EP3164104A1 - Appareil de massage comprenant un empilement de cellules gonflables/dégonflables inclinées et en chevauchement les unes par rapport aux autres - Google Patents
Appareil de massage comprenant un empilement de cellules gonflables/dégonflables inclinées et en chevauchement les unes par rapport aux autresInfo
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Definitions
- a massager comprising a stack of inflatable / deflatable cells inclined and overlapping with each other.
- the field of the invention is that of massage techniques or lymphatic drainage of the human or animal body. More specifically, the invention relates to a pressotherapy apparatus implementing an inflatable / deflatable cell system connected to means for pressurizing the cells, which may be substituted for the use of mercurial pressure therapy.
- the invention can be applied in many applications in the fields of comfort, well-being, aesthetics and, of course, in the medical field (with higher pressures as will be explained in more detail). thereafter).
- an apparatus according to the invention can be used with the aim of remodeling, obtaining a thin leg, the elimination of cellulite (thigh and pelvis), as part of post-surgery care , or for other aesthetic treatments.
- the device can in this context be used individually or institute for example.
- an apparatus according to the invention can be used in thalassotherapy, spa, but also in the aeronautical field (crew and / or passengers) and in the field of tourism.
- the device can be used as an institute, individually, or on board aircraft, at airports, in supermarkets, or in some companies or in certain tourism activities.
- the apparatus according to the invention can be used in case of feeling of heavy legs, "swollen" legs, vis-à-vis the evening edema of the end of the day (which tends , without particular care, to evolve towards a definitive edema), vis-à-vis aches ...
- the device can be used individually or institute. It should be noted that the device can also be used in the field of sport and physical recovery after exercise.
- the device can be used in particular with respect to the following pathologies:
- lymphatic pathologies including:
- radio-surgical secondary edema of cancers edema of cancers, parasitic (filariasis of the entire tropical belt of the globe), traumatic, post-erysipelas and infections;
- post-traumatic pathology postfracture pain and edema, post-sprains and tears, algoneurodystrophies, superficial and deep tissue hematomas;
- peripheral rheumatic pathology of the limbs frostbite and microcirculatory pathology
- an apparatus according to the invention can also be used on the animal body, for example in the equine field, and in particular in racing stables, breeding stables or sports stables.
- vascular massage in addition to manual lymphatic drainage techniques, which are not very effective, which act theoretically on the lymphatic flow, but which, in practice, are insufficient to absorb encrusted edema.
- Vascular massage has a complementary purpose, which is to de-infiltrate the tissues of the limbs, by moving the excess tissue fluids centripetally where they are resorbed into the remaining operative proximal lymphatic vessels, limb roots, axillary and inguinal ganglion areas. , and anastomoses of the trunk where one can help manual draining maneuvers.
- Dr. Claude-Julien Cartier had the idea of using the liquid state and the high density of mercury metal to drain the limbs by placing them vertically in a rigid enclosure (in the shape of a boot or arm sheath) and causing the mercury to rise along the limb (protected by a neoprene membrane) at variable heights, and at varying speeds and times in function of the pathology to be treated.
- Dr. Cartier has been the subject of two patent applications published under the applications FR-2 572 651 and FR-2 639 222.
- Mercury pressotherapy brings certain advantages to the therapeutic field, due to the application on the limbs of a large pressure gradient for the desinfiltration, resulting in the following set:
- the mercury strategy ambulatory treatment, simple use, “goes faster and further”, concrete result, short manipulations, precise protocols.
- Dr. Cartier because of his research, has introduced in the minds of manufacturers of pneumatic pressotherapy equipment the need to move from the single chamber to the juxtaposition of several rooms, then to make a gradient pressure but which will remain low for them (the pressure gradient being 10 cm of mercury (Hg) for maximum pressures of 20 cm Hg).
- a massage sleeve described by the patent document published under the number FR-2 511 241 is known.
- the described sleeve has a plurality of cells disposed along the length of the sleeve, which can be inflated and deflated to exert a clamping pressure on a limb of the body when that limb is surrounded by the sleeve.
- the sleeve includes a flexible outer shell having a plurality of individual compartments each of which is provided to encircle the limb when surrounded by the limb. sleeve, and a plurality of air bags each of which can be received individually in one of the compartments of the flexible outer casing. Each of these bags has an orifice fitting that passes through an opening formed in the flexible outer casing to inflate and deflate the bags.
- Such a device is designed and made to facilitate the repair of existing pressotherapy devices by avoiding to provide a sleeve consisting of membranes forming cells integral with each other.
- the bags being independent of each other, it is easy to replace them if necessary.
- the cells are flat in the deflated state and cylindrical in the inflated state. This results in a coil of cells one above the other, leaving between the strands areas with low pressure, or without pressure.
- the massage, and thus the drainage, of the treated body surfaces is thus made very imperfectly.
- the cells of such an apparatus receive low pressures in absolute value, with maximums of the order of 80 mmHg / cm 2 and the pressure gradient, when it exists, remains very low, ranging from 80 mmHg to 0 mmHg distributed over the entire limb is about 80 cm. And this device prohibits increasing pressures without accentuating strangulation by the embroidery of the device.
- the patent document published under the number FR-2 950 245 describes another pressotherapy device, according to which an enclosure forms a sleeve intended to cover a part of the body, this enclosure comprising a plurality of compartments insulated by partitions, these partitions being each joined peripherally to the inner and outer walls of the enclosure.
- the partitions are each provided with a series of perforations designed to create a pressure drop between the inlet and the outlet of the enclosure.
- Such a device has several disadvantages among which: the manufacture of the enclosure with its internal partitions fixed in their periphery to the inner wall of the enclosure, appears relatively complex;
- the perforations of the internal partitions may not have sufficient resistance to relatively high pressures, if one wishes to increase the therapeutic effectiveness
- the inner wall of the enclosure once it under pressure, can, as previously, be in the form of successive tubes that interfere with effective drainage.
- Pressotherapy devices are still known as described in the patents published under the numbers EP1213002A1, DE8530876U1, DE8620269U1, FR2144971A5 and FR2511241A1). These devices use sleeves consisting of a plurality of cells (or bags) which have, in a cross section, a profile comparable to that of a parallelogram, a rhombus or an almond. Thus, these cells make it possible to obtain a partial overlap, ideally of the order of 1/3, resulting in allowing these devices not to present a discontinuity of pressure zones.
- these cells allow these devices not to present zones in which no pressure would apply on a body part.
- these cells are embossed when used with high pressures, thus causing a discontinuity of pressure gradient along the part of the body on which one of these devices is used.
- the purpose of the invention is in particular to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, by applying in a very uniform manner pressures which can be high (maximum of 500 to 800 mmHg / cm2).
- the object of the invention is to propose a pressotherapy device, of the type employing inflatable / deflatable cells, which makes it possible to apply to a body part a pressure which is exerted linearly over the height of the body. device, that is to say without discontinuity unlike the device of the prior art which generates a phenomenon of successive strands.
- the invention also aims to provide such a device that allows to obtain a pressure gradient, similar to the mercurial pressure therapy.
- a pressotherapy apparatus comprising a device intended to form a treatment chamber to be placed around a part of the body, the device comprising inflatable / deflatable cells having an upper membrane and a lower membrane interconnected, the cells being carried by an outer wall opposite to a body surface of the device, characterized in that the cells are arranged in a stack between two cells of end, the cells between the end cells being stacked overlappingly in an inclined position between an upper end in the vicinity of the outer wall and a lower end in the vicinity of the body surface, the cells of the stack having an active portion of the upper membrane extending from the lower end not covered by the lower membrane of an upper adjacent cell.
- the active portions of the upper membranes of the uncovered cells will, when the cells are inflated, come to be in the extension of each other , thereby creating a continuous pressure surface on the member, such as to transmit the pressure linearly over the height of the device.
- Such a device is therefore designed to replace mercurial pressotherapy, while reproducing its effectiveness without using mercury become target of ecology.
- this pressure gradient must involve high pressure ranges to act on deep tissues and muscle compartments.
- the device according to the invention allows to recreate a compressive environment that drowns the surface to be treated in a pressure gradient as regular as possible and as close as possible to that of mercury.
- a device according to the invention is particularly applicable to the treatment of the trunk of the abdominal belt. lumbar areas, where mercurial pressotherapy was not applicable.
- the various compressive cells advantageously flat when they are deflated, together exhibit, in the inflated state, a continuous compressive surface, by aligning end-to-end active portions of flat or nearly flat upper membranes; maintained against each other, the various compressive cells can retain the thin walls while receiving pressures that can be elevated according to their level along the pressure gradient achieved (of the order of 500 mmHg / cm2 in the well-being and 800 mmHg / cm 2 in the medical field);
- peripheral intensity of the pressures applied also generates arteriolar vasodilatation secondary to the cessation of compression, increasing the blood turnover at each peripheral microcirculatory unit where the arterial blood is "sucked" into the arterial capillaries, then pushed in a venous network at zero pressure because emptied of any content by the prior evacuating compression: such a privileged beneficial circulatory situation does not spontaneously exist in nature and occurs only through such a method of drainage and massage.
- the cells are essentially flat in the deflated state.
- the active portion of the upper membrane of each uncoated cell will, after inflation of the corresponding cell, keep, after moving, a flat configuration or almost.
- the cells remain flat in a controlled manner during inflation, avoiding their transformation into inflation beads whose shape would be inappropriate on the treated body part, for the reasons mentioned above.
- the cells have a cross section identical to each other.
- the cells can be manufactured in series, all identical, which reduces their manufacturing cost, and therefore that of the pressotherapy device according to the invention.
- the stacked cells overlap with an overlap of two adjacent cells 2/3 in height, and can be up to 9 / 10th .
- each active portion of the cell exerts a cutaneous contact on a part of the body for which the pressotherapy device according to the invention is used, the pressure resulting from this cutaneous contact resulting from the overlap (or stacking) of three different cells.
- the active portion of a first cell deforms under the effect of the swelling of this first cell, but also under the effect of swelling from minus two other cells underlying this first cell.
- the overlap of the cells thus induces a relative stacking of at least three cells per active portion, thus making it possible to optimize the linear application of a pressure on a body part via a plurality of active portions of cells. a sleeve according to the invention.
- the architecture (overlap, stack, ...) of the cells of a device according to the invention allows these cells, and this even at high pressures, unlike the devices of the prior art, have a continuity of pressure zones and a continuity of pressure gradient through the active portions of the cells.
- the inflation of a cell of a stack (or overlap) also allows it to produce a positive effect and sheathing on the other cells of the stack (or overlap).
- the contant and sheathing effect of each cell of a device according to the invention thus allows each of these cells to have an active portion which, not resulting from the simple swelling of a single cell, does not produce a phenomenon of during an inflation in the operating pressure range of the device according to the invention. According to practical examples:
- an overlap of two adjacent cells 2/3 in height induces to find for each pressure zone, in a cross section of the device, a first cell having an active portion and two other cells underlying the first cell;
- the cells comprise a chamber made of a deformable waterproof material capable of withstanding a pressure of at least
- a pressotherapy device thus designed can be used both for well-being and for medical applications.
- the cascading and sheathing effect of one cell relative to other adjacent cells is enhanced.
- the capacity of the active portion to deform is optimized to obtain the continuity of pressure zones combined with the continuity of pressure gradient.
- said chamber is coated with a textile cladding.
- the chambers are coated, on the side of the body surface, with an inner wall connected to the outer wall to form a pocket inside which the chambers are arranged, the inner wall being adapted to act as a pressure distributor.
- the body surface side coating acts as a pressure distribution wall on the surface of the treated limb, helping to apply pressure continuously and linearly.
- the inner wall helps to prevent the appearance of flanges on the side of the body surface.
- the cells are secured in pairs and individually to the outer wall (flexible and inextensible)
- the cells are held in position relative to each other, thus preventing them from sliding on each other, which would lead to reduce the active portion of the upper membrane not covered, which would harm the effectiveness of the device.
- the cells are preferably joined to each other in an area comprised in the first third of their height from the outer wall, at their contact for the air inlets / outlets.
- the cells are connected individually or in series to a pressure transmission circuit.
- the circuit extends from an input cell to a terminal cell, and includes means for loss of charge between the cells between the input cell and the terminal cell.
- a pressotherapy device advantageously reproduces the characteristics of the mercurial pressotherapy according to the prior art.
- each cell with the exception of the terminal cell is connected to the next cell, going from the input cell to the terminal cell, by an intermediate cell of pressure drop.
- the pressure drop can be perfectly controlled from one cell to another, and therefore over the entire height of the device.
- the intermediate loss-of-charge cells are bidirectional.
- the apparatus comprises means for closing the pressure transmission circuit, allowing a sequential pressure increase of the circuit.
- This sequential pressure rise may correspond, as explained below, to an inflation of the cells in a step-by-step sequence, from one end of the sleeve to another end.
- the sequential pressure rise may correspond to an inflation of groups of adjacent cells, according to a predefined sequence, the compression allowed by the device then having a sectoral character.
- the device takes a flat shape and is intended to be wound to form a sleeve around a part of the body, the device comprising adjustable means for keeping the sleeve in shape
- Figures 1 and 2 are partial sectional views of a pressotherapy device according to the invention, respectively seen in the deflated state and in the inflated state;
- Figure 3 is a schematic sectional representation of a pressure drop cell for equipping a pressure therapy device according to the invention.
- Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of a device according to the invention, in its configuration wound to form a treatment chamber.
- a pressotherapy apparatus comprises a device 1 for forming a treatment chamber as will be described later, to place around a part of the body, the device 1 comprising:
- a plurality of inflatable / deflatable cells 2 each having an upper membrane 20 and a lower membrane 21 interconnected to form a swellable chamber;
- a flexible and inextensible outer wall 3 carrying the inflatable / deflatable cells, and intended to occupy a position opposite to the side of the device forming the body surface 4 capable of being brought into contact with a body part to be treated;
- a compressor 6 coupled to the device so as to inflate the inflatable / deflatable cells thereof (a pressure gauge 60 for controlling the pressure transmitted to the device).
- the cells 2 are arranged in a stack between two end cells 25, 26, the cells being stacked in overlapping manner and inclined between an upper end 201 in the vicinity of the outer wall 3 and a second one. low end 202 near the body surface.
- the cells of the stack have an active portion 200 of the upper membrane not covered by the lower membrane of the adjacent cell, this active portion 200 extending from the lower end 202, that is to say say from the vicinity of the body surface.
- the cells are stacked so that, at the level of each autonomous circular cutaneous contact, there exist according to the invention three cells stacked one on the other.
- three cells stacked one on the other.
- Inflatable / deflatable cells of a stacked pressure therapy device in accordance with the principle of the invention will behave in the following manner.
- each cell between the end cells 25, 26 is pressed on its upper membrane 20 and on its lower membrane 21 by the adjacent cells between which the corresponding cell is sandwiched.
- the adjacent cells between which the corresponding cell is sandwiched As a result, in the lower part of these cells, that is to say in the vicinity of the body surface, only the portion of the cell extending along the length of the active portion 200 of the upper uncoated membrane can to be deformed during pressurization of the cell, tending to inflate it.
- the cell inflates in the only free portion between the upper membrane of the deflated cell, the body surface and the adjacent cell placed above.
- the stacked cells overlap with an overlap of two-thirds of the upper membrane of each cell, this overlap may however be up to 9 / 10th .
- the cells in the deflated state, present an upper membrane and a lower membrane parallel to each other and extending essentially rectilinearly between the upper end and the lower end of the corresponding cell, and being in the vicinity of each other in the deflated state .
- the active portion 200 of the upper uncoated membrane is itself relatively flat, or at least straight, and keeps its short distance due to the overlap, this rectilinear profile once the cell inflated.
- the cells 2 are produced in the following manner:
- each chamber 22 comprises a chamber 22 made of a deformable waterproof material, such as neoprene or polyurethane, capable of withstanding a pressure of at least 500 mmHg / cm 2; each chamber 22 is coated with a textile sheath 23;
- a deformable waterproof material such as neoprene or polyurethane
- the cells are secured in pairs, in an area 24 in the first third of their height starting from the outer wall 3;
- each cell is hooked on the outer wall 3 at the air inlet / outlet of the air circulation circuit;
- the cells are coated, on the side of the body surface 4 of an inner wall 40 connected to the outer wall to form a pocket inside which the cells are arranged.
- the inner wall 40 constitutes an intermediate element between the treatment chamber and the cutaneous surface. It can be derived from silicone (or be silicone), a thickness of 3 to 5 mm and wound on the member. Such an intermediate element makes it possible to homogenize the pressures applied and to play a role of "pressure distributor” thanks to its elasticity conditions making it possible to diffuse the pressure it receives at a point on a larger skin area.
- the flexible and inextensible inner wall acting as a "pressure distributor” makes it possible to smooth between them the juxtaposed pressures exerted by the active portions of the cells, thus making it possible to optimize the capacity of the pressotherapy device, according to invention, to reproduce the linear pressure gradient applied by mercurial pressotherapy.
- the textile sheaths 23 which enclose the inflatable cells of the resistant seams and diagonally of the surfaces opposite the textile sheaths which grip the inflatable cells (or any other solid fastening means, for example by welds), on the upper 2/3 of their anterior wall and the 2/3 lower of their posterior wall, as well as the same type of fixation of these textile sheathings on the external wall of the treatment enclosure at the level of the 1 3 of the posterior surface of each of them and on the whole of the posterior wall of the lowest pocket.
- the inner wall incorporates heating means.
- the cells are connected in series by a pressure transmission circuit 5, the circuit extending from the input cell 25 to the terminal cell 26.
- this circuit includes means of loss of charge between the input cell 25 and the terminal cell 26.
- each cell except for the terminal cell is connected to the next cell (going from the input cell to the terminal cell) by an intermediate cell 50 of pressure drop.
- the pressure drop cells 50 comprise:
- a hollow body 500 communicating with an inlet duct 501 and with an outlet duct 502; a valve 503, provided with an orifice 504 smaller than the orifice 502, the valve 503 being deformable between a reduction position of the passage (pressure drop) of the cell (when the air flows from the inlet duct to the outlet duct), and a free circulation position when the air flows from the inlet duct to the outlet duct.
- Such a pressure drop cell provided with this valve is bidirectional, between free movement in one direction and pressure loss in the other direction.
- the opening of the circuit upstream of the input cell causes the pressure drop, which can be accelerated by a depression which deflates the cells.
- each cell is individually powered by a device with increasing pressure drops from the input cell to the terminal cell.
- a pressotherapy apparatus makes it possible, on command, to raise, sequentially or not, the maximum pressure of the lower part in ascending progression along the part of the body covered by the pressotherapy device, towards its upper part, to simulate a real manual massage equivalent to the action of three to four masseurs physiotherapists acting together on the same patient.
- the pressotherapy apparatus according to the invention allows, on command, to apply a predefined pressure sequentially or not, on a specific part of the body.
- the pressotherapy apparatus according to the invention makes it possible to sectorise the application of pressure on a body part, and, in particular, to target the ankle, calf, knee or knee. thigh.
- the high pressures are reflected from the body surface to the subcutaneous cellulitic tissues, muscle tissues and tendino-articular deep, operating evacuator massages through high pressures and gradients of pressure.
- the device takes a flat shape and is intended to be wound to form a sleeve around a body part.
- the device comprises adjustable means 7 for holding the device in the form of a sleeve, these means being able to take the particular form of self-gripping or zipper strips.
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