Patent ID: 8025673
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A61H,A61N

Abstract:
1. An applicator for use in reflexotherapy, comprising: a flat elastic base member; a plurality of needles fixed in said flat elastic base member; each needle comprises a core, a sharpened portion with a pointed end, and a thickened portion; said thickened portions are fixed in said flat elastic base member in such a way that the sharpened portions protrude from said flat elastic base member; one or more groups of said needles have a partially coated core; one or more groups of said needles have multilayer coatings of said core and sharpened portion but not at said pointed end of said sharpened portion thereof; one or more groups of said needles differ from the other groups by the materials they are produced of or by the coating materials, which have different electrochemical potentials; said needles and their coatings are fabricated from materials selected from a group comprising steel, copper, chromium, nickel, silver, cobalt, aluminum, magnesium, zinc, tin, titanium, vanadium, beryllium, gold, platinum, strontium, tellurium or their alloys and oxides; said core is covered with coatings of different material layers; said pointed end of said sharpened portion is free of coatings of different material layers; and each of said needles is placed on the base member in such a way that adjacent needles are made from materials and/or their alloys with different electrochemical potentials and are designed for contacting an user's skin.