Patent ID: 6280454
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
A head acupuncture instrument comprising:headgear including a crown, two side parts hinged to said crown; and a rear part hinged to said crown; a plurality of electrode probes, each having a casing pipe, and each extending through one of a plurality of through holes defined in said headgear; a mandril extending through said casing pipe with a spring mounted around a lower portion of said mandril and compressed between an electrode cap mounted on a bottom end of said mandril and an undersurface of the headgear; a pin mounted through a pin hole provided in said mandril and above an outer surface of said headgear whereby said mandril is fixed in said casing pipe;wherein said electrode cap is made of magnetic material with 1500-3500 GS, which offers a changeable effect of a magnetic field and wherein each electrode probe is directed toward a respective acupuncture point of a patient's head;a wire dispenser;a plurality of wires extending through said wire dispenser, each of said wires having a first end connected to an electricity supply and a second end connected to a respective one of said electrode probes;at least one earphone provided on an inside surface of said side parts; andsupport means with a bottom end secured to the headgear and a top end received in said wire dispenser; whereby electric current is received in each said electrode probe and a patient wearing said head acupuncture instrument can receive head acupuncture treatment and can further simultaneously receive aural therapy such as music.