FI120786B - Adjustable massager and method for adjusting the massager - Google Patents

Description

ADJUSTABLE MASSAGE MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MASSAGE MACHINE

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an adjustable massager having a treatment effect based on the suction effect associated with the treatment head of the device, the device further comprising a vacuum chamber for producing a vacuum under the skin and providing a nozzle against the skin. The invention also relates to a method for adjusting the massager.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

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Massage affects the skin and muscles in many different ways. Massage is a movable application of soft tissue on a therapeutic area in the form of brushing, rubbing, squeezing and various patches. Massage is traditionally aimed at improving musculoskeletal metabolism, relaxing muscles • ·:, **: 20 and maintaining working capacity.

Nowadays, massage treatments are increasingly being delivered using a variety of devices. The devices ♦ ·: can be used in addition to the traditional purpose of relaxation, but also for plastic and corrective treatment, · rheumatic problems, burns, circulatory disorders, edema · 1 ·: ...: 25, cellulite removal, lymphatic drainage, tissue relaxation and firmness for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Subcutaneous fat

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lymphatic drainage massage of connective tissue stimulates metabolism, blood circulation and induces tissue solidification, as well as elimination of cellulite, swelling and muscle tension *: **: The treatment also produces positive results for fibromyalgia pain,: ***: 30 scar tissue problems, after-effects of sports performance, insomnia and stress.

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Vacuum roll therapy is especially used to treat skin problems such as cellulite. It is performed by a device having a skin-movable treatment head connected via a flexible cord to a suction device to create a vacuum on the skin as the treatment head moves against the patient's body.

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The suction roller device has rollers with an open suction chamber between the lower part, which creates a raised skin due to suction. The crease of the skin caused by the swelling of the skin is pressed against the surfaces of the rollers between the rollers.

10 Many body parts can be massaged, using different types of contact, power and nozzle for the treatment head.

The touch method of massage on different parts of the body should be optimal in terms of power and touch for optimal results. The treatment result of prior art 15 massagers is highly user dependent. The user must be able to adjust the power of the device to the proper level. Prior art suction roller devices do not provide optimum user orientation or individualized treatment technology and performance.

U.S. Patent Applications 2004/0260209 and US2007 / 0027411: 20 and 2007/0232962 are cited as prior art.

U.S. Patent Applications 2004/0260209 and US2007 / 0027411 disclose a system and method for treating different parts of the face and body with different nozzles for different treatments. These multifunction devices come with various treatments such as light therapy, • * · ***; 25 for ultrasonic treatment, magnet treatment, etc. have their own processing programs, for example ·· ♦ for the required processing power.

In US Patent Application 2007/0232962, ultrasound device treatment is governed by certain m% [% · control parameters that may be related to, or for example, the type of treatment applied, · 30 direct application to the skin or application of a medium. such as a wound dressing or lotion.

• ·. * · * The device has an actuator that responds to the mechanical energy generated by the processor and sends proportional electrical signals to the device for control purposes.

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

According to the method and the massage device according to the invention, the treatment effect of the massage device is based on the suction effect created by the treatment head of the device: The device further comprises 5 vacuum chambers, which creates a vacuum vacuum to cause skin tissue to rise. The treatment head of the device has a nozzle facing the skin with a certain treatment area. In addition, the treatment head of the device has a connector for various nozzles and a sensor for detecting said nozzle connected to the connector. The unit also has a unit for adjusting the treatment efficiency based on the detected nozzle.

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Preferred embodiments of the invention have the features of the subclaims.

For example, nozzles may be attached to a treatment head connector of a variety of treatment area, shape, size, material, thickness, and weight, and may be adjusted based on the treatment surface area, shape, size, material, thickness, and / or weight.

The sensor to identify the nozzle connected to the connector is an electrical, optical, and / or mechanical sensor.

V-120 • · * The unit connected to the treatment head is sent information about the recognized nozzle, which ··: * ·· combines the information of the identified nozzle with the applied massage power and adjusts the · ·: massager power to this information depending on the massage power.

• Nozzles should be used for different parts of the body and for tissues requiring different treatments. For example, facial massage is very different from, for example, back massage.

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On the other hand, swollen tissue requires a different treatment than normal tissue. "* '* Different nozzles can also be used for different skin types. Nozzles can be *: **: durable or disposable.

30 * ··: ·. The invention can be used to adjust the efficiency (massage power) of the massage device treatment

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: according to the nozzle attached to the massager. Due to the recognition feature, the interface of the device will be simpler to use, as the intensity of the treatment and the style of massage can be easily adjusted to suit the massage subject. As a result, treatment dependency is reduced, treatment outcomes are improved, and treatment becomes more individualized.

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In addition, a cover may be attached to the nozzle and / or treatment head of the device for treatment, which may be disposable, cleanable or intended for multiple applications. The thickness, material and shape of the shield applied to the treatment head will vary depending on the subject being treated. A variety of guards can provide more hygienic care and 10 enhance the outcome of the treatment as the guards also affect the way the massage is touched.

The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the preferred embodiments shown and the accompanying figures.

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PATTERNING

Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of the invention in which the subject of massage is a foot.

Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention wherein the subject of the massage is a face.

• i * ·. **: 20 Figure 3 shows an example of a nozzle.

Fig. 4 shows an example of a nozzle with suction rollers.

··: * · Figure 5 shows an example of a nozzle attachment to a treatment head.

9: Figure 6 shows another example of a nozzle connection to a treatment head.

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

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Figure 1 illustrates an embodiment of the invention in which the subject of massage is a foot.

· ··· 30 The massager comprises a treatment head 23 and a central unit 5, which may be a separate Γ * .. unit or may be disposed within the treatment head. The massager also has a connector 21 attached to the treatment head, to which various nozzles 2 may be attached. In accordance with the invention, the treatment head 23 may be mechanically secured to the connector 21, for example by means of twisting grooves, or electrically by an electric lock.

The massager massages the treated surface 15 like the skin. Against the surface to be treated, there is a treatment surface 8 at the tip of the nozzle, the surface of which varies according to the size of the nozzle. Reference numeral 8 illustrates the area of the edge of the nozzle 2 which forms a kind of ring that comes into contact with the skin. The area inside the tire is the effective area under vacuum.

The treatment head 23 is provided with a vacuum chamber 22 for effecting an effective surface area rise of the skin tissue. The vacuum chamber 22 may also be connected to the nozzle 2 or to both the nozzle 2 and the treatment head 23.

The various nozzles are suitable for massage 15 of subjects to be treated differently from the features of different body parts or the same body parts.

The nozzles 2 of different sizes cover the effective surface area of the vacuum chamber of varying size, determined by the area of contact with the skin of the tire 8. Therefore, a specific amount of vacuum causes different massage targets on different nozzles, i.e. • t • .1 •• 20.

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* ·; The device according to the invention has a sensor sensor for detecting the nozzle 2 electrically, optically and / or mechanically connected to said connector 21. In preferred embodiments of the device, the detection is optically or electronically.

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In optical detection, for example, the sensor is a photosensitive sensor that identifies · nozzle 2 connected to connector 21 by, for example, mechanical projections connected thereto. Mechanical protrusions that do not allow light to pass through are tracked and attached to ·: 2 ·: nozzles in different ways, so different nozzles allow light to pass through in different ways.

: 3: 30 In electrical identification, however, the mechanical projections specifically create a signal path for the electrical signal. The sensor then detects the signals passed through the mechanical projections. This is further illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.

The sensor transmits to the central unit 5 information about the identified nozzle 2 which connects the identified nozzle 2 to its effective area by means of a computer program which calculates the required massage force based on the applied vacuum and effective area. Generally, the greater the force applied, the larger the nozzle 2 is in use.

10 In this way, the power of the massager treatment is adjusted according to the nozzle 2 attached to the massager. Figure 1 is an example of a device according to the invention with a nozzle 2 suitable for foot massage. A large nozzle 2 suitable for massaging large muscles is required for foot massage. In the normal state, when the muscles are not sore and there are no other similar problems, the power of the massage is also usually high compared to the massage of the other parts of the body.

Fig. 2 shows an operating example of a device according to the invention fitted with a nozzle 2 suitable for facial massage. A small nozzle 2 is required for facial massage and normally a significantly lower massage force than for example a foot * 20 massage.

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Figure 44 shows an example of the construction of the nozzle 2. The nozzle has a treatment surface 8 facing the skin and a vacuum chamber 9 facing the skin. The nozzle 2 has various mechanical projections 1a, 1b and 1c which serve as identification elements for identification, • · * · · * 25, by means of which the nozzle 2 can be identified optically, for example, by the light transmission or not. encounters in different nozzles. The identification pieces 1a, 1b, 1c may be one or more of the identification of the nozzle 2 based on the properties of the mechanical pieces 1a, 1b and 1c, e.g., length, shape, thickness, quantity or electrical conductivity.

The identification may be accomplished, for example, by requiring the treatment head 23 to be securely attached.

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Different signals are returned from the different nozzles 2 depending on the identification pieces 1a, 1b, 1c or other pieces / components / components which are / are mounted in connection with the nozzles and which produce different signals depending on their size or the like. In this way it is possible to identify which nozzle 2 is concerned.

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Figure 4 shows another example of the construction of the nozzle 2. The device of Figure 4 is otherwise similar to the device of Figure 3 except that one or more rollers 6a and 6b are connected to the device for a massage procedure. Instead of rollers, moving or sliding surfaces can also be used to enhance the care. Furthermore, the mechanical projections 1a, 1b, 1c are of different sizes to each other, unlike in Figure 3, whereby the photosensitive sensor detects that the light has passed through this nozzle differently than, for example, the nozzle of Figure 3.

Fig. 5 shows an example of attachment of the nozzle 2 to the treatment head 23, where the detection is done electrically. After attachment, a circuit is formed between the treatment head 23 and the nozzle 2. In the embodiment of Figure 5, the nozzle 2 has three identification pieces 1a, 1b and 1c. Signal paths 12a, 12b and 12c from central unit 5 and / or treatment head 23 pass through sensing bodies 1a, 1b and 1c and signal paths 13a, 13b and 13c back through sensing bodies 1a, 1b and 1c back to · treatment head 23 or to the Central Unit 5.

The outgoing signal and the return signal may pass between the treatment head 23 and / or the central unit • ·: 5 and the nozzle 2 through the identification bodies 1a, 1b and 1c. predefined • * * .v specified. In the example of Fig. 5, the signal can pass through the detectors 1a, 1b and 1c which are sufficiently long. In other words, if the detection piece is long enough to form it for the path signal and the signals coming from the detection pieces 1a, 1b, 1c affect how long the ··· * · * * signal passes through the treatment head 23 and / or the central unit 5. wire.

In Fig. 5, the recognition pieces 1a and 1c provide a return signal 13a and 13c, but the shorter recognition piece 1b does not return the signal 13b. The distance traveled by the electric current in the M • · 8 conductor can be compared with the values stored in the memory to determine which treatment head is involved. Based on this, the effectiveness of the treatment and the massage movement are adjusted.

Fig. 6 shows another example of how the nozzle 2 is identified when attached to the treatment head 23. The attachment is identified in this example as in the example of Fig. 5.

After attachment, a circuit is formed between the treatment head 23 and the nozzle 2. In the embodiment of Figure 6, two nozzle members 11a, 11b are provided with the nozzle. 10 The treatment head 23 and the nozzle 2 have connections for signals between the treatment head and the nozzle. From the central unit 5 and / or treatment head 23, signal path 14a passes through nozzle 2 through identification piece 11a and signal path 14b through nozzle piece 11b back to treatment head 23 and / or central unit 5.

In connection with the nozzle 2, there is a piece 10 between the identification pieces 11a and 11b, which causes the signal transmitted by the central processing unit to change. In Fig. 6, this body is a resistor 10, but it can also be, for example, a coil, a capacitor, some other electronic component or a combination thereof. The nozzle 2 is identified at the central unit 5 or elsewhere in the treatment head 23, where the received signal is compared with the values stored in the memory.

• ·: Λ: 20 As a result of this comparison, it becomes clear which treatment head is involved. Based on this, · ·: adjusts the effectiveness of the treatment and the massage movement based on vacuum and nozzle area.

In one embodiment of the invention, the massager stabilizes the treatment efficiency per skin area, even if the nozzle is replaced. Again, the user does not need to manually adjust the power of the device 25 when changing the nozzle.

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Claims (8)

An adjustable massager having a treatment effect based on the suction effect associated with the treatment head (23) of the device, the device further comprising a vacuum chamber (22) 5 which produces a vacuum to cause skin tissue to rise and has a nozzle (2) the device treatment head (23) further comprising a connector (21) for the various nozzles (2) and a photosensitive sensor operable by said light-impermeable mechanical member (1a, 1b, 1c) attached to said nozzle (2) to said connector (21). ) for detecting the coupled nozzle (2), and further comprising a unit (5) for adjusting the treatment power based on the identified nozzle (2). Massage device according to claim 1, characterized in that nozzles (2) of different treatment area, shape, size, material, thickness and weight can be attached to the connector (21) of the treatment head (23). Massage device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the adjustment is made on the basis of the treatment area, shape, size, material, 1:20 thickness and / or weight of the identified nozzle (2). • 9 • · f «· · m 1 ·· ϊ 1” Massage device according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the • 1 i ·:: sensor is an electrically acting sensor which acts on one or ^ 1 1 *. · .1 of several mechanical sensing elements (1a) forming a signal path for the electric signal. , · 1 «! 1 ..: 25 1b, 1c). Massage device according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the nozzle (2) is provided with one or more rollers (6a, 6b) or other treatment element "" such as a disc, a string. , ball, or the like. »M * ... ·· 30 • · • 1 • · 1 · • ·« • t1 • · A method for adjusting the power of a massage device, the device having a massage effect based on the suction effect associated with the device treatment head (23), the device further comprising a vacuum chamber (22) which produces a vacuum suction to cause skin tissue to rise characterized in that the nozzle coupled to the connector (21) connected to the treatment head (23) of the device is identified by a photosensitive sensor connected to the treatment head (23) which acts on one or more mechanical impermeable body (1a, 1b, 1c) and the treatment power 10 of the device is adjusted according to the identified nozzle (2). A method according to claim 6, characterized by transmitting to the unit (5) communicating with the treatment head information about the identified nozzle (2), which combines the information of the identified nozzle (2) with the applied massage power and adjusting the power of the massage device. Method according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the nozzle (2) connected to the connector (21) is identified and / or the treatment efficiency is adjusted based on the treatment area, shape, size, material, thickness and / or weight (2) of the nozzle (2). . * · * «· * ·" 20 • · ♦ 9 · • · «· 1 · ♦ ·· • 1 • · · • # • · 1 • · I • e · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ··· ··· 25 ··· • · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ···