EP0574333A1 - Gerät mit aufblasbaren Hohlkammern zur intermittierenden Kompressionsmassage - Google Patents

Gerät mit aufblasbaren Hohlkammern zur intermittierenden Kompressionsmassage Download PDF

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EP0574333A1
EP0574333A1 EP93420229A EP93420229A EP0574333A1 EP 0574333 A1 EP0574333 A1 EP 0574333A1 EP 93420229 A EP93420229 A EP 93420229A EP 93420229 A EP93420229 A EP 93420229A EP 0574333 A1 EP0574333 A1 EP 0574333A1
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Evgueny Lazarevitch Aparin
Anatoly Anatolievitch Beloukov
Victor Ivanovitch Zazulov
Setguey Vladimirovitch Potiomkin
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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

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  • the present invention is in the field of body treatment by massage, and it relates to a massage device proceeding by applying alternating pressures on certain parts of the body of patients.
  • a massage device of the type of device comprising a plurality of chambers which are inflatable alternately, a source of pressurized fluid and a fluidic member provided with two control orifices, two outlet orifices and a supply orifice connected to said source.
  • the two outputs of the fluidic member each supply respectively chambers of even rank and chambers of odd rank which are inflated and deflated at the wrong time from one another, and it is remarkable that none inflatable chambers is not connected to a control orifice of the fluidic member.
  • the aim of the present invention is to increase the effectiveness of the massage by widening the spectrum of the frequencies of the alternation of inflation of the said chambers which act on the patient's body, and to produce a wave effect in the phases of swelling and deflation. of the different rooms.
  • a device of the above-defined type is characterized in that it comprises at least one complementary fluidic member similar to the first, the supply orifice of which is connected to said source of fluid, and in that said chambers inflatable are conduits, an outlet orifice of the first fluidic member being connected to one of the ends of inflatable chambers of odd rank, the other end of which is connected to a control orifice of the complementary fluidic element at least whose orifices outlet are connected to one end of the chambers inflators of even rank, the other end of which is connected to a control orifice of said first fluidic member.
  • a massage device comprises a plurality 14 of chambers 15, 17, called of even rank, and 16, 18, said of odd row, a source 13 of fluid under pressure, a first fluidic member 1 and a complementary fluidic member 7 similar to the first, each provided with a supply orifice, respectively 2 and 8, connected to the source 13 of pressurized fluid, each provided with two control orifices, respectively 5.6 and 11.12, and each provided with two outlet orifices, respectively 3.4 and 9.10.
  • the inflatable chambers 15 to 18 are conduits, in the sense that they are provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; in the case shown these chambers have an elongated shape with the inlet or the outlet at each end.
  • the outlet orifices 3, 4 of the first fluidic member 1 are respectively connected to one of the ends of the inflatable chambers of odd rank 15, 17 the other ends of which are connected to a control orifice 11, 12 of the complementary fluid element 7, the outlet holes 9,10 of which are each connected to one of the ends of the inflatable chambers of even rank 16,18, the other ends of which are connected each to a control orifice 5.6 of the first fluidic member 1.
  • the device operates as follows: during the transmission of the fluid from the source of pressurized fluid 13 to the conduits 2 and 8 for supplying the fluidic elements 1 and 7, one of the outlet orifices 3, 4, 9 or 10 is under pressure. For example, the pressure appears in the outlet conduit 4 of the fluid element 1. This pressure is applied to the chambers 17 and it causes them to swell. Passing through the chambers 17 the fluid applies its pressure to the conduit 12 for managing the fluid element 7 which makes the fluid supply this element to the outlet conduit 9 where this pressure is also applied. This pressure was exerted in the conduit 9 a certain time t later than in the conduit 4 which is conditioned by the distance that the signal must cover passing through the inflatable chambers of the massage device 14 and through the communication conduits (see the cyclogram).
  • the pressure of the conduit 9 is applied to the chambers 16 by causing them to swell. Passing through the chambers 16 the fluid applies its pressure to the conduit 6 for managing the fluid element 1 which deflects the supply flow towards the outlet conduit 3 instead of that 4, by applying its pressure in the conduit outlet 3. Consequently, there is no longer any pressure in the duct 4 and, naturally, in the chambers 16.
  • the pressure in the duct 3 was exerted a time t later than in the duct 9.
  • the pressure from the conduit 3 is applied to the chambers 15 by causing them to swell.
  • the fluid Passing through the chambers 15 the fluid applies its pressure to the conduit 11 for managing the fluid element 7 c which deflects the supply current towards the conduit 10 instead of that 9, by applying its pressure to the outlet conduit 10 As a result, there is no longer any pressure in the duct 9 and, consequently, in the chambers 16.
  • the pressure in the duct 10 also exerted a time t later than in the duct 3.
  • the pressure of the conduit 10 is applied to the chambers 18 by causing them to swell. Passing through the chambers 18 the fluid applies its pressure to the conduit 5 for managing the fluid element 1, which deflects the supply current towards the outlet conduit 4 instead of that 3, by applying its pressure to the conduit 4. It is clear that there is no longer any pressure in the duct 3 and, consequently, in the chambers 15. The pressure was exerted in the duct 4 a time t later than in the duct 10. The pressure in line 4 is again applied to the chambers 17 by causing them to swell. Passing through the chambers 17 the fluid applies its pressure to the conduit 12 of the fluid element 7 which causes the supply current to divert towards the outlet conduit 9 instead of that 10, as it was before, by applying its pressure at the conduit 9.
  • the inflatable chambers can be incorporated in various articles in more or less direct contact with the human body: mattress (with a view to constituting a massage table), clothing (coveralls, high boots, vests) seat covers, in particular vehicle seats (cars, planes).
  • the massage devices thus constituted will be particularly useful to provide their users with either an improvement in comfort in the case of long-term stationary station (long-distance pilots, truckers), or a therapeutic effect (muscular or circulatory massages).

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EP93420229A 1992-06-10 1993-06-08 Gerät mit aufblasbaren Hohlkammern zur intermittierenden Kompressionsmassage Expired - Lifetime EP0574333B1 (de)

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FR9207217A FR2692142B1 (fr) 1992-06-10 1992-06-10 Dispositif de massage par application de pressions alternées, comprenant des chambres gonflables.
FR9207217 1992-06-10

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FR2744180A1 (fr) * 1996-01-31 1997-08-01 Lonjon Joseph Dispositif de controle-commande pour l'alimentation alternee en fluide d'une pluralite d'organes recepteurs

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US3885554A (en) * 1972-12-08 1975-05-27 Usm Corp Apparatus for generating pulses of fluid pressure
US4225989A (en) * 1978-10-05 1980-10-07 Glynwed Group Services Limited Inflatable supports
EP0026799A1 (de) * 1979-10-03 1981-04-15 Katsumasa Hara Aufblasbarer Druckbehälter für pneumatische Massage
GB2149655A (en) * 1983-10-11 1985-06-19 Seiken Co An air mat apparatus
US5109832A (en) * 1990-12-07 1992-05-05 Proctor Richard D J Method of and apparatus for producing alternating pressure in a therapeutic device

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US3885554A (en) * 1972-12-08 1975-05-27 Usm Corp Apparatus for generating pulses of fluid pressure
US4225989A (en) * 1978-10-05 1980-10-07 Glynwed Group Services Limited Inflatable supports
EP0026799A1 (de) * 1979-10-03 1981-04-15 Katsumasa Hara Aufblasbarer Druckbehälter für pneumatische Massage
GB2149655A (en) * 1983-10-11 1985-06-19 Seiken Co An air mat apparatus
US5109832A (en) * 1990-12-07 1992-05-05 Proctor Richard D J Method of and apparatus for producing alternating pressure in a therapeutic device

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2744180A1 (fr) * 1996-01-31 1997-08-01 Lonjon Joseph Dispositif de controle-commande pour l'alimentation alternee en fluide d'une pluralite d'organes recepteurs
WO1997028375A1 (fr) * 1996-01-31 1997-08-07 Joseph Lonjon Dispositif de controle-commande pour l'alimentation alternee en fluide d'une pluralite d'organes recepteurs

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FR2692142B1 (fr) 1994-12-16
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