SKIN NEEDLE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A61H39/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, particularly to reflexotherapy instruments. A skin needle contains a handle with a shaft, and a detachable head with two groups of needles electrically isolated from each other. The head is placed on the case. The case is fixed on the handle and comprises a piezoelectric crystal fixed with its one end. On the opposite end thereof there is a load for elastic deformation of the piezoelectric crystal ensured by inertia. The head enables to provide connection of the needles of the first group to one contact of the piezoelectric crystal and the needles of the second group to another contact of the piezoelectric crystal.

EFFECT: simplified design of the skin needle.

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