EP0197831B1 - Acupuncture points stimulation device - Google Patents

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EP0197831B1
EP0197831B1 EP19860400611 EP86400611A EP0197831B1 EP 0197831 B1 EP0197831 B1 EP 0197831B1 EP 19860400611 EP19860400611 EP 19860400611 EP 86400611 A EP86400611 A EP 86400611A EP 0197831 B1 EP0197831 B1 EP 0197831B1
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Jean Yves Dr. Chauve
Jean-Marie Dr. Leguin
Jacques Loquet
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    • 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
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  • the peripheral crown has a dome shape with, at its base, a peripheral belt and the top of the dome carries a projecting element with a point in a spherical cap.
  • the pressure stimulation device can be molded from an elastic material in a single piece with the fixing band constituting the holding element in position and in pressure. Because of its own elasticity which allows it to compensate for slight variations in volume under the effect of the muscular effort of the part of the body where the acupuncture point is located, the stimulation device can be fixed by its base on a more or less rigid strip, for example on a base fixed to this strip.
  • the pressure stimulation device projects from the adhesive face of a surface having an adhesive power with the skin.
  • the possibility of adjustment in position includes a possibility of adjustment in transverse position to the band to allow positioning of the support member on an acupuncture point offset from the area of the member having the minimum circumference.
  • the strip carries a base with, on the face facing the skin, a transverse or oblique slide with respect to the longitudinal direction of the strip and the pressure stimulation member is carried by a base forming a slide. cooperating with this slide.
  • the slide has a dovetail section.
  • the base and the slide are provided on their cooperating surfaces with reliefs with elastic interlocking ensuring the maintenance in position of the slide on the slide base.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de stimulation qui réalise un massage de points d'acupuncture. On sait que l'on peut prévenir ou soigner certains troubles par la stimulation de certains points d'acupuncture. On sait aussi que la stimulation des points d'acupuncture peut être obtenue non seulement par les traditionnelles aiguilles mais également par le massage.The present invention relates to a stimulation device which performs a massage of acupuncture points. We know that we can prevent or treat certain disorders by stimulating certain acupuncture points. We also know that stimulation of acupuncture points can be obtained not only by traditional needles but also by massage.

Selon l'art antérieur, par exemple selon US-A-1.481.354, on connait un bracelet ou bande comportant sur sa surface destinée à venir au contact de la zone entourant le point d'acupuncture au moins une demi-sphère en matériau dur, non élastique. Le bracelet est réalisé en une matière non élastique, la demi-sphère étant appliquée par sa face plate sur la surface interne du bracelet. La demi-sphère exerce un écrasement et non un massage sur le point d'acupuncture défini. Ci dispositif ne donne pas des résultats satisfaisants en raison du fait que l'appui est étalé sur une trop large surface au voisinage du point sensible et que la pression d'appui dépend uniquement de l'intensité du serrage du bracelet, un serrage correct entraînant sur la peau un appui dur et violent difficilement supportable. D'autre part, la demi-sphère de surface lisse et glissante a tendance à déraper facilement sur la peau lors des mouvements, ce qui rend impossible d'obtenir l'effet recherché.According to the prior art, for example according to US-A-1,481,354, there is known a bracelet or band comprising on its surface intended to come into contact with the area surrounding the acupuncture point at least one hemisphere of hard material , not elastic. The bracelet is made of a non-elastic material, the hemisphere being applied by its flat face to the internal surface of the bracelet. The hemisphere exerts a crush and not a massage on the defined acupuncture point. This device does not give satisfactory results due to the fact that the support is spread over a too large surface in the vicinity of the sensitive point and that the support pressure depends solely on the intensity of tightening of the bracelet, correct tightening causing on the skin a hard and violent support that is difficult to bear. On the other hand, the smooth and slippery hemisphere tends to slip easily on the skin during movements, which makes it impossible to obtain the desired effect.

Les demandeurs ont proposé de remplacer la demi-sphère par un cône ou tronc de cône en matériau élastiquement déformable dont la pointe arrondie stimule sélectivement le point d'acupucture déterminé et favorise le maintien en place et donc l'efficacité de la stimulation.The applicants have proposed replacing the hemisphere with a cone or trunk of cone made of elastically deformable material, the rounded tip of which selectively stimulates the determined acupucture point and promotes retention in place and therefore the effectiveness of the stimulation.

D'autre part, le cône exerce, par sa pointe arrondie, une pression ponctuelle profonde sur le point à stimuler. En outre, en raison de son élasticité, le cône déformé par la pression exercée par la bande développe une poussée pour retrouver sa forme initiale, ce qui constitue une composante supplémentaire importante de la stimulation.On the other hand, the cone exerts, by its rounded tip, a deep point pressure on the point to be stimulated. In addition, due to its elasticity, the cone deformed by the pressure exerted by the strip develops a thrust to regain its initial shape, which constitutes an important additional component of stimulation.

Enfin, en raison de cette élasticité de l'organe de pression comprimé, la pression varie selon les mouvements du membre et la contraction des muscles de la zone où se situe l'organe de pression. Il en résulte une accentuation de l'effet de massage de point sensible, ci qui représente une disposition très avantageuse pour obtenir l'effet recherché, Il a également été proposé d'utiliser plusieurs cônes de stimulation sur une même bande de fixation, lesdits cônes comportant à leur base une pastille auto-accrochante dont l'élément complémentaire est porté par un coussin adapté sur la bande de fixation. La position des cônes de stimulation sur le même coussin peut ainsi être modifiée pour s'adapter à chaque morphologie. Le coussin est réalisé en matière élastique déformable comme la bande de fixation. Une extrémité de la bande est fixée au coussin, l'autre extrémité passe dans une chicane réalisée dans l'épaisseur du coussin afin d'assurer le serrage. Ce dispositif apporte la possibilité de multiplier les points à stimuler dans une même région et s'adapte à chaque morphologie particulière. La réalisation en matière élastique déformable contribue au massage du point, limite le glissement et améliore le confort. Cependant, en cas d'application sur des périodes plus ou moins longues, il apparaissait des phénomènes douloureux ou des réactions cutanées résultant d'une trop grande intensité de serrage liée elle-même à la nécessité de maintenir par ce serrage un positionnement correct et permanent du cône. En effet, en cas de serrage insuffisant, le cône était susceptible de se déplacer et n'exerçait donc pas une stimulation suffisamment précise sur le point déterminé. De plus, le mode de fixation ne permettait pas d'atteindre efficacement certains points à stimuler.Finally, due to this elasticity of the compressed pressure member, the pressure varies according to the movements of the limb and the contraction of the muscles of the area where the pressure member is located. This results in an accentuation of the sensitive point massage effect, which represents a very advantageous arrangement for obtaining the desired effect. It has also been proposed to use several stimulation cones on the same fixing strip, said cones comprising at their base a self-adhesive patch, the complementary element of which is carried by a suitable cushion on the fixing strip. The position of the stimulation cones on the same cushion can thus be modified to adapt to each morphology. The cushion is made of deformable elastic material like the fixing band. One end of the strip is fixed to the cushion, the other end passes through a baffle made in the thickness of the cushion to ensure tightening. This device provides the possibility of multiplying the points to be stimulated in the same region and adapts to each particular morphology. The realization in deformable elastic material contributes to the massage of the point, limits slipping and improves comfort. However, in the event of application over more or less long periods, painful phenomena or skin reactions appeared resulting from too great a tightening intensity linked itself to the need to maintain by this tightening a correct and permanent positioning of the cone. Indeed, in the event of insufficient tightening, the cone was likely to move and therefore did not exert a sufficiently precise stimulation on the determined point. In addition, the method of fixation did not allow certain points to be stimulated to be effectively reached.

Dans DE-A-2.621.992 on a proposé d'entourer l'élément tronconique assurant le massage du point d'acupuncture par une coupelle de centrage concave plate. La rôle de cette coupelle n'est pas explicité et la matière en laquelle elle est réalisée n'est pas indiquée mais il semble que son rôle est de maintenir constant l'enfoncement de l'organe de pression donc la pression, la coupelle prenant par son bord appui sur la zone entourant le point d'acupuncture. Avec ce dispositif, la pression exercée par l'organe de pression et le bord de la coupelle sur la peau est déterminée par le serrage exercé par la bague de fixation et cette pression dépend de l'intensité du serrage, l'organe de pression et la coupelle n'ayant aucune élasticité propre.In DE-A-2,621,992 it has been proposed to surround the frustoconical element ensuring the massage of the acupuncture point by a flat concave centering cup. The role of this cup is not explained and the material in which it is made is not indicated but it seems that its role is to keep constant the depression of the pressure member therefore the pressure, the cup taking by its edge rests on the area surrounding the acupuncture point. With this device, the pressure exerted by the pressure member and the edge of the cup on the skin is determined by the tightening exerted by the fixing ring and this pressure depends on the intensity of the tightening, the pressing member and the cup having no inherent elasticity.

L'invention a notamment pour but de supprimer ces inconvénients des dispositifs d'acupuncture par pression antérieurement connus et de proposer un dispositif assurant, plus qu'une compression, un massage du point d'acupuncture.The object of the invention is in particular to eliminate these drawbacks of previously known pressure acupuncture devices and to propose a device providing, more than compression, a massage of the acupuncture point.

Conformément à l'invention, dans un dispositif de stimulation d'un point d'acupuncture comportant un organe de stimulation par pression solidaire d'un élément susceptible de maintenir celui-: ci en pression sur la partie du corps sur laquelle est situé le point d'acupuncture considéré, l'organe de pression central de cet organe de stimulation étant entouré par une crête périphérique d'appui sur la peau destinée à limiter son enfoncement dans la peau, l'organe de stimulation par pression est caractérisé en ce que son organe de pression central, destiné à venir en appui sur le point d'acupuncture, est solidaire à sa périphérie de la zone centrale d'une couronne élastiquement déformable de forme générale convex telle que, sous l'action de compression dudit élément et suite à l'enfoncement de l'organe central dans la couronne même, elle assume une nouvelle forme annulaire qui reste en saillie par rapport à la surface de pression dudit élément et qui vient constituer, avec son sommet annulaire, ladite crête périphérique.According to the invention, in a device for stimulating an acupuncture point comprising a pressure stimulation organ secured to an element capable of maintaining it: this pressure on the part of the body on which the point is located acupuncture considered, the central pressure member of this stimulation member being surrounded by a peripheral ridge bearing on the skin intended to limit its penetration into the skin, the pressure stimulation member is characterized in that its central pressure member, intended to come to bear on the acupuncture point, is integral at its periphery with the central zone of an elastically deformable crown of generally convex shape such that, under the compression action of said element and following the insertion of the central member into the crown itself, it assumes a new annular shape which remains projecting relative to the pressure surface of said element and which comes co nstituing, with its annular apex, said peripheral ridge.

De préférence, la déformation de la couronne périphérique élastiquement déformable est telle que la crête circulaire vienne en appui sur la peau lorsque l'organe de pression central exerce, sur le point d'acupuncture, sensiblement la pression déterminée assurant l'efficacité du dispositif.Preferably, the deformation of the elastically deformable peripheral crown is such that the circular crest comes to bear on the skin when the central pressure member exerts, on the acupuncture point, substantially the determined pressure ensuring the effectiveness of the device.

En section diamétrale, l'organe de pression central en un matériau à déformation élastique a, de préférence, une section sensiblement tronconique ou cylindrique à pointe arrondie de plus grande épaisseur et est relié sur ses bords, par une zone de plus faible épaisseur formant charnière, à ladite couronne de section convexe dont le bord périphérique est solidaire d'une embase sensiblement inextensible radialement.In diametrical section, the central pressure member made of a material with elastic deformation preferably has a substantially frustoconical or cylindrical section with rounded tip of greater thickness and is connected on its edges by a zone of thinner thickness forming a hinge , to said crown of convex section, the peripheral edge of which is secured to a substantially radially inextensible base.

Selon un mode de réalisation préférentiel la couronne périphérique a une forme en dôme avec, à sa base, une ceinture périphérique et le sommet du dôme porte un élément en saillie à pointe en calotte sphérique.According to a preferred embodiment the peripheral crown has a dome shape with, at its base, a peripheral belt and the top of the dome carries a projecting element with a point in a spherical cap.

Le dispositif de stimulation par pression peut être moulé en un matériau élastique en une seule piéce avec la bande de fixation constituant l'élément de maintien en position et en pression. Du fait de son élasticité propre qui lui permet de compenser de légères variations de volume sous l'effet de l'effort musculaire de la partie du corps où est situé le point d'acupuncture, le dispositif de stimulation peut être fixé par sa base sur une bande plus ou moins rigide, par exemple sur une embase fixée sur cette bande.The pressure stimulation device can be molded from an elastic material in a single piece with the fixing band constituting the holding element in position and in pressure. Because of its own elasticity which allows it to compensate for slight variations in volume under the effect of the muscular effort of the part of the body where the acupuncture point is located, the stimulation device can be fixed by its base on a more or less rigid strip, for example on a base fixed to this strip.

Selon une caractéristique de l'invention, le dispositif de stimulation par pression est en saillie sur la face adhésive d'une surface présentant un pouvoir adhésif avec la peau.According to a characteristic of the invention, the pressure stimulation device projects from the adhesive face of a surface having an adhesive power with the skin.

Lorsque le dispositif de stimulation conforme à l'invention est fixé par sa base de façon amovible sur la bande de maintien en position comme décrit dans US-A-1.481.354, la possibilité de réglage en position comporte une possibilité de réglage en position transversalement à la bande pour permettre de positionner l'organe d'appui sur un point d'acupuncture déporté par rapport à la zone du membre ayant la circonférence minimale. Dans ce mode de réalisation, la bande porte une embase avec, sur la face dirigée vers la peau, une glissière transversale ou oblique par rapport à la direction longitudinale de la bande et l'organe de stimulation par pression est porté par une embase formant coulisseau coopérant avec cette glissière. De préférence la glissière a une secton en queue d'aronde. De préférence également l'embase et le coulisseau sont munis sur leurs surfaces coopérantes de reliefs à emboîtement élastique assurant le maintien en position du coulisseau sur l'embase à glissière.When the stimulation device according to the invention is fixed by its base in a removable manner on the position holding strip as described in US-A-1,481,354, the possibility of adjustment in position includes a possibility of adjustment in transverse position to the band to allow positioning of the support member on an acupuncture point offset from the area of the member having the minimum circumference. In this embodiment, the strip carries a base with, on the face facing the skin, a transverse or oblique slide with respect to the longitudinal direction of the strip and the pressure stimulation member is carried by a base forming a slide. cooperating with this slide. Preferably the slide has a dovetail section. Preferably also the base and the slide are provided on their cooperating surfaces with reliefs with elastic interlocking ensuring the maintenance in position of the slide on the slide base.

La bande peut comporter plusieurs embases telles que ci-dessus pour stimuler simultanément plusieurs points d'acupuncture voisins ou une même embase peut comporter plusieurs glissières pour recevoir plusieurs coulisseaux portant chacun un organe de stimulation par pression.The strip may include several bases such as above for simultaneously stimulating several neighboring acupuncture points or the same base may comprise several slides for receiving several slides each carrying a pressure stimulation member.

Lorsque le point à stimuler est situé dans une zone où la bande entourant la partie du corps doit passer au-dessus d'une saillie, par exemple lorsque la bande entourant la cheville doit passer au droit de calcanéum, la bande peut être solidaire d'une cuvette fixe ou coulissante susceptible d'emboîter ladite saillie.When the point to be stimulated is located in an area where the band surrounding the part of the body must pass over a projection, for example when the band surrounding the ankle must pass in line with the calcaneus, the band can be secured to a fixed or sliding bowl capable of fitting said projection.

Les avantages du dispositif résultent essentiellement du fait que l'organe de stimulation réalise une action de massage et non pas d'écrasement par suite de la mobilité élastique de l'organe de pression par rapport à la couronne périphérique. La limitation et le contrôle élastique de la pression d'appui assurée par la butée constituée par la partie venant en saillie de la couronne périphérique permet d'éviter les phénomènes douloureux et de réduire la force de serrage de la bande de fixation qui peut être remplacée par une surface adhérant à la peau. Le maintien en place, même dans le cas d'une bande à serrage limité est nettement amélioré grâce à l'accroissement de la surface de contact assuré par la partie en saillie de la couronne périphérique.The advantages of the device result essentially from the fact that the stimulation member performs a massage action and not a crushing action as a result of the elastic mobility of the pressure member with respect to the peripheral crown. The limitation and elastic control of the support pressure provided by the stop constituted by the projecting part of the peripheral crown makes it possible to avoid painful phenomena and to reduce the tightening force of the fixing band which can be replaced. by a surface adhering to the skin. Maintaining in place, even in the case of a band with limited tightening is significantly improved thanks to the increase in the contact surface provided by the projecting part of the peripheral crown.

L'invention sera décrite plus en détail ci-après avec référence au dessin ci-annexé dans lequel:

  • La figure 1 est une vue en coupe diamétrale de l'organe de stimulation à l'état libre; la figure 2 est une vue en coupe diamétrale de l'organe de stimulation en appui sur la peau; la figure 3 est une vue en perspective de l'organe de stimulation monté en position réglable sur une bande ou bracelet; la figure 4 est une vue en plan de l'organe de stimulation monté sur une surface susceptible d'adhérer à la peau; la figure 5 en est une vue en coupe par V-V de figure 4 et la figure 6 une vue correspondant à la figure 5 après application sur la peau.
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  • Figure 1 is a diametrical sectional view of the stimulation member in the free state; Figure 2 is a diametrical sectional view of the stimulation member bearing on the skin; Figure 3 is a perspective view of the stimulation member mounted in an adjustable position on a band or bracelet; Figure 4 is a plan view of the stimulation member mounted on a surface capable of adhering to the skin; Figure 5 is a sectional view through VV of Figure 4 and Figure 6 a view corresponding to Figure 5 after application to the skin.

Le dispositif de stimulation d'un point d'acupuncture conforme à l'invention comporte une embase périphérique 1 qui peut faire partie intégralement d'une bande de serrage ou d'une plaque d'appui 2 ou être rapportée sur une telle bande ou plaque. Cette embase comporte un orifice central circulaire du bord duquel part une paroi en dôme 3 au sommet de laquelle est fixé l'organe de pression proprement dit 4 qui a une forme générale tronconique ou cylindrique avec un sommet 5 arondi. L'organe de pression 4 peut être plein ou, comme représenté, creux avec une épaisseur de paroi plus grande au sommet 5. L'ensemble du dispositif de stimulation peut être homogène et réalisé en caoutchouc ou matière plastique présentant une déformation élastique. Un insert en un matériau plus dur peut être rapporté pour constituer l'organe de pression 4, seulement le sommet 5 de celui-ci ou en remplir la cavité interne 6 pour en accroître la rigidité.The device for stimulating an acupuncture point according to the invention comprises a peripheral base 1 which can form an integral part of a tightening band or a support plate 2 or be attached to such a band or plate . This base has a circular central orifice from the edge of which leaves a domed wall 3 at the top of which is fixed the pressure member proper 4 which has a generally frustoconical or cylindrical shape with a rounded top 5. The pressure member 4 can be solid or, as shown, hollow with a greater wall thickness at the top 5. The whole of the stimulation device can be homogeneous and made of rubber or plastic material having an elastic deformation. An insert made of a harder material can be added to constitute the pressure member 4, only the apex 5 thereof or fill the internal cavity 6 to increase its rigidity.

La jonction 7 entre le bord interne de la paroi en dôme 3 et l'organe de pression 4 forme charnière et, lorsque l'organe de pression est mis en pression sur la peau 8, la paroi en dôme 3 s'enfonce élastiquement comme représenté aux figures 2 et 6, la partie annulaire moyenne 9 de la paroi 3 venant au contact de la peau.The junction 7 between the internal edge of the domed wall 3 and the pressure member 4 forms a hinge and, when the pressure member is put under pressure on the skin 8, the domed wall 3 sinks elastically as shown. in Figures 2 and 6, the average annular part 9 of the wall 3 coming into contact with the skin.

On conçoit que par l'élasticité de son matériau constitutif, la paroi en dôme 3 tend à reprendre sa forme initiale et pousse, selon la flèche F, le sommet 5 de l'organe de pression 4 en appui sur la peau 8. La ligne de contact assurée par le cercle 9 améliore le maintien en place du dispositif du fait qu'elle prend appui dans la cuvette créée par la déformation de la peau et elle répartit également sur une plus grande surface la pression totale, ce qui évite les effets douloureux.It is understood that by the elasticity of its constituent material, the domed wall 3 tends to return to its initial shape and pushes, according to arrow F, the top 5 of the pressure member 4 bearing on the skin 8. The line of contact provided by the circle 9 improves the holding in place of the device because it is supported in the bowl created by the deformation of the skin and it distributes equally lying on a larger surface the total pressure, which avoids painful effects.

Dans le mode de réalisation de la figure 3 le dispositif de stimulation désigné dans son ensemble par 10 est monté sur un coulisseau 11 qui est mobile, transversalement à la longueur. de la bande 2 de fixation, par coulissement d'une nervure en queue d'aronde 12 prévue dans sa face dorsale dans une rainure de même forme 13 réalisée dans un coussinet 14 fixé sur la bande 2. Pour assurer un maintien en position du coulisseau 11 sur le coussinet 14, les bords latéraux du coulisseau et les bords correspondant de la rainure du coussinet sont munis de dentures 15 qui engrènent élastiquement.In the embodiment of Figure 3 the stimulation device designated as a whole by 10 is mounted on a slider 11 which is movable, transversely to the length. of the fastening strip 2, by sliding a dovetail rib 12 provided in its dorsal face in a groove of the same shape 13 formed in a pad 14 fixed on the strip 2. To ensure that the slide is held in position 11 on the pad 14, the lateral edges of the slide and the corresponding edges of the groove of the pad are provided with teeth 15 which mesh elastically.

Dans le mode de réalisation des figures 4 et 6, la plaque 2 est une plaque circulaire qui forme également l'embase 1 du dispositif de stimulation et cette plaque 2 est collée ou soudée sur la surface extérieure d'un morceau de tissu ou matériau en feuille analogue 16 dont la face intérieure est enduite avec un produit d'adhérence avec la peau 8. La feuille 16 comporte une découpe centrale à travers laquelle fait saillie le dispositif de stimulation 10 et elle présente deux pattes diamétralement opposées 17 qui permettent de bien tendre la partie centrale avant le collage définitif. La surface adhérente peut, avant mise en place, être protégée par une pellicule arrachable.In the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 6, the plate 2 is a circular plate which also forms the base 1 of the stimulation device and this plate 2 is glued or welded to the external surface of a piece of tissue or material analog sheet 16 whose inner face is coated with a product for adhesion to the skin 8. The sheet 16 has a central cut through which protrudes the stimulation device 10 and it has two diametrically opposite tabs 17 which make it possible to tighten well the central part before final bonding. The adherent surface can, before installation, be protected by a removable film.

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1. A stimulation device of an acupuncture point including a pressure stimulation member rigidly connected to an element likely to hold the latter pressed on the portion of the body on which is located the acupuncture point under consideration, the central pressure member (4) of this stimulation member being surrounded by a peripheral ridge (9) bearing on the skin, adapted for limiting its driving-in inside the skin, characterized in that its central pressure member (4), adapted for coming to bear on the acupuncture point, is rigidly connected at its periphery to the central area of a resiliently deformable crown (3) of general convex shape such that, under the compression effect of said element (14) and following the driving-in of the central member (4) in the crown (3) as such, it assumes a new annular shape remaining protruding with respect to the pressure surface of said element and forming with its annular top (8) said peripheral ridge surrounding the pressure member.
2. A stimulation device according to claim 1, characterized in that central pressure member (4) made of a resiliently deformable material has a section which is substantially frustoconical or cylindrical with a rounded point (5) of greater thickness, and is connected on its edges, via an area of smaller thickness (7) forming a hinge, to said convex section crown (3) the peripheral edge of which is rigidly connected to a base (1) which is substantially non extensible in a radial direction.
3. A stimulation device according to claim 1, characterized in that the peripheral crown (3) has the shape of a dome with, at its base, a peripheral belt (1) and the top of the dome carries a protruding element (4) with a point (5) in the shape of a spherical cap.
4. A stimulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is moulded from a resilient material as a single piece with the fixation band (2) forming the element for holding the position and the pressure.
5. A stimulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the stimulation device (10) is fixed by its base (2) on the band (2) or on a pad (14) attached on this band.
6. A stimulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the pressure stimulation device (10) is protruding from the adhesive face of a surface (16) having an adhesive power with the skin.
7. A stimulation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the band (2) carries a pad (14) with, on the face turned toward the skin, a slide (13) which is transverse or oblique with respect to the longitudinal direction of band (2) and the pressure stimulation member (10) is carried by a slider forming a pad (11) cooperating with said slide (13).
8. A stimulation device according to claim 7, characterized in that the slide (13) has a dovetail- shaped section.
9. A stimulation device according to claim 8, characterized in that pad (14) and the slider (11) are provided on their cooperating surfaces with resiliently interfitting protrusions (15) ensuring the holding in position of the slider on the slide pad.
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