Patent ID: 7240806
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: A61H,B65D

Abstract:
1. An acupuncture needle container and dispenser to store and dispense a plurality of acupuncture needles, comprising: a transparent top cover piece, an opaque colored bottom piece with a distal end, a proximal end and a middle portion, said transparent top cover piece fits over the opaque colored bottom piece to form a semi-oval needle reservoir at the distal end, a cylindrical inserter at the proximal end and a channel between the semi-oval needle reservoir and the cylindrical inserter to allow for individual channeled movement of the plurality of acupuncture needles from the semi-oval needle reservoir through the channel and into the cylindrical inserter; an insertion tube within said cylindrical inserter with a longitudinal slit to receive an individual acupuncture needle from the plurality of needles moving through the channel, wherein said insertion tube includes a magnet embedded therein; a plunger that fits into the insertion tube and pushes the individual acupuncture needle through the cylindrical inserter, said plunger having a protruding twisting handle that extends from a proximal section of said insertion tube for moving the longitudinal slit between an open position and a dispensing position; and an extrusion guide tube extending from a distal end of said insertion tube.