Patent ID: 11964162
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method of stimulating one or more acupuncture points, comprising:
(a) providing an apparatus comprising: (a1) a heat generator configured to apply a continuous infrared heat stimulation to the one or more acupuncture points; and (a2) a magnetic field generator configured to contemporaneously apply an oscillatory magnetic field stimulation to the one or more acupuncture points, where the magnetic field generator comprises a magnetic plunger configured to move between a first position at a first distance from a first acupuncture point of the one or more acupuncture points and a second position at a second distance, greater than the first distance, from the first acupuncture point;
(b) using the heat generator to heat tissue near the first acupuncture point to a temperature in the range from 44 to 52 degrees C.;
(c) moving the plunger between the first and second positions repeatedly at a rate of 0.5 to 20 Hz.