Patent ID: 6371954
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A61B,A61H,A61N

Abstract:
A portable hand-holdable laser device for emitting a laser light, said hand-holdable device having a distal housing, said housing having a distal tip, a self-contained power source within said housing, a condensing lens contained within the housing to direct the laser light into and through a hollow ceramic acupuncture needle, said acupuncture needle being slidable and contained inside said housing distal tip, a substantially simultaneously electrical power connection being connected at a same time as said ceramic needle is slidingly moved into a projecting space past said distal tip of said needle housing, said movable needle being held within the distal tip by a spring contained within said housing when the power source is not activated, and said activation being activated by an operator's finger pressing a movable plunger located at the proximal end of said device.