US Patent Issued on May 26 for "Heat conductive needle for acupuncture" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,227, issued on May 26.

"Heat conductive needle for acupuncture" was invented by Joo Young Kim (Iksan-si, South Korea), Seung Ah Seo (Iksan-si, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Kim (Iksan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a heat-conducting needle for acupuncture in which heat conduction occurs only in the needle body area involved in the treatment during oriental medicine treatment and includes a needle body formed of a metal material with relatively high conductivity to be inserted into human tissue, a needle grip fixed to a rear end of the needle body to form a grip for procedure, and a non-co...