Patent Application
20200330790
The present invention relates to a laser device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a laser device with a gem tip for holistic therapies.
Holistic therapies such as chakra balancing and acupuncture have been in existence for centuries. The chakra system originated in India between 1500 and 0.500 B.C. in the oldest text called the Vedas. Evidence of chakras is also found in the Shri Jabala Darshana Upanishad, the Cudamini Upanishad, the Yoga-Shikka Upanishad and the Shandilya Upanishad documents. The word Chakra is defined as a spinning disk or wheel of energy that runs along the spine. There are seven ‘main’ chakras along the spine, though some say there are as many as 114 all over the body. The health of one's chakras is considered to be directly connected to the health of the physical body, the mind, and the emotional wellbeing of a person. Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing that began during the Stone Age when sharp edged tools and stones were used to puncture and drain abscesses. The basis of modern acupuncture was established during the Ming Dynasty in the 1300s with the publication of The Great Compendium of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. Previously, during the sixth century, Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture were introduced into Japan via improved transportation. Acupuncture has been used in the West since the 17th century and was first recorded in Europe during the 1800s. Acupuncture became increasingly popular in the United States after President Nixon's visit to China in 1972 and learned about acupuncture. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classified acupuncture needles as medical instruments in 1995.
Laser acupuncture therapy has hem used as an alternative or complementary treatment of traditional acupuncture therapy. In a laser acupuncture therapy, a low power laser beam is used to replace a needle to stimulate an acupuncture point on a patients body. Such treatment is less painful (compared to traditional needle treatment. Various laser devices have been developed and used for acupuncture treatment based on such lasers as He—Ne or diode lasers. These Laser acupuncture devices implement one or two laser output channels delivered from a hand-held applicator. To use these devices, a therapist needs to hold the applicator steadily to point the laser beam onto an acupuncture point. In an acupuncture treatment, stimulating five to ten acupuncture points are common and each point takes typically rive to thirty minutes. Thus, a therapist needs to point the laser beam to one acupuncture point then another for a long time. Therapists have only recently begun using translucent, stones in combination with tight energy. United States Patent No. US20140271556A1 disclosed a device that shines visible light through crystals to treat patients. Japanese and German Patent Nos. JP2006006677A and DE19547106A1 disclosed devices that also shine visible light through gem stones as a form of holistic therapy. While many of these devices use visible light, none were found that combined laser light with gem stones to refract light into a plurality of rays for acupuncture and chakra therapy.
A laser device with gem stone for holistic therapy is disclosed. An object of the invention is to independently activate energy points on the body. For example, a user can shine the device on acupuncture and chakra points manually without the need for a practitioner.
Another object of the invention is to stimulate energy points on the body without discomfort. For example, a user can shine the device on acupuncture and chakra points manually without the discomfort that usually occurs with traditional needling.
Another object of the invention is to treat multiple energy points on the body with a single, device. For example, in traditional acupuncture treatments, multiple needles are inserted into multiple points to treat an ailment. In the current disclosure, the laser is split (or refracted) into multiple beams as it passes through a gem stone, allowing a user to treat multiple points with a single device. As the device is moved away from the skin, the beams widen. As the device is moved closer to the skin the beams become mote narrowed and focused.
Another object of the invention is to allow users to select from an infinite number of gem stone types and stone shapes in order to produce an infinite number of laser treatment patterns. For example a user can switch between a sapphire and a gem simply by removing the cap on the end of the device.
Another object of the invention Ls to allow users to easily transport a form of light treatment with diem. For example, a user can place the device in a shirt pocket and remove it easily for on-the-spot treatments. Conventional therapies are often too large to transport, easily.
Another object of the invention is to provide a device with an onboard power source. The invention runs on conventional pen-light batteries drat are much smaller than similar devices that need to be plugged into a wall outlet in order to function.
Any wavelength ranged from 500 nm to 1500 nm may be chosen for a variety of laser acupuncture treatments. The figure showing laser light moving through lens barrel 15 and laser hole 15 and entering gem stone 9. Said gem stone 9 refracting and splitting laser light into a plurality of beams 16 therefrom.
