Patent ID: 7748294
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An ergonomic device for tattooing biological tissue, the device being comprised of: a body support comprised of a substantially planar section and an elevated section; a hollow hand grip attached to a bottom side of the planar section, the hollow hand grip having at least a first opening and a second opening, each opening opposed and connected to one another; a single DC coil on a topside of the planar section; a controlling means connected to the DC coil for controlling the direction of current through the DC coil, and determining and setting the speed and strength at which the current through the DC coil changes direction; an armature bar connected to the body support, wherein the armature bar has a first end and a second end, the first end connected to the elevated section of the body support and the second end having a needle support; a magnetic flux guide connected to the top side of the planar section and a portion of which is surrounded by the single DC coil; a magnet attached to an underside of the armature bar and adjacent to the topside of the single DC coil; a needle held at a head by the needle support and directed towards the body support and through the first opening and second opening of the hollow hand grip, wherein the head of the needle and the needle support are of different shape; and a grommet having an inner perimeter and an outer perimeter, wherein the grommet is inserted between the head of the needle and the needle support; the inner perimeter being similar in shape as the needle support and the outer perimeter being similar in shape as the needle head.