Knee brace having three stimulators for continual electro-acupunctural stimulation; in vivo and in situ tissue engineering

• Main Author: Liu Y. King
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.06.2017
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ELECTROTHERAPY; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; RADIATION THERAPY; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY

A knee brace for continual electro-acupuncture stimulation system comprises a first circuit having a first circuit having a first electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Heting (S 156)" and a second electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Bladder 40", a second circuit having a third electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Spleen 10" and a fourth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Hsiyen (S 145)", and a third circuit having a fifth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Stomach 34" and a sixth electrode configured to electrically coupled to acupuncture point "Stomach 35". The first, third, and fifth electrodes are connected to a polarity of voltage, and the second, fourth, and sixth electrodes are connected to an opposite polarity of voltage, such that electric currents flow in a body of a patient to achieve analgesia, cartilage repair and regeneration in the knee joint.