plurality of needle electrodes are coupled to the support member such that the distal ends of the plurality of needle electrodes extend to a needle depth below the bottom surface. The plurality of needle electrodes are arranged in a matrix pattern having rows and columns of needle electrodes arranged along the support member. The plurality of injection channels are dispersed within the matrix pattern.

Disclosed are a screen display apparatus and method for a medical device. The disclosed apparatus includes a processor that controls an operation of a medical device based on a treatment parameter. The processor generates a first screen which presents a state object related to an operation of the medical device, presents the first screen on a display, generates a second screen which presents an adjustment object for adjusting a treatment parameter of the medical device when determining that an interaction event has been generated, presents the second screen on the display, adjusts a treatment parameter corresponding to a corresponding adjustment object based on an input value corresponding to a sensed interaction when sensing the interaction of a user with the adjustment object of the second screen, and controls an operation of the medical device based on the adjusted treatment parameter.

This skin aesthetic device allows for precise adjustment of the degree to which multiple needles are inserted, ensuring sufficient skin aesthetic effects, and enables easy correction of errors in needle insertion during use. [Solution] The skin beauty device 100 has a transfer mechanism that screws onto the ball screw rotating shaft of a stepping motor (SM) and moves forward from the origin position, then moves backward to return to the origin position. The transfer mechanism moves forward by a distance corresponding to the forward signal of the SM, pushing the needle bundle, so that multiple needles fixed to the needle bundle are precisely inserted into the skin to an extent corresponding to the forward signal, and alternating current supplied via the transfer mechanism is passed through the multiple needles for a predetermined time inside the skin to promote skin regeneration by forming tiny wounds. When it senses that the transfer mechanism has moved backward by a distance corresponding to the backward signal of the SM and returned to the origin position, the transfer mechanism is moved forward again by a distance corresponding to the origin correction drive signal of the SM to correct the origin position.

A method and apparatus for treating digestive system diseases, the method comprising: subcutaneously implanting a pulse generator and a plurality of electrodes into the abdomen of a patient, the plurality of electrodes being in electrical contact with a plurality of target areas of the abdomen of the patient; and applying an electrical stimulus to activate the plurality of target regions.

An electrochemical sensor apparatus for introducing a needle electrode into the skin of a subject to contact a biological fluid or a tissue in the subject and detect a target analyte, and methods of producing the apparatus. The apparatus has a movable portion which urges the needle electrode in the subject's skin and at least two needle electrodes are selected from a library to provide the apparatus with a multiplexing capacity.

The disclosed systems and methods provide a mobile defibrillator system that can include a mobile defibrillator (AED) unit configured to operatively connect to a device capable of running an application. The mobile AED unit can include circuitry for administering an electric shock to a subject; and one or more pads. Each pad can include one or more needles electrically connected to the circuitry and can be configured to pierce skin of the subject; reside within the subject; and deliver current from the electrical shock to the subject.

In one exemplary embodiment, a method and system for improving coagulation ability and / or triggering higher platelet activation rates in a subject via auricular nerve stimulation includes contacting the subject's skin with one or more treatment electrodes, each electrode positioned in a respective region of a nerve structure of the auriculotemporal nerve (ATN), a nerve structure connected to the ATN, a nerve structure of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN), or a nerve structure connected to the ABVN, and applying one or more stimulation patterns to the electrodes.

To provide a screen display device and method for medical equipment.SOLUTION: Wherein the processor generates a first screen showing a status object related to the operation of the medical device and displays the first screen on the display, and generates a second screen showing an adjustment object for adjusting the operation parameter of the medical device and displays the second screen on the display when it is determined that an interaction event has occurred, when the interaction of the user with the adjustment object on the second screen is detected, the operation parameter corresponding to the adjustment object is adjusted based on the input value corresponding to the detected interaction, and the operation of the medical device is controlled based on the adjusted operation parameter.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Provided is an acupuncture pain relief device, which comprises at least one conductive acupuncture needle and at least one capacitor; and the conductive acupuncture needle is conductively connected with the capacitor, so that free electrons can flow through the conductive acupuncture needle and be stored in the capacitor. This acupuncture pain relief device utilizes the characteristic that the capacitance of the capacitor is much larger than that of the human body of the acupuncturest, greatly improving the acupuncture analgesic effect; it uses the capacitance of the capacitor to replace the capacitance of the human body of the acupuncturest, greatly reducing the workload of the acupuncturest. Since this new acupuncture pain relief device can be inserted into the patient's acupoints for pain relief without time limitation, it can be used not only in hospital operations but also widely applied to alleviate the pain of patients, and has great market potential.

This application discloses a high-frequency electrode array control device and a high-frequency therapeutic device, relating to the technical field of medical devices. The device includes: a first subarray determination module for determining a target high-frequency electrode subarray corresponding to the initial output period from among the high-frequency electrode arrays; a second subarray determination module for loop-executing the determination of a target high-frequency electrode subarray corresponding to a new output period from among the remaining high-frequency electrode subarrays of the high-frequency electrode array, excluding all of the hierarchical high-frequency electrode subarrays, with the target high-frequency electrode subarray as the hierarchical high-frequency electrode subarray; and a control module for controlling the target high-frequency electrode subarray corresponding to the current output period to switch to a first state and output high-frequency energy, controlling the hierarchical high-frequency electrode subarrays of the high-frequency electrode array to be in a second or third state, and controlling at least a portion of the remaining high-frequency electrode subarrays to be in the second state.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to precisely adjust a degree of insertion of the plurality of needles fixed to the needle bundle in consideration of skin thickness (for example, a thickness from epidermis to dermis of the skin) to an extent that a sufficient skin beautification effect is expected, and when an error occurs in the degree of insertion of the needles due to forward or rearward movement of the conveyor during use, the error in the degree of insertion of the needles can be easily corrected by correcting the starting point position of the conveyor using a starting point position detector.

2.1 A medical device comprising an invasive component with at least one electrode designed for positioning on a nerve and for emitting an electrical stimulation signal, and a signal generator connected to the electrode and designed to generate the stimulation signal, wherein the stimulation signal is designed to inhibit nerve excitation transmission, is known. 2.2 According to the invention, the at least one electrode is configured to emit an electrical control signal and the signal generator is configured to generate the control signal, wherein the control signal is configured to trigger a motor and / or sensory reaction, the expression of which depends on a distance between the electrode and the nerve. 2.3 Use in pain therapy using neurostimulation

A cosmetic method for treating a skin of a person is presented, the method comprises inserting one or more needles to one or more depths into the skin of the person such that at least a tip of at least one needle of the one or more needles is deployed within a muscle layer of the person's skin; applying a negative DC voltage to the one or more needles, while a skin of the person is in contact with a positive electrode to form one or more closed circuits of DC current through the person's body; and providing the DC current for a pre-selected amount of time to damage and / or ablate muscles and / or muscle nerve cells in the muscle layer; thereby providing a skin treatment comprising reducing and / or smoothing wrinkles from the person's skin.

The hybrid stimulation system is an electrical stimulation system serves to delivered an electrical stimulation impulse to the heart (human or animal heart) , using a combination of internal (intravascular) and external (body surface) electrodes, the hybrid electrical stimulation system can be used for pacing of the heart during slow heart beat (bradycardia), or shocking the heart during fast heart beat (Tachycardia) , or to terminate fast abnormal heart beat (tachy-arrhythmia) by means of override pacing (Anti-tachycardia pacing). This hybrid system can be used and introduced into the body without the need for imaging guidance such as fluoroscopy or echocardiography to insert the internal component, and does not require direct contact between the internal pacing wire and the myocardium (internal heart surface).

Systems and methods are provided for applying electrical stimulation to a body by an electrode spaced from a target nerve of passage. It has been discovered that pain felt, or perceived to be felt, in a given region of the body can be treated by stimulating muscle close to a “nerve of passage” in a region that is superior (i.e., cranial or upstream toward the spinal column) to the region where pain is felt, such as in a case of post-amputation residual limb pain, or purportedly felt in the case of post-amputation phantom limb pain.

A medical device having at least one invasive portion is disclosed. The medical device has a housing at least partially surrounding a tight chamber. The tight chamber sustains a pressure difference between an interior lumen of the tight chamber and the surrounding environment. The housing also has at least one deformable component. The housing is configured such that a state of deformation of the deformable component provides for a measurable indication of the pressure difference between the interior lumen of the tight chamber and the surrounding environment.

An adaptor for anchoring wire lead components of electrical nerve stimulation assemblies, the adaptor incorporating a left jaw; the adaptor further incorporating a right jaw; the adaptor further incorporating a left arm having a proximal end, a distal end, and a right side; the adaptor further incorporating a right arm; the adaptor further incorporating an upper left channel opening rightwardly; the adaptor further incorporating an upper right channel opening leftwardly; the adaptor further incorporating a lower left channel opening rightwardly; the adaptor further incorporating a lower right channel opening leftwardly; and the adaptor further incorporating a hinge which is fixedly attached to or formed wholly with the proximal ends of the left arm, the right arm, the left jaw, and the right jaw.

The present invention provides a method to reduce pain using electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves in or near the spine. This approach involves an electrical stimulation device including at least one electrode adapted for insertion within a human body and at least one pulse generator operatively coupled with the at least one electrode, wherein the pulse generator delivers electrical stimulation activating at least one peripheral nerve in or near the spine, such as the dorsal rami and its distal branches (e.g., the medial branch nerves, cluneal nerves), the ventral rami and its distal branches (e.g., sacral nerves, gluteal nerves), and those accessed via the paravertebral space (e.g., peripheral spinal nerves), to produce pain relief.

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for delivery a bipolar current through skin contact. The bipolar current delivery apparatus includes an electrode unit including a plurality of first electrodes of a needle-shaped and a plurality of second electrodes of a needle-shaped which are inserted into or in contact with a skin, an energy supply unit that applies a first current of a bipolar type to the first electrodes and applies a second current of a bipolar type to the second electrodes, and a control unit that controls the energy supply unit such that a first frequency for the first current and a second frequency for the second current are set independently of each other. The first frequency and the second frequency are different from each other.

An insertion tool (114) for inserting at least one insertable part of a medical device into a body tissue of a subject is proposed. The insertion tool (114) comprises a shaft (116) configured for receiving the medical device. The shaft (116) comprises an insertable first end (118) and an adjustable second end (120).