Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1987-02-24
1989-01-03
Wayner, William E.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
364417, 36441302, A61B 505
Patent
active
047949341
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
This invention relates to an apparatus for diagnosing the functional condition of the internal organs of the living body and the balance condition of the autonomic nervous system thereof.
2. Background Art
In general, Western medicine relies mainly on the methods of biochemical clinical examination for inspection and diagnosis of the functions of internal organs and the diseases thereof, except for electrocardiograms for measuring the functions of the heart. These biochemical examinations, however, involve a lot of money, time and labor, and are often associated with pains on the part of the patients who undergo the examinations.
On the contrary, it has been well-known that Oriental medicine, especially acupuncture and moxa cautery medicine, achnowledges, through its clinical experiences, the existence of the systems called "Keiraku" (which can be regarded as the stimulation receptor or reactor systems) throughout the whole living body, identifies a close relationship of these "Keiraku" systems with certain internal organs and with the autonomic nerves that control these organs. Based on such knowledge, it detects the abnormal condition of a reaction point (this point is often referred to as the "Keiketsu" point, or more popularly "Tsubo") in the "Keiraku" system to diagnose the existence of disease in each internal organ, which is related to the corresponding reaction point, or brings the abnormal condition to normal by giving physical stimulation, such as needle puncturing, application of heat or electric stimuli, etc., to the reaction point which is in the abnormal condition.
In order to pinpoint a reaction point that is in an abnormal condition among numerous reaction, it has been a general practice to rely on the feel of the fingertips of the diagnostician and the tactile reaction by the patient. This, however, requires years of experience and a high degree of skill on the part of the diagnostician. Thus, there have been devised various types of apparatus which can perform electrical detection and diagnosis of the condition of the reaction points by taking advantage of the fact that electric resistance, or impedance, falls off greatly at the reaction points ("Keiketsu" points) in the skin, without recourse to the experience and skill of the diagnostician. A "Skin Ammeter" or "Neurometer" is one example of such apparatus. In using this type of apparatus, a roller electrode is moved around various parts of the body, such as the trunk, hands, feet, etc. while holding the electrode in contact with the skin surface, with another stationary electrode attached to the skin surface of a given part of the body to detect electric resistance or impedance appearing across the electrodes. The change in electric resistance or impedance at every checking point is observed to diagnose the functional condition of the internal organs and the existence of illness and, in some cases, to perform medical treatment. The use of a skin ammeter, however, has a number of shortcomings as follows.
(a) Since the trunk of the body has a great number of reaction points (as many as 300 points, for instance) with respect to a Keiraku system corresponding to one internal organ, it takes a lot of time to examine the points.
(b) Varied size and depth from the skin surface of the reaction points often make it difficult to locate a particular reaction point to be inspected.
(c) As the voltage applied to the skin surface is relatively high, i.e., 9-27V, an examination process by repeatedly bringing the roller electrode into contact with the skin surface would cause electrical reactions on the skin surface, leading to excitation reactions everywhere on the body surface. This makes it impossible to obtain accurate measurements.
As another means for detecting abnormality at the reaction points, a heat sensitivity meter is known. Taking advantage of the fact that the "Keiketsu" points, or the reaction points at the tips of fingers and toes serve as terminal points (often referred to as the "Seiketsu" points) of al
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Motoyama Hiroshi
Nukada Fumiaki
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