An Acupuncture-like Quantitative Mechanical Stimulator

Author

Zheng, Z. ; Li, S. ; Sha, H. ; Xie, Y.K. ; Luo, Z.C.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Medical Instrumentation, Univ. of Shanghai for Sci. & Technol.

fYear

2006

Firstpage

4939

Lastpage

4942

Abstract

A stimulator that analogs the needle puncture has been designed to deliver quantitative mechanical stimulus to a small area of muscle. A friction coupler is designed to transmit the driving force from motor to a needle which is used to deliver stimulus. Rotation of the needle may be stopped but the friction will be maintained between the needle and the tissue when this friction moment comes to the driving moment of the coupler. Experiments were done on 6 hindlimb muscles in 2 cats and the results show the value of the stimulator in probing the mechanisms of acupuncture

Keywords

biomechanics; friction; muscle; patient treatment; acupuncture-like quantitative mechanical stimulator; cat hindlimb muscles; driving force; friction coupler; mechanical stimulus; needle puncture; tissue; Biomedical engineering; Contracts; Couplings; Educational institutions; Friction; Immune system; Instruments; Muscles; Needles; Turning; acupuncture; localization of reflex; mechanical stimulation; quantitative stimulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8741-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1615582

Filename

1615582