Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
601107000 | Percussing | 38 |
20100010400 | Method of brain activation - A method of activating the brain of a subject by delivering at least one gas pulse or fluid pulse of a predetermined amplitude and duration to a predetermined area or areas on the subject's body. | 01-14-2010 |
20100125227 | Manual Controlled Bi-Phasic Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation and Methods - The method and system ventilates a patient's airway during the inspiratory phase and expiratory phase from a source of pressurized gas, typically from a compressor. The system and method supplies, to the patient airway during the inspiratory phase, a plurality of pulses of small volumes of gas from the gas source, and adds, in succession, pulses of small volumes of gas to provide successively greater volumes of gas successively increasing in pulsatile form the pressure of the gas in the patient's airway. This addition of successively greater volumes of gas serves to provide diffusive ventilation to the patient during the inspiratory phase, and, permits the patient to exhale during the expiratory phase. | 05-20-2010 |
20100145241 | Medical Apparatus For Treatment Of The Human Or Animal Body By Mechanical Pressure Waves Or Shock Waves - A medical apparatus for treatment of the human or animal body by mechanical pressure waves or shock waves, comprising a device designed to generate the pressure waves or shock waves and having at least one applicator part that comprises an input face, to which an impact can be repeatedly applied in order to generate the pressure waves or shock waves, and that comprises an output face, from which the pressure waves or shock waves are applied into the body, said applicator part being made at least partially of plastic or ceramic. At least one weight element that increases the weight of the applicator part is arranged on the applicator part between the input and output faces, said input face and output face being made of plastic or ceramic. | 06-10-2010 |
20100222723 | Vibration method for clearing acute arterial thrombotic occlusions in the emergency treatment of heart attack and stroke - An emergency method of using localized mechanical percussion for enhancing clearance of potentially life threatening acute thrombotic arterial obstructions blocking blood flow to vital internal organs such as the heart or brain of a patient, comprising the step of applying non-invasive localized low frequency mechanical percussion at a frequency between 1 Hz-1000 Hz and a stroke or displacement amplitude in the range of 0.1-10 mm upon a targeted external body surface deemed generally proximate such acute thrombotic arterial obstruction, whereby said percussion accelerates the emergency clearance of the acute thrombotic arterial obstruction in restoration of blood flow to the vital internal organ. Preferred methods for percussion delivery to the chest wall/upper back or head/neck of a patient are described for use in treatment of heart attack or acute ischemic stroke respectively. | 09-02-2010 |
20110245740 | Medical shockwave apparatus - The invention relates to a shockwave apparatus for treating the human or animal body by mechanical shockwaves. | 10-06-2011 |
20110257568 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING NEUROMUSCULAR PERFORMANCES - The invention concerns a method for improving neuromuscular performances, characterised in that it is based on an Alpha-conditioning technique, carried out by a suitable stimulus of the nervous sensors during the voluntary muscular contraction, in that it transforms the mechanical properties of the soft tissues, developing a high-pass mechanical filter, in that it delivers a controlled and that can be modulated mechanical force signal destined to be read by force isometric nervous receptors, and in that it creates an illusory perception of the articular positioning. | 10-20-2011 |
20120035515 | CLAPPING DEVICE FOR EFFECTING CLAPPING FORCE TO A PREDETERMINED AREA OF A BODY - The present invention relates generally to a clapping device for effecting clapping force to the area of contact capable of clearing congested lungs of obstructive mucous secretions as well as performing massaging and muscle relaxing tasks comprising mechanised clappers ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120130291 | EZ-Chest Percussion Therapy - A hand held, manually operated apparatus for use in applying bursts of air under pressure to the chest wall of a human during chest percussion therapy having a cup shaped outer shell terminating at a lower substantially circular continuous edge and a cup shaped inner shell terminating at a lower substantially circular continuous edge where the outer and the inner shells are joined together at their substantially circular continuous edges to form a substantially flat surface and a sealed chamber between the outer and inner shells. A fluid is located within the sealed chamber between the outer and inner shells, and the inner shell forms an open concave chamber that extends into the inner shell from the substantially circular continuous edge of the inner shell. An elongated handle is removably attached to the closed end of the outer shell. | 05-24-2012 |
20120232444 | Abdominal massage device - An abdominal massage device includes a handle and a threaded tube is connected to the handle. The threaded tube includes an outer tube connected to the handle and an inner tube is located in the outer tube. An annular space is defined between the inner and outer tubes and a threaded rod is threadedly connected to the inner tube. A case includes a tubular portion and a board which is connected to the tubular portion. The tubular portion is mounted to the threaded rod and located within the space. A resilient member is located in the space and biased between the connector and the tubular portion. A massage disk is connected to the case and is cooperated with an eccentric member. The threaded rod drives the massage disk to spin by the movement of the eccentric member. | 09-13-2012 |
20130245516 | SELF-APPLICATOR FOR AN AIRWAY CLEARANCE DEVICE - A self-applicator for a percussor or airway clearance device has first and second straps that overlay one another and define an open area in-between. A pouch for holding the percussor is secured in the open area. Handles on the ends of the straps permit a user to easily hold the self-applicator against his/her back while using the percussor. One of the handles has an adjustable length harness to accommodate users of different sizes. An application surface on one of the straps is configured to make contact with the user's back and permit the percussor to contact the user's back through the strap. | 09-19-2013 |
20130281897 | Non-invasive reperfusion system by deformation of remote, superficial arteries at a frequency much greater than the pulse rate - Preferred systems for assisting clearance of an acutely thrombosed artery substantially surrounded by boney external body surfaces which are resistant to deformative displacement relative to the thrombosed artery by the application of external percussive force are described. The method consists of applying targeted, localized, non-invasive, high infrasonic to low sonic frequency vibratory percussion with a serial impact frequency much greater than the pulse rate of a patient being treated, the percussion directed towards a remote, preferably superficial “target vessel” residing palpably close to the skin surface. Marked vessel deformations with resultant blood pressure and flow fluctuations are thereby induced by the percussion within the target vessel which propagate to the acutely thrombosed artery to provide localized agitation and turbulence to assist thrombolytic and/or IV microbubble delivery and effectiveness in facilitating reperfusion. Preferred apparatus for treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction, acute ischemic stroke and acute pulmonary embolus are presented. | 10-24-2013 |
20130289453 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING NEUROMUSCULAR PERFORMANCES - A method for improving neuromuscular performances is carried out by stimulus of nervous sensors during voluntary muscular contraction, transforming mechanical properties of the soft tissues, developing a high-pass mechanical filter, delivering a controlled and modulated mechanical force signal to be read by force isometric nervous receptors, and creates an illusory perception of the articular positioning. An apparatus for such use includes a transducer, a transducer fixing system, and a control panel, the transducer supporting a static load to transform biological tissues into a high-pass filter, imposing and sustaining a dynamic additive load on the muscular groups to be subjected to the treatment, thus producing a force signal propagation within the tissues, and transmitting the force signal to the patient; the control panel delivering an electric signal of pre-established frequency, and it being possible to modulate the amplitude of said frequency (to reach the deep muscle and its articulation). | 10-31-2013 |
20140114220 | SKIN-STIMULATION UNIT AND SKIN-MASSAGE APPARATUS HAVING SAME - Provided are a skin-stimulation unit and a skin-massage apparatus having same. The skin-stimulation unit comprises: a striking member for applying an impact to the skin; a cap part into which the striking member is slidably inserted; and a connecting rod having a front end connected to the striking member and a rear end connected to an external source of motive powder, wherein the connecting rod linearly reciprocates the striking member. | 04-24-2014 |
20150018730 | Method of Pain Management via Mechano-Receptor Treatment on Inverse Linked Neuro-Receptors of the Spinal Column - A method of pain management via mechano-receptor treatment on inverse linked neuro-receptors of the spinal column is provided as an indirect means of treating localized pain through the administration of remote mechanical stimulation. The method accomplishes this through a step wise process that determines an affected area on a patient's body and references the area to a known pairing of regions to determine the corresponding remote treatment area. The method is optionally suited for the treatment of nerve or motor control related pain, joint site related pain, muscle or tendon condition related pain, as well as unspecific localized pain. The method utilizes the understanding of dermatome regions in order to create a dermatome treatment pair, where an affected dermatome region corresponds to a treatment dermatome region. | 01-15-2015 |
20190142678 | System And Method For Adjustment Of Muscles, Tendons And Ligaments | 05-16-2019 |
601108000 | Having drive means | 23 |
20090326425 | Medical Device For Treatment Of The Human Or Animal Body By Mechanical Pressure Waves Or Shock Waves - A medical device for treatment of the human or animal body by mechanical pressure waves or shock waves comprises a device which generates the pressure waves or shock waves and which has at least one percussion part that can be moved to and fro, a pneumatic drive for the at least one percussion part, for applying pressure to the at least one percussion part, and at least one impact body against which the at least one percussion part strikes in order to generate the pressure waves or shock waves in the impact body, and a control system for the pneumatic drive. The control system controls the pneumatic drive during operation in such a way that the pressure during at least two successive strikes of the at least one percussion part against the impact body is applied continuously to the at least one percussion part, with the result that the at least one percussion part executes these at least two successive strikes in a time interval within a range of 2 ms to 30 ms. | 12-31-2009 |
20100113993 | FORCE-MULTIPLYING PERCUSSOR - The invention is a percussor comprising an anvil, a hammer, a coil, and a pulse generator. The anvil is equipped with a force-receiving surface and a force-delivering surface which are rigidly connected together, the force-delivering surface being intended for contact with a patient's body. The hammer is also equipped with a force-receiving surface and a force-delivering surface, the hammer being attached to the anvil in such a way that the hammer's force-delivering surface and the anvil's force-receiving surface are mechanically free to come together or move apart. The coil forces the hammer's force-delivering surface and the the anvil's force-receiving surface to separate when the coil is energized with an electrical current. The pulse generator supplies repeated electrical current pulses to the coil which causes repeated impulse forces to be applied to a patient's body whenever the technician applies a continuing force to the hammer's force-receiving surface. | 05-06-2010 |
20100137760 | Medical Apparatus For Treatment Of The Human Or Animal Body By Pressure Waves Or Shock Waves - A medical apparatus for treatment of the human or animal body by pressure waves or shock waves has a device designed to generate the pressure waves or shock waves and having at least one applicator part and a pneumatic drive which, by means of a pressurized gas, repeatedly generates impacts on a proximal input face of the applicator part in order, with the applicator part, to generate pressure waves or shock waves that are applied from the applicator part into the body by way of a distal output face. The pressurized gas acts, in the form of individual gas pressure pulses, directly on the applicator part to generate the pressure waves or shock waves. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145242 | HANDHELD MASSAGE DEVICE - A handheld massage device includes an actuator mechanism and a massage unit received in an outer housing. The actuator includes a motor, a bearing and a tilting piece having a first shaft coupled with the motor and a second shaft fitted into the bearing. The crank-shaped first and second shafts do not lie on a straight line. The massage unit has a base plate and massage elements mounted on the base plate. The massage elements protrude from one end of the outer housing. The bearing is fitted in the base plate. Because the first and second shafts form an angle therebetween, the base plate is tilted and swings like a conical pendulum. Therefore, the massage elements on the base plate move back and forth along a direction of an axle of the motor, thereby providing kneading and percussion massages on the user's body. | 06-10-2010 |
20110118637 | PERCUSSIVE MASSAGER - A percussive massager is provided with a housing, a cushion, a percussive drive unit having a massage head with four spaced apart massage nodes, and a cover surrounding the massager. The nodes diametrically extend outwardly or upwardly from the exterior cushion surface to effect a rhythmic percussion to a user. The cover has at least two apertures through which the nodes protrude, and a flap extending over at least two of the massage nodes. The flap has a fastener to allow for removal of the flap from the cover. A percussive massager is also provided with a motor housing, a motor with a rotary output shaft, an elongated flexible rocker arm pivotally connected to the motor housing, and a massage node connected to an end region of the rocker arm. The flexible rocker arm deflects to provide compliance when the node contacts a massage surface. | 05-19-2011 |
20110118638 | SKIN MASSAGER - Disclosed is a skin massage device, the proposed idea capable of a skin massage device of scrubbing a skin applied with a massage cream, then giving physical stimulus on the skin at a massage thus helping the relaxation of muscles and activating matabolism to serve an elastic, healty skin, characterized in that an operation device | 05-19-2011 |
20110264019 | ABDOMINAL TRAINING DEVICE - The present invention is intended to train and strengthen the muscles of a certain area of the body and relates to specifically to an abdominal exercise devoice that strengthens the muscles of the abdomen or removes subcutaneous fat so that an ideal abdominal state may be achieved. Provided is an abdominal impact device that may be used in a sitting or standing position, comprising a cylinder operated by oil pressure or air pressure, a piston that is moved by the cylinder in a reciprocating way, an impact ball that is furnished at the tip of the piston for impact, and a control panel that controls said cylinder so as to provide an abdominal exercise device that enables abdominal strengthening and the breakdown of subcutaneous fat by impact. | 10-27-2011 |
20110275967 | MASSAGING DEVICE - A massaging device comprises a tapping apparatus and a mounting apparatus for mounting the tapping apparatus. The tapping apparatus includes an actuating element, a flat tapping pad, and an elastic connecting assembly. The actuating element is mounted in the mounting apparatus and has a shaft connected with the flat tapping pad via the elastic connecting assembly. The actuating element can be energized or de-energized to have the shaft conduct a reciprocal motion to drive the flat tapping pad to repeatedly tap a portion of the human body. The elastic connecting assembly enables the flat tapping pad to have a uniform pressure distribution over entire surface of the pad that is in contact with a portion of the human body so that the effect of shaping body and reducing weight can be improved. | 11-10-2011 |
20120265111 | SHOCKWAVE APPARATUS HAVING A PNEUMATIC DRIVE - The invention relates to a shockwave apparatus for treating a human or animal body, the pneumatic drive of which comprises a motor-driven compressor. According to the invention, the rotation rate of the motor is controlled in order to set a certain compressor pressure. | 10-18-2012 |
20130046215 | FORCE-MULTIPLYING PERCUSSOR AND SELF-APPLICATOR SYSTEM FOR AIRWAY CLEARANCE - An airway clearance combines a force multiplying percussor and a self-applicator assembly. The percussor has an anvil, a hammer, a coil, and a pulse generator. The anvil has a force receiving surface and a force delivering surface. The hammer also has a force-receiving surface and a force-delivering surface, and is attached to the anvil such that the hammer's force delivering surface and the anvil's force receiving surface are mechanically free to come together or move apart. When energized with an electrical current, the coil forces the hammer's force delivering surface and the anvil's force receiving surface to separate. The pulse generator supplies pulses of electrical current to the coil. | 02-21-2013 |
20130060175 | ROTATING & TAPPING TYPE MASSAGE DEVICE - A rotating & tapping type massage device comprises: a base, a drive motor, a drive gear assembly, a driven member, a push member, a driven shaft and a massage member. The drive motor rotates the drive gear assembly, the drive gear assembly rotates the driven member, and then the drive member pushes the push member when rotating. The driven member is provided with skew teeth to be engaged with skew concaves formed on the push member. When the driven member rotates in different directions, it can selectively cause rotation or repeated up and down displacement of the push member, and meanwhile, the push member drives the driven shaft to move and makes the massage member disposed on the driven shaft rotate or move up and down repeatedly, so that the massage member can selectively massage in a rotation or tapping manner. | 03-07-2013 |
20130261516 | Hand Held Percussion Device - A handle and trigger activating a battery powered motor moving a mechanical plunger in a linear motion range. The plunger is placed against a patient's muscle, fascia, tendon, or ligament and is subjected to the repetitive mechanical plunger motion resulting in a deep massage. Plungers of differing shapes, sizes, contours, textures, and hardness may be used and are readily changed. The speed of the device is controlled by the trigger so that if more speed is desired, a user simply depresses the trigger further. Operational modes include: the device set to 30 seconds on the highest power setting, 30 seconds on a middle power setting; the device set to 20 seconds on the highest power setting, 20 seconds on a middle power setting; and the device set to 10 seconds on the highest power setting, 10 seconds on a middle power setting. | 10-03-2013 |
20140088472 | Automatic Patting Mechanism - A patting mechanism includes a support base for support a user, a driving device mounted to the support base and having a pushing unit, and a patting device having a rod pivotally connected with the support base, a patting member fixedly connected with the rod, and an elastic member connected between the support base and the rod. Thus, the rod is pushed to a preloaded position when the pushing unit is activated, and the rod is pulled by the elastic member to a patting position when the pushing unit is stopped working, such that the patting member is driven by the rod to pat on the user's back muscle repeatedly to relieve muscle soreness or help the user spit out phlegm. | 03-27-2014 |
20140221886 | Massage Appliance Capable of Synchronous Kneading and Tapping - A massage appliance capable of synchronous kneading and tapping includes: a power-driven vertically-moving device, including an outer portion having therein a sliding channel, and a vertically-moving rack disposed alongside the sliding channel; a device capable of synchronous kneading and tapping, including a housing portion having therein a power source for driving a first transmission device whereby a second transmission device is driven to drive a rotational inclined surface structure for driving an oscillating arm to oscillate laterally; an oscillating arm coupled to a massage head support, two infrared lamp plates and two massage heads, causing the massage heads to perform kneading-based massage, the first transmission device driving a third transmission device, whereas the third transmission device driving an eccentric cam, wherein an eccentric spindle is connected to a lever weight to pull the massage head support to perform tapping, thereby allowing the two massage heads to perform tapping-based massage. | 08-07-2014 |
20160000646 | Application module for a handheld device for the repeated application of an application element to a human skin or to an animal skin, and handheld device - A handheld device for the repeated application of an application element to human or animal skin, comprising a housing; an application device arranged in the housing and an application element arranged on an application element receiving device. The application element receiving device with the application element is displaceable between an extended position and a retracted position. A coupling device functionally couples to pick up a drive force provided by a drive module An applicator, formed on the housing, rests in a skin region to be treated. The application element moves forwards and backwards within an application element chamber having an application element opening associated with the distal end of the application element. The application element opening opens the application element chamber towards the applicator, or is arranged in the region of the applicator. A suction chamber, separate from the application element chamber, provides a suction connection. | 01-07-2016 |
20160089296 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING THE HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY WITH MECHANICAL STROKES - The invention relates to an apparatus for treating a human or animal body by mechanical strokes, wherein an applicator for being placed on the patient's body surface has a basically oblique front area portion in an angle between 30° and 60° to the stroke direction. | 03-31-2016 |
20160089297 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING THE HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY WITH MECHANICAL STROKES - The invention relates to an apparatus for treating the human or animal body by strokes and an applicator 11 provided for that purpose, having a curved-flat shape with a concave and a convex lateral face. | 03-31-2016 |
601111000 | Multiple applicators | 6 |
20100125228 | Patting Device for Health Care - A patting device includes a case for containing other structures; a motor disposed in the case for rotation; a power source installed in the case to provide power to the motor; a transmission structure connected to an output shaft of the motor to transmit power of the motor; and a patting structure at least comprising a turntable connected to and driven by the transmission structure, wherein the turntable includes a protruding block disposed off-axis with respect to the turntable, and a ring body is disposed around the protruding block and connected with a patting bar extending out of the case. Hence, the power of the motor is transmitted through the transmission structure to the patting structure; when the turntable rotates, the off-axis placement of the protruding block drives the patting bar to move back and forth to let the patting bar pat the human body to provide health care effects. | 05-20-2010 |
20110144550 | Apparatus and method for loosening and rehabilitating muscles - Apparatus and method for loosening and rehabilitating muscles including reciprocating at least two rows of at least four in-line extensions each row, against the weight of at least a portion of a body, the extensions preferably of a diameter of approximately three quarters of an inch, having a rounded top and separated by approximately one and a half inches. | 06-16-2011 |
20110295167 | APPARATUS FOR MUSCLE LOOSENING AND REHABILITATION - Apparatuses for passive muscle loosening and rehabilitation are described. The apparatuses are assigned for patients who suffer from limited range of motion, stiffness, pain, inflammation, and dysfunction caused by muscles that have become tight, hard, stiff, and contracted due to over use, excessive exercise, repetitive motions, and a life time of usage, as well as other users who desire to keep their muscles loose. The operation principle of the apparatus is based on peg pressing during which pegs extend out of corresponding openings in the apparatus housing and put pressure on a desired part of human body, thereby providing muscle loosening in this part of human body. Different embodiments provide different ways of driving the pegs to extend out of the apparatus housing. | 12-01-2011 |
20140005579 | WEARABLE THORAX PERCUSSION DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
20140012167 | WEARABLE THORAX PERCUSSION DEVICE - A wearable thorax percussion device for dislodging mucous buildup in the airways of a human patient, the device comprising frame elements and electromechanical actuators retained by the frame elements to intermittently percuss the thorax, and an electronic controller and power source for generating and modulating an electrical signal to energize the actuator. The frame elements may be interconnected by a garment, or fasteners and elastic or adjustable strapping. | 01-09-2014 |
20140163441 | Massage Device Capable of Kneading and Percussion - A massage device capable of kneading and percussion is provided. Elements of the massage device and their interaction are as follows: a casing portion has therein a power source which is a motor for driving a first transmission member; the first transmission member drives a second transmission member; the second transmission member drives a rotational inclined surface structure; the rotational inclined surface structure drives an oscillating arm to undergo lateral oscillation; the oscillating arm is coupled to a massage head support, infrared lamp plates, and two massage heads, such that the two massage heads perform kneading-based massage; the first transmission member drives at least a third transmission member; and the at least a third transmission member drives an eccentric cam connected to an eccentric spindle and a lever weight for pulling the massage head support to perform percussion, thereby allowing the two massage heads to perform percussion-based massage. | 06-12-2014 |