Healthcare device, healthcare unit, healthcare method, and healthcare system

Abstract

To provide a healthcare device, a healthcare method and a healthcare system.SOLUTION: A healthcare device comprises a healthcare body to maintain a first specific physical relation between a healthcare body and a body part with acupoints for positioning the body part of a user, an acupoint workpiece for performing healthcare operation via the acupoints, and a workpiece holder including a first end connected to the healthcare body and a second end for fixing the acupoint workpiece, the workpiece holder being configured to perform the healthcare operation under the condition that the acupoint workpiece is in the first specific physical relation between the healthcare body and the body part, and has a second specific physical relation between the acupoints and the acupoint workpiece.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10B

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a device, a body, a method and a system for healthcare, especially based on Chinese medicine theory. [Background technology]

[0002] Those who have lost their health will realize that the absence of illness and pain is a great blessing in life. Human nature is typically greedy for life and fearful of death. Extending lifespan is one of the great desires of ordinary people. Everyone seems to agree that prevention is better than cure, but facing the life journey of birth, aging, illness, and death, not everyone always has the opportunity or patience to pay attention to prevention. This invention follows the example of the brilliant Chinese physicians Hua Tuo and Bian Que, and aims to bring health and happiness to mankind. Summary of the Invention

[0003] In short, this invention hopes to bring Hua Tuo and Bian Que back to the world. The question is how to put dreams and ideals into practice, how to integrate imagination into practical content. The question is so large that the reader or examiner is urged to carefully consider the following explanation.

[0004] The theories of traditional Chinese medicine, or acupuncture, are found throughout ancient Chinese classics, with their core essence or meanings documented in the Su Wen and Ling Shu chapters of the Huangdi Neijing (Eternal Yellow Emperor's Classic). These cultural relics not only display sophisticated medical theories and logic, but also have proven and widely reported clinical effects, making them impossible to fully cite here. For example, acupuncture and moxibustion have proven highly effective in clinical practice. It has been reported that pain relief can last up to a week in some organic diseases, even cancer.

[0005] The Eight Right Divine Elements Treatise in the Su Wen chapter of the Huangdi Neijing (Eternal Yellow Emperor's Classic) states, "Observing the unknown world means that form, vitality, growth, and wei are invisible from the outside, but the artisan (i.e., a medical professional, a good physician, Hua Tuo or Bian Que) knows them well. The cold and warmth of the sun, the emptiness of the moon, the ebb and flow of the air with the seasons, and their combinations, combinations, and changes in arrangement are invisible or unrecognized by ordinary people, but are detected by the artisan, and are thus called the observation of the unknown world. Only what is transmitted to the infinite future will be passed on to future generations. What the artisan perceives as different is invisible from the outside, and the whole cannot be seen. Because it cannot be seen or tasted, it is called the unknown world, just as we speak of gods." This chapter also states, "Insufficient evil means that one's qi has deviated from the eight righteous elements. Ordinary evil arises when sweating and the texture of muscles collide with bad winds, but it is mild and cannot be felt or discerned." The chapter further states, "A good practitioner is qualified by treating potential illnesses and properly regulating the qi by detecting the qi through checking the nine pulses in three areas. A poor practitioner waits until the illness is fully developed or removes the illness, indicating an imbalance of yin and yang qi. The reason illnesses must be treated after they have developed is because they are unable to detect the imbalance of yin and yang after checking the nine pulses in three areas. Such a practitioner can only cure illnesses after they have fully developed as known illnesses, and ultimately cure the illness through confirmation from the nine pulses in three areas. Such a practitioner is merely like a gatekeeper, because he cannot know what is budding or what evil is arising." The purpose and ideal of this invention is to provide every family or individual with a compassionate and excellent physician throughout their life.

[0006] Patent examination determines whether an invention is different from prior art, and in many cases, inventions arise from a lack or defect in prior art. The value of an invention to humanity depends on its contribution to society, while the patent or market value of an invention depends on its practicality and whether all competitors must follow suit. The various values ​​of an invention do not necessarily relate to its technical sophistication or ingenuity, but if it systematically or comprehensively solves a problem and has a reassuring effect, it is worth our efforts. Below, we provide a comprehensive review of related technologies. Wherever there is discussion of existing technology, we can find sources of creativity and ideas.

[0007] From the perspective of "modern science," acupuncture is a phenomenon of sensing along the meridians. This is understandable to anyone with acupuncture experience. When acupuncture needles are applied to the correct points, the patient feels special sensations along the corresponding meridians, often pain, swelling, numbness, heat, cold, pain, or an electric shock. These sensations may occur alone, but most often they are a mixture of pain, swelling, and numbness. Ancient texts call this the sensation of qi, or the acquisition of qi. At this time, the person applying the needles may also feel that the needles seem to be sucked in, or that they are awkward to manipulate, difficult to turn, or difficult to remove.

[0008] Due to the political or economic pursuit of Westernization for "progress" or the government's intentional or unintentional neglect of traditional Chinese medicine, the development or training of formal traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in Taiwan is extremely limited and in decline. Possible misconceptions and reasons for this include the belief that acupuncture is unhygienic, its scientific content is insufficient, and its therapeutic effects are unimportant. Fortunately, things must be reversed, and change leads to openness. While people and Chinese struggles and research have never been overwhelmed, there have been many efforts to establish modern theories such as material metabolism theory, energy metabolism theory, molecular, atomic, or particle orientation, and wave orientation. Like the structure of the human body, the reflection, refraction coefficient, and polarization capacity of visible light, or the reflection, refraction coefficient, and polarization capacity of infrared and microwave light, are not uniform, resulting in the formation of an electromagnetic wave guide system in the human body.

[0009] Based on the above, the internal qi of traditional Chinese therapy is the relationship between electromagnetic waves, meridians, and acupoints in the human body. The slow rate of sensory transmission along meridians is derived from the group velocity of the waveguide. Unlike blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerve fibers, meridians are bands with vague boundaries. Conductance is highest along the central axis of each meridian and gradually decreases radially from the central axis. Specifically, meridians are like mountains, and acupoints are like their individual peaks. In other words, the centers of acupoints are their respective peaks. However, continuous conductance measurements at the same point reveal that the human body's conductance fluctuates over time. The ancients called this the midnight-noon and ebb-flow doctrine. In other words, qi and blood flow dynamically circulate throughout the body according to the seasons, months, and time of day. Nevertheless, these conductance changes occur throughout the body and do not significantly affect acupoint and non-acupoint conductance measurements, so they do not affect clinical conductance measurements.

[0010] What has astonished modern science (especially modern medicine and biology) is the holographic phenomenon of acupoints. Regarding the so-called holographic phenomenon, whether it be ear acupoints or foot acupoints, there are acupoints that reflect the organs of the entire body in a small area. Even in the small joint areas of the fingers, there are acupoints that reflect all the organs of the entire body. In other words, when a specific organ is ill, not only does the conductance of the major acupoints on the fourteen major meridians increase significantly, but it also increases in the local area of ​​that specific acupoint. Therefore, it is entirely possible that every point on the body is a micro-meridian point.

[0011] As a person's physiological and psychological state changes, the probability distribution curve of conductance data for every part of the body changes accordingly, revealing the mystery of the meridians. Meridians are electrical, optical, microwave, acoustic, and chemical channels. What is measured at meridian points is not skin resistance, but the body's conductance or electric field strength, and conductance is proportional to the square of the conductance field strength. Therefore, we can conclude that the meridian system of the classics is a kind of energy distribution in the human body. This energy distribution cannot be seen with the naked eye or traced with a scalpel.

[0012] The energy distribution structure described in the previous paragraph is understood in modern physics as a dynamic, dissipative structure. It exists due to a continuous energy supply and is perfectly compatible with dissipative structures formed by electromagnetic waves, which cannot be simply understood from a physiological perspective. However, understanding classical Chinese medicine in this way may bring about new milestones in physiology, biology, and medicine. Taking a dynamic waterfall as an example, this so-called dissipative structure can only exist when there is a high-water source; once the source stops, the waterfall immediately disappears. It is called a dissipative structure because it requires the structure to constantly consume energy. Other things, such as candles, mountain springs, fountains, lanterns, sky lanterns, flutes, whirlpools, tornadoes, and lightning, are all living structures that instantly disappear when the environment is closed.

[0013] The meridian system is a dissipative structure formed by electromagnetic standing waves. Because two waves can exist in the same location and overlap or cancel each other out, they are constructed or destroyed point by point, forming new interference waves. If the human meridian system is understood as a three-dimensional electromagnetic standing wave interference pattern, we can find ways to interfere with and / or modify that interference pattern to alter energy distribution and restore a patient's health. It may be magic, but for thousands of years, our ancestors have used a single needle to heal countless people with qi and blood circulation, deficiency syndromes, excess syndromes, meridian flow, qi acquisition, yin and yang, tonic techniques, and drainage techniques.

[0014] Whether derived from health concerns or not, traditional acupuncture has evolved to include many other methods of modifying the aforementioned interference patterns, such as heat therapy, infrared therapy, spectral therapy, electroacupuncture, laser acupuncture, microwave acupuncture, etc. These all belong to the category of non-invasive or non-contact interference and modifying media.

[0015] The dissipation theory or structure described above, along with the theory of dongxiao, also encompasses the same theory. The human body is a resonant cavity, containing numerous electromagnetic standing waves that interact with each other to form complex standing wave interference patterns. Acupoints play an important role in this interference. This is because acupoints always have the highest conductance or are the locations where individual or combined electromagnetic standing wave peaks are located. Specifically, when an organ has a problem, its natural frequency and the associated standing waves change. As a result, the energy of some acupoints increases or decreases abnormally, and the resistance of the acupoints decreases or increases accordingly. Therefore, whether invasive or non-invasive, acupoint therapy can be used to build, destroy, or modify individual or overall standing waves, restoring the organ or patient to normal / health.

[0016] Both light and microwaves are electromagnetic waves. When the world commonly refers to light, it refers to visible light, which occupies only a small portion of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. While the transmission speed of a single electromagnetic wave is extremely fast (up to 300,000 kilometers per second), the transmission speed of meridians is less than 10 centimeters per second (it takes tens of minutes to convert from one interference pattern to another). This is because the number of electromagnetic waves in the body is measured in billions (or tens of billions, or even tens of billions), and the propagation speed of the additive signal is correspondingly slower. This is also why we often hear that all objects are nothing more than a mass of vibrational frequencies.

[0017] Non-invasive acupuncture treatments, such as laser acupuncture, are often referred to as a form of acupuncture, but no actual needles are used. Because they are non-invasive, safe, and painless, they are well-accepted by patients. New treatments that are comparable to traditional acupuncture are continually being reported. Laser acupuncture is a painless and safe treatment, but clear dosage guidelines have yet to be established. Other non-invasive acupuncture treatments, such as currently popular physical therapy techniques like thermotherapy, infrared therapy, spectral therapy, electroacupuncture, and microwave acupuncture, all involve introducing different wavelengths of electromagnetic waves into the human body, and standards still need to be established.

[0018] In Western society, microwave resonance therapy (MRT) uses microwaves in the 40-70 GHz frequency range to balance the natural (characteristic) frequencies of individuals (or specific organs) for treatment. Microwave acupuncture, of course, is based on acupuncture and moxibustion. A microwave antenna is attached to the needle handle, and microwaves of the same frequency as the natural frequency are injected into acupoints or directly irradiated onto the acupoints to create resonance and treat illnesses. It has been shown that the resonant frequencies of meridian channels flow from the internal organs to the tips of the fingers or toes and are then reflected back to the internal organs. When illness occurs, the amplitude of the natural (characteristic) frequencies decreases or disappears. Extra energy at very low energy levels (one millionth or one billionth of a watt) can restore the resonant frequencies of specific organs or the human body to normal values, thereby assisting or completing treatment.

[0019] In 1934, the Chinese journal Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion first reported the clinical application of electroacupuncture. By the late 1950s, extensive research on electroacupuncture had been conducted and it was used clinically for surgical anesthesia. Modern electroacupuncture devices are small and often battery-powered. Small clips are connected to wires from the device and clamped onto needles inserted into the body. When the current is generated, the patient feels a slight pulsating or fluctuating sensation, like a feather sweeping across the skin. Of course, it is important to place the electrodes near the heart and to avoid current flowing along the body's midline (i.e., an imaginary line from the bridge of the nose to the navel).

[0020] The Bian Que-A Microwave Acupuncture Device, developed by the Beijing Electronics Factory in 1980, and the various other acupoint therapy devices that have recently emerged vary greatly in appearance to meet the needs of different diseases and different body parts. They all present difficulties in precisely aligning with acupoints, requiring assistance from the patient or user. For example, the affected area must be intentionally placed on or near the device's working surface to achieve better treatment or therapeutic effects. Furthermore, to keep up with the ongoing innovations of laser acupuncture, thermotherapy, infrared therapy, spectral therapy, electroacupuncture, and microwave acupuncture, their different operating principles necessitate different device, working point, working surface, or working area to achieve therapeutic effects. To achieve better therapeutic effects and achieve a relatively accurate positional relationship between the acupoints on the body and the device's working point, working surface, or working area, the device manual usually explains how to adjust the patient's body posture or assist the operator in adjusting the patient's posture to receive the device / treatment service. For example, circular or arc-shaped therapeutic devices are primarily used for joints, shoulders, and lower back. Elongated therapeutic instruments are suitable for acupressure points on elongated areas, such as the spine or other body parts. However, as mentioned above, the user must either place the affected area close to or attach the instrument's working point, working surface, or working area, or place the instrument directly on the patient's body, so that the instrument's working point, working surface, or working area can serve (e.g., irradiate) the affected area. In this case, the patient's affected area (or the acupressure point on the affected area) and the instrument's working point, working surface, or working area actually only maintain a roughly, approximate, or approximately correct relative positional relationship. This type of arrangement not only leads to inconsistencies in the positions of the instrument and the patient, but also to inconsistencies in the angular relationship and even the distance between them. The accuracy or appropriateness of the distance between the instrument and the patient's affected area usually determines whether the best effect can be achieved or, unfortunately, can cause injury, as will be discussed in more detail below.

[0021] A detailed explanation of the above difficulties can be seen by using a microwave acupressure device. Specifically, the effects of microwave therapy are typically based on thermal effects, but non-thermal effects cannot be excluded (for example, localized microwave acupressure stimulation can be performed through meridians to create the effect of "guiding qi to the area where the disease exists"). Microwave radiation can penetrate up to 50 mm into the body surface, potentially causing a significant increase in the body temperature of exposed areas, which is deeper and more powerful than the heat of moxibustion. The distance between the patient's affected area (or the acupressure point on the affected area) and the application point, surface, or area of ​​the device mentioned in the previous section clearly determines whether the affected area will be burned by moxibustion.

[0022] When microwaves are irradiated onto the human body, they have two main effects: thermal and epithermal. (Unlike VHF, the latter is due to electrical current, while the former is due to electromagnetic waves.) The so-called thermal effect comes from the vibration of electrolyte ions and electrolyte dipoles or the high-frequency vibration of water molecules, generating a large amount of thermal energy in the tissue, which increases tissue temperature, dilates blood vessels, and accelerates blood flow (potentially increasing by 50%). The so-called epithermal effect is a special physiological effect of microwave radiation on the human body (related research is still limited), and is known to affect nervous system function (short-term or low-dose radiation can enhance excitation processes, while long-term or high-dose radiation can inhibit them). Compared to infrared and other optical radiation, microwaves have a deeper effect; that is, while infrared has difficulty penetrating lipid layers, microwaves can penetrate lipid layers and reach the muscle layer. Its therapeutic effects will not be discussed in detail here.

[0023] Microwave acupuncture stimulates the meridians with strong Qi (swelling, heaviness, pain, numbness, heat, movement, and warmth) and induces sweating along the meridians (similar to the burning mountain technique). The strength of Qi can be quantitatively controlled using microwave treatment equipment. Microwave acupoint irradiation combines the functions of acupuncture and moxibustion. When the microwave power reaches a certain level, a high-frequency discharge phenomenon occurs at the tip of the needle. However, the power (2 watts) is much smaller than that of a microwave physical therapy machine (200 watts), so no special protection is required.

[0024] Microwave acupoint therapy devices can be broadly divided into three types: microwave emitters (directly aimed at acupoints or lesions, similar to irradiating acupoints with a laser), microwave acupuncture (treatment) devices (with radiating antenna needles to irradiate acupoints), and magnetic needles.

[0025] There are five general types of microwave acupoint radiators: (1) Circular radiators with a circular opening and a hemispherical, cylindrical, or reflective mask-shaped outer shape, primarily used for acupoints on joints, shoulders, and lower back, or breast lesions; (2) Elongated (or rectangular) radiators with a rectangular opening, primarily used for long, narrow areas of the body, such as the spine or other body parts; (3) Saddle-shaped radiators with a concave surface, used for acupoint treatment on large areas, such as the waist, knees, back, lower back, buttocks, chest, and abdomen, that can be directly attached to the affected area for treatment; (4) Focused radiators with a diameter of 1, 1.5, or 3.5 cm, used for treating small parts that are not suitable for the above three types of treatment; and (5) Ear radiators, designed specifically for irradiating acupoints on the ears or inserting them into the ear canal for treatment, with replaceable rubber sleeves.

[0026] The microwave acupuncture device consists of four parts: a DC variable power supply, a microwave generator (1000-2000MHz), an output coaxial cable, and a microwave antenna. The microwave antenna includes a needle clamp, a needle, and a helical spring coaxial transmitter. The needle is a component of the co-radiating antenna. Microwave energy is transmitted from the generator through the coaxial cable to the needle and radiated to the acupoints on the human body.

[0027] To understand microwave di needles, it is important to first understand that they are one of the nine ancient needles, possessing a large body and a rounded tip. Di needles are a type of rounded, slightly pointed acupuncture needle with a thick needle body and a millet-like tip. They are used to press acupuncture points that channel qi and blood without piercing the skin. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic: Nine Needles and Twelve Sources of Needle Sharpness reveals that "the third di needle has a body length of 3.5 inches... its tip is as sharp as a millet and is used to press the blade, stimulating the pulse and inducing qi without piercing the skin." The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic: Nine Needle Treatises of Needle Sharpness states, "The di needle, modeled after the sharpness of a millet, is 3.5 inches long and is primarily used to press the pulse, obtain qi, and expel evil spirits." Microwave di needles are manufactured in conjunction with modern microwave physical therapy, and a successful prototype was produced in mainland China in 1979. Microwave acupuncture combines the performance and characteristics of modern low-frequency and high-frequency electrotherapy, while retaining the functions and effects of traditional acupuncture, needle therapy, and moxibustion.

[0028] The principles of acupoint selection and combination compatibility in microwave therapy are the same as those in other acupoint therapies, and can be based on three options: local, adjacent, and distant selection methods, and / or on the tender points or focus of the disease. Of course, acupoints can also be selected taking into account the characteristics of the device, such as the number of output heads and stretch range.

[0029] When irradiating acupressure points on the hands and feet, patients usually lie down or sit. The recommended distance between the radiator and the skin at the acupressure point is 10–15 cm (or 5 cm for the ears). The duration and power vary depending on the specific condition (e.g., 8–10 watts for the ears, 20–40 watts for the neck, 60–100 watts for the chest and abdomen, and 80–120 watts for the lower back and back, for 5–10 minutes). For acupressure points around the knees and shoulders, saddle-shaped radiators are often used. For acupressure points on the chest, abdomen, back, and lower back, patients should lie supine or prone, and a round or elongated radiator should be used. For acupressure points on the neck and ears, patients should often sit and a round or convergent radiator should be used.

[0030] From the above discussion, we can see that all existing technologies face the following problems. Taking microwave radiators as an example, whether they use universal brackets to fix the radiator in an "ideal" position or manually press the microwave needle radiator against the acupoint to be treated, the relative position (including distance and orientation) between the device's operating point and the acupoint is not accurately determined or cannot be determined. The acupoints mentioned in traditional Chinese medicine are not geometrically conceived as points with almost no surface area but rather small areas. However, it is clearly necessary to maintain the correct or better relative position between the device's operating point and the acupoint using universal joints or artificial methods. This is extremely difficult, at least because (1) the adjustment range of the device's operating point is limited, and (2) the patient inevitably adjusts their posture unconsciously.

[0031] The above problem leads to another issue. Because theoretical relative positions cannot be achieved or guaranteed, scientific qualitative (effect) and quantitative (device service time and intensity) assessments are impossible. Therefore, for example, microwave therapy devices require careful attention to prevent overheating. While theoretically, the relative positions should be adjusted to achieve a comfortable warmth or pain rather than a tingling sensation, qualitative and quantitative challenges remain due to individual differences in sensitivity and tolerance. For patients with low pain tolerance, the dosage may not be sufficient to achieve a therapeutic effect. Conversely, for patients with high pain tolerance, the dosage may actually be excessive, potentially causing temporary or permanent harm.

[0032] The problem mentioned in the previous paragraph makes it easy to understand another problem. When acupoints are located near the face, brain, eyes, ovaries, or testicles, existing technology recommends a distance of 5 cm, a power of 15 watts or less, and a duration of less than 10 minutes to avoid excessive radiation and damage. Thus, it is known that if theoretical relative positions can be determined, not only can great flexibility be gained in the design and use of equipment, but effectiveness can also be guaranteed.

[0033] The issue discussed in the previous paragraph highlights the importance of being "qualitative" or "quantitative." Specifically, theoretically ensuring relative positioning allows for accurate study of the nature and scope of the acupoint effects of the device. For example, in patients with severe local organic disease or ischemic vascular disease, excessive radiation not only fails to improve blood circulation but often worsens local hypoxia due to elevated temperatures, creating psychological barriers for both physicians and patients to using the device. However, with theoretically guaranteed relative positioning, successful qualitative and quantitative studies have shown that even patients with active tuberculosis, high fever, bleeding disorders, severe hypertension, heart failure, fractures, and those unable to clearly express the sensation of microwave needles are no longer considered unsuitable for acupoint microwave treatment.

[0034] After solving the problems mentioned in the previous paragraph, we are prompted to understand that qualitative and quantitative success allows us to design an acupressure device that focuses on effectiveness. The efficiency or effectiveness must be sufficient, without harming unrelated neighbors or staff, and the working area must not be too large or broad. This is because microwave therapy devices leak small amounts of microwaves and radiate them into the surrounding space, potentially injuring unrelated staff, and prolonged microwave radiation is harmful to the human body.

[0035] After solving the problems mentioned in the previous section, we should not jump in joy, because not only are the following various effects guaranteed, but they are also easier to achieve by establishing the relevant theoretical relative positional relationships. Specifically, high intensity, high dose (3W / cm 2Ultrasonic (acoustic) waves of 1000 Hz have inhibitory or destructive effects on various tissues and organs, causing irreversible changes in tissue morphology. However, (A) low-intensity, medium-, and low-intensity (therapeutic) ultrasound has an analgesic effect on neuralgia because its effects on peripheral nerves and the spinal cord are first excited and then inhibited. (B) Low doses congeste the cardiac capillaries and increase interstitial cells, improving blood circulation. (C) Although the sensitivity of different parts of the kidney to ultrasound varies (the proximal tubules near the cortex are the most sensitive, while the medullary collecting ducts and ureteral connective tissue basement membranes are the least sensitive), therapeutic doses of ultrasound acting on the kidney area have the function of dilating blood vessels and promoting renal blood circulation. (D) High doses of ultrasound on the ovaries and testes have inhibitory or even harmful effects, so some people have recently attempted to use it for contraception. (E) Therapeutic doses of ultrasound can improve skin nutrition, promote skin regeneration, strengthen epithelial formation, and increase sweat gland secretion. (F) Multiple applications of low doses of ultrasound can stimulate bone callus growth (although it should be noted that slightly higher doses of 10 min slow bone healing).

[0036] The effects described in the previous section were achieved by theoretically establishing relative positions. One may wonder whether these effects also exist when applied to other treatments. Physical experiments and clinical practice have shown that the magnetic flux of a non-invasive magnetic needle can penetrate human skin to a depth of 6–9 cm. This is roughly equivalent to the depth of traditional acupuncture. It is speculated that when specific acupoints on the human body are stimulated, local cell receptors generate bioelectricity, simultaneously generating "qi" at the meridian points that conduct along the meridian system. The detected conduction pathways are consistent with the pathways predicted by acupuncture theory. While the effects of magnetic fields or magnetic field lines and (invasive) acupuncture may not be equivalent, their effectiveness has been confirmed by medical practice to be highly consistent. For example, soaking the feet in warm water and massaging the Yongquan acupoint to magnetically absorb the energy is highly effective in treating nocturia and frequent urination associated with BPH (benign prostatic hyperplasia). Here, we briefly describe acupoint magnetic therapy (using a magnetic device with north and south poles on specific acupoints on the human body) and examine its applicability as follows:

[0037] The Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of Duke Bian Que Cang, describes the use of magnets to treat illnesses in 180 BC. In the 2nd century BC, the Chinese pharmacological treatise, Shennong's Materia Medica, officially listed magnets as a medicinal drug. It states, "Magnetic stones have a spicy and cold nature and are primarily used to treat paralysis, rheumatism, pain in the limbs that makes it difficult to hold objects, and hearing loss." Tao Hongjing's Records of Famous Doctors from the Northern and Southern Dynasties recorded the effects of magnets: "They promote kidney qi, strengthen bone qi, nourish essence, relieve troubles, lubricate joints, and relieve carbuncles, fistulas, cervical ulcers, sore throats, and childhood epilepsy." Yang Shangshan's Sui dynasty Inner Classic of the Yellow Emperor, Taisu, makes additional reference to the external effects of magnets when interpreting the phrase "walking with heavy footsteps" in the chapter on the Lingshu Meridian. It states, "When walking in shoes fastened with leather straps, you will feel a sense of heaviness. When you feel lighter, gradually increase the weight to increase your fire energy. Once you have recovered from the illness, gradually remove the magnets. This is an ancient method of treating the kidneys." The Tang Dynasty's Beiqi Qianjin Yaofang contains a prescription for treating bleeding wounds, stating, "Apply magnet powder to the wound to relieve pain and stop bleeding." The Ming Dynasty's masterpiece of pharmacology, the Compendium of Materia Medica, states, "If you grind up a pea-sized true magnet made from calcined pangolin, gather it into a wire, wrap it in new cotton, and insert it into your ear, then hold a piece of pig iron in your mouth. After feeling the wind and rain in your ear, hearing loss will be cured." Inspired by the Compendium of Materia Medica for treating hearing loss, acupoint magnetic therapy emerged in mainland China in the early 1960s. Some acupuncturists in Shanghai attempted to combine acupuncture with magnetic fields and use magnetic needles (magnetized needles) to effectively treat tinnitus. In 1965, medical practitioners in Hunan Province also achieved clinical treatment results by combining magnetic field theory and meridian theory. A major breakthrough in the application of magnetic therapy in the 1970s was brought about by easy access to permanent magnetic materials (mainly rare earth-cobalt alloys, permanent magnetic ferrites, and aluminum-nickel-cobalt magnets), leading to the widespread use of acupoint magnetic therapy. For example, in 1970, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, successfully produced prototype magnetic beads for application to acupoints to treat illnesses. Since 1973, rare earth alloy magnetic sheets have been first used in magnetic therapy for various illnesses in Hunan Province.In 1974, Beijing Acupuncture and Moxibustion researchers collaborated with some researchers to create a rotating magnetic therapy machine that transformed static magnetic fields into dynamic magnetic fields, thereby expanding the treatment range to a certain extent and improving the therapeutic effects of certain diseases. In 1978, the first mainland China conference on magnetic therapy scientific research cooperation was held in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province.

[0038] Since 1980, acupoint magnetic therapy has made unprecedented progress. While static magnetic methods, which fix magnetic beads or sheets to specific acupoints or areas, are largely unrelated to this invention, moving magnetic methods, which use magnetic rotating machines to stimulate acupoints, all combine magnetic fields with traditional acupoint therapy. Magnetic acupuncture, magnetic gyroscopes, photomagnetic methods combining magnetic fields with helium-neon laser irradiation, and magnetic-electrical methods combined with electroacupuncture have been applied to approximately 70 types of diseases in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and stomatology. However, all of these methods suffer from the aforementioned qualitative and quantitative problems. Therefore, when attempting to standardize or normalize magnetic devices, the aforementioned variables are unpredictable and difficult to address, creating a dilemma. The key to accurate qualitative and quantitative results lies in the precise placement of acupoints. To ensure accurate acupoint location, for example, the pulse current applied to the magnetic sheet of the acupoint electrode, the strength of the magnetic field of the magnetic head of the electromagnetic heat needle attached to the intradermal needle (or ordinary needle), or the strength of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic needle when acquiring Qi after the needle is inserted, can all be precisely adjusted. So far, the most important core spirit of this invention has been revealed, namely, to use scientific methods or equipment to assist, check, or confirm the patient's accurate acupoint location during the doctor's diagnosis and treatment.

[0039] The above discussion can be summarized as follows: In the case of intrusion, incorrect or deviant acupuncture treatment without medical effect may only cause people discomfort. It would be truly unfortunate if side effects or other injuries occur. In the case of non-intrusive treatment, biased or incorrect selection of acupoints can cause qualitative (whether it is effective or what effect it has) and quantitative problems. As mentioned above, it is difficult to determine the appropriate irradiation intensity or magnetic field strength.

[0040] Most of the above is based on research from Taiwan and mainland China, so let me briefly explain how foreigners view acupuncture. In 1950, German Dr. Reinhold Voll discovered that the human body contains various electrical potential differences. Experimental research revealed that the circuit diagram of the human body's electrical "transformations" is identical to the "meridian diagram" of ancient China. In 1949, Dr. Yoshio Nakatani, a professor at Kyoto University in Japan, began studying the relationship between skin resistance and disease symptoms. He discovered that this corresponded to the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine and developed a series of "scientific" disease detection methods, known as "Ryodoraku." Recently, the Federal Commission for German Physicians and Health Insurance began large-scale, high-level human trials on headaches, back pain, and arthritis pain, and has repeatedly announced the analgesic effects of acupuncture. However, sham control groups, where acupuncture was performed on non-acupoint areas or where needle penetration was insufficient, showed similar analgesic effects to the actual treatment group, raising suspicion that acupuncture itself may have a strong placebo effect and have nothing to do with acupoints. Several years ago, Dr. Edzard Ernst and his graduate students in the UK designed a retractable needle. During insertion, the needle tip retracts into the needle tube, preventing it from penetrating the skin, creating the illusion of a needle piercing (though the needle tube remains embedded in the skin). By conducting group randomized trials using both real and fake needles, the team found that sham acupuncture was just as effective as real acupuncture in treating headaches and nausea and preventing migraines. While there is no anatomical basis for qi veins or acupoints, American research has shown that acupoints are typically located in areas with the densest connective tissue. In 2002, Dr. Langevin of the University of Vermont published a study based on anatomical records showing that acupuncture and moxibustion at acupoints can have a medical effect on the body. Western research has shown that acupuncture can actually relieve pain. The proposed theory is that acupuncture stimulates the body to release endorphins. It also increases the brain's secretion of serotonin, a chemical compound that changes the function of nerve cells and can enhance vasoconstriction, making people feel "happiness and comfort."When not intrusive, stimulating acupressure points with various frequencies or energy levels can help relax and stimulate nerves and muscles, creating a kind of passive exercise that can improve local blood circulation.

[0041] After a thorough comparison and discussion with the prior art, the goals or efforts of the present invention should have been specifically presented. However, in reality, the above disclosure merely represents the basic level that the present invention aims to achieve; that is, the present invention actually pursues a higher level of goal. The Yellow Emperor's Neijingsu Wenzhi Yaolun states, "The Yellow Emperor asks: I would like to know the gist of acupuncture. Qi Bo answers: There are serious and minor illnesses, and there are shallow and deep acupuncture depths. Each case has its own healing rationale, and deviation from this should be avoided. Too deep will damage the internal organs, while insufficient depth will cause superficial qi blockages, which in turn attract evil spirits. The wrong depth will cause major problems, internally damaging the five organs and leading to serious illness." Specifically, acupuncture treatment and specific cases require a specific depth to avoid serious problems. Since insufficient or inappropriate depth is not possible to avoid serious problems or serious illness, the relative positions of the needle and acupoint must be detected or confirmed when using penetrating needling. Similarly, for non-invasive treatments, the ability to actually detect or ascertain the relative positions of the acupuncture workpiece and acupoints allows for confident determination of the precise amount of radiation, electric field, or magnetic field strength that needs to be applied for a particular disease or physical therapy, thereby ensuring the desired therapeutic effect without adverse effects.

[0042] The Yellow Emperor's Neijingsu Wenzhi Yaolun records that through the impermanence of birth, aging, sickness, and death, each person suffers from a specific illness due to a specific cause. It states, "Therefore, there are diseases of the epidermis, dermis, adipose tissue, muscles, veins, tendons, bones, and bone marrow." The previous paragraph briefly discussed the consequences of misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment. The Yellow Emperor's Neijingsu Wenzhi Yaolun cites diseases of the skin or adipose tissue as examples. If you don't fully understand the point, it states, "When inserting acupuncture into the dermis or adipose tissue, do not perforate the subcutaneous layer, as such perforation will indirectly damage the lungs, which in turn will cause warm malaria and shivering in the autumn."

[0043] So far, the basic level of this invention is to ensure accurate positioning between the patient's or user's acupoints and the instrument, acupoint workpiece (non-invasive), or acupuncture device (invasive), ensuring accurate and safe physical therapy or treatment. This goal, in a sense, focuses on the two-dimensional level. That is, it focuses on how to resolve or accurately position the patient's or user's acupoints relative to the instrument, acupoint workpiece (non-invasive), or acupuncture device (invasive). As mentioned in the previous paragraph, after confirming the relative positional relationship, the true needs for pursuing physical therapy or addressing specific diseases can be fully met by appropriately adjusting parameters and variables related to the third dimension (depth) and the fourth dimension (angle). This invention is not satisfied with simply achieving the above two levels (which are essentially hardware-related). The "Yellow Emperor's Neijing Suwen Yi Jing Bian Qi Lun" (The Treatise on the Sub-Wean Transference of the Spirit and the Transmutation of the Qi) states that in ancient times, treatment of diseases was addressed at the initial onset of the disease, preventing it from reversing its course.

[0044] Over time, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic (Su Wen) states, "In ancient times, medicinal soups were offered for ten days to eliminate one of the eight winds or five paralysis symptoms. If the illness persisted after ten days, roots and herbs were used to treat the roots and symptoms of the illness and remove evil spirits." Because humans were born to pursue fame and fortune in the economic world, they often ignored or failed to recognize the signs of illness until they manifested before considering treatment. At this point, people must rely on dietary therapy and herbal medicines to eliminate evil spirits or drive away illness. Regarding people of the early modern period, "the same was not true of treating illness. Treatment was not bound by the seasons, ignored the sun and moon, and made no judgment about whether to fight or follow the development. It was practiced after the illness had established itself, by external acupuncture or internal medicinal baths. Inferior practitioners were proactive enough to initiate measures to attack the illness. It is rare to discover the emergence of a new illness while the illness still lingers." Modern treatments use roughly the same medicine for the same illness (such as a cold). They may not care about an individual's physique, and may not believe in the relationship between illness and the seasons or yin and yang. They have no idea of ​​predicting when and which illness to treat, or whether to treat against the onset of the disease. Therefore, it is not uncommon to experience a situation where the symptoms have disappeared, but the "root" of the illness has not been cured, leaving the seeds of a new illness lurking within the body, waiting for an opportunity to sprout and blossom.

[0045] The next level of the ideal of this invention is to focus on the "software" level, which allows the body to adapt or adjust quickly at the first signs of illness, as in the Yellow Emperor's ideal, "Yellow Emperor's Neijing Suwen Transferring Jing Bian Qi Lun." This allows us to "get closer to health and further away from death along the long journey of life."

[0046] The ultimate ideal of this invention is to pursue the health and happiness of all mankind, realize the ideal that may have been driven by the previous paragraph, and enable every family or every person to have access to software and hardware, even if they have relatively limited financial resources. As this invention begins to be commercialized and becomes more advanced, everyone will be able to enjoy or receive physical therapy or medical services such as those provided by the reincarnations of Hua Tuo and Bian Que.

[0047] Additional features and advantages of the present application will be set forth in the description that follows, or may be obvious from the description, or may be learned by the practice of the present application. The objectives and other advantages of the present application may be realized and obtained by the structures particularly illustrated in the description and drawings. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0048] The following drawings are drawn in accordance with embodiments and are merely illustrative of the concepts of the present invention. [Figure 1] A healthcare device for positioning fingers or toes. [Figure 2] A healthcare device fixed to two different parts of the body. [Figure 3A] 1 is a schematic diagram of the meridians and acupressure points on the back. [Figure 3B] It is a simple healthcare device that is placed against the chest or back. [Figure 3C] It is an advanced healthcare device placed against the chest or back. [Figure 4A] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a healthcare main body of the forearm healthcare device. [Figure 4B] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a healthcare main body of the upper arm healthcare device. [Figure 4C] 10 is an embodiment of a length adjustment device for a healthcare main body of a healthcare device. [Figure 4D] 1 shows a first embodiment of a length adjustment plate of a length adjustment device of a healthcare main body of a healthcare device. [Figure 4E]10 shows a second embodiment of the length adjustment plate of the length adjustment device of the healthcare main body of the healthcare device. [Figure 5] It is a healthcare device for the lower limbs. [Figure 5A] This is the length adjustment plate for the lower limb health care device. [Figure 6] It is a healthcare device for the head. [Figure 7] This is a head healthcare device that can be positioned accurately. [Figure 7A] 10 is a second embodiment of the connecting piece of the pot workpiece. [Figure 8] FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of a workpiece assembly. [Figure 8A] FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a third embodiment of a connecting piece of a pressure point workpiece. [Figure 8B] 1 is an embodiment of a pot workpiece. [Figure 8C] 1 is a second embodiment of a workpiece assembly. [Figure 8D] 10 is another embodiment of a workpiece holder. [Figure 9] 1 is an embodiment of a workpiece assembly with a robotic arm. [Figure 9A] 1 is an embodiment of an automatic pot workpiece. [Figure 10] 1 is a first embodiment of a healthcare method of the present invention. [Figure 10A] 2 is a second embodiment of the healthcare method of the present invention. [Figure 10B] 1 is an embodiment of a healthcare system of the present invention.

[0049] The reference symbols are as follows: 1: Index finger 2: fist 11: Two-hole 12: Joints 13: Proximal end 14: Tip 21: Thumb 22: Index finger 23: Goyaana 24: Thumb joint 25: Second joint 26: Short thumb muscle 30: Direction 31: Foot solar bladder meridian 32: Oshiiana 33: Todo-ketsu 34: Shinjuana 35: Liver Shu Point 36: Ikeana 37: Spleen hole 38: Stomach cavity 39: Jingmen Cave 40: Shimuroana 100: Healthcare devices 101: Pivot part 102: Fixed body 103: Rod body 104: Recess 105: Soft layer 106: Male thread 110, 110': Healthcare main body 112: Cylindrical end 120: Healthcare equipment 122: Healthcare main body 124: Shoulder 126: Contact plate 128: Spring 130: Storage groove 131: Index finger restraint plate 132: Containment Area 133: Shoulder 134: Spring 135: Storage groove 136: Contact plate 138: Index finger slot 140: Middle finger slot 142: Ring Finger Slot 144: Pinky Slot 146: Recess 150: Healthcare equipment 152: Healthcare main body 154: Pressing piece 156: Support horizontal piece 157:Top edge 158: Workpiece support medium 160: Sleeve 162: Workpiece connector 164:End 166: Prop 168: Intermediate connecting piece 170: Healthcare equipment 172: Healthcare 174: Post 175:Top edge 176: Intermediate connecting piece 178: Matching section 180: Half thickness area 182: Matching hole 184: Prop 185: Intermediate connecting piece 186: Matching section 187: Pivot 188: Half thickness area 189: Clamp 190: Protrusion 191: Pin 192: Clamp 193, 195: Surface 194: Flange 196, 198: Through holes 197: Groove 199, 544: Pin 200, 200': Fixed piece 201: Rod body 202: First end 203: Female thread 204, 204': Second end 205: Universal joint sheet 206: Point workpiece connector 209: Universal ball joint 300, 300': Tsubo workpiece 301: Conductor 302, 302': Tsubo workpiece head 400: Support horizontal piece 401, 403: Surface 402: Connection end 404: Workpiece support medium 405, 407: Surface 406: Adjustment sleeve 408: Workpiece connector 410:End 412: Free end 500: Healthcare devices 501, 503: Carrier substrate 502: Healthcare main body 504, 524: Positioning blocks 505, 505': Recess for accommodating the carpal process of the ulna 506, 506': Recess for accommodating the carpal process of the radius 508: Palm groove 510: Positioning block cavity 511, 512: Recesses at opposite ends 513, 515: Spring ends 514: Spring 516: Lower lug 517, 519:Inner wall 518: Side groove 520: Recessed portion at the edge of the substrate 526: Recess 528: Groove 530: Rug 532: Groove 534: Recess 535: Distal side 536: Groove 538: recesses at the edges adjacent to the carrier substrates 501, 503 540:Tension spring 542: Pinhole 546: Length adjustment medium 547: Connecting plate 548: Pinhole 550: Central groove at the edge adjacent to the carrier substrate 501, 503 591: Central groove 552: Bottom cutout 554: Bottom shaft hole 560: Upper arm carrier board 562, 564: Carrier board body 566: Axillary edge 568: Upper cutout 570: Cutout section 572: Center pivot 574: Length adjustment device 578: Guide sheet 580: Cutout section 582, 584: Carrier board 586: Length adjustment device for healthcare body 587: screw hole 588:Threaded rod 590: Handle 592: Chain 594: Locating pin 595: Slide hole 596: Length adjustment plate 597: Distal gutter 598: Positioning pin hole 599: Proximal gutter 600: Trapezoidal piece 601: Intermediate groove 602: Side piece 603: Two side bevels of trapezoid piece 604: Spring 606: Arc convex part 608: Groove 610: Proximal groove 612: Spring 614: Guide 616: Slide hole 618: Guide groove 620: Trapezoidal piece and threaded rod assembly 622:End 624: Bottom hole 628: Trapezoidal Piece and Threaded Rod Assembly 630: Trapezoidal piece 631: Trapezoidal bevel 632: Guide groove 634: Zipper 636: Hole 638:Threaded rod 640:End 660: Healthcare main body 662: Shin carrier board 664: Thigh carrier board 666: heel end of shin carrier board 662 668: Side groove 670: Deep dent 672, 674, 676: dents 678: Slot 680: Positioning block 681: Opposite surface 682, 716: Rag 684: Lateral malleolus depression 685, 687, 689: Lateral malleolus depression 686: Medial and lateral ankle depression 688: Small lateral malleolus depression 690: Length adjustment device 692:Thread 694: Operating rod 696: Handle 698: Chain 700: Pin 702: Carrier board for length adjustment device 704: screw hole 706: Space between thigh and shin 708: Spring 710: Bar 712: Rod hole 714: Positioning block 718: Recess 719: Recess for accommodating the femoral tuberosity 720, 740: Central recess 722, 902: Through holes 724: Pinhole 726: Positioning block 728: Positioning hole 730: Buttock end 732: Containment Cave 734: Spring 736: Recess 738:Stop 742: Length adjustable trapezoid piece 744, 746: Two side bevels of trapezoidal pieces 748: Slide slot X and Y: the distance between the two side bevels and the center of the operating rod 694 760: Head Healthcare Main Unit 762: Circuit board 764: Slot 766: Positioning plate 768, 770: Connecting rod 772: Oil cylinder 774, 776: First end and second end of oil cylinder 778, 780: Hole 782: Downward protruding slider 784: Pressure sensor 786, 788: Buttons 790:Circuit layout 800: Healthcare equipment 802: Healthcare main body 804: Rail body 806: Gear Slot 808: Lower gear rack 810:Top surface 812: Upper gear rack 814, 816: Carrier body 818: A pair of positioning plates 820: Positioning gear 822: Stepping motor 824: Gear protection sheet 826: Motor shaft 828: Gear 830:Left end surface 832: Positioning rod 834: A pair of positioning slots 836: Side positioning plate 838: Stepping motor 840:Threaded rod 842: Threaded rod nest 844: Side wall top surface 846: Moving Piece 848: Work Base 850: Fixing screw bolt 852: Central protruding piece 854: Groove 856: Ball 858, 860: Top surface of carrier body 862, 864: Proximal surface of carrier body 870: Point workpiece connecting piece 874:First end 876: Fixing nut 878: Female thread 880:Second end 882: Point workpiece nut 884: Female thread 900: Work base 904: C-clamp 906: Workpiece holder 908: First end of workpiece holder 910: second end of workpiece holder 912: Connector 914: Female thread 916: Annular groove 918: First end of workpiece 920: Connection piece 922: Connection between the second end of the workpiece and 920 930: Workpiece holder 932: Threaded part 934: Annular groove 936: Work Base 938: screw hole 940: Tsubo Work Piece 942: Pneumatic cylinder 944: Thread end 946: Piston rod 948: Upper connecting ring 950: Main connection piece 952: Ring Piece 954: Crankshaft 956: Work ring 958: Rubber pad 960: Working end 962:Work bottom 964: Workpiece 966: Point opening 968: First end of main connecting piece 970: Second end of main connecting piece 971: Work Base 972: Angle Controller 974: Angle control assembly 976, 982: Supporters 978: Fixed piece 980: Threaded barrel 984: Workpiece jaw 986: Rivet 988: Holding part 1000: Workpiece assembly 1002: Electric chuck 1004: Jaw 1006: Holding surface 1008, 1042: Rotating head 1010: Extension base 1012: First end 1014: Connection base 1016: Rotating shaft 1018: Rotating platform 1020:Work platform 1022: Work Base 1024: First end 1026:Second end 1028:Second end 1030: First end 1032:Second end 1040: Automatic needle insertion acupoint workpiece 1044: Automatic needle insertion device 1046: Needle insertion mechanism 1048: Electric holder 1100, 1110, 1120: Steps of the healthcare method of the first embodiment 1130 to 1180: Steps of the healthcare method of the second embodiment 1200: Healthcare System 1210: Healthcare main unit 1215: Computer equipment 1220: Central processing unit 1230:Memory 1240: Symptom Treatment Module 1250: Personal Healthcare History Record Module 1260: Feedback / Reporting Module 1270:Screen 1280:Keyboard / Mouse 1290:Microphone 1300: Lens 1400: Cloud Database 1500: Service Center 1600: Control module DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0050] The following, in conjunction with the drawings, will disclose one by one how to realize the ideals of each level / observation / angle of the present invention. The following specific embodiments are examples used to facilitate understanding of a certain invention level / finding / solution and are not the only feasible method or answer for the invention level / finding / solution. In fact, descriptions of specific embodiments of different invention levels / findings / solutions can be cross-referenced for substitution or modification. While current inventions are supposed to be groundbreaking, so-called groundbreaking inventions are merely clever, organic, or surprising new combinations of various components that are easily available worldwide to realize groundbreaking ideals. Specifically, the creation or progress of the present invention generally lies not in each component itself, but in the unexpected or creative combination of related components.

[0051] Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 illustrates a first embodiment of the present invention at a basic level. The acupoint 11 (international code LI2) on the index finger 1 is taken as an example. This acupoint 11 is located between the red and white flesh at the end of the transverse radial crease of the proximal phalange (third phalange) of the index finger and is primarily used to treat sore throat, toothache, nosebleeds, mouth and eye distortion, lethargy, and shoulder / back pain. The healthcare device 100 includes a healthcare body 110 having two hollow semi-cylindrical fixed bodies 102 pivotally interconnected via a pivot portion 101. Each fixed body 101 has a solid semi-cylindrical rod body 103 with a semi-cylindrical external thread 106. The fixed body 102 has recesses 104 that accommodate the finger joints 12, such as the middle (second) phalangeal joint and the proximal (third) phalangeal joint. The washable or disinfectable soft layer 105 of cloth or disposable paper can be folded multiple times depending on the thickness of the user or finger, so that when the two fixing bodies 102 are tightly closed, the index finger 1 or joint 12 determines or fixes the two positional relationship. The healthcare device 100 and the index finger 1 or the two interdigital holes 11 (in this example) are used to achieve the above-mentioned or expected effect. When the two fixing bodies 102 are tightly closed, the two semi-cylindrical rod bodies 103 form a complete bolt. The protruding portions of the base end 13 of the middle phalanx and the tip 14 of the proximal phalanx of the index finger 1 are accommodated in the recesses 104.

[0052] The fixing piece 200 has a rod body 201, which provides the necessary distance or height for constructing or manipulating the acupoint workpiece 300. The rod body 201 has a first end 202. After the female thread 203 of the first end 202 engages with the male threads 106 of the two semi-cylindrical rod bodies 103, the rod body 201 is fixed to the healthcare device 100. By locking the first end 202 with the two semi-cylindrical rod bodies 103, the two semi-cylindrical fixing bodies 102 fix the index finger 1 therein. The rod body 201 has a second end 204 on which a universal joint seat 205 is provided for connection with a universal ball joint 209 on the acupoint workpiece connector 206. Thanks to technological advances, modern universal joints have a very large rotation angle, allowing them to withstand significant impacts at specific angles and positions without shifting out of position. Furthermore, if a single universal joint is insufficient, multiple universal joints can be connected in series to expand the range of desired directions.

[0053] The acupoint workpiece connector 206 has two lips 207 for holding the acupoint workpiece 300 through its hollow space 208. The acupoint workpiece 300 can be a microwave, laser, or radiation energy processing unit as described above, and has a conductor 301 for receiving an electrical energy supply to output energy from the acupoint workpiece head 302. Therefore, depending on the configuration of the connector 206 and the fixing piece 200, the work energy release unit can be in the form of the acupoint workpiece 300, in which the work energy output is concentrated. Since the relative position between the acupoint workpiece 300 and the acupoint 11 is determined in this way, how or to what extent the acupoint workpiece head 302 of the acupoint workpiece 300 can or should output energy can also be precisely controlled or adjusted according to the specific requirements of the user / patient.

[0054] Furthermore, the volumes of the healthcare device 100, the fixation piece 200, and the acupoint workpiece 300 are relatively limited. As long as the lead wire 301 is long enough, the user can ideally move their position or move freely without changing the relative position between the acupoint workpiece 300 and the two holes 11, thereby not affecting the expected physical therapy / treatment effect. Furthermore, there are various ways to connect the acupoint workpiece connector 206 and the acupoint workpiece 300, or between the first end 202 and the semi-cylindrical rod body 103. For example, one side may be provided with an annular protrusion, and the other side may be provided with an annular groove, which facilitates assembly between the first end 202 and the semi-cylindrical rod body 103. Therefore, it can be easily understood that the description of this figure or embodiment is merely one example for achieving the objectives disclosed in the present invention.

[0055] The first embodiment of the present invention is summarized as follows: The healthcare device 100 includes a healthcare body 110 for positioning a user's body part 1 so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part 1, the body part 1 having an acupoint 11, an acupoint workpiece 300 for performing a healthcare operation on the acupoint 11, and a workpiece holder 200 having a first end 202 connected to the healthcare body 110 and a second end 204 for fixing the acupoint workpiece 300, so that the acupoint workpiece 300 performs a healthcare operation under a condition that the acupoint workpiece 300 has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.

[0056] According to the healthcare device 100 of the first embodiment, the acupoint workpiece 300 has an acupoint workpiece head 302 , and the second specific positional relationship refers to the positional relationship between the acupoint 11 and the acupoint workpiece head 302 .

[0057] According to the healthcare device 100 of the first embodiment, the healthcare main body 110 is for relatively positioning the user's fingers, toes, arms or legs.

[0058] According to the first embodiment of the healthcare device 100, the healthcare body 110 is formed by two mutually pivoted fixed bodies 102 with hollow semi-cylindrical cross sections, each of the fixed bodies 102 having a semi-cylindrical rod body 103, and the two semi-cylindrical rod bodies 103 can be combined to form a connecting rod.

[0059] According to the first embodiment of the healthcare device 100, each semi-cylindrical fixed body 102 has an inner recess 104 for accommodating a body part or joint of a finger 1, allowing the healthcare body 110 to properly fit or be positioned relative to the body part 1.

[0060] According to the first embodiment of the healthcare device 100, the fixation piece 200 has a hollow first end 202 which accommodates a connecting rod formed by two semicircular cross-section rod bodies 103, into which the body portion 1 fits snugly.

[0061] According to the first embodiment of the healthcare device 100, the fixation piece 200 has a second end 204 fixed to an acupoint workpiece connector 206 that connects the acupoint workpiece 300 via a fixing medium, which may be one or more serially connected universal joints.

[0062] According to the first embodiment of the healthcare device 100, the connection method between the first end 202 of the fixed piece 200 and the two semi-cylindrical rod bodies 103 for forming a connecting rod, or between the acupoint workpiece connector 206 and the acupoint workpiece 300, is the engagement of male and female threads, elastic retention, or annular convex and annular concave surfaces due to material properties.

[0063] From another perspective, the above-mentioned embodiment discloses a healthcare device 100 including a healthcare body 110 for fixing a user's body part 1 so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part 1, and a workpiece holder 200 having a first end 202 connected to the healthcare body 110 and a second end 204 for fixing an acupoint workpiece 300, wherein the workpiece holder 200 enables a healthcare task to be performed under a condition in which the acupoint workpiece 300 is under the first specific positional relationship and has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint 11.

[0064] From yet another perspective, the above-mentioned embodiment discloses a healthcare device 100 for holding an acupoint workpiece 300 thereon to perform a healthcare task on a user, wherein the user has a body part having an acupoint 11, and the healthcare device 100 includes: a healthcare body 110 for relatively positioning the body part 1 so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship between the healthcare body 110 and the body part 1; and a workpiece holder 200 having a first end 202 provided on the healthcare body 110 and a second end 204 for holding the acupoint workpiece 300, wherein the healthcare task can be performed under a condition where the acupoint workpiece 300 is under the first specific positional relationship and has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint 11.

[0065] Please refer to Figure 2. Figure 2 shows a basic-level second embodiment of the present invention. Take the Hegu point 23 (international code LI4), located between the thumb 21 and index finger 22 of the fist 2, as an example. The acupoint 23 is located between the first and second metacarpal bones, but slightly closer to the midpoint of the second metacarpal bone. It primarily treats headaches, sore eyes, sore throats, toothaches, nosebleeds, colds, strokes, and facial nerve paralysis. Like the first embodiment, this embodiment focuses on acupoints for specific situations. If the difficulty of positioning a specific acupoint relative to the acupoint workpiece (or its acupoint workpiece head) can be overcome, problems associated with more general or easier acupoints whose relative positions are easily attained can be easily resolved.

[0066] The healthcare device 120 includes a healthcare body 122 that is generally semi-cylindrical and has a groove 130 therein for receiving the user's thumb 21. The user's thumb joint 24 is covered by the healthcare body 110 of the first embodiment. The healthcare body 110 has a hollow cylindrical end 112 with two sides that rests on two abutment plates 126 located on two upper shoulders 124 of the healthcare body 122. The two abutment plates 126 are pressed toward the tip of the thumb by two springs 128, respectively. This ensures the relative position of the thumb 21 and the healthcare body 122.

[0067] The healthcare body 122 has a recess 146 to accommodate the short thumb muscle 26 of the user for a comfortable gripping sensation. Another healthcare body 110' is attached to the second joint 25 of the index finger 22. The healthcare body 110 and the healthcare body 110' can be the same (when the thumb 21 or index finger 22 is properly fitted by the soft layer of fabric 105 of the first embodiment) or different (when the contours or sizes of the thumb 21 and index finger 22 are slightly different, respectively). After the second joint 25 is sleeved onto the healthcare body 110', the index finger 22 sleeved onto the healthcare body 110' rests on the index finger receiving area 132 through the index finger receiving groove 135 formed between the index finger wall 131 and the shoulder 133. Meanwhile, the right and top of the hollow cylindrical end 112' of the healthcare body 110' are pressed against an abutment plate 136 connected to a connecting spring 134. The abutment plate 136 here is generally inverted L-shaped, with its horizontal and vertical portions pressing against the right and upper sides of the hollow cylindrical end 112' of the healthcare body 110' in FIG. 2 . Furthermore, the horizontal portion of the inverted L-shaped abutment plate 136 pivots the spring 134 thereon, so that after the index finger 22 is properly positioned, the vertical portion of the inverted L-shaped abutment plate 136 rotates and presses against the upper side of the hollow cylindrical end 112'. This restrains the positioning of the index finger 22 while ensuring the relative positional relationship between the second end 204' of the fixation piece 200' and the groove 23. In other words, the relative positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece head 302' on the acupoint workpiece 300' and the groove 23 achieves the aforementioned or expected effect. Furthermore, the healthcare body 122 is provided with an index finger slot 138 for inserting the index finger 22 into the groove 132. Indeed, the healthcare main body 122 may further be provided with a middle finger slot 140, a ring finger slot 142, and a little finger slot 144 for optionally inserting the other three fingers. Each of the finger slots 138 to 144 may or may not communicate with each other, or each may have a completely or partially independent space for accommodating a finger individually or collectively.

[0068] It should be noted that the healthcare body 110 and the healthcare body 110' of this embodiment may have fundamental structural differences from the healthcare body 110 of the first embodiment. Like the first embodiment 110, the healthcare body 110' is positioned by the thumb joint 24. In particular, since one end of the healthcare body 110' is stopped by the knuckle, the healthcare body 110' can only extend to the central part of the phalanx without slipping off. Since the other end of the healthcare body 110' is pressed against the abutment plate 126 or 136, there is no problem with position assurance. Therefore, the axial length of the healthcare body 110' can be shortened.

[0069] The second embodiment of the present invention is summarized as follows: A healthcare device 120 includes a healthcare body 122 having two receiving grooves 130, 135 for relatively positioning two different parts 21, 22 of a user's body part 2, respectively, so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part 2, and a workpiece holder 200 having a first end 202 connected to the healthcare body 110′ and a second end 204 for fixing an acupoint workpiece 300′, wherein the acupoint workpiece 300′ and the body part 2′ are in a second specific positional relationship under the first specific positional relationship.

[0070] According to the second embodiment of the healthcare device 120, there is an acupoint 23 between two different parts 21 and 22, and the acupoint workpiece 300' has an acupoint workpiece head 302', and the second specific positional relationship refers to the positional relationship between the acupoint 23 and the acupoint workpiece head 302'.

[0071] According to the healthcare device 120 of the second embodiment, the healthcare main body 122 is used to relatively position two fingers of a user, such as a thumb and an index finger.

[0072] According to the healthcare device 120 of the second embodiment, the healthcare main body 122 has two finger receiving portions, namely, a thumb receiving groove 130 and an index finger receiving groove 135 .

[0073] According to the healthcare device 120 of the second embodiment, the thumb-receiving groove 130 is defined by two springs 128 respectively disposed on the two shoulders 124 and two abutment plates 126 respectively connected to the springs 128 .

[0074] According to the second embodiment of the healthcare device 120, the index finger receiving area 132 includes an index finger rest plate 131, a shoulder 133, a groove 135 defined by the index finger rest plate 131 and the shoulder 133, a spring 134 disposed on the shoulder 133, and an inverted L-shaped abutment plate 136 pivotally connected to the spring 134.

[0075] According to the healthcare device 120 of the second embodiment, the healthcare body 122 has a recess 146 for fitting to the short thumb muscle 26, so that the user can have a sense of gripping the healthcare body 122.

[0076] According to the second embodiment of the healthcare device 120, the healthcare main body 122 may have an index finger slot 138 for accommodating the distal portion of the index finger 22, and may also have a middle finger slot 140, a ring finger slot 142, and a little finger slot 144. The finger slots 138 to 144 may or may not communicate with each other, or each may have a completely or partially independent space for accommodating the fingers individually or collectively.

[0077] From another perspective, the healthcare device 120 (as shown in FIG. 1 or described in the following embodiments) holds an acupoint workpiece thereon to provide healthcare to a user, with the acupoint 23 between two distinct parts. The healthcare device 120 includes a healthcare body 122 having two adjacent parts (124-130 and 131-135) for positioning the two distinct parts 21, 22 of the body part 2 so as to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part 2, and a workpiece holder (as shown in FIG. 1 or described in the following embodiments) having a first end provided on the healthcare body 122 and a second end for holding the acupoint workpiece 300, ensuring that the acupoint workpiece 300 performs a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece 300 has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.

[0078] According to yet another aspect, the healthcare device 120 includes a healthcare main body 122 having two adjacent parts (124-130 and 131-135) for respectively positioning two different parts 21, 22 of the user's body part 2 relatively to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the main body part 2, and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) having a first end provided on the healthcare main body 122 and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece 300 (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments), which ensures that the acupoint workpiece 300 performs a healthcare task under the condition that it has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint 11 under the first specific positional relationship.

[0079] The distribution of acupoints on the human chest or abdomen is very symmetrical. In the chest, the midline is the Ren Mai, and on either side of it, 0.5 body inches away, is the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian in the foot, another inch away is the Yangming Stomach Meridian in the foot (i.e., 1.5 body inches from the Ren Mai), etc. In the back, the midline or spine is the Du Mai, and on either side of it, 1.5 and 3 body inches away, are the two branches of the Taiyang Bladder Meridian in the foot, etc. FIG. 3A shows the Du meridian 30 on the back, the Taiyang Bladder meridian 31 on the foot, and acupressure points, such as the Daishi point (international code GV14) 32, the Taodao point (international code GV13) 33, the Shenzhu point (international code GV12) 34, the Kanyu point (international code BL18) 35, the Tanyu point (international code BL19) 36, the Hiyu point (international code BL20) 37, the Iso point (international code BL50) 38, the Zhangmen point (international code BL51) 39, and the Zhishitsu point (international code BL52) 40.

[0080] Please refer to Figure 3B. Figure 3B shows a simple healthcare device 150 for use on the chest or back. The healthcare device 150 includes a healthcare body 152, a support horizontal piece 156 having two ends 164 connected to the healthcare body 152, and a workpiece support medium 158 fixed on the support horizontal piece 156. The healthcare body 152 further includes two support posts 166 whose upper ends 157 pivot on the ends 164 of the support horizontal piece 156, an intermediate connection piece 168 fixed on the two support posts 166, and a pressing piece 154 fixed on the intermediate connection piece 168, and the angles between the two support posts 166 and the intermediate connection piece 168, and between the intermediate connection piece 168 and the pressing piece 154 are approximately 90 degrees. That is, during use, the user presses the pressing piece 154 with their chest or back to place the healthcare body 152 in a certain relative position. Since the pressing piece 154 is pressed by the user, it should be shaped so as not to cause discomfort to the user, or have a corresponding recess on the attachment surface to prevent discomfort to the user.

[0081] The workpiece support medium 158 slidably sleeves the sleeve 160. The sleeve 160 is fixed to the workpiece connector 162 for sleeved the acupoint workpiece as described in the first embodiment. Therefore, the physical therapist or therapist can move / adjust the position of the sleeve 160 on the workpiece support medium 158 to fix or ensure the relative positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and a specific acupoint.

[0082] Although there are numerous acupressure points on the chest or back, one might agree that the healthcare device 150 seems too simple and that the healthcare device 170 in Fig. 3C is somewhat more advanced. The healthcare device 170 includes a healthcare body 172, a support horizontal piece 400 having two end portions 410 that pivot on the healthcare body 172, and a workpiece support medium 404 slidably sleeved on the support horizontal piece 400. The healthcare body 172 includes a first pair of struts 174, with upper ends 175 of the struts 174 pivoted to the ends of the support horizontal piece 400, an intermediate connecting piece 176 fixed to the two struts 174, an alignment portion 178 fixed to the intermediate connecting piece 176, a second pair of struts 184, an intermediate connecting piece 185 fixed to the two struts 184, and an alignment portion 186 fixed to the intermediate connecting piece 185. Here, the angle between the two support posts 174 (184) and the intermediate connecting piece 176 (185), and between the intermediate connecting piece 176 (185) and the alignment portion 178 (186) are approximately 90 degrees, the alignment portion 178 (186) has a half-thickness region 180 (188) where its thickness is halved, the alignment portion 186 is pivoted to the intermediate connecting piece 185 via a pivot 187, and the half-thickness regions 180 and 188 each have an alignment hole 182 and a protrusion 190. In use, first, the alignment portion 186 and the two support posts 184 are kept parallel or flush, and the user presses the aligned alignment portions 178 and 186 with their chest or back, and then pivots the two support posts 184 to form a perpendicular relationship. This has the alignment portion 186 to secure the health care main body 172 in a safe relative position. As described above, since the matching portions 178, 186 are pressed by the user, they should be shaped so as not to cause discomfort to the user, or have a corresponding recess on the attachment surface to avoid causing discomfort to the user.

[0083] As in the previous example, the workpiece support medium 404 slidably sleeves the sleeve 406, and the sleeve 406 is fixed to the workpiece connector 408 so that the acupoint workpiece of the first embodiment is sleeved thereon. Thus, the physical therapist or therapist can move / adjust the position of the sleeve 406 on the workpiece support medium 404 to fix or ensure the relative positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and a particular acupoint. The workpiece support medium 404 has a connecting end 402 slidably sleeved on the support cross piece 400 and a free end 412 clamped by a pair of clamps 189 and 192 of the second pair of struts 184. Here, clamp 189 is fixed to a pair of posts 184, clamp 192 is pivoted to the upper end of one of the posts 184 by pin 191, the other post 184 has a flange 194, the free end of clamp 192 has a groove 197 and flange 194, the free ends of clamp 192 have through holes 196 and 198, respectively, pin 199 passes through through holes 196 and 198, and the pair of clamps 189 and 192 hold free end 412.

[0084] While precise fit is no longer an issue with today's technology, considering the convenience of the slides (hence the need for tolerances) and the safety of positioning, surfaces 195 and 193 corresponding to clamps 189 and 192, surfaces 401 and 403 corresponding to support crosspiece 400 and connecting end 402, and corresponding surfaces 405 and 407 of workpiece support medium 404 and adjusting sleeve 406 can be roughened or covered with a thick or thin layer of rubber material. Furthermore, since the acupoints on the chest and abdomen are symmetrically distributed relative to the Renmai and Dumai meridians, and both symmetrical acupoints require physical therapy / treatment, it is preferable that adjusting sleeves 406 be configured in pairs. Indeed, if multiple acupoints need to be treated simultaneously, the number of workpiece support mediums 404 can be increased.

[0085] The above two embodiments are summarized as follows: The healthcare device 150 (170) includes a healthcare body 152 (172) having two support posts 166 (174), each having an upper end 157 (175), for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the user's body, a support horizontal piece 156 (400) having two ends 164 (410) respectively pivoted to the upper ends 157 (175) of the two support posts, and a workpiece support medium 404 having a first end 402 connected to the healthcare body 152 (172) and an adjustment sleeve 406 for fixing an acupoint workpiece, the workpiece support medium 404 being in a second specific positional relationship corresponding to the first specific positional relationship.

[0086] According to the healthcare device 150 (170) of the above embodiment, the body is the chest or back of a human body, the acupoint workpiece has an acupoint workpiece head, and the second specific positional relationship refers to the relative positional relationship between the chest acupoint or back acupoint and the acupoint workpiece.

[0087] According to the healthcare device 150 (170) of the above embodiment, the healthcare main body 152 (172) has a pressing piece 154 (178, 186) that is pressed by the user's chest or abdomen to ensure the relative position between the user and the healthcare main body 152 (172).

[0088] According to the healthcare device 150 (170) of the embodiment, the pressing piece 154 has two alignment portions 178, 186 each having a half-thickness region 180 (188), and the half-thickness regions 180, 188 each have an alignment hole 182 and a protrusion 190.

[0089] According to the healthcare device 150 (170) of the above embodiment, the healthcare body 172 has two pairs of support posts 174, 184, the bottoms of each pair of support posts 174, 184 are interconnected by intermediate connecting pieces 176, 185, and the alignment part 186 is pivoted to the intermediate connecting piece 185 by a pivot 187.

[0090] According to the healthcare device 170 of the embodiment, the workpiece support medium 404 is slidably sleeved on the support cross piece 400 and / or the workpiece support medium 404 slidably sleeves the adjustment sleeve 406 .

[0091] According to the healthcare device 170 of the embodiment, the second pair of struts 184 of the healthcare body 172 has a pair of clamps 189 , 192 provided for holding the free end 412 of the workpiece support medium 404 .

[0092] According to the healthcare device 170 of the embodiment, the surfaces 195 and 193 corresponding to the clamps 189 and 192, the surfaces 401 and 403 corresponding to the support cross piece 400 and the connecting end 402, and the surfaces 405 and 407 corresponding to the workpiece support medium 404, as well as the adjusting sleeve 406, are roughened or coated with a layer of rubber material.

[0093] According to the embodiment of the healthcare device 170, a second conditioning sleeve 406 and / or a second workpiece support medium 404 may further be included.

[0094] From another perspective, the healthcare device 150 (170) holds an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon to provide healthcare to a user. The user has a body part. The body part has an acupoint. The healthcare device includes a healthcare main body (152, 166, 154, 168; 172, 174, 178, 184, 190) having a pair of support posts (152, 166; 172, 174; 184) for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the user's body, a support horizontal piece 400 having two ends 410 respectively connected to the support posts, and a workpiece support medium 404 connected to the support horizontal piece 400 and fitted with a sleeve 408 for holding the acupoint workpiece on the support horizontal piece 400, and performing the healthcare operation under the condition that the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first positional relationship.

[0095] According to yet another aspect, the healthcare device 150 (170) includes a healthcare body (152, 166, 154, 168; 172, 174; 172, 174; 172, 174; 172, 166; 172, 174; 172, 174, 178; 172, 174, 178, 184, 190) having a pair of support posts (152, 166; 172, 174; 172, 174; 172, 174, 178; 172, 174, 178, 184, 190) for relatively positioning a body part of a user and maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part. 184, 190), wherein the body part includes the health care body having an acupoint, a supporting horizontal piece 400 having two ends 410 respectively connected to a pair of support columns, and a workpiece supporting medium 404 connected to the supporting horizontal piece 400, with a sleeve 408 for holding an acupoint workpiece on the supporting horizontal piece 400, which performs a health care operation under the condition that the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under a first positional relationship.

[0096] Upper arm or forearm The acupuncture paths are not as regular and relatively difficult to identify as those on the chest or abdomen of the human body, and they run along either the yin or yang side of the arm. While they are easily identifiable by acupuncturists, they are not easy for laypeople or beginners to identify. First, we will address the issue of positioning. Please refer to FIG. 4A , which shows the healthcare body 502 of the upper arm healthcare device 500 of the present invention. The healthcare body 502 has carrier substrates 501 and 503, each of which has a pair of recesses 511 and 512 for mounting a pair of positioning blocks 524 and 504, respectively. Since all of the positioning blocks 524 and 504 are similarly configured, only the positioning block 504 is shown in detail below.

[0097] The positioning block 504 has a pair of lower lugs 516 slidably mounted in a pair of side grooves 518 in the recess 512. Two ends 513, 515 of a plurality of springs 514 are mounted on an inner wall 517 of the recess 512 and an inner wall 519 at the bottom of the positioning block 504, respectively. The inner walls 517 and 519 are provided to compensate or offset the length of the springs 514. In the present invention, the plurality of springs 514 always keep the pair of positioning blocks 504 as close as possible to each other within the pair of recesses 512. The remaining width of the cutout top at the free end of the carrier substrate 503 between the pair of recesses 512 is approximately forearm This is the thickness of the wrist. Since it is inevitable that people will lose or gain weight, the present invention can automatically adjust the pair of positioning blocks 504 to hold the wrist. Note that the lugs in the figure are plate-shaped, whereas cylindrical shapes are common, but there is no significant difference, so explanation will be omitted.

[0098] When treating acupoints on the Yangming Large Intestine Meridian of the hand (e.g., the Wenlu point, international code LI7, which mainly treats headache, sore throat, stomach ache, abdominal pain, and shoulder / back pain), the wrist needs to be held in a paired position. To facilitate acupoint physical therapy / treatment, the wrist should be held by a pair of positioning blocks 504 in the thickness direction. At this time, the protrusion corresponding to the abductor brevis muscle of the user's thumb fits into the recessed cavity 510 in the positioning block 504. However, when treating acupoints on the Jueyin Pericardium Meridian of the hand (e.g., the Neiguan point, international code PC6, which mainly treats stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, arrhythmia, stroke / dementia, elbow spasms, feverish face, blurred vision, and shock), the wrist should be held by a pair of positioning blocks 504 in the width direction with the yin side facing up. At this time, forearm The carpal process of the left arm abuts against the recess 506 of the left positioning block 504, while forearm The ulnar carpal process of the right hand abuts against the recess 505' of the right positioning block 504, and performs the positioning effect together. forearm The carpal process of the radius is located inferiorly and anteriorly, forearmThe ulnar carpal process of the humerus is located superiorly and posteriorly, and therefore, by utilizing this structural feature, the positions of the recesses 505 and 506 of the positioning block 504 are designed to enhance the positioning relationship or function. forearm Regardless of whether the shadow side is facing up or down, it can be effectively held by the positioning block 504. Furthermore, the palm of the user's hand is kept free within the groove 508 of the positioning block 504.

[0099] Conversely, when treating the Shaoyang triple burner meridian acupoint of the hand (e.g., the Waiguan point, international code TE5, which mainly treats undesirable elbow / arm flexion and extension, finger pain / lack of grip strength, hand tremor, hearing loss, tinnitus, headache, cheek pain, and fever), the wrist should be held widthwise by a pair of positioning blocks 504 with the yang side facing up. forearm The carpal process of the ulna abuts against the recess 505 of the left positioning block 504, forearm The carpal process of the right arm abuts against recess 506' in right positioning block 504, thereby cooperating in the positioning effect. There is a recess 520 at the end of carrier base 503. This recess 520 has two functions: on the one hand, when the forearm side is held upright laterally on carrier base 503 (i.e., suspended by its thickness), the abductor muscle of the user's little finger is suspended above it. On the other hand, when the shade side of the forearm is placed on carrier base 503, the user's wrist / palm is suspended freely.

[0100] See the left side of FIG. 4A , which shows a positioning block 524 and carrier board 501 for carrying an elbow joint. Positioning block 524 has a recess 526 that accommodates the most prominent sesamoid bone on the ulnar side of the elbow end of the humerus, and carrier board 501 has a corresponding recess 534 that accommodates the most prominent portion of the elbow end of the ulna (i.e., the tip of the elbow). The structure of the human body is very mysterious. When the forearm is placed on carrier boards 501 and 503, the sesamoid bone and the most prominent portion fit into recesses 526 and 534, respectively, whether the forearm is placed sideways or facing upright. However, when the forearm is placed upright sideways, the left and lower sides of the prominent muscles of the forearm (composed of the palmaris longus, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor carpi ulnaris) are positioned in grooves 528 of positioning block 524 and groove 536 of carrier board 501, respectively. As the leading positioning block 504 of the wrist joint, the positioning block 524 is mounted in a pair of recesses 511 in the carrier base 501 and has a pair of lugs 530 slidably mounted in grooves 532 in the recesses 511 .

[0101] See the center portion of FIG. 4A , which shows the length-adjusting medium 546 between the two carrier substrates 501 and 503. The Creator God is mysterious and can accommodate people of all heights and lengths, whether they have short or long arms—for example, Liu Bang's hands are said to be longer than his knees—so the length-adjusting medium 546 can be adapted accordingly. The adjacent ends of the carrier substrates 501 and 503 have central grooves 550 for symmetrically accommodating the connecting plates 547. Each adjacent end of the carrier substrates 501 and 503 has an internal recess 538, allowing pairs of tension springs 540 to be symmetrically arranged above and below the connecting plate 547, pulling the carrier substrates 501 and 503 together as tightly as possible. The opposite sides of the adjacent ends of the carrier substrates 501 and 503 each have pairs of pinholes 542, which correspond to the pinholes 548 on both sides of the connecting plate 547. When the distance between the adjacent ends of the carrier substrates 501, 503 corresponding to the user's arm length is properly adjusted, the four pins 544 are inserted into the corresponding pinholes 548 and the corresponding two pairs of pinholes 542 to complete the setting of the arm length.

[0102] See FIG. 4B. The right side of FIG. 4B shows the forearm carrier board of FIG. 4A, slightly modified to form a complete upper limb carrier board in combination with the upper arm carrier board. Specifically, the elbow end of forearm carrier board 502 (or 501) has a bottom cutout 552 and a bottom shaft hole 554. The left side of FIG. 4B shows upper arm carrier board 560, which has two carrier boards 562 and 564. The elbow end of carrier board 564 has a top cutout 568 and a central pivot 572 that pivots on bottom shaft hole 554. In contrast to upper arm carrier board 560, the forearm can only bend inward, not outward, so its pivoting is directional. Considering the presence of the elbow end of forearm carrier board 502, its distal side 535 must interfere with the elbow end of upper arm carrier board 560 when pivoting counterclockwise. The upper arm carrier substrate 564 is not modified accordingly and cannot rotate relative to one another, and therefore the elbow end of the upper arm carrier substrate 564 also has a cutout 570 to accommodate the distal side 535 of the elbow end of the forearm carrier substrate 502.

[0103] See the left side of FIG. 4B. Because the inner side of the upper arm is connected to the body, the inner and outer sides of the upper arm have different lengths relative to the upper arm carrier substrate 562. Therefore, the distal side of the axillary end 566 of the carrier substrate 562 has a cutout portion 580 and a semi-cylindrical portion 576 connected to the carrier substrate 562, which is pressed against the user's axilla. Furthermore, the proximal side of the axillary end 566 of the carrier substrate 562 has a guide seat 578 that fits over the shoulder end of the user's upper arm. Indeed, a length adjustment device 574 can be configured between the two carrier substrates 562, 564 to accommodate the length of the forearm, but this will not be described in detail here.

[0104] 4C shows an embodiment of a length adjustment device 586 of the healthcare body of the healthcare device of the present invention. A length adjustment plate 596 is provided between the carrier substrates 582, 584. The length adjustment plate 596 has a slide hole 595, a longitudinal central groove 591, a pair of grooves 597 on both sides of the distal end, a pair of proximal grooves 610, and grooves 599 on both sides of the length adjustment plate 596. The adjacent distal ends of the two carrier substrates 582, 584 are provided with a pair of arcuate protrusions 606, a pair of grooves 608 on both sides of the pair of arcuate protrusions 606, a pair of intermediate grooves 601, and a pair of springs 604 (corresponding / symmetrical to the arcuate protrusions 606) located between the corresponding pair of grooves 608 and the pair of grooves 597. Here, the two ends of each pair of springs 604 are connected to the corresponding grooves 608 and 597, respectively, and the longitudinal central groove 591 moves within the trapezoidal piece 600. When the two carrier substrates 582, 584 abut against the length adjustment plate 596, the arcuate convex portion 606 is accommodated in the longitudinal central groove 591. The distal pairs of springs 604 and the proximal pairs of springs 612 tend to couple the carrier substrates 582, 584 and the length adjustment plate 596 together in a planar manner. This is because the three carrier substrates 582, 584 and the length adjustment plate 596 are slidably sleeved together via the distal side pieces 602 and slide holes 616, the intermediate groove 601 and trapezoidal piece 600, and the corresponding pair of guide pieces 614 and pair of guide grooves 618 on the proximal side.

[0105] Although humans are divided into adults and children, males and females, in practice the difference in forearm or upper arm length usually does not exceed 5 cm. Even when comparing a 4-year-old child with a 2-meter tall person, the difference in height rarely exceeds 15 cm. The length adjustment plate 596 has a threaded hole 587 and a plurality of positioning pin holes 598. When the overall lengths of the three carrier substrates 582, 584, and 596 are at their shortest, there are no gaps between them. Because the trapezoid piece and threaded rod assembly 620 are configured, if the virtual length needs to be increased, the user rotates the handle 590 of the threaded rod 588 to push the trapezoid piece 600 distally. As the two side bevels 603 of the trapezoid piece 600 abut against the arcuate protrusions 606, the carrier substrates 582 and 584 are pushed out symmetrically, thereby adjusting the virtual overall lengths of the three carrier substrates 582, 584, and 596. Once the threaded rod 588 has been rotated to the appropriate degree to obtain the appropriate virtual overall length of the three carrier substrates 582, 584 and 596, the positioning pin 594 connected to the threaded rod 588 via the chain 592 is inserted into the positioning pin hole 598 closest to the desired position, preventing the springs 604, 612 from potentially reversing the threaded rod 588.

[0106] See FIG. 4D for a first embodiment of a trapezoid piece and threaded rod assembly 620. The trapezoid piece 600 has a bottom hole 624 for receiving the end 622 of a threaded rod. See FIG. 4E for a second embodiment of a trapezoid piece and threaded rod assembly 628. In some cases, for example, when it is desired to control the thickness of the carrier substrates 582, 584, and 596, or when the thickness of the trapezoid piece 630 is limited, a chuck 634 can be provided to hold the bottom of the trapezoid piece 630. It has a hole 636 that coincides with the end 640 of the threaded rod 638. Furthermore, to reliably guide the relative movement between the arc convex portion 606 (FIG. 4C) and the trapezoid piece 630, a shallow guide groove 632 can also be provided on the side bevel 631 in appropriate circumstances.

[0107] The above medical device is only used for a primary purpose or has a primary function, namely, to fix a rod-shaped acupoint workpiece 300 as shown in FIG. To summarize the healthcare device discussed in this specification, the healthcare device 500 includes: a healthcare body 502 having carrier substrates 501, 503 for carrying body parts, the healthcare body 502 including a pair of recesses 511, 512, the body parts being upper limbs or lower limbs, or having upper body parts and lower body parts, any one of the body parts having a main limb bone, any body part or limb bone having two ends, at least one of which has a protrusion feature on both ends; a pair of positioning blocks 504, 524, each slidably mounted in the pair of recesses 511, 512, the positioning blocks 504, 524 having recesses 505, 506 corresponding to the protrusion features so as to hold an associated half-body part therebetween by the protrusion feature; and a workpiece holder (not shown) having a first end connected to the carrier substrates 501, 503 or the positioning blocks 504, 524, and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece.

[0108] The healthcare device 500 includes: a healthcare body 502 having two carrier substrates 501 and 503 adapted to the length of a body part for carrying the body part, each carrier substrate 501, 503 having a pair of recesses 511 and 512 at one end, wherein the body part is an upper limb or a lower limb, having an upper body part and a lower body part, any body part has a main limb bone, and any body part or main limb bone has two ends; a pair of positioning blocks 504, 524, each slidably mounted on the pair of recesses 511 and 512, and having recesses 505, 506 corresponding to the protrusion features, for holding an associated half body part therebetween by the protrusion features; and a workpiece holder (shown in FIG. 1 or in the embodiments described later) having a first end connected to the carrier substrates 501, 503 or the positioning blocks 504, 524, and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (shown in FIG. 1 or in the embodiments described later).

[0109] According to the two embodiments of the healthcare device 500 described above, the positioning block 504 has a pair of lower lugs 516, and the recess 512 has a pair of side grooves 518 that slide within the pair of protrusions 516, respectively.

[0110] According to the healthcare device 500 of the two embodiments described above, the carrier substrate 503 has a free end, and the width of the free end is forearm It is roughly the same thickness as your wrist.

[0111] According to the two embodiments of the healthcare device 500 described above, one of the positioning blocks 504 has a cavity 510 that accommodates the abductor brevis muscle of the palm of the hand when the palm is upright; forearm a recess 506 for engaging the carpal process of the radius; forearm The wrist has a recess 505 for engaging the protrusion at the wrist end of the ulna, and a groove 508 to keep the palm free.

[0112] According to the two aforementioned embodiments of the healthcare device 500, the free end of one carrier substrate 503 has a recess 520 in which the abductor muscle of the user's little finger hangs when the forearm is held upright laterally (i.e., hanging by its thickness). forearm When placed with the inside (or shadow) side of the device, the user's wrist / palm can hang freely.

[0113] According to the healthcare device 500 of the above embodiment, when the positioning block 524 is positioned in the recess 511 of the carrier substrate 501 carrying the elbow end of the forearm, the positioning block 524 has a recess 526 for accommodating the most prominent sesamoid bone on the ulnar side of the elbow of the humerus. The carrier substrate 501 has a recess 534 for accommodating the most prominent part of the elbow end of the ulna (i.e., the tip of the elbow), and the positioning block 524 and the carrier substrate 501 are forearm When is kept upright in the horizontal direction, forearm 528 and 536, respectively, into which the left or underside of each of the prominent muscles is positioned.

[0114] According to the above-mentioned embodiment of the healthcare device 500, a length-adjusting medium 546 is provided between two carrier substrates 501, 503, and the length-adjusting medium 546 includes a pair of central grooves 550 respectively provided at adjacent ends of the carrier substrates 501, 503, a connecting plate 547 provided in the pair of central grooves 550, multiple pairs of pin holes 542 respectively provided on opposite sides of the adjacent ends of the carrier substrates 501, 503, multiple pairs of pin holes 548 respectively provided in the connecting plate 547, and four pins 544 inserted into the pin holes 548 of the connecting plate 547 and the two pairs of pin holes 542 corresponding to the carrier substrates 501, 503.

[0115] According to the healthcare device 500 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the healthcare device 500 further includes an upper arm carrier substrate 560, and the elbow end of the forearm carrier substrate 502 (or 501) has a bottom cutout portion 552 and a bottom shaft hole 554, and the upper arm carrier substrate 560 has two carrier substrates 562, 564, and the elbow end of the carrier substrate 564 has a top cutout portion 568 and a central pivot 572 that pivots at the bottom shaft hole 554, and the elbow end of the carrier substrate 564 has another cutout portion 570 to accommodate the distal side 535 of the elbow end of the forearm carrier substrate 502.

[0116] According to the healthcare device 500 of the above-described embodiment, the distal side of the axillary end 566 of the carrier substrate 562, which is close to the axilla, has a cutout portion 580 and a semi-cylindrical portion 576 connected thereto so as to be pressed against the axilla of the user. The proximal side of the axillary end 566 has a guide seat 578 that fits over the shoulder end of the user's upper arm.

[0117] From another perspective, a healthcare device (500; 560) holds an acupoint workpiece thereon (as described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) to provide healthcare to a user, the user having a body part with an acupoint, the healthcare device (500; 560) comprising: a healthcare body (501, 503; 562, 564) having a carrier substrate (502; 562) for carrying the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, the carrier substrate having an edge, the body part having a main limb bone, and the body part or the main limb bone having a protruding feature corresponding to the recess; and The workpiece holder includes a pair of positioning blocks (504; 524) that are slidably mounted on a carrier substrate and have recesses (505; 526) corresponding to the protrusion features, the recesses (505; 526) restraining the protrusion features to relatively position the body part therebetween, and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) that has a first end connected to the carrier substrate or the pair of positioning blocks and a second end that holds an acupoint workpiece, and that performs a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under a first specific positional relationship.

[0118] From yet another perspective, a healthcare device (500; 560) holds an acupoint workpiece thereon to provide healthcare to a user, the user having a body part with an acupoint, the healthcare device (500; 560) comprising a healthcare body (501, 503; 562, 564) having a carrier substrate (502; 562) for carrying the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, the carrier substrate having an end, the body part having a major limb bone, the healthcare body (501, 503; 562, 564) having protruding features corresponding to recesses, and the healthcare body (501, 503; 562, 564) slidably mounted on the carrier substrate. and a pair of positioning blocks (504; 524) having recesses (505; 526) corresponding to the protruding features, the recesses (505; 526) restraining the protruding features to relatively position the body part therebetween; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the carrier substrate or the pair of positioning blocks and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments), wherein the workpiece holder performs a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under a first specific positional relationship.

[0119] The healthcare device 500 includes a healthcare body having two carrier substrates 582, 584 for carrying a body part, and a length adjustment device 586 disposed between the two carrier substrates 582, 584 for adjusting the apparent length of the healthcare body to fit the length of a user's body part.

[0120] According to the healthcare device of the above embodiment, the length adjustment device 586 includes a length adjustment plate 596, a side piece 602, and a trapezoid piece 600. The length adjustment plate 596 is disposed between two carrier substrates 582, 584 and has a slide hole 595. Adjacent ends of the two carrier substrates 582, 584 have a pair of arcuate protrusions 606, a pair of intermediate grooves 601, and a pair of slide holes 616. The side piece 602 is inserted into the slide hole 595 and the pair of slide holes 616 to slidably and planarly assemble the carrier substrates 582, 584 and the length adjustment plate 596 together. The trapezoid piece 600 is disposed within the pair of intermediate grooves 601 and adjusts the apparent length of the healthcare body through the interaction between the pair of side bevels 603 and the pair of arcuate protrusions 606.

[0121] According to the healthcare device of the aforementioned embodiment, the length adjustment plate 596 has a screw hole 587, a plurality of positioning pin holes 598, and a rotatable screw rod 588 for manipulating the trapezoid piece 600 so as to adjust the contact position between the two side bevels 603 of the trapezoid piece 600 and the arc convex portion 606, thereby adjusting the total virtual length of the three plates 582, 584, 596.

[0122] According to the healthcare device of the previous embodiment, the trapezoidal piece 600 has a bottom hole 624 and the threaded rod 588 has an end 622 configured to be freely rotatable within the bottom hole 624 .

[0123] According to the healthcare device of the above-described embodiment, the healthcare device further includes a chuck 634 having a first end 642 for holding a bottom 646 of the trapezoidal piece (630) and a second end 644 having a hole 636, the second end 644 receiving an end 640 of a threaded rod 638 in the hole 636.

[0124] According to the healthcare device of the above-described embodiment, the side bevel 631 of the trapezoidal piece 630 has a shallow guide groove 632 for guiding the arcuate protrusion 606 .

[0125] From another perspective, a healthcare device (500; 560) holds an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to provide healthcare to a user, wherein the user has a body part having an acupoint, and the healthcare device includes: a healthcare body having two carrier substrates (501, 503; 562, 564) for carrying the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part; a length adjustment device (546; 574; 568) provided between the two carrier substrates for adjusting the apparent length of the healthcare body to fit the length of the body part; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) having a first end connected to one of the two carrier substrates and a second end for holding the acupoint workpiece, wherein the acupoint workpiece performs a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0126] From yet another perspective, a healthcare device (500; 560) includes: a healthcare body having two carrier substrates (501, 503; 562, 564) for carrying and positioning a body part of a user to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, wherein the body part has an acupoint; a length adjustment device (546; 574; 568) provided between the two carrier substrates for adjusting the apparent length of the healthcare body to fit the length of the body part; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to one of the two carrier substrates and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon to provide healthcare to the user, wherein the acupoint workpiece performs a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0127] There are also many acupressure points on the soles of the feet. For example, the Nei Ting point (international code ST44) on the Yangming Stomach Meridian of the foot, located 0.5 body inches from the seam between the second and third toes, mainly treats headaches, toothaches, facial neuralgia, edema, dysentery, and gastrointestinal disorders. A suitable healthcare device may be shown in FIG. 1 and will not be described in detail here. Furthermore, a healthcare device for the soles of the feet can also be obtained by adopting or modifying the healthcare device of FIG. 3B.

[0128] This section will discuss healthcare devices suitable for the lower limbs. The lower limbs include the thighs and shins. Although they are thicker than the upper limbs, they cannot bend or flex. For example, the rotation angle of the knees and ankles is significantly smaller than that of the elbows and wrists. Furthermore, the distribution of acupoints on the lower limbs is less regular than that of the upper limbs, so the design principles for healthcare devices suitable for the upper limbs cannot be directly or completely applied to the lower limbs. According to acupuncture theory, once specific reference points on the thighs and shins are identified, a specific length ratio relationship can be found between them. Specifically, the length from the greater trochanter of the femur to the lateral ankle point (located between the femur and tibia, on the lateral side of the patella) is 19 body inches, and the length from the lateral ankle point to the tip of the lateral ankle is 16 body inches. In other words, the length ratio of these two sections is 19:16. Although heights vary, this ratio remains the same regardless of age. While the former may mislead people into thinking that traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture are unscientific, the latter evokes admiration for the mysteries of the human body and the wisdom of our ancestors.

[0129] Please refer to Figure 5. In Figure 5, a healthcare main body 660 of the lower limb healthcare device includes a shin carrier plate 662, a thigh carrier plate 664, and a length adjustment device 690. The length adjustment device 690 serves the following functions: (1) forms part of the carrier plate or platform of the healthcare main body 660; (2) provides a carrying platform for the knee end of the tibia relative to the heel end 666 (of the tibia) of the shin carrier plate 662, thereby forming a shin carrying platform in combination with the shin carrier plate 662; (3) provides a carrying platform for the knee end of the femur relative to the hip end 730 (of the femur) of the thigh carrier plate 664, thereby forming a thigh and shin carrying platform in combination with the shin carrier plate 662; (4) adjusts the apparent length of the healthcare main body to suit the specific leg length of each user; and (5) simultaneously adjusts the lengths of the carrying platforms of the carrier plates 662, 664 corresponding to the specific user's thighs and shins. (6) Simultaneously adjust the apparent length of the shin and thigh carrying base plates 662, 664 according to a ratio of 16:19. (7) Configure the positioning device for the knee fiducial feature.

[0130] A pair of side grooves 668 are provided in the shin carrier base 662 near the heel end 666, and a pair of positioning blocks 680 are slidably mounted therein. The positioning blocks 680 are similar to the positioning blocks 504, 524 in FIG. 4A, and will be briefly described here. As mentioned above, the length from the lateral calf nose hole to the tip of the lateral malleolus is 16 inches. Although the length from the tip of the lateral malleolus to the heel does not fall within the characteristic length of the shin, the sole of the foot is connected to the shin, so the following design is used. When the user is lying face down, adjustment of the lateral tibial process of the user's shin, as well as adjustment of the calf, calcaneal tendon, and calcaneus is taken into consideration. When the user is lying supine, the shin carrier base 662 has a central recess 740 and a deeper recess 670 at the heel end 666. A pair of side grooves 668 are provided in the shin carrier base 662 near the heel end 666. Each groove 668 has a pair of slots 678 for slidably receiving a pair of lugs 682 disposed on each positioning block 680. A heel height adjustment device 748 is provided in the positioning block 680 and the heel end 666 to accommodate different users' heel heights. Ankle-engaging recesses are provided on a pair of opposing surfaces 681 of the pair of positioning blocks 680. Taking the distal positioning block 680 in FIG. 5 as an example, its opposite surface 681 has a greater lateral malleolus recess 684, a middle lateral malleolus recess 686, and a lesser lateral malleolus recess 688. The purpose of configuring these three recesses is to accommodate the tips of the lateral malleoli according to the user's height. Specifically, although there are generally children, adults, overweight people, and skinny people, in reality, the difference in shin length (including the distance between the lateral malleolus and the sole of the foot) is usually less than 50%. Specifically, the distance or height from the lateral malleolus to the heel in the vertical (when standing) or horizontal (when lying down) direction is approximately 4 cm for children and approximately 7 cm for people about 170 cm tall. Therefore, three recesses 672, 674, and 676 are provided in recess 670 corresponding to the heel, and the recesses for recesses 672 and 688, 674 and 686, and 676 and 684 can fully accommodate the specific length of each user, thus providing heel height adjustment means 748.

[0131] Indeed, in terms of design, the three heel recesses 672, 674, 676 are continuous inclined surfaces, creating a stepless effect, and the positioning block 680 can simply have one lateral malleolus recess. Conversely, by increasing the width of the opposing surface 681, the heel end 666 can be narrowed, making the three recesses 672, 674, 676 unnecessary. Furthermore, the proximal positioning block 680 has a recess (not shown) corresponding to the medial malleolus. To facilitate assembly of the healthcare main body, the opposing surfaces 681 of the pair of positioning blocks 680 can be provided with three recesses 685, 687, 689 (or 684, 686, 688) corresponding to the medial malleolus (or lateral malleolus), respectively. That is, when assembling the healthcare main body, it is not necessary to consider whether the positioning block 680 belongs to the distal side or the proximal side. It should also be noted that, because the acupressure points are located on the back of the legs or calves, the user may be lying face-up or face-down when using the healthcare device. Taking FIG. 5 as an example, when lying face-up, the lateral malleolus of the right leg is distal, while when lying face-down, the lateral malleolus of the left leg is distal. Therefore, the distal positioning block has three additional malleolus recesses 685, 687, and 689 for positioning in the prone position. Furthermore, while the calcaneal tendon elevates the height of the lateral malleolus in the supine position, the distance between the sole of the foot and the lateral malleolus is reduced in the prone position. Therefore, the heights of the three lateral malleolus recesses 685, 687, and 689 on the positioning block 680 are smaller than the heights of the three lateral malleolus recesses 684, 686, and 688. Needless to say, the springs that pull the pair of positioning blocks 680 together are the same as those in FIG. 4A and will not be described in detail here.

[0132] The hip end 730 of the healthcare body 660 has a recess 736 for accommodating the muscles connecting the hip and thigh, and its distal end has a receiving hole 732 for accommodating a positioning block 726. The positioning block 726 has a positioning hole 728 for accommodating the trochanteric process of the hip end of the femur. For positioning, a plurality of springs 734 are provided between the distal wall of the receiving hole 732 and the distal wall of the positioning block 726 to abut the trochanteric process of the hip end of the femur. The proximal side of the hip end 730 of the femoral carrier base 664 has a stop 738 for abutting the bottom edge of the groin to complete full positioning of the hip end 730 of the lower leg.

[0133] Please refer to the middle part of Fig. 5, which shows the length adjustment device 690 of the healthcare body 660. Essentially, the length adjustment device 690 functions as part of both the shin and thigh simultaneously, forming a complete carrying platform for the shin and thigh with the shin carrier base 662 and the thigh carrier base 664. The shin and thigh carrier bases 662, 664 are provided at two adjacent ends and both sides of the carrier bases 662, 664 by at least one pair of rods 710 and at least two pairs of rod holes 712 passing through the at least one pair of rods 710, respectively, and are interconnected to form the integral lower limb healthcare body 660, with an adjustable distance in the longitudinal direction.

[0134] The length adjustment device 690 mainly includes a carrier base 702, an operating rod 694, and a length-adjusting trapezoid piece 742 (see also FIG. 5A). The length adjustment device 690 is similar to the length adjustment device 586 of FIG. 4C. For simplicity, only the main differences will be described here. The carrier base 702 has a central recess 720, a screw hole 704, and a distal intermediate groove (not shown, for accommodating the length-adjusting trapezoid piece 742). The length-adjusting trapezoid piece 742 has two side bevels 744 and 746 for abutting against the arc convex portion (not shown, see FIG. 4C for clarity). The distal half of the operating rod 694 has a screw thread 692 for screwing into the screw hole 704, and as needed, presses the length-adjusting trapezoid piece 742 in the distal intermediate groove of the carrier base 702 to increase the apparent length of the shin and thigh carrying platform according to actual needs. A central recess 720 is provided to accommodate the protrusion of the user's patella when the user is lying in a prone position.

[0135] A pair of positioning blocks 714 are provided in the space 706 between the tibia and femur carrier plates 664, 662 to position corresponding features of the tibia and femur around the knee. Specifically, in the case of a knee joint, the most protruding part on the lateral side is the tibial tuberosity, and the most protruding part on the medial side is the femoral tuberosity. Therefore, the distal positioning block 714 has a recess 718 for accommodating the tibial tuberosity. Because only the leg changes between supine and prone positions, and the position of the tibial tuberosity remains unchanged, only one recess 718 may be provided. Specifically, although the tuberosity height differs between supine and prone positions, this can be compensated for by the depth of the central recess 720 or the height of the center of the carrier plate 702. Similarly, only one accommodation recess 719 corresponding to the femoral tuberosity needs to be provided on the proximal positioning block 714 in FIG. 5 . As shown in FIG. 5, the shape of the lug 716 of the positioning block 714 is significantly different from that of FIG. 4A. This is because the thigh and shin carrier plates 664, 662 are separated from each other during operation of the length adjustment device 690. Therefore, the lug 716 is slidably mounted in the slide slots 750 of the pair of thigh and shin carrier plates 664, 662, and is extended so that the positioning block 714 is slidably disposed therebetween during the separation process of the thigh and shin carrier plates 664, 662. Furthermore, springs (not shown, see FIG. 4A for clarity) are respectively configured between the positioning block 714 and the carrier plates 662, 664 to tend to move the positioning blocks 714 closer to each other and position the user's knee joint.

[0136] One or more pairs of springs 708 are used to hold the thigh and shin carrier plates 662, 664 close to each other. According to a feature of this embodiment, the pair of springs 708 may be installed after the positioning block is installed. The proximal positioning block 714 has a through-hole 722 for the operating rod 694 to pass freely through, and multiple pinholes 724 are provided on its proximal surface. When the operating rod 694 is in the correct operating position, it can be fixed to the pinholes 724 via a pin 700 connected to a handle 696 by a chain 698. Referring to FIG. 5A , the arrangement of the two side bevels 744 and 746 determines the distances X and Y between each side bevel and the center of the operating rod 694, respectively. The distances X and Y have a ratio of 16:19. The length adjustment device 690 is pushed away from the shin and thigh carrier plates 662, 664 according to this ratio, allowing for complete and non-deformable adjustment of the length of the acupuncture needles for each user's thigh and shin.

[0137] The healthcare body of the lower limb healthcare device of the present invention can be summarized as follows: The healthcare body 660 includes a shin carrier base 662, a thigh carrier base 664, and a length adjustment device 690. The length adjustment device 690 has a first portion that is combined with the shin carrier base 662 to form a shin carrying platform, and a second portion that is combined with the thigh carrier base 664 to form a thigh carrying platform.

[0138] According to the healthcare body of the previous embodiment, the length adjustment device 690 functions as a positioning device for the reference features of the knee.

[0139] According to the second embodiment of the healthcare body of the lower limb healthcare device, the healthcare body 660 includes a shin carrier base 662 for carrying the user's shin and lateral malleolus, a thigh carrier base 664 for carrying the user's thigh and trochanter major projection of the femur, and a length adjustment device 690 having first and second parts for carrying the user's lateral tuberosity of the tibia and medial tuberosity of the femur, respectively, which can adjust the apparent length of the healthcare body to suit the specific leg length of the user.

[0140] According to the aforementioned embodiment of the healthcare body, the shin carrier base 662 and the thigh carrier base 664 co-form shin and thigh carrying platforms, respectively, with first and second portions of a length adjustment device 690. The length adjustment device simultaneously adjusts the apparent lengths of the corresponding thigh and shin carrying platforms.

[0141] According to the second embodiment of the healthcare body of the lower limb healthcare device, the healthcare body 660 includes a shin carrier base 662 for carrying the user's shin and lateral malleolus, a femoral carrier base 664 for carrying the user's thigh and trochanter major projection of the femur, and a length adjustment device 690 having first and second parts for carrying the user's lateral tuberosity of the tibia and medial tuberosity of the femur, respectively, wherein the shin carrier base 662 and the femoral carrier base 664 respectively co-form a combined shin and femur carrying platform with the first and second parts of the length adjustment device 690, and the length adjustment device 690 simultaneously adjusts the shin and femur carrying platforms in a ratio of 16:19.

[0142] According to the healthcare body 660 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the shin carrier base 662 has a central recess 740, and when the user is in a prone position, the central recess 740 accommodates the lateral protrusion of the user's tibia, and when the user is in a supine position, the central recess 740 corresponds to the shin calf.

[0143] According to the healthcare body 660 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the shin carrier base 662 has a heel end 666, which has a deeper recess 670 for accommodating the calcaneal tendon and calcaneus bone therein when the user is in a supine position.

[0144] According to the healthcare body 660 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the shin carrier base 662 has a heel end 666, and a pair of positioning blocks 680 are slidably provided near the heel end 666 to accommodate the user's lateral and medial malleolus.

[0145] According to the healthcare main body 660 of the above embodiment, a heel height adjusting medium 748 is provided between the pair of positioning blocks 680 and the heel end 666 to suit the specific heel height of each user.

[0146] According to the healthcare main body 660 of the aforementioned embodiment, the pair of positioning blocks (680) each have an opposing surface 681, and the opposing surface 681 has recesses 684, 685, 686, 687, 688, and 689. Regardless of whether the user is in a supine or prone position, and regardless of whether the position of the positioning blocks 680 is exchanged, these recesses can properly accommodate the user's lateral malleolus and medial malleolus, respectively.

[0147] According to the healthcare body 660 of the above-mentioned embodiment, the thigh carrier base 664 has a buttock end 730 having a recess 736 for accommodating the muscles connecting the buttocks and thigh, a positioning block 726 for accommodating the greater trochanter prominence on the buttock end of the user's thigh, and a stop 738 provided on the side of the buttock end 730 for abutting against the lower edge of the user's groin.

[0148] According to the healthcare main body 660 of the aforementioned embodiment, the length adjustment device 690 includes a carrier base 702, an operating rod 694, and a length adjustment trapezoid piece 742. The length adjustment trapezoid piece 742 has two side bevels 744, 746 for abutting against the carrier bases 662, 664 of the shin and thigh, respectively. The distances between the two side bevels 744, 746 and the center of the operating rod 694 are X and Y, respectively, and the distances X and Y have a proportional relationship of 16:19.

[0149] According to the above-described embodiment of the healthcare main body 660, the length adjustment device 690 includes a pair of positioning blocks 714 disposed between the tibia and thigh carrier plates 662, 664 to simultaneously position the user's tibial and femoral tuberosities.

[0150] According to another aspect, a healthcare main body 660 holds an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon to perform a healthcare task on a user. The user has lower limbs, each of which includes a shin, a thigh, and an acupoint. The healthcare main body includes a shin carrier plate 662 and a thigh carrier plate 664 for carrying and positioning the shin and the thigh, respectively, to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the shin or the thigh, a length adjustment device 690 provided between the shin carrier plate 662 and the thigh carrier plate 664, the shin carrier plate 662, the thigh carrier plate 664, and the length adjustment device having an actual overall length and a virtual length, and the length adjustment device 690 being used to adjust the virtual length of the healthcare main body, and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the shin or thigh carrier plate and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece thereon, the workpiece holder allowing the acupoint workpiece to perform a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0151] From yet another perspective, the healthcare device 660 includes: a healthcare body having a shin carrier plate 662 and a thigh carrier plate 664 for carrying and positioning a user's lower limb / body part and maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part, wherein the lower limb has a shin, a thigh, and an acupoint; a length adjustment device 690 provided between the shin carrier plate and the thigh carrier plate, wherein the shin carrier plate, the thigh carrier plate, and the length adjustment device have actual overall lengths and virtual / apparent lengths, and the length adjustment device is used to adjust the virtual length of the healthcare body; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the shin carrier plate or the thigh carrier plate and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon to perform a healthcare task on the user, wherein the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0152] After the above discussion, only the head of the human body remains to be treated. In this regard, please refer to FIG. 6, which shows a head healthcare main body 760. The head healthcare main body 760 includes a base plate 762, a pair of slots 764 on either the left or right side, a pair of oil cylinders 772, a pair of head positioning plates 766, a pair of pressure sensors 784 provided on each pair of positioning plates 766, a circuit arrangement 790 integrating the operation of the pressure sensors 784 and the oil cylinders 772, and a pair of forward and backward buttons 786, 788 for the pair of oil cylinders provided on either the left or right side of the base plate 762. Specifically, a pair of downward-protruding sliders 782 with two side lugs are provided under each positioning plate 766, and the downward-protruding sliders 782 are slidably provided in the respective pairs of slots 764. The oil cylinder 772 has a first end 774 fixed to the base plate 762 and a second end 776 fixed to a corresponding positioning plate 766 by a pair of connecting rods 768, 770, and the distance between the pair of positioning plates 766 is determined by the pair of oil cylinders 772.

[0153] Because there are many acupressure points on the face and back of the head, the healthcare device 760 is suitable for use not only when lying on one's back to perform facial healthcare tasks, but also when lying face down to perform healthcare tasks on the back of the head. It is easy to understand why an inverted triangular hole 780 is provided in the center of the base plate 762, exposing the user's eyes and nose when lying face down. When the forward button 786 is operated, the oil cylinder 772 pushes the positioning plate 766 toward each other. First, the user's pair of ears pass through the ear holes 778 in the positioning plate 766. Then, when the associated pressure sensor 784 touches the user's temples, the most prominent part of the user's head, the circuit arrangement 790 immediately cuts off power, completing head positioning. Regardless of whether the acupressure point workpiece holder is provided on the base plate 762 or the positioning plate 766, it is easy to define the relative positions of the acupressure points, and therefore will not be described in detail here.

[0154] It is worth noting that the movement device of the aforementioned head healthcare device (i.e., oil cylinder 772 in the embodiment) can also be easily modified to displace the length adjustment device of the earlier embodiment, so that the total amount of displacement can be digitized and precisely controlled, and will not be described in detail here.

[0155] The head healthcare main body can be summarized as follows: The healthcare main body 760 includes a base plate 762 for carrying the user's head, a pair of head positioning plates 766 that are symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head and are laterally movable on the base plate 762 to position the user's head and ensure acupuncture treatment on the user's head or face, a moving device 772 that is provided between the base plate 762 and the pair of head positioning plates 766 so as to fit the width of the user's head or face and determine the spacing between the pair of head positioning plates 766, and an acupoint workpiece that is provided on the base plate 762 or the head positioning plates 766 and performs work on the acupoints.

[0156] According to the above-mentioned head healthcare main body, the head healthcare main body further includes a pressure sensor 784 provided on at least one of the pair of positioning plates 766, the position of which corresponds to the vicinity of the user's temples, and when the pair of positioning plates 766 moves until the head comes into contact with or is pinched by the pressure sensor 784, the power of the mobile device is cut off.

[0157] According to the aforementioned head healthcare device, the moving device 772 is an oil or pneumatic cylinder.

[0158] According to the aforementioned head healthcare main body, a pair of buttons 786, 788 are provided on either side of the base plate 762 to control the movement device to move forward and backward.

[0159] According to the aforementioned head healthcare body, the base plate 762 has a pair of slots 764 and a pair of downwardly protruding sliders 782 with lugs on both sides, which are provided below each positioning plate 766 and slidably provided within the corresponding pair of slots 764.

[0160] According to the aforementioned head healthcare body, the moving device 772 has a first end 774 fixed to the base plate 762 and a second end 776 fixed to each positioning plate 766 by a pair of connecting rods 768, 770.

[0161] According to the aforementioned head healthcare device, the base plate 762 has an inverted triangular hole 780 that exposes the eyes and nose when the user lies face down.

[0162] According to the aforementioned head healthcare main body, each positioning plate 766 has an ear hole 778 for passing through the user's ear.

[0163] From another perspective, the healthcare main body 760 holds an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) thereon to perform a healthcare task on a user. Here, the user has a head, a face, and an acupoint. The healthcare main body includes: a base 662 supporting the head or face thereon to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the head or face; a pair of head positioning plates 766 symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head and laterally movable on the base, for positioning the head or face to perform a healthcare task on the user through the acupoint; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the base and a second end for holding the acupoint workpiece thereon, where the acupoint workpiece performs the healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0164] From yet another perspective, the healthcare main body 760 includes: a base plate 762 for carrying the user's head or face to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the head or face, the base plate 762 having acupoints; a pair of head positioning plates 766 symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal axis of the head and laterally movable on the base plate to position the head or face to perform a healthcare task on the user through the acupoints; a moving device 772 disposed between the base plate 762 and the pair of head positioning plates 766 for determining the spacing between the pair of head positioning plates to fit the width of the user's head or face; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the base plate and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon, the workpiece holder having a first end connected to the base plate and a second end for holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon, the workpiece holder causing the acupoint workpiece to perform a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0165] Those with a keen mind who have studied acupuncture may wonder whether the above-described acupoint placement mechanism, while new, is still incomplete or ideal. The reason it is incomplete is that, taking head health care as an example, there is another acupoint on the top of the head. When the acupoint workpiece positioning device is set on positioning plate 766, the distance is relatively long, which may cause problems with "accurate" positioning. Therefore, the following logic can be developed: if the accurate placement of the acupoints on the front, back, and top of the head can be solved, this solution can be applied or modified, and the accurate placement of the acupoints on the rest of the body will naturally be solved. Indeed, to avoid doubts for those skilled in the art, we will briefly explain why the accurate positioning of other acupoints is easy while disclosing the following solution.

[0166] FIG. 7 shows a head healthcare device 800 for accurate positioning, including a healthcare body 802, except that the two positioning plates 766 in FIG. 6 are replaced with two rail bodies 804 in this figure. Although this appears to be complicated, it is the only way for the present invention to jump from the basic level to the advanced level described below. To avoid overcomplicating the figure, the first displacement / adjustment device for the distance between the two rail bodies 804 is no longer shown in FIG. 7 because it was disclosed in the previous embodiment. Each rail body 804 has an upper surface 810, a pair of gear slots 806 provided on two longitudinal sides close to the upper surface 810, and a lower gear rack 808 arranged on the top surface of the gear slot 806. Furthermore, an upper gear rack 812 is arranged vertically along the upper surface 810.

[0167] The first displacement / adjustment devices of the two rail bodies 804 adjust the distance between them, and the carrier bodies 814, 816 carry the work base 848. The carrier bodies 814, 816 are two pieces because they need to follow the changes in the distance between the two rail bodies 804 and fully perform the transport operation. A pair of positioning rods 832 are provided on the distal and proximal sides, respectively, of the left end surface 830 of the carrier body 816, and a pair of positioning slots 834 are provided corresponding to the carrier body 814. Therefore, no matter how the two rail bodies 804 change within the required distance adjustment, the top surfaces 858, 860 of the two carrier bodies 814, 816 remain on the same plane.

[0168] A pair of positioning plates 818 are provided on the proximal surfaces 862, 864 of the carrier bodies 814, 816, respectively. Each positioning plate 818 is provided with a positioning gear 820 for engaging with the lower gear rack 808. Each proximal surface 862, 864 fixes a stepping motor 822 and a gear protection sheet (with or without gear slot) 824. The stepping motor 822 has a motor shaft 826 to which a gear 828 is coaxially fixed. Therefore, when the gear 828 is rotationally driven by the stepping motor 822, since the carrier bodies 814, 816 are fixed to the lower gear rack 808 by the positioning gear 820, the gear 828 reliably engages with the upper gear rack 812 (or between the upper gear rack 812 and the geared gear protection sheet 824), and moves the entire carrier bodies 814, 816 vertically along the two rail bodies 804. Furthermore, the entire mechanism, i.e., all components carried and fixed on the carrier bodies 814, 816, achieves a second displacement / position adjustment function (i.e., moves longitudinally along the rail body 804) under the cooperation of the two sets of upper gears 828 and the pair of lower gears 820. The function or purpose of this second displacement / position adjustment will be described below.

[0169] A side positioning plate 836 is fixed to the carrier body 814, and another stepping motor 838 drives a threaded rod 840. A threaded rod nest 842 is fixed to upper surfaces 858, 860 to accommodate the threaded rod 840 and has two sidewalls 844. The work base 848 is driven by the stepping motor 838 and moves along the two sidewalls 844 via a moving piece 846 threaded onto the threaded rod 840 to determine its working position. To accommodate changes in the distance between the two rail bodies 804, the bottom right of the threaded rod nest 842 has a central protruding piece 852, and the upper surface 860 has a corresponding groove 854 that allows the central protruding piece 852 to slide freely. To enhance the smoothness of the slide, multiple balls 856 can be arranged between the central protruding piece 852 and the groove 854. Therefore, this mechanism completes the third free movement of the work base 848 on the threaded rod nest 842, and changes the working position without being affected by the first and second displacement / position adjustments described above. Of course, the function / purpose of this third displacement / position adjustment / change will be described later, and the work base 848 is provided with a fixing screw bolt 850 for fixing the workpiece, which will be described later.

[0170] The standard body inch for the head and face is determined by the Touwei (Tou-Wei) point (international code ST8, located 0.5 body inches behind the hairline on the forehead) of the Yangming Stomach Meridian of the foot, primarily used to treat eye pain, unclear vision, unbearable headaches, splitting headaches, and dizziness. The distance between the left and right Touwei points defines the standard horizontal dimension of the head: 9 body inches. Specifically, after the distance between the two rail bodies 804 is adjusted by the first displacement / adjustment device 772 (see Figure 6) to position the user's face, the third displacement / position adjustment mechanism (combination of components 838-856) can fully operate the health care or medical procedure. First, this type of procedure is very delicate. This is because the positioning of the stepper motor is very precise. Second, the stepper motor 838 is first activated to obtain each person's specific size. That is, the work base 848 is moved to first locate the Touwei (Tou-Wei) point (international code ST8), then the actual distance between them is calculated and proportionally correlated to 9 body inches. This allows us to know the exact length of a specific person's body in inches. Third, once we know the exact size of a specific person, we can use this to accurately determine where other acupoints are located. Fourth, once we know the exact location of a specific acupoint, health care or medical treatment can be performed on that acupoint, meaning there is no risk of misdiagnosis or abuse.

[0171] As mentioned above, the healthcare body 802 has been somewhat simplified to avoid overcomplicating the diagram. Another point worth mentioning here is that Figure 7 is suitable for healthcare of the head and face. The Du meridian includes the Amen point (international code GV15), Fengfu point (international code GV16), Nouko point (international code GV17), Jiangjian point (international code GV18), and Houding point (international code GV19) at the back of the head. Therefore, the healthcare body 802 corresponding to these acupoints must be hollowed out. There are two ways to hollow out the acupoints: by hollowing out a horizontal groove to expose the space corresponding to the acupoint, or by creating a vertical hole corresponding to the acupoint. This is not difficult, so we will not explain it in further detail.

[0172] 7A shows an acupoint workpiece connecting piece 870 having a first end 874 connected to a fixing nut 876 and a second end 880 connected to an acupoint workpiece nut 882. The fixing nut 876 has its internal threads 878 threaded onto the fixing thread bolt 850, so that the acupoint workpiece connecting piece 870 is accurately positioned on the carrier bodies 814, 816, and the acupoint workpiece 882 is threaded onto the acupoint workpiece with its internal threads 884 to perform healthcare or medical work on the acupoint, as will be described in more detail below.

[0173] The standard vertical inches of a head is defined as 12 inches from the front hairline to the back hairline. To determine the vertical inches of a specific user's head, the second displacement / position adjustment mechanism (combination of components 808, 812, and 818-828) is activated. Specifically, when stepper motor 822 is activated, upper gear 828 and a pair of lower gears 820 drive carrier bodies 814 and 816 to move vertically along the two rail bodies 804, backing up the specific user's hairline. This actual size is defined as 12 standard vertical inches of a head, so the vertical inches of the user's head are determined. It may be worth mentioning here that, in order to smoothly move carrier bodies 814 and 816 driven by stepper motor 822 along the longitudinally curved rails 804, the interacting bottom surfaces of carrier bodies 814 and 816 and the top surfaces of the two rails 804 can have appropriate arcs. This is not described in detail here, but is to facilitate relative movement between them.

[0174] The first (772), second (component combinations 808, 812, and 818-828), and third (component combinations 838-856) displacement / position adjustment mechanisms in Figures 6, 7, and 7A are shown for the head as an example. However, those skilled in the art would have no difficulty in directly applying or modifying them to the upper limbs, lower limbs, or torso. Therefore, they will not be described in detail here. However, it has been found that the above-described mechanisms can achieve the following surprising effects: 1. Using highly advanced, state-of-the-art stepping motors, specific acupoints can be accurately located. 2. The specific body size of a specific user can be measured. 3. Because the body size of each body part is not necessarily the same, the device can be used on different body parts of the same user, allowing the exact body size of a specific part to be determined. 4. A new milestone is achieved for the further scientific application of acupoint or acupuncture treatment.

[0175] The healthcare device for accurate positioning is summarized as follows: The healthcare device 800 includes a healthcare body 802, a rail body 804 generally installed on the healthcare body 802 along the user's body part, a work base 848 installed on the rail body 804 so as to build an acupoint workpiece on the work base, and the acupoint workpiece reliably performs healthcare or medical work on the user's body, and driving devices 818-828 installed between the rail body 804 and the work base 848 for moving the work base 848 along the rail body 804, and the work base 848 and the driving devices 818-828 are in an optimal relative positional relationship with each other.

[0176] According to the above-mentioned healthcare device 800, the healthcare device 800 further includes another rail body 804 provided on the healthcare body 802 so that the two rail bodies 804 sandwich a body part, and a displacement / position adjustment device 772 provided on the healthcare body 802 and the at least one rail body 804, for adjusting the distance between the two rail bodies 804.

[0177] According to the above-mentioned healthcare device 800, the rail body 804 has an upper surface 810, and a pair of gear slots 806 are provided on both longitudinal sides of the rail body 804 near the upper surface 810, and the top surface of each gear slot 806 has a lower gear rack 808 facing downward. An upper gear rack 812 is vertically disposed on the upper surface 810, and the driving devices 818 to 828 have an upper gear 828 meshing with the upper gear rack 812 and a pair of lower positioning gears 820 meshing with the pair of lower gear racks 808, respectively.

[0178] According to the aforementioned healthcare device 800, the healthcare device 800 further includes two carrier bodies 814, 816, each of whose proximal surfaces 862, 864 has a pair of positioning plates 818, and each positioning plate 818 has a pair of lower positioning gears 820, and the two proximal surfaces 862, 864 are respectively fixed with gear protection sheets 824 and stepping motors 822, and each stepping motor 822 has a motor shaft 826 and an upper gear 828 fixed coaxially.

[0179] According to the above-mentioned healthcare device 800, the healthcare device 800 further includes a carrier arranged between the two rail bodies 804 and the work base 848, and the carrier includes two carrier bodies 814, 816, the two carrier bodies 814, 816 have adjacent end faces 830, and the adjacent end faces 830 each have at least a pair of positioning rods 832 and at least a pair of positioning slots 834 corresponding to the positioning rods 832, so that no matter how the distance between the two rail bodies 804 changes, the upper surfaces 858, 860 of the two carrier bodies 814, 816 are on the same plane.

[0180] According to the aforementioned healthcare device (800), the healthcare device (800) further includes a carrier body 814, 816 for carrying a work base (848), a carrier longitudinal movement stepping motor 838 provided on the carrier body 814, 816, and a threaded rod 840 provided between the stepping motor 818 and the work base 848, the threaded rod 840 being driven by the stepping motor 838 to move the work base 848.

[0181] According to the aforementioned healthcare device 800, the carrier bodies 814, 816 have upper surfaces 858, 860. The healthcare device 800 further includes a threaded rod nest 842 and a transfer piece 846, wherein the threaded rod nest 842 Screw A moving piece 846 is fixed to the upper surface (858, 860) to accommodate the rod (840), and is disposed between the work base (848) and the threaded rod 840, and a stepping motor 838 determines the working position of the work base 848.

[0182] According to the aforementioned healthcare device 800, the carrier includes two carrier bodies 814, 816, each having two upper surfaces 858, 860. One of the two upper surfaces, upper surface 860, has a slide groove 854. The threaded rod nest 842 has a central protruding piece 852 corresponding to the bottom of the upper surface 860, so that the central protruding piece 852 can slide freely within the slide groove 854.

[0183] According to the healthcare device 800 described above, the healthcare device 800 further includes at least one ball 856 disposed between the central protruding piece 852 and the groove 854 .

[0184] According to the aforementioned healthcare device 800, the healthcare device 800 further includes an acupoint workpiece connecting piece 870, which has a first end 874 connected to a fixing nut 876 and a second end 880 connected to an acupoint workpiece nut 882. The fixing nut 876 is screwed onto the fixing threaded bolt 850 of the work base 848. The acupoint workpiece nut 882 screws into the acupoint workpiece.

[0185] From another perspective, the healthcare device 800 provides healthcare to a user by holding an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) thereon. Here, the user has a body part having an acupoint. The healthcare device includes a healthcare main body 802 for transporting and positioning the body part while maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part; a rail main body 804 provided on the healthcare main body and extending generally along the body part; a work base 848 provided on the rail main body; an acupoint workpiece (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) provided on the work base to perform a health-related task on the user via the acupoint; driving devices 836-846 provided between the rail main body 804 and the work base 848 and moving the work base along the rail main body; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or in the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the healthcare main body and a second end for holding the acupoint workpiece thereon, where the acupoint workpiece performs the health-related task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0186] From yet another perspective, the healthcare device 800 includes a healthcare body 802 for transporting and positioning the body part while maintaining a first specific positional relationship with the body part; a rail body 804 provided on the healthcare body and extending generally along the body part; a work base 848 provided on the rail body; an acupoint workpiece provided on the work base to perform a health-related task on a user via the acupoint; driving devices 836-846 (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) provided between the rail body 804 and the work base 848 for moving the work base along the rail body; and a workpiece holder (described in FIG. 1 or the following embodiments) having a first end connected to the healthcare body and a second end for holding the acupoint workpiece thereon, wherein the acupoint workpiece performs the health-related task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0187] It would be a shame if such a precise displacement / positioning mechanism were used only to complete simple health care such as that shown in Figure 1. Currently, actions related to acupoint physical therapy or acupuncture (1) rely on professionals such as traditional Chinese physicians or their assistants, (2) rely on the availability of the professionals (who know the correct working position) or on fixed, relatively large equipment (which is often difficult to maintain or obtain the relative position between the acupoint and the relevant part of the equipment), (3) trust that the professionals have sufficient physical strength to maintain the proper relative position or contact relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint within a specific period of time, and (4) trust that the professionals are in good spirits and in a good mood during working hours and do not misjudge the acupoints to accomplish the task of (3) above. However, for at least some reasons, such as (1) people get tired, (2) emotions inevitably fluctuate, (3) they sometimes lose their mind, (4) consumers lack sufficient financial resources or time to maintain their physical health through physical therapy or traditional Chinese medicine clinics, and / or (5) service providers, such as traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, may experience cost pressures to hire a sufficient number of assistants, the above-mentioned precise positioning mechanism can at least (1) achieve the accurate relative positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint, and (2) continuously and reliably maintain the relative positional relationship in (1). (3) Users can obtain the current precise positioning device at a very economical cost and use it at home. (4) If the user's illness or discomfort is alleviated by this invention, the user will no longer need to go to a hospital for treatment, thereby reducing the national health insurance burden by at least one-third (taking Taiwan as an example, it exceeds NT$200 billion). And / or (5) resources can be transferred to measures that benefit the country and its people under rational national policies.

[0188] While an ideal disclosure may be inspiring, it must be implemented before gaining the trust of others. From paragraphs 20 to 29 of this specification, it can be seen / inferred that there must be a variety of acupoint workpieces on the market. For example, (A) microwave needles usually have a focal working point, (B) radiator devices often have a flat or curved output end, (C) magnets have specific working surfaces, and (D) magnetic massagers have a single relatively large ball at one end and three relatively small balls at the other end. See FIG. 8. FIG. 8 shows a specific embodiment of a workpiece assembly, which includes a workpiece base 900, equivalent to workpiece base 848, mounted on the aforementioned healthcare device and having a longitudinal through-hole 902. In this embodiment, a workpiece holder 906 has a first end 908 with an annular groove 916 formed thereon and a second end 910 with a connector 912 having an internal thread 914 formed thereon. The workpiece 964 has a first end 918 that is threaded into the internal thread 914 and a second end 922 that is an acupoint workpiece for performing healthcare operations on the user's acupoints, and the first and second ends 918, 922 are connected by a connecting piece 920.

[0189] In use, the first end 908 of the workpiece holder 906 passes through the through-hole 902, and the C-clamp 904 is fixed in the annular groove 916 to position the workpiece 964. If the acupoint workpiece, i.e., the second end 922 of the workpiece, is microwave or radiation as described above, it is only necessary to determine or fix the relative position between the acupoint workpiece 922 and the acupoint. However, if it is a magnet or magnetic massager, a certain amount of pressure must be applied to the acupoint. To achieve the purpose of applying pressure, the connector 912 is cylindrical, and the first end 918 is cylindrical. Therefore, the threading depth of the connector 912 and the first end 918 determines the working pressure applied to the acupoint and can adjust the working pressure of the acupoint workpiece 922. Referring to FIG. 8A, the first end of the workpiece holder 930 has a threaded portion 932 and an annular groove 934. The threaded portion 932 tightly fits into a threaded hole 938 in the workpiece base 936 at a specific angle. In this way, the working angle of the acupoint workpiece 922 relative to the acupoint can be adjusted.

[0190] 8B, which illustrates an embodiment of a pressure point workpiece 940 of the present invention. The pressure point workpiece 940 is essentially an elongated pneumatic cylinder 942 having a threaded end 944 connected to a workpiece holder and a working end 960. A working bottom 962 adjacent to the working end 960 has a rotatably mounted crankshaft 954, a point opening 966, a rubber pad 958 disposed between the crankshaft 954, the point opening 966, and the working bottom 962, a main connecting piece 950 having a first end 968 and a second end 970 for fixing a ring piece 952, an upper connecting ring 948 fixed to the piston rod 946 of the pneumatic cylinder 942 and mating with the ring piece 952, and a working ring 956 fixed to the first end 968 and movably buckled to the crank portion of the crankshaft 954. In use, when the piston rod 946 descends, the crankshaft 954 is driven to rotate downward via the upper connecting ring 948, the main connecting piece 950, and the working ring 956. When the piston rod moves upward, the crankshaft 954 is driven to rotate upward via the same components. At this time, the point opening 966 contacts the acupoint, and the rotation of the crankshaft causes the working ring 956 to massage the acupoint of the user via the rubber pad 958. Depending on the characteristics of the acupoint, the shape of the point opening 966 can be determined, for example, as a small round area or an arc-shaped slot corresponding to the working track of the working ring 956.

[0191] It should be noted that different embodiments disclosed in different stages or embodiments of this application can be interchangeable. This paragraph summarizes the main requirements related to the acupoint workpiece. Specifically, the healthcare device includes: a healthcare main body; a work base 900 provided on the healthcare main body for healthcare of a user having an acupoint; a moving device provided between the work base 900 and the healthcare main body for moving the position of the work base 900 relative to the healthcare main body; an acupoint workpiece 922 for performing healthcare work on the user through the acupoint; and a workpiece holder 906 for connecting the acupoint workpiece 922 to the work base 900, where the acupoint workpiece 922 performs healthcare work at a specific relative position relative to the work base 900 or the acupoint.

[0192] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the workpiece holder 906 has a first end 908 mounted on the work base 900 and a second end 910 having a connector 912 thereon with an internal thread 914. The workpiece 964 has a first end 918 threaded into the internal thread 914 and a second end 922 for performing healthcare work on the acupoints or areas to be treated of the user.

[0193] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the connector 912 is cylindrical, and the first end 918 of the workpiece 964 is cylindrical, so that the screw depth or degree between them can determine the working pressure of the acupoint or the part to be treated at the second end 922.

[0194] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the second end 922 of the workpiece 964 is an acupoint workpiece.

[0195] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the work base 900 has a vertical through-hole 902. A first end 908 of a workpiece holder 906 has an annular groove 916. After the first end 908 passes through the through-hole 902, a C-clamp 904 is secured to the annular groove 916 to position the workpiece 964.

[0196] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the work base 900 has a vertical through-hole 902, and the end of the vertical through-hole 902 has a threaded hole 938. The first end 908 of the workpiece holder 906 has a threaded portion 932, so that the acupoint workpiece 922 can be adjusted to treat the acupoint or healthcare site by press-fitting the threaded hole 938 and the threaded portion 932 at a certain angle.

[0197] From another perspective, a healthcare device holds an acupoint workpiece thereon and engages in healthcare for a user, where the user has a body part, and the body part has an acupoint. The healthcare device includes: a healthcare main body that carries the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part; a work base 900, 936 provided on the healthcare main body; an acupoint workpiece provided on the work base to perform a healthcare-related task on the user via the acupoint; a moving device (e.g., 836-846, 972, 1040) provided between the work base and the healthcare main body to determine the orientation of the acupoint workpiece relative to the healthcare main body; and a workpiece holder (e.g., 906, 930) having a first end connected to the work base and a second end that holds the acupoint workpiece thereon, where the acupoint workpiece performs the healthcare-related task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0198] From another perspective, the healthcare device includes a healthcare main body that carries a body part of a user to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part having an acupoint; a work base 900, 936 provided on the healthcare main body; a moving device (e.g., 836-846, 972, 1040) provided between the work base and the healthcare main body to determine the orientation of the acupoint workpiece relative to the healthcare main body; and a workpiece holder (e.g., 906, 930) having a first end connected to the work base and a second end that holds the acupoint workpiece thereon to perform a healthcare-related task, wherein the acupoint workpiece performs a healthcare-related task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0199] The healthcare workpiece 940 is provided on a healthcare device to perform healthcare tasks on a user's acupoints, where the healthcare device has a work base 900, and the acupoint workpiece 940 includes a work body 942 having a first end 944 and a second end 960, where the first end 944 is connected to the work base 900, and the healthcare medium 922, 956 is provided on the second end 960 to perform the healthcare task.

[0200] In accordance with the workpiece described above, the work body is an elongated pneumatic cylinder 942 having a piston rod 946 .

[0201] According to the aforementioned workpiece, the working end 960 further includes a crankshaft 954 rotatably mounted on the working end 960, a point opening 966, a rubber pad 958 disposed between the crankshaft 954 and the point opening 966, and a main connecting piece 950 connected between the piston rod 946 and the crankshaft 954, where the piston rod 954 drives the crankshaft 954 to perform healthcare tasks.

[0202] According to the aforementioned workpiece, the main connecting piece 950 has a first end 968 and a second end 970. The second end 970 secures the ring piece 952. The workpiece 940 further includes an upper connecting ring 948 connected between the piston rod 946 and the ring piece 952. A working ring 956 is secured to the first end 968 and movably buckled to the crankshaft 954.

[0203] According to the aforementioned workpiece, the working ring 956 performs a massaging action on the body parts or acupressure points via the rubber pads 958 .

[0204] According to the workpiece described above, the point opening 966 is a circular opening or an arcuate slot that corresponds to the working track of the working ring 956 .

[0205] According to the aforementioned workpiece, the first end is provided with a screw thread.

[0206] According to the aforementioned workpiece, the work medium of the health care medium is microwave, millimeter wave, radiant heat, magnetism, frequency signal, microcurrent, or mugwort heat.

[0207] From another perspective, a healthcare acupoint workpiece 942, 964 is provided on a healthcare main body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) and performs a healthcare task on an acupoint of a user's body part. The healthcare main body has a work base 900, 934 that carries and positions the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part. The acupoint workpiece includes a work body 922, 942 having a first end 944 and a second end 960, the first end being connected to the work base, and a healthcare medium (922; 946-958) provided on the second end, which allows the acupoint workpiece to perform a healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0208] From yet another perspective, a healthcare acupoint workpiece 942, 964 includes a work body 922, 942 for mounting on a healthcare body (e.g., 502, 562, 582), where the healthcare body carries and positions a body part of a user. The healthcare body maintains a first specific positional relationship with the body part having the acupoint, and the healthcare body has a work base 900, 934 for performing a healthcare task on the user through the acupoint. The work body includes a first end 944 connected to the work base, a second end 960, and a healthcare medium (922; 946-958) mounted on the second end, where the healthcare medium performs the healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0209] Increasing the accuracy of adjusting the working angle of the acupuncture point workpiece is not difficult with current technology. See FIG. 8C for a second embodiment of a workpiece assembly, which shows a workpiece base 971 corresponding to the workpiece base 848. An angle controller 972, including an angle control assembly 974 and a workpiece supporter 976, is provided on the workpiece base 971. The supporter 976 fixes a threaded barrel 980 via a fixing piece 978, which is controlled by the angle control assembly 974 to fix the threaded barrel 980 at a specific angle relative to the workpiece base 971 or the acupuncture point. FIG. 8D shows that a highly elastic acupuncture point workpiece jaw 984 is fixed to the workpiece supporter 982 by a screw or rivet 986, and the acupuncture point workpiece jaw 984 has a pair of retaining portions 988 for firmly holding the acupuncture point workpiece.

[0210] This paragraph summarizes the acupoint workpiece that can precisely adjust the working angle. Specifically, the healthcare device includes a healthcare main body, a work base 971 provided on the healthcare main body to perform healthcare work on a user with an acupoint, an acupoint workpiece that performs healthcare work on the user through the acupoint, and an angle controller 972 for connecting the acupoint workpiece to the work base 971, so that the acupoint workpiece performs healthcare work at a specific angle relative to the work base 971 or the acupoint.

[0211] According to the above-mentioned healthcare device, the healthcare device further includes a moving device configured between the work base 971 and the healthcare main body, for moving the position of the work base 971 relative to the healthcare main body.

[0212] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the angle controller includes an angle control assembly 974 and a workpiece supporter 976 connected to the angle control assembly 974 to obtain a specific working angle of the workpiece supporter 976 relative to the work base 971 or the acupoint.

[0213] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the workpiece supporter 976 is a highly elastic acupoint workpiece jaw 984 fixed to the workpiece supporter 982 by a rivet 986 or a screw.

[0214] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the workpiece jaws 984 have a pair of elastic retaining portions 988 for firmly holding the acupoint workpiece therebetween.

[0215] The disclosure of the technology related to acupoint health care of the present invention should not be considered complete with the above workpiece and health care device. Specifically, while the last embodiment above can solve the problem of precise angle control, taking the Shaoyang Gallbladder meridian of the foot as an example, the distribution paths of some acupoints are quite irregular. For example, three acupoints, namely Yanglingquan (international code GB34, mainly for treating knee pain, sciatica, hemiplegia, numbness in the lower limbs, and cholecystitis), Yangjiao (international code GB35, mainly for treating chest / flank swelling, chest tightness, pharyngitis, knee pain, atrophy / weakness in the legs, and facial swelling), and Gaiqiu (international code GB36, mainly for treating headaches, neck pain, hepatitis, lower limb paralysis, and toxic congestion caused by vicious dogs), cross the anterior, midline, and posterior sides of the yang aspect of the shin. While the location problem can be solved based on the above, calling out "big guns" to only a few acupoints is not the best solution. Therefore, if there is a design that allows the point work to be tilted at will relative to the work base, usability and design satisfaction will be greatly improved.

[0216] For the foregoing purposes, please refer to FIG. 9, which illustrates an embodiment of a workpiece assembly 1000 that interfaces with a robot arm. Modern technology is often remarkable for the precision with which robots and robot arms operate. The workpiece assembly 1000 includes a work base 1022, FIG. 9, corresponding to work base 848, FIG. 7, and a work platform 1020 secured thereto. The work platform 1020 carries a rotating platform 1018 at a precisely controlled rotation angle, and the rotating platform 1018 is connected to a first end 1024 of a connecting base 1014 at a precisely controlled pivot angle. A first end 1012 of the extension base 1010 is connected to a rotating shaft 1016 at a second end 1026 of the connection base 1014 at a precisely controlled pivot angle, a second end 1028 of the extension base 1010 is fixed to a first end 1030 of a rotating head 1008, and a second end 1032 of the rotating head precisely rotatably fixes an electric chuck 1002, which has two jaws 1004, each having a pair of holding surfaces 1006 for holding the aforementioned acupressure workpiece therebetween. With these four rotational movements, the following can be easily imagined. (1) Part of the displacement design or requirement of Figure 7 can be replaced, (2) when this workpiece assembly 1000 is combined with the lower limb health care body 660 of Figure 5, irregular acupoints on the foot's Shaoyang Gallbladder meridian are very easy to find, (3) with respect to the reference point or positioning point of the acupoint workpiece of the health care body, the planar distance, vertical height, and relative angle of the acupoint workpiece to a specific healthy body part or acupoint can be fully controlled (which can be accurately calculated and obtained through the above four rotational movements), (4) therefore, medical-grade effects can be expected using the acupoint workpiece. The mechanism of this point will be explained in detail in the next paragraph.

[0217] The body inch standards for the limbs are as shown above. If the following standards for the chest and abdomen are realized, can the previously disclosed structure be used to locate and calculate a person's specific body inches after locating the standard acupoints? It can also help computers automatically locate other acupoints. This avoids misidentification of acupoints due to fatigue on the part of the doctor or the person involved. This will be explained in more detail later. (1) Vertical body inch standard for the chest: 6.8 body inches from the Tiantu point (international code CV22) to the Danzhong point (international code CV17, the center of the two nipples). (2) Vertical body inch standard for the upper abdomen: 8 body inches from the xiphoid process to the navel (international code CV8, Shenque point). (3) Vertical body inch standard for the lower abdomen: 5 body inches from the navel (international code CV8) to the Quguo point (international code CV2). (4) Vertical inch standard for the flank: 9 body inches from the Zhangmen point (international code LV13) to the Huanxiang point (international code GB30). (5) Horizontal inch standard for the torso: 8 body inches between the two nipples. Therefore, after obtaining the Danzhong point, the 1.6 body inches below it is the Zhongyu point (international code CV16). In detail, according to the aforementioned robot arm device (components 1002-1020), (1) the first rotation mechanism (between components 1018 and 1020) can determine the angular relationship between the work base or healthcare body and the acupoint; (2) the second pivot mechanism (between components 1018 and 1014) can determine the linear distance relationship between the work base or healthcare body and the acupoint, either alone or in conjunction with other mechanisms. (3) The third pivot mechanism (between components 1010 and 1014) can at least determine the height relationship between the work base or healthcare body and the acupoint, either alone or together with other mechanisms. (4) The fourth rotation mechanism (between components 1010 and 1002) can determine the angle relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint. (5) All these relationships can be easily and automatically calculated by a computer, and the distance and direction (which actually represents the position of the acupoint) of the robot arm device can be obtained, allowing the acupoint workpiece to perform healthcare or treatment tasks on the user through the acupoint under a specific angle.Therefore, acupuncture treatment of the acupoints on the head / face often requires oblique acupuncture, but the above mechanism makes it possible to control and adjust the relative tilt angle between the acupoint work and the work base, eliminating such a problem. Indeed, the robot arm device can be directly installed on the healthcare main body or placed on a work base installed on the healthcare main body.

[0218] The main requirements related to the workpiece assembly 1000 are summarized as follows: Specifically, the healthcare device includes a healthcare body for performing healthcare tasks on a user having an acupoint, a working platform 1020 provided on the healthcare body, an acupoint workpiece for performing healthcare tasks on the user through the acupoint, and a robot arm device (combination of components 1002-1020) connected to the working platform 1020 for holding the acupoint workpiece, which enables the acupoint workpiece to perform healthcare tasks under a specific relative position with respect to the working platform 1020 or the acupoint.

[0219] According to the above-mentioned healthcare device, the healthcare device further includes a work base 1022 arranged between the healthcare main body and the work platform 1020, and a moving device (FIG. 7) arranged between the work base 1022 and the healthcare main body.

[0220] According to the healthcare device described above, the healthcare device further includes a rotating platform 1018 rotatably carried by the working platform 1020 .

[0221] According to the healthcare device described above, the healthcare device further includes a connection base 1014 pivotally connected to the rotating platform 1018 .

[0222] In accordance with the healthcare device described above, the healthcare device further includes an extension base 1010 having a first end 1012 and pivotally connected to a connection base 1014 .

[0223] According to the aforementioned healthcare device, the robot arm device includes a rotating head 1008 that precisely rotatably fixes an electric chuck 1002, and the electric chuck 1002 has two jaws 1004, each of which has a pair of holding surfaces 1006 for holding an acupoint workpiece therebetween.

[0224] The aforementioned healthcare device is sufficiently precise that it can easily be applied to acupuncture needle insertion. Since angle control and adjustment can be completed using the aforementioned embodiment, it is easy to see from Figure 9A that automatic acupuncture needle insertion is feasible. Since acupuncture is a human activity, why would the present invention attempt to perform it mechanically? This question actually contradicts the appeal of "scientifying Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)," not to mention the scientific spirit that is the nature of TCM. First, the "Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion" states, "Removing needles slowly; if you do it too quickly, you will injure yourself," meaning to remove the needle slowly. This can be beautifully performed by a machine that follows instructions without being affected by mood or emotions. Second, the Yellow Emperor's Essential Acupuncture of the Neijing (Internal Jing) states, "There are floating and sinking states, and the depth of acupuncture, whether shallow or deep, has its own healing rationale, and deviation from these should be avoided. Excessive acupuncture can cause internal organ disorders, while insufficient acupuncture can cause superficial disorders, which in turn arouse evil spirits. Inappropriate depth can cause major problems, damaging the five internal organs from the inside and subsequently leading to serious illnesses." Similarly, to eliminate human interference, wouldn't it be best to have a machine determine the appropriate needle insertion depth?

[0225] FIG. 9A shows an embodiment of an automatic needle insertion acupoint workpiece 1040, including a rotating head 1042 similar to the rotating head 1008 of FIG. 9 and an automatic needle insertion device 1044. The automatic needle insertion device 1044 includes an electric holder 1048 (or a non-electric holder) for holding the acupoint working device and a needle insertion mechanism 1046 pivotally mounted on the rotating head 1042, which can move the electric holder 1048 longitudinally. The needle insertion mechanism 1046 enables the acupoint working device to insert needles in an orderly manner or controls the needle insertion speed via a stepless speed motor. This technical task can be easily accomplished by those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here. Indeed, if a large amount of negative energy needs to be expelled, the needle hole must be widened. In this case, needle insertion parameters are not limited to speed but also include offsets in the front, back, left, and right directions. Given the above technical disclosure, these technical tasks should already be easily accomplished by those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.

[0226] The main requirements related to the automatic needle insertion acupoint workpiece 1040 are summarized as follows: Specifically, the healthcare device includes: a healthcare main body for providing healthcare to a user having acupoints; an acupoint workpiece for providing acupuncture treatment to the user through the acupoints; a robot arm device (combination of components 1002-1020) that holds the acupoint workpiece and is provided on the healthcare main body so that the acupoint workpiece can provide acupuncture treatment under a specific relative position with respect to the healthcare main body or the acupoint; and a needle insertion mechanism 1046 that is provided between the acupoint workpiece and the robot arm device and enables the acupoint workpiece to provide acupuncture treatment to the user using specific control parameters.

[0227] According to the aforementioned automatic needle insertion acupoint workpiece, the specific control parameter is a speed control parameter.

[0228] According to the aforementioned automatic needle insertion acupoint workpiece, the specific control parameter is an offset parameter.

[0229] According to the aforementioned automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece, the automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece further includes a holder 1048 for holding the acupuncture point workpiece.

[0230] According to the automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece described above, the automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece further includes a needle insertion mechanism 1046 for moving the holder 1048 longitudinally.

[0231] According to the aforementioned automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece, the automatic needle insertion acupuncture point workpiece further includes a rotating head 1042 for rotatably positioning the needle insertion mechanism 1046 on the robot arm device.

[0232] From another perspective, the healthcare device 1000 holds an acupoint workpiece thereon to perform a healthcare task on a user. Here, the user has a body part, and the body part has an acupoint. The healthcare device includes a healthcare main body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) that transports and positions the body part to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, a working platform 1020 provided on the healthcare main body, and a robotic arm device (1002-1018) connected to the working platform for holding the acupoint workpiece, where the acupoint workpiece performs the healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0233] From another perspective, the healthcare device 1000 includes a healthcare body (e.g., 502, 562, 582) for maintaining a first specific positional relationship with a body part and transporting and positioning the body part of a user, the healthcare body performing a healthcare task on the user, the body part having an acupoint; a working platform 1020 provided on the healthcare body; and a robotic arm device (1002-1018) connected to the working platform and for holding an acupoint workpiece, the robotic arm device performing the healthcare task when the acupoint workpiece has a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint under the first specific positional relationship.

[0234] This concludes the description of the hardware related to the present invention. It can be seen that each paragraph is directed at adjusting the "qi field" to instantly restore the body at the first sign of illness and promote longevity and health. The "Yellow Emperor's Inner Jing: Su Wen Yi Jing Bian Qi Lun" states, "While trying to move away from death, the living seedling grows." The gist of the present invention is summarized in the flowchart of FIG. 10 as follows: providing a health care device 1100, which has a first relative positional relationship with a body part of a user having an acupoint, the body part having the acupoint; providing an acupoint workpiece, which has a second positional relationship with the health care device 1100 and a third positional relationship with the acupoint, for performing a health care task on the user through the acupoint; and providing a positioning device 1120, which is disposed between the acupoint workpiece and the health care device, for positioning the acupoint workpiece on the health care device, so that the acupoint workpiece performs the health care task under the second and third relative positions.

[0235] From another perspective, the present invention provides a healthcare method for providing healthcare to a user, where the user has a body part and the body part has an acupoint, the healthcare method includes step 1130 of providing a healthcare body, step 1140 of positioning the body part on the healthcare body under a first relative positional relationship between the healthcare body and the body part, step 1150 of providing an acupoint workpiece for the user to perform a healthcare task via the acupoint, step 1160 of providing a position adjustment device disposed between the acupoint workpiece and the healthcare body to maintain a second relative positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the healthcare body, and step 1180 of causing the acupoint workpiece to perform the healthcare task according to control parameters.

[0236] According to the aforementioned healthcare method, the first relative positional relationship allows the body part to maintain a relative positional relationship with the healthcare body in a specific posture.

[0237] According to the above-mentioned healthcare method, the healthcare method further includes a step of enabling the acupoint workpiece to have a specific angular relationship with the acupoint between step 1160 of providing a position adjustment device and step 1180 of causing the acupoint workpiece to perform a healthcare task according to control parameters.

[0238] According to the aforementioned healthcare method, the second relative positional relationship is such that the acupoint workpiece can maintain a relative positional relationship with the healthcare body at at least one of a specific distance, direction, and height.

[0239] According to the aforementioned healthcare method, the control parameter is the working mode of the acupoint workpiece for performing the healthcare task.

[0240] According to the aforementioned health care method, the working mode is that the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint are stationary relative to each other.

[0241] According to the aforementioned health care method, the working mode is to maintain a specific contact relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint.

[0242] According to the aforementioned health care method, the working mode is that the acupoint workpiece performs a massage action on the user through the acupoints.

[0243] According to the aforementioned healthcare method, the working mode is that the acupoint workpiece is inserted into or pulled out from the acupoint at a certain speed.

[0244] From another perspective, a method for performing a healthcare task on a user having a body part with an acupoint using an acupoint workpiece includes: step 1110 of providing a healthcare body for carrying the body part; step 1120 of positioning the body part on the healthcare body so that there is a first relative positional relationship between the healthcare body and the body part; and step 1160 of providing a position adjustment device for maintaining a second positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the healthcare body or between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint, so that the acupoint workpiece performs the healthcare task under control parameters.

[0245] From another perspective, the healthcare method includes step 1110 of providing a healthcare body for healthcare of a user, wherein the user has a body part having an acupoint, the healthcare body carries the body part, and the healthcare body holds an acupoint workpiece, thereby providing a healthcare effect to the user; step 1120 of positioning the body part on the healthcare body so that there is a first relative positional relationship between the healthcare body and the body part; and step 1160 of providing a position adjustment device for maintaining a second positional relationship between the acupoint workpiece and the healthcare body, or between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint, so that the acupoint workpiece performs a healthcare task according to control parameters.

[0246] If the aforementioned methods involve medical procedures, they may be classified as methods for treating disease, which may be unpatentable concepts in Taiwan and China. If they only involve medical procedures, they may not be related to methods of treatment.

[0247] The disclosure of this invention may be well-planned, but it must have an end. The final highlight or ideal of this invention is proposed here. In pursuit of the health and happiness of all humanity and realizing the inspiring ideals previously disclosed, it is necessary to ensure that every family or individual, even those with relatively limited financial resources, can own the software and hardware of this invention. Aside from waiting for large-scale commercialization of this invention to reduce costs, it is clear that superior hardware alone is not enough. Ultimate success can only be achieved if everyone can enjoy and receive the kind of physical therapy and medical services provided by the reincarnations of Hua Tuo and Bian Que. AlphaGo, developed by DeepMind, defeated the world's chess king. This relies on accumulating all the world's experiences in the same brain and making decisions. As another example, if an aircraft accident occurs, a report should be sent to the manufacturer so that the design can be modified to prevent similar accidents in the future. If this spirit is passed down, ancient wisdom is first gathered and organized by today's outstanding people, and continued true feedback from the public on the therapeutic effects of acupressure therapy continues, why worry about Hua Tuo or Bian Que not being reincarnated?

[0248] For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, please refer to FIG. 10B, which illustrates an embodiment of the healthcare system 1200 of the present invention. The healthcare system 1200 includes a healthcare main body 1210. The healthcare main body 1210 has a microcomputer 1215 connected to a cloud database 1400 and a service center 1500 via the Internet. The microcomputer 1215 includes / constitutes a central processing unit 1220, a memory 1230, a screen 1270, a keyboard / mouse 1280, a microphone 1290, and a lens 1300. Their interconnection and configuration are common technologies and will not be described in detail here. Furthermore, the screen 1270 may be touch-sensitive or non-touch-sensitive. The memory 1230 can store application software necessary for interaction between the user, the cloud database 1400, and the service center 1500. The application software may include, for example, a symptom treatment module 1240 for clicking or inputting current discomfort symptoms and retrieving from the cloud database 1400 which treatment schemes or acupressure points to receive healthcare tasks. The application software may be a personal healthcare history recording module 1250 for recording the user's personal healthcare history, and a feedback / reporting module 1260 for feedback / reporting of the user's satisfaction or problems encountered during use after the healthcare tasks suggested by the cloud database 1400. Modules 1240, 1250, 1260 and other modules related to healthcare tasks may be separate or standalone modules or sub-modules integrated into the same program.

[0249] Users can search for and confirm symptoms or treatments through the cloud database 1400 using the screen 1270 and / or keyboard / mouse 1280. Users can also use the microphone 1290 / lens 1300 to request acupuncture consultations, inquire about symptoms, and / or confirm treatments through the service center 1500. Certainly, healthcare system 1200 must be certified as a physician by national health authorities or licensed to practice medicine before administering needle injections. As mentioned above, through the collection, research, and verification of available acupuncture information, deep learning, and continuous user feedback, the integration of the cloud database 1400 and the service center 1500 staffed by traditional Chinese medicine physicians should provide exceptional healthcare or medical benefits. Learning never ends, and the disclosure of this invention is only a good start. Much more effort is needed to truly reinvent Hua Tuo or Bian Que. The control module 1600, with assistance from the central processing unit 1220, coordinates the previously disclosed healthcare devices or bodies to perform various related healthcare tasks.

[0250] The first chapter of the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, Chapter 9 of the Lingshu Acupuncture and the Twelve Sources, states: "The Yellow Emperor asked Qi Bo: 'I have countless thousands of people, from whom I collect rent and taxes. I use microneedling to regulate the meridians, regulate blood and qi, and promote the merging of the inflowing and outflowing channels without their use of drugs or medical devices. What I want is a clear standard that can be passed down to future generations, that cannot be overturned, that is timeless, that is easy to use but not forgettable, that is classic but divided into chapters, that distinguishes between internal and external symptoms, that is systematic, that has a beginning and an end, and that is embodied in the Acupuncture Classic. Is this possible?'" The effectiveness of acupuncture has been confirmed worldwide, so this invention aims to ignite the strong desire to welcome the reincarnation of Hua Tuo or Bian Que. With the joint participation of all humanity, we can welcome the return of Hua Tuo or Bian Que as soon as possible.

[0251] The healthcare system 1200 can be summarized as follows: Specifically, it includes a healthcare body 1210 for providing healthcare to a user, where the user has a body part and the body part has acupoints, a positioning medium (524, 680, 714, 804) provided on the healthcare body 1210 to ensure a positional relationship between the body part and the healthcare body, an acupoint workpiece provided on the healthcare body to perform healthcare tasks on the user via the acupoints, and a computer device 1215 provided on the healthcare body to control and / or monitor the acupoint workpiece to perform healthcare tasks.

[0252] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the healthcare system further includes a cloud database 1400 connected to the computer device 1215 via the Internet, allowing users to access knowledge and healthcare schemes or medical procedures related to acupuncture / moxibustion from the computer device 1215.

[0253] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computing device 1215 further includes a symptom treatment module 1240 that allows the user to click or input the current discomfort symptoms, and the cloud database 1400 will then provide a specific treatment scheme or specific acupressure points to receive the healthcare work.

[0254] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computer device 1215 further includes a feedback / report module 1260, which enables the user to provide feedback / report on any problems encountered or user satisfaction during use of the cloud database 1400 after performing healthcare tasks on specific acupoints suggested by the cloud database 1400.

[0255] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computing device 1215 further includes a screen 1270 and a keyboard / mouse 1280 to allow the user to search and confirm symptoms or their treatments through a cloud database 1400 .

[0256] According to the above-mentioned healthcare system, the healthcare system further includes a service center 1500 connected to the computer device 1215 via the Internet to provide acupuncture consultations to users or to confirm medical level actions selected by the users themselves.

[0257] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computer device 1215 further includes a microphone 1290 and a lens 1300 for consultation by questioning about symptoms or confirmation from the user of acupuncture-related actions via the service center 1500.

[0258] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computing device 1215 includes a touch or non-touch screen 1270 .

[0259] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computing device 1215 further includes a personal healthcare history recording module 1250 that records the user's personal healthcare history.

[0260] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the computer device 1215 further includes a control module 1600 for adjusting the healthcare body and / or the acupoint workpiece to perform the healthcare task.

[0261] According to the aforementioned healthcare system, the healthcare system further includes a position adjusting device configured between the healthcare body 1140 and the acupoint workpiece, so that the acupoint workpiece and the healthcare body 1140 have a relative positional relationship.

[0262] From another perspective, a healthcare system 1200 that uses an acupoint workpiece to perform a healthcare task on a user having a body part with an acupoint includes a healthcare main body 1210 that carries the body part, a positioning medium (524, 680, 714, 804) that is provided on the healthcare main body and positions the body part on the healthcare main body so as to have a first relative positional relationship between the healthcare main body and the body part, and a computer device 1215 that is provided on the healthcare main body and controls / monitors the acupoint workpiece under a second positional relationship maintained between the healthcare main body and the acupoint workpiece or between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint to perform the healthcare task.

[0263] From yet another perspective, the healthcare system 1200 includes a healthcare body 1210 for performing a healthcare task on a user, wherein the healthcare body 1210 performs the healthcare task when the user has a body part, the body part has an acupoint, and the healthcare body for transporting the body part holds an acupoint workpiece; a positioning medium (524, 680, 714, 804) provided on the healthcare body for positioning the body part on the healthcare body so that there is a first relative positional relationship between the healthcare body and the body part; and a computer device 1215 provided on the healthcare body for controlling / monitoring the acupoint workpiece under a second positional relationship maintained between the healthcare body and the acupoint workpiece or between the acupoint workpiece and the acupoint to perform the healthcare task.

[0264] Although each possible embodiment of the above-mentioned embodiments has not been described in detail, there are many cross-references or substitutions between various embodiments, and therefore, an embodiment is likely to be a reference or substitution scheme for other embodiments. Since the content of this application is already quite long, in order to reduce the burden on all parties, it will not be described in detail here.

[0265] In short, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. a healthcare main body configured to carry and position a body part of a user to maintain a first specific positional relationship with the body part, the body part including an acupressure point; A work base configured on the healthcare main body; Acupoint workpiece and A healthcare device comprising: a workpiece holder having a first end configured on the work base and a second end that holds the acupoint workpiece, wherein the second end or the acupoint workpiece is held in a second specific positional relationship with the acupoint, and the acupoint workpiece performs a healthcare task on the user via the acupoint under the first and second specific positional relationships.

2. The pot workpiece has a work body, The workpiece body is a thin pneumatic cylinder having a piston rod, the work body has a first end and a second end, the first end of the work body connecting to the second end of the workpiece holder; the workpiece holder further includes a health care medium configured on the second end of the work body; The workpiece holder includes a crankshaft rotatably configured on the second end of the workpiece body; a point opening located at the bottom of the work body; 2. The healthcare device of claim 1, further comprising: a main connection piece connected between the piston rod and the crankshaft, wherein the piston rod drives the crankshaft to perform healthcare tasks through the point opening.

3. The acupoint workpiece further includes a ring piece, an upper connecting ring, and a working ring, and the main connecting piece has a first end and a second end; the ring piece is fixed to the second end of the main connection piece; the upper connecting ring is connected between the piston rod and the ring piece; the working ring is fixed to the first end of the main connecting piece and movably buckled to the crankshaft; The healthcare medium further includes a rubber pad configured between the piston rod and the point opening; 3. The healthcare device according to claim 2, wherein the work ring performs a massage operation on acupressure points via a rubber pad.

4. The first end of the work body has a screw thread, and the working medium of the health care medium is microwave, millimeter wave, radiant heat, magnetism, frequency signal, microcurrent or mugwort heat; the point opening is a round opening or an arc slot; a connector secured to the second end of the workpiece holder, the connector having an internal thread and a cylindrical shape; The healthcare device of claim 2, characterized in that the first end of the work body is cylindrical and is screwed into the female thread, so that the screw depth or degree between the first end of the work body and the female thread determines the working pressure or acupoint on the body part exerted by the healthcare medium.

5. The work base has a vertical through hole, the first end of the workpiece holder has an annular groove; The workpiece holder has a C-clamp; When the first end of the workpiece holder passes through the vertical through-hole, the C-clamp is fixed in the annular groove to position the workpiece on the work base; The end of the vertical through hole is a threaded hole, The healthcare device of claim 2, wherein the first end of the workpiece holder has a threaded portion that is firmly attached to a threaded hole at a specific angle to adjust the working angle of the acupoint workpiece relative to the acupoint.

6. a moving device disposed between the work base and the healthcare body, for moving the acupoint workpiece along a specific direction relative to the healthcare body; An angle controller including an angle control assembly configured on the work base, and a workpiece supporter connected to the angle control assembly and the first end of the workpiece holder, wherein the angle control assembly controls the workpiece supporter to adjust a specific angle between the surface of the work base or the skin surface of the acupoint and the longitudinal direction of the acupoint workpiece; the workpiece holder has a fixing piece and a threaded barrel, and the threaded barrel is fixed to the workpiece supporter via the fixing piece; The healthcare device of claim 1, wherein the workpiece holder has a fixed piece and a pair of elastic jaws, the fixed piece is fixed to the workpiece supporter via a screw or a rivet, and the pair of elastic jaws have an elastic holding portion for holding the acupoint workpiece.

7. the workpiece holder is a robot arm device; The workpiece holder is a work platform configured on the work base; a rotating platform rotatably carried by the work platform; a connection base pivotally connected to the rotating platform; an extension base pivotally connected to the connection base; a rotary head rotatably supported on the extension base; a holder pivotally connected to the rotary head for holding the acupuncture point workpiece; The holding portion includes two jaws, each of the two jaws having a holding surface, and the acupoint workpiece is held between the two holding surfaces; the robot arm device further includes a needle insertion mechanism pivotally configured to the rotating head; The holding portion is formed to be movable in the longitudinal direction by the needle insertion mechanism, The healthcare device of claim 1 , wherein the needle insertion mechanism enables the acupoint workpiece to perform healthcare work on the body part using a control parameter, and the control parameter is a needle insertion speed control parameter.

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