Therapeutic Patch with Metallic Grains for Pain Induration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current pain treatment methods are ineffective in addressing the specific causes of pain, often relying on untargeted approaches that prolong healing time and may lead to chronicity, as they fail to accurately identify and treat tenderness and muscle induration.
Innovation Solution
A therapeutic patch using metallic grains or crushed stones is applied to tender areas and indurations, identified through pressing with a bar or fingers, to provide targeted compression and alleviate pain by converting bioelectric potential back to a minus state, promoting neurological recovery and muscle relaxation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If conventional pain treatment methods (painkillers, drugs, acupuncture, moxa cautery) are used, then pain can be alleviated, but the treatment is untargeted and takes a long period of time for full healing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by first identifying and classifying the cause of pain (tenderness, induration, or both) through pressing with a pressing bar or fingers before applying treatment. This preliminary diagnosis enables targeted treatment selection, avoiding the time loss of conventional untargeted approaches while maintaining accurate pain cause identification.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements local quality by differentiating treatment approaches based on the specific location and type of pain cause identified through pressing examination. Different regions (tender areas vs. indurated areas) receive different treatments (metallic grains for tenderness, crushed stones for induration), achieving both rapid healing and precise pain cause targeting.
2Reliability
If simple amelioration means (massage, rest, icing, compression, elevation) are used, then pain can be managed, but full healing takes a long period and chronicity may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by introducing metallic grains or crushed stones as treatment materials with specific physical properties (weight, hardness, shape) that enhance the effectiveness of compression and pressure application. These parameter changes enable more efficient tissue healing compared to conventional simple amelioration means, reducing healing duration while maintaining reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses composite materials in the form of therapeutic patches combining adhesive sheets with metallic grains or crushed stones. This composite structure enables simultaneous application of compression, pressure, and thermal effects, achieving reliable and rapid healing without the time loss and chronicity risks of conventional methods.
3Ease of operation
If treatment is applied to the portion where patient complains of strongest pain, then subjective pain is addressed, but the objective cause of pain (tenderness or induration location) may be missed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by using the pressing examination results (identification of tenderness and/or induration locations) as guidance for treatment application. The treatment is applied to the objectively identified pain cause location rather than solely relying on patient subjective complaints, ensuring accurate pain cause targeting while maintaining ease of operation through a simple pressing diagnostic procedure.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This method effectively and quickly alleviates pain, reducing the duration of treatment and preventing recurrence, with significant reductions in pain scores and low risk rates, as demonstrated in clinical examples, while being convenient and cost-effective.
Implementation Method 1
a sheet-shaped patch A having a size of 5 to 15 cm on a side, in which one of a plurality of fine metal grains each having a particle diameter of 0.1 to 1.8 mm and a plurality of crushed stones each having a particle diameter of 0.5 to 3 mm adheres to a surface
Data Source
AI summary
A therapeutic patch for treating pain capable of compressing a tender area up to a boundary thereof and/or an entire induration with metallic grains or crushed stones by a treatment method in accordance with a classification determined after clarifying a site of pain by pressing a skin with a pressing bar or fingers (first to fourth fingers) to classify the cause of pain, thereby finding the presence of a geographical tender area and/or the presence of an induration on a skin as the cause of pain.