Hand Acupoint Plate With Far-Infrared Heating and Safe Pressure Stimulation

Resolve Bottlenecks,
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing hand therapies such as hand acupuncture and moxibustion face limitations including needle insertion difficulties, infection risks, limited applicability, discomfort, and inconvenience, while electroacupuncture and electronic thermotherapeutic instruments have restricted scope and superficial heat application.

Innovation Solution

A hand acupoint stimulation device with a housing, acupoint plate, and far-infrared generator that provides acupressure and far-infrared effects, featuring replaceable acupoint plates and temperature-controlled operation, ensuring ease of use and safety.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If hand acupuncture is used to stimulate acupoints, then pain relief and functional improvement are achieved, but there is a risk of infection from needle sharing and difficulty in application for individuals with needle fear

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveeffectiveness of acupoint stimulationVSAvoidinfection risk and user discomfort

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical needle insertion system with a non-invasive acupressure system using protrusions that apply pressure to acupoints without breaking the skin, thereby eliminating infection risk while maintaining acupoint stimulation effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary acupressure device with protrusions that mediates between the user's hand and the acupoints, providing stimulation without direct needle contact and reducing both infection risk and psychological barrier for needle-phobic individuals

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Temperature

If moxibustion therapy is used to provide thermal stimulation, then metabolism and physiological functions are promoted, but there is risk of burns and discomfort from smoke and fumes

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvethermal stimulation effectVSAvoidburn risk and smoke discomfort

Core Design Contradiction:

TemperatureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the chemical combustion process of traditional moxibustion with an electronic heating element that generates controlled thermal energy, eliminating smoke and fumes while maintaining therapeutic heat application

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the temperature delivery mechanism from uncontrolled combustion to electronically controlled heating with temperature sensors and feedback control, maintaining therapeutic temperatures while preventing burn injuries through precise parameter management

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

3Ease of operation

If electronic thermotherapeutic instrument is used to apply heat, then convenience is improved, but the heat is superficial and does not reach deep into the body

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconvenience of useVSAvoiddepth of heat penetration

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLength of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the thermal radiation parameters by incorporating far-infrared generating materials that emit wavelengths capable of deeper tissue penetration, transforming superficial heat into deep-penetrating thermal energy while maintaining electronic control convenience

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

4Object-affected harmful factors

If electroacupuncture is used to stimulate acupoints with microcurrent, then needle insertion risks are eliminated, but the scope of application is limited to specific conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveelimination of needle-related risksVSAvoidscope of application

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates a multi-functional device that combines acupressure protrusions with far-infrared heating and temperature control capabilities, allowing application across various conditions and body parts beyond the limited scope of electroacupuncture

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

Simultaneously achieves far-infrared, warming, and acupressure effects with ease of use and portability, preventing burns and allowing reuse without hassle.

Implementation Method 1

far-infrared rays are infrared rays with long wavelengths among infrared rays, and far infrared energy that has high penetrability into tissue of the human body and is transmitted deeper into the human body than heat energy transmitted only to the surface of the human body

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFar-infrared radiation: Infrared Radiation

Implementation Method 2

far-infrared rays reach deep into the human body or material and are absorbed, resonate with the material's own wavelength, and activate the material's molecular motion

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectMolecular resonance: Resonance

Implementation Method 3

the electronic thermotherapeutic instrument that can produce a moxibustion effect due to heat generated after attaching a heating element to an acupoint on the human body and applying power to the heating element

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectJoule heating: Joule Heating

Data Source

PatentUS20260014056A1Hand acupoint stimulation device using hand acupuncture therapy

Publication Date: 2026.01.15 SAMTER CO LTD

AI summary

The present invention is for providing a hand acupoint stimulation device using hand therapy that can simultaneously have a far-infrared effect, a warming effect, and an acupressure effect, the hand acupoint stimulation device including a housing having an open top surface and an accommodation space formed therein, an acupoint plate coupled to an opening in the top surface of the housing, and a far-infrared generator accommodated in the accommodation space of the housing, wherein a plurality of acupoint stimulators that correspond to different combinations of a plurality of acupoints according to different health conditions of a user are provided on the acupoint plate.