EP0039629A1 - Dispositif de massage ambulatoire opéré par les variations de la pression d'un fluide localisées aux emplacements du corps traités - Google Patents

Dispositif de massage ambulatoire opéré par les variations de la pression d'un fluide localisées aux emplacements du corps traités Download PDF

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EP0039629A1
EP0039629A1 EP19810400639 EP81400639A EP0039629A1 EP 0039629 A1 EP0039629 A1 EP 0039629A1 EP 19810400639 EP19810400639 EP 19810400639 EP 81400639 A EP81400639 A EP 81400639A EP 0039629 A1 EP0039629 A1 EP 0039629A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H9/00—Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
    • A61H9/005—Pneumatic massage
    • A61H9/0078—Pneumatic massage with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H9/00—Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
    • A61H9/005—Pneumatic massage
    • A61H9/0078—Pneumatic massage with intermittent or alternately inflated bladders or cuffs
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  • the present invention relates to massage techniques and more particularly to massage devices for the lower limbs and their superficial venous network, operating by ambulation.
  • Orthopedic equipment is also available, in particular the exercise sandal, the insole of which is designed according to the anatomical profile of the foot.
  • the use of this sandal requires automatic and constant gymnastics when walking, which helps strengthen the muscles and activate circulation.
  • this sandal is not a real means of massage but rather a gymnastic device.
  • ambulatory massaging devices are known for the leg and its superficial venous network, which consist of a shoe comprising "a pump” disposed between the lower and upper soles and formed of two chambers. located one at the end and the other at the heel of the foot and communicating with each other.
  • This pump which sucks in and discharges the outside air, transmits, during the support phase of the foot, a pressure towards a leg compartment.
  • the pressure variations in this compartment obtained by the simple displacement of the body weight from one leg to the other, cause a massage of the hamstring area concerned.
  • the present invention avoids this kind of drawback.
  • the device which forms the object thereof makes it possible to remedy the venous insufficiency and to compensate for the insufficiency of muscular exercises without interfering with the natural exercise of the physiological functions and while perfectly respecting the anatomical characteristics of the human body.
  • the device of the invention acts particularly on this "sponge" by allowing, during walking, to perform a massage step by step near the venous network of the sole of LEJARS, the venous system of the leg and possibly other parts of the body.
  • This massage is to accelerate the superficial venous flow, to drop the superficial venous pressure, as well as to decrease the local stasis. It also helps to facilitate venous circulation in the physiological direction and in particular, from the venous collector plantar network upwards and from the superficial venous network of the leg towards the deep network by the perforating veins.
  • This massage is obtained by the variations of the pressure of a fluid which circulates from the sole of the foot towards the part of the body subjected to the treatment, the foot taking support at the rhythm of the step on a flexible fluid admission chamber associated with the shoe and which communicates with another chamber, constituting the actual massage instrument, to which and from which the fluid is thus alternately driven and sucked.
  • the device which is the subject of the invention, and which makes it possible to carry out a massage of this type, is distinguished by the fact that the fluid admission chamber is formed by a reservoir placed directly under the plantar arches, of which it follows the profile, and which is supplied in measured quantities of fluid by at least one conduit situated in the sole of the shoe and opening outwards.
  • the fluid is admitted into a reservoir, in other words, into a closed enclosure in which it is possible to establish a determined pressure, adjustable as a function of the quantity of fluid supplied.
  • this reservoir is on the one hand in direct contact with the sole of the foot and not trapped between the lower and upper soles of the shoe and that, on the other hand, in particular in order to prevent it from supporting the weight whole of the subject, it is housed in the hollow spaces located between the support points of the foot.
  • This reservoir will thus occupy the internal, external and anterior spaces of the arch of the foot, as well as the space located between the metatarsal supports and those of the toes and, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be formed of two independent and independently supplied pockets, located respectively under the internal face and under the external face of the arch of the foot and connected to a third pocket housed under the anterior face of the foot arch and in the space between the metatarsal supports and those of the toes .
  • the fluid intake chamber thus designed as a reservoir made up of several pockets, will be extended by a flexible envelope placed directly on the part of the body subjected to massage or connected to this by a flexible pipe with inextensible walls.
  • This flexible envelope will thus constitute the massage chamber towards which and from which the fluid will be alternately repressed and sucked, respectively and simultaneously, when the foot is pressed on the ground and when it is withdrawn, during walking.
  • the massage envelope must be pressed directly on the treated territory and must rigorously follow its contours in order to subject it without loss, all the pressure variations created by the subject's movements.
  • the envelope will be retained, either by the upper of the shoe, in the case of a treatment applied to the leg regions, or by an inextensible sheath in the case of a treatment located at the parts of the body. distant from the sole of the foot.
  • the shoe may be in the form of a boot or ankle boot possibly extended by a cover and, in the second case, for a treatment for example intended for an upper limb, the envelope of massage can be enclosed in a semi-rigid sleeve including the hand, forearm and arm.
  • FIG. 1 shows an ankle boot conventionally formed of a sole 1 and a rising rod 2, closed by adhesive tabs 3.
  • This sole supports on a part of its upper surface two independent pockets 4A and 4B constituting a fluid reservoir which will be admitted there by two conduits 5A and 5B pierced in the sole and opening, as can be seen, on its edges.
  • these pockets 4A and 4B are extended on the sides of the foot P by envelopes 6A and 6B fixed on the internal face of the rod 2.
  • These envelopes intended to operate a massage the areas of the foot that they cover, may include a constriction at the level of the internal and external malleoli so that the latter are released when the foot resting on the pockets 4A and 4B, the fluid will be pumped upward to swell the corresponding compartments 6A and 6B.
  • This constriction can be easily achieved by welding the walls of each envelope at the location of the malleoli.
  • the device as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 operates thanks to the supply of outside air, this being introduced into the pockets 4A and 4B by a pear of medical sphygmomanometer 7, the endpiece of which is pressed into each of the conduits 5A and 5B as shown in Figure 3.
  • FIG. 3 also shows that the outlet of the duct 5A is provided with a movable shutter constituted by a ball 8 associated with a spring 9 and held in guides drawn by the walls of the supply duct.
  • Such a shutter is necessarily useful for maintaining in the fluid admission chamber and in the massage chamber of the device, a desired quantity of fluid and also for ensuring its emptying.
  • the tip of the medical sphygmomanometer bulb 7 is introduced into the orifice of each of the supply conduits 5A and 5B.
  • This pear makes it possible to inflate the pockets 4A and 4B to the desired pressure and possibly to regulate this pressure by means of the knurled screw which equips it, letting out the excess air.
  • the device After removing the bulb, the device is then ready to operate.
  • the pockets 4A and 4B will be emptied of part of the air which they contained, this being expelled towards the envelopes 6A and 6B, these will be swollen and the resulting increase in pressure will be fully exerted on the leg portion that they cover.
  • the venous collectors will thus be crushed and the blood which they contain, driven from bottom to top and from the surface to the depth, by the path of the perforating veins.
  • Figures 4 and 5 schematically represent, respectively, the internal face and the external face of the end of a lower limb.
  • pockets 4A and 4B constituting the fluid reservoir of the massage device.
  • the pocket 4A the most voluminous, being located under the internal arch of the arch of the foot, the pocket 4B, under the external arch, are both connected to a third pocket 4C which, as was specified at the beginning of this memory, occupies the anterior plantar arch and the space between the metatarsal supports and those of the toes.
  • the envelope 6A follows the path of the long saphenous vein and it will be observed that it is applied in particular to the area located behind the malleolus where the perforators of COCKETT emerge and where the ulcers appear. more frequently.
  • the envelope 6B follows the path of the saphenous vein external and is applied, like the envelope 6A, on the oblique veins affluent of the saphenous veins.
  • the envelopes 6A and 68 may moreover be of dimensions such that they can cover almost the entire path of the saphenous veins internal and external, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 and according to a particularly advantageous characteristic of the invention, they will be mounted in a closed circuit with each corresponding fluid intake pocket and formed of successive independent compartments, closed by a valve.
  • FIG. 6 This embodiment of the device of the invention has been partially illustrated in FIG. 6. It can thus be seen that the envelope 6A consists of four compartments 61, 62, 63 and 64, which are fed one after the other. , the fluid escaping through a valve 60. As a result, the volume of fluid expelled from the pocket 4A by the support of the foot, will pass through the various compartments which follow one another on the venous path, before being again admitted into the pocket 4A by a conduit (not shown) connecting the latter to the compartment 64.
  • compartment 61 will correspond to the emergence zone of the COCKETT perforators, compartment 63 to that of the geniculate perforator and compartment 64 to that of the HUNTER perforator.
  • Massage envelopes of this type may also be used in the case of a treatment applied to other bodily territories. It will suffice to establish between the fluid reservoir and the remote envelopes, an adequate means of transport, that is to say, leaving all freedom of movement to the user and insusceptible to cause pressure losses.
  • the simplest and most suitable means is a flexible hose with inextensible walls which can fully transmit the pressure generated during the subject's movements to the massage compartments.
  • these envelopes have the same structure as that of the envelopes used in the example of FIGS. 1 and 2 and they are held on the subject's hips by a sheath 11 which may simply consist of a panty. .
  • This same device can also be used for the treatment of arteritis of the lower limbs.
  • This application requires the use of an "autosthetoscope” which will allow the patient to adjust his walk on his heart rate, each member being massaged after one heart beat in two.
  • This "autosthetoscope” could be designed like an ordinary sthetoscope, the branches of which will be very light and discreet and the acoustic flag of which will be fixed under the clothing, on the skin, at the level of the cardiac apex, by any means.
  • the massage envelopes should be sheathed in semi-rigid sheaths so as to prevent their walls from being depressed by the pressure exerted by the fluid.

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US5711760A (en) * 1993-03-15 1998-01-27 Englewood Research Associates Self-inflating venous boot
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US5769801A (en) * 1993-06-11 1998-06-23 Ndm Acquisition Corp. Medical pumping apparatus
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US4805601A (en) * 1985-03-15 1989-02-21 Eischen Sr Clement G Device for lower limb extremity having weight-response pressure chambers
US5989204A (en) * 1991-09-27 1999-11-23 Kinetic Concepts, Inc. Foot-mounted venous compression device
GB2263405A (en) * 1992-01-16 1993-07-28 Maher Asad Hamzeh Ambulatory pneumatic compression device
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US5711760A (en) * 1993-03-15 1998-01-27 Englewood Research Associates Self-inflating venous boot
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EP0805670A4 (en) * 1995-11-20 1999-12-29 Ibrahim M Ibrahim SELF-INFLATABLE SHOE AGAINST VENARY PAIN
FR2751734A1 (fr) * 1996-07-29 1998-01-30 Dumont Jean Pierre Systeme de chauffage individuel pour combinaison
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