Anti-nociceptive apparatus

摘要

The present invention presents an apparatus and methods to generate and deliver resonant vibrations to a hypodermic needle penetration site of a human body to reduce pain of needle prick by activating inhibitory neuronal mechanisms for pain perception. The apparatus comprises a longitudinal syringe carriage assembly which releasably holds and slidably moves a proximal portion of a syringe and a vibration assembly which generates and delivers vibrations to a vibration resonance enclosure located at a proximal end of the apparatus. The vibration assembly adjoins in parallel the syringe carriage assembly. A syringe with a needle moves forward in the syringe carriage assembly along a longitudinal axis and the needle penetrates a recipient's tissue which is in direct contact with and is vibrated by the proximal end of the apparatus.

主权项

1. An anti-nociceptive apparatus, comprising:
a vibration means, adjoining in parallel a coupling means with a syringe; the vibration means, provided as one or a plurality of operating devices having one or a plurality of mechanical and electronic configurations, which comprises a means to generate and transmit substantially tangential vibrations to a needle penetration site of a tissue of a recipient by direct contact with said tissue and which is reversibly activated by an electric power source; and the coupling means, provided as one or a plurality of operating devices having one or a plurality of mechanical configurations, which comprises a means to releasably hold a part of a syringe and a means to slidably move said part of said syringe along a longitudinal axis of said apparatus.