[Development of acupuncture manipulator and its application in animal shock model].
We have developed a mini acupuncture manipulator, which can simulate the traditional needling therapy and can inquired about the acu-related physical parameters which could not be quantitatively studied in the past. For example, we can control the depth, velocity, angle, angular velocity, frequency and interval time of acupuncture. The experimental study on Sprague-Dawley rat's acute hemorrhagic shock model was conducted to compare the curative effect of acupuncture manipulator versus that of electroacupuncture. This experiment demonstrated that the acupuncture manipulator can imitate hand acupuncture in security and can produce the effect similar to that of electroacupuncture. So this mini acupuncture manipulator can be of applications in research, teaching and clinical treatment.
Zhang
Haowei
H
Medical Instrumentation College, University of Shanghai for Science & Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. howiezh@sina.com
Zhu
Xunsheng
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Wang
Zhenhong
Z
Wang
Xiangrui
X
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000628:therapy*; D012984:Software