Patent Publication Number: US-2007106171-A1

Title: Detecting device for acupuncture meridian

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      1. Field of the Invention  
      The present invention relates to a detecting device, and more particularly to a detecting device for detecting the energy of the human bodies via such as the acupuncture meridians of the human bodies, to detect and to determine the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies, and thus to take the correct remedy to the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies.  
      2. Description of the Prior Art  
      Typically, the internal organs are located within the human bodies and may not be easily detected whether the internal organs are disorder or sick or not. Accordingly, various kinds of expensive and complicated medical facilities have been developed for detecting and for treating the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies.  
      In Chinese medicine, acupuncture technology have been developed for a long time, and comprise various kinds of meridians found in or on the human bodies, such as twelve divergent meridians, main meridians, muscle meridians, governing vessel meridians, conception vessel meridians, etc., in which some of the meridians are corresponded or related to the internal organs of the human bodies.  
      Some of the appliances or facilities have been developed for conducting or taking the remedy to treat the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,763,657 to Chen et al., and U.S. Pat. No. 5,107,832 to Guibert et al. discloses two of the acupuncture treating appliances or facilities, and comprises various conductors or threaded rods each being jacketed with a silicon-rubber sheath or an elastomeric cushioning material, for engaging with or for contacting with the outer skins of the human bodies.  
      Normally, electric pulses or signals or waves or the like are sent or transmitted to the conductors or threaded rods, for applying energy into the acupuncture points in the acupuncture meridians, in order to take the remedy to the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies. However, the conductors or threaded rods are suitable for applying energy into the acupuncture points in the acupuncture meridians only, but may not be used to detect the energy or the changing of the acupuncture points in the acupuncture meridians of the human bodies.  
      The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional detecting devices for acupuncture meridians.  
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a detecting device for detecting the energy of the human bodies via such as the acupuncture meridians of the human bodies, to detect and to determine the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies, and thus to take the correct remedy to the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies.  
      In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a detecting device comprising a processor device, a sensor coupled to the processor device, a probe coupled to the sensor, the probe including a barrel having a compartment formed therein, and a cotton pad engaged with the compartment of the probe, for suitably engaging with and for contacting with a skin of a human body, and for obtaining precise or correct signals from the acupuncture meridians on the outer skin portions of the human body, for example. After the precise or correct signals are detected from the acupuncture meridians of the human body, the correct information of the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies may thus be obtained, and thus the correct remedy may be taken to treat the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies, with such as the cited conventional acupuncture treating appliances or facilities.  
      The cotton pad is preferably made of squeezed cotton fibers having a uniform intensity, and preferably shaped or formed into a cylindrical structure.  
      The probe includes a casing having a chamber formed therein, a conductor member having a stem slidably engaged into the chamber of the casing and having a shank extended therefrom for coupling to the barrel.  
      The conductor member includes an enlarged panel extended from the stem and having the shank extended therefrom, the enlarged panel is engageable with the barrel for anchoring and positioning the barrel to the conductor member.  
      The casing includes a spring member received therein and engaged with the stem of the conductor member, to bias and force the enlarged panel and the shank and the barrel to move away from the casing.  
      The conductor member includes a peripheral recess formed in the stem thereof, a housing includes a conductive core engaged therein and having an end engaged into the chamber of the casing and engaged with the peripheral recess of the stem, for limiting the stem of the conductor member to slide relative to the casing, and for preventing the conductor member from being disengaged from the casing.  
      Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view of a detecting device in accordance with the present invention;  
       FIG. 2  is a partial exploded view of the detecting device; and  
       FIG. 3  is a partial cross sectional view of the detecting device, taken along lines  3 - 3  of  FIG. 1 , illustrating the inner structure of the detecting device. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
      Referring to the drawings, and initially to  FIG. 1 , a detecting device  10  in accordance with the present invention comprises a sensor  11  for attaching to or for being held by a hand  80  of a user, and a switch box or transformer or processor device  12  or the like coupled to the sensor  11  for receiving and/or comparing and/or organizing and/or processing the signals from the sensor  11 , and for sending or transmitting the processed signals to such as a computer facility  13 .  
      A probe  20  is then coupled to the sensor  11 , for attaching to or for engaging with or for contacting with the outer skin portions of the human body. As shown in  FIGS. 1-3 , the probe  20  includes a handle or housing  21  having a conductive core  22  disposed or engaged therein, a casing  23  attached or secured to the conductive core  22  with such as a threaded engagement  24 , or a threaded end  24  of the core  22 , or the like, the casing  23  includes a chamber  25  formed therein ( FIG. 3 ) for slidably receiving a conductor member  30  therein.  
      For example, the conductor member  30  includes a stem  31  extended therefrom and slidably engaged into the chamber  25  of the casing  23 , and having a peripheral recess  32  formed therein. The end  24  of the conductive core  22  may be engaged into the chamber  25  of the casing  23 , and engaged with the peripheral recess  32  of the stem  31 , for limiting the stem  31  of the conductor member  30  to slide relative to the casing  23 , and for preventing the conductor member  30  from being disengaged from the casing  23 .  
      The conductor member  30  further includes an enlarged panel  33  radially extended outwardly from the stem  31 , and a reduced threaded shank  34  further extended from the enlarged panel  33  for threading to a barrel  40 . The enlarged panel  33  may be engageable with the barrel  40  for anchoring or positioning the barrel  40  to the conductor member  30 . A spring member  35  may be received within the chamber  25  of the casing  23 , and engaged with the stem  31  of the conductor member  30 , to bias and to force the enlarged panel  33  and the threaded shank  34  and thus the barrel  40  to move out of or away from the casing  23 .  
      As also shown in  FIG. 3 , the barrel  40  includes a space or compartment  41  formed therein for receiving a block or pad  50  which is provided for engaging with or for contacting with the outer skin portions of the human body, as shown in  FIG. 1 . The pad  50  is made of cotton fibers or cotton materials which may be molded or forged or shaped from a number layers of cotton sheet members, in order to form the cotton pad  50  having a substantially cylindrical shape or structure.  
      The thus formed or molded or forged cotton pad  50  may include the cotton fibers uniformly stacked or squeezed therein and having a suitable intensity, for allowing the cotton pad  50  to suitably engage with and contact with the outer skin portions of the human body, and for allowing uniform signals to be taken from the outer skin portions of the human body by the probe  20  via the uniform and intensity cotton pad  50 , and thus to obtain precise or correct signals from the acupuncture meridians on the outer skin portions of the human body.  
      After the precise or correct signals are detected from the acupuncture meridians of the human body, the correct information of the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies may thus be obtained, and thus the correct remedy may be taken to treat the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies, with such as the cited conventional acupuncture treating appliances or facilities.  
      Accordingly, the detecting device in accordance with the present invention may be provided for detecting the energy of the human bodies via such as the acupuncture meridians of the human bodies, to detect and to determine the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies, and thus to take the correct remedy to the disorders or the diseases or the sicknesses of the internal organs of the human bodies.  
      Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.