Patent ID: 6203562
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A medical treatment apparatus for therapeutical treatment by contact with a patient's skin, consisting essentially of:a grip portion having a rod-like shape having two ends;a conductor portion having forked shape and attached to at least one end of the grip portion, the conductor portion consisting essentially of at least one electrically conductive metal; anda different metal portion attached to the conductor portion, the different metal portion having an ionization tendency different from that of said at least one electrically conductive metal thereby causing an electric potential difference between the conductor portion and the different metal portion when the medical treatment apparatus is in contact with the patient's skin,wherein the grip portion is ABS resin; the conductor portion is an alloy containing 75% by weight gold, 15% by weight silver, and 10% by weight copper; and a first different metal portion is 100% by weight copper located on a tip of a first end of the forked portion and a second different metal portion is 100% by weight aluminum located on a tip of a second end of the forked portion.