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ArticleMedical acupuncture2022

An Initial Study on Multi-Point Laser Acupuncture Based on 2-D Galvo Mirror.

Kun-Chan Lan, Chang-Yin Lee, Shu-Chen Chang, Xin-Yu Wu, Gerhard Litscher, Chih-Yu Wang

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Kun-Chan LanDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chang-Yin LeeThe School of Chinese Medicine for Post-Baccalaureate, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Shu-Chen ChangDepartment of Hospitality Management, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan.
Xin-Yu WuDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Gerhard LitscherResearch Unit of Biomedical Engineering in Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Research Unit for Complementary and Integrative Laser Medicine, and TCM Research Center, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
Chih-Yu WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

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Abstract

Currently, the majority of commercially available laser acupuncture instruments are still hand-held and only support single-point stimulation. Simultaneous multi-point stimulation improves the therapeutic efficacy of laser acupuncture by stimulating multiple acupoints at the same time. A "2-dimensional (2-D) galvo mirror" was utilized as a positioning laser acupuncture device for multi-acupoints stimulation. Due to its ability to perform 2-D fast scanning, a single laser beam was reflected by the mirror and stimulated multiple acupuncture points simultaneously. This introduction to the new system, presents its architecture, and shows some initial results. This initial stage of development was focused on the acupoints of the human forearm. This proposed system is the first low-cost, noncontact laser acupuncture system that enables continuous multi-acupoint stimulation with a single laser beam. Notably, it is technically feasible to develop this technique into a whole-body laser acupuncture stimulation system.

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2-D fast scanningevidence-based complementary medicinegalvo mirrorlaser acupuncturelaser stimulationmulti-acupuncture combination

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PMID36051413
PMCPMC9419983

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