JP2003500111A - Body treatment equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] A body treatment device is provided that is suitable for use at home or in a salon, and that allows the user to perform other activities during use. The device (10) provides electrical pulses to tension and massage muscles, especially facial muscles. The device (10) has one or more body contactors (15) operative to deliver an electrical pulse to the human body undergoing treatment, and a control unit (20) operative to control the characteristics of the electrical pulse. ing. The device (10) comprises a body unit (11) for use by being worn on a person supporting a body contactor (15) via an adjustable link (14). For facial massage, the body unit (11) is provided with a headband (12) on which ear pads (13) are provided, which allows the wearer to receive instructions or an audio system (40) while receiving the massage. You can listen to music played on the.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

The present invention relates to body treatment devices, in particular to devices for tensioning and massaging muscles, in particular facial muscles.

[0002] Human muscle, when trained, grows and increases in strength, or at least the tendency to reduce size, with minimal loss of strength. Therefore, when the muscle just below the surface of the skin is properly trained or stimulated, the muscle is strengthened and the muscle growth is promoted.

This is an important factor for humans to maintain taut, smooth and wrinkle-free skin with aging. This is a challenge that has been sought, especially for the face, which has led to a great deal of time and expense in the beauty industry.

There are many known techniques and devices for solving these problems. Surgical techniques are exaggerated, painful, and extremely expensive. Non-surgical techniques, and the various known devices for performing this technique, are often problematic and can lead to highly unpredictable results. Such a device strains the muscles,
It is also used for massaging and is known as a muscle stimulator.

German Patent 2,234,965 discloses one of the devices for stimulating the facial muscles. It is intended to eliminate many of the problems of other technologies and devices and achieve the above objectives. The device for improving muscle structure described in the German Patent 2,234,965 applies a series of electric pulses to the skin at a frequency that causes muscle contraction. The tension pulse has a voltage of 0 to 80 V and a frequency of 20 to
It is a single-phase rectangular wave of 80 Hz and pulse length of 200 to 600 μsec.

For massaging, at a constant 15 Hz, this output has a frequency of about 0.
Overlaid on an unrealistic slow sine wave at 0.3 Hz and voltage 0-15V. The face-mounted probe and pad are connected by electrical leads to a control unit for varying the pulse intensity, frequency and duration.

While such devices and other known muscle stimulators have been tried to be suitable for home use, they are suitable for salon use. In any case, some pads and probes must be attached to the skin, for example by taping.

For these reasons, and because the control unit is relatively unwieldy, and because there are many leads to probes and pads attached to the face, humans undergoing treatment are You must stay seated through the gaps. That time can reach 30 minutes. In addition, the wires are easily entangled, which can cause the probe and pad to come off the face.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a body treatment device for stimulating muscles, which device can overcome the problems associated with known devices, at least to a large extent, and is for household use. Also, it can be used in the same manner as a known one for salon use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a muscle stimulating device that allows the user to more easily perform other activities during use as compared to using known devices.

The present invention is a body treatment device for delivering electrical pulses to the skin, wherein at least one body contactor is operative to deliver electrical pulses to the body of the human being treated, and the characteristics of the electrical pulses are controlled. There is provided a body treatment device comprising a body unit to be worn by a human having a control unit that operates as described above and supporting at least one body contactor.

The body unit is a head unit worn on the head, and in this case, the body contactor is a face contactor. Body treatment equipment,
It may include a plurality of body contactors, each of which is supported by the body unit. The body contactor is a pad or a probe. The body contact pad may include an adhesive body contact surface. Pad is
It consists of an adhesive pad that is removably coupled to the mounting block. The adhesive pad is bonded to the mounting block by a "press-stud" type lock.

Each body contactor is supported by the body unit by a link. Each link is pivotally attached at its end to the body unit and at its other end to each body contactor. Each link is formed of a plurality of members, and each member is pivotally attached to an adjacent member. Each link is formed of a resilient material and may be a polyethylene extrudate. The links on either side of the body unit are elastically biased towards each other. Each link is formed as a box part. Each body contactor is slidable in the longitudinal direction of each link to which it is attached and has a sliding range of at least 10 mm, preferably 15 mm or less. Both sides of the link and the mounting block are
It may have a cooperating taper.

The control unit operates to remotely control the electrical pulses provided by the body contactor, preferably by means of infrared signals.
The body unit may be provided with a signal receiving device. The signal receiving device, upon receiving the signal from the control unit, increases the parameter of the electrical pulse by a predetermined amount.

The control unit operates to control the intensity, frequency or duration of the electrical pulse and can control which body contactor is functional. The voltage of the pulse is in the range of 50-25V. The control unit is
It is designed to be worn on the wrists of people who receive treatment.

The control unit is equipped with a clock, which can have a stopwatch and a timer function. Alternatively, the control unit
A computer may be included and operates in response to programs on disk. The control unit may have a reuse extension function. The control unit is electrically connected to the power supply unit, and the power supply unit is used by being worn on a person. The power supply unit is used by being attached to a human belt.

The device of the invention may also comprise an audio system. In this case, the body unit includes headphones. The audio device is connected to the headphones and the audio device is a radio or tape or disc player. The audio device is used by being worn on a human belt.

The control unit is operative to control the volume and mode of operation of the audio device, eg radio / cassette, radio program. The audio system is combined with a control unit whereby the control unit acts to control the electrical pulses provided by the body contactor in response to the output signal from the audio system.

The signal receiving device receives the corresponding signal from the control unit,
The parameters of the electrical pulse are changed in response to the output signal from the audio system. The audio system output signal is used to control the intensity, frequency, waveform or duration of electrical pulses that are synchronous with the audio system output signal to enhance the effect of facial stimulation.

[0020]   The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a muscle stimulator (10) including a head unit (11) made of an elastic headband (12) attached to a human head to be treated by the muscle stimulator (10). It is shown. The head unit is in the form of headphones or a personal stereo radio / cassette player.

One end of the ear pad (13) and one end of the link (14) are attached to each end of the headband (12). At the other end of each link (14) is a face contactor (15) which is approximately 10 mm square and is adhesive or probe-shaped. Headband (12)
At one end of the is attached an infrared signal receiver (16) which is individually electrically connected to the pad or probe (15).

An electrical lead (17) connects the receiver (16) to the battery pack power supply unit (18). The battery pack power supply unit (18) has a clip (19) by which the power supply unit can be attached to a belt around the waist of a human.

The control unit (20) to be used by being attached to a human wrist is preferably
It is combined with a stopwatch or, for example, a clock (21) having a timer function that counts down 5 minutes for muscle stimulation and 15 minutes for massage. The control unit (20) produces an infrared signal, which is received by the signal receiver (16).

The other conductor (22) is connected to the battery pack power supply unit (18) to provide power to the motor point / massage head (not shown) and the audio conductor (23) is a personal stereo. It is connected to a radio / cassette player (40) (Figure 4).

In FIG. 2, one of the links (14) is shown in detail. In this case, each link (14)
Consists of two members, a main link (24) and an auxiliary link (25), which are articulated with each other at a joint (26), whereby they are indicated by arrow A. Relative motion up to 180 ° is possible. Such relative placement may be variable or co-operatively formed at the juncture (26) to provide a preset relative placement within a range of motion, eg, every 10 °. .

The main link (24) is a signal receiver (16), ear pads (13) and headband (12).
It is easily rotatably mounted and is relatively positioned as indicated by arrow B.

An adhesive pad (15) for contacting the face is provided on the auxiliary link (25), and a second adhesive pad (27) for contacting the face is provided on the main link (24). These pads (1
5) (27) shows each link as indicated by arrow C and in detail in FIG.
It can slide along (24) and (25).

The links (24) and (25) are box-shaped with a T-shaped cross section, and are formed so that the pads (15) can be individually moved in order to arrange the pads on the face. Links (24) (25)
It is preferably formed from a polyethylene extrudate to provide elasticity for a firm grip on the human face. Alternatively, or additionally, the link (24) is elastically biased in the mutual direction by the spring (41).

The outer portion (28) of the T-shaped portion is an electric wire (36) from the receiver (16) to the pads (15) (27).
Providing a recess for (FIG. 4). Slots (29) are provided on the inner surfaces of the links (24) (25), and the T-shaped mounting block (30) projects through the slots (29) and at the same time the links (24) (25) It can slide in the longitudinal direction.

Each pad (15) (27) is pivotally attached to a mounting block (30) by a “press-stud” mounting member (31) which has concentric electrical contacts (32) (33). Have.
Both sides of the slot (29) and the protruding portion of the mounting block (30) are correspondingly tapered.

By pressing the links (24) (25) and pads (15) (27) together, the mounting block
The (30) can be placed in the links (24) (25), while pulling the links (24) (25) and the pads (15) (27) in opposite directions from the slots (29) to the mounting block ( The pad (15) (27) can be moved along the links (24) (25) by opening the (30). The movement width of the pads (15) and (27) along the links (24) and (25) is 15 mm or less.

By moving the pads (15) (27) along the links (24) (25) and pivoting the links (24) (25) with respect to each other and with respect to the head unit (11), the face Pads (15) (27) can be placed at desired locations on the table. The head unit (11) and the link (14) are removed from the head by pulling the links (14) separately and releasing the links (14) from the pads (15) (27), and then the pads (15). (27) can be removed individually from the face.

Referring to FIG. 4, the power supply unit (18) includes a battery pack (34) and a pulse generator (35) to which the battery pack is connected. The generated pulse is sent to the receiver (16) of the head unit (11) along the lead wire (17). The pulses are relayed from the receiver (16) via wires (36) to pads (15) (27).

The controller (37) (FIG. 1) of the control unit (20) selects the type of treatment, ie tension or massage, and controls the pulse generator (35) to control the frequency and intensity of the pulse. And generate a first infrared (IR) link or a wired link (38). The control unit (20) may be a clock that operates in response to a program on disk, as described above, or a computer.

If the pressure between the pad (27) and the human face is small, a 50V pulse is required to provide effective stimulation. However, if the link (24) (25) or the elasticity of the spring (41) provides sufficient pressure between the pad (27) and the face, reducing the pulse voltage to 25V is satisfactory. Can be stimulated.

A second IR link (39) or wired link is provided to the receiver (16) via the power supply unit (18) to control which of the pads (15) (27) is activated. To be done. The clock (21) or the computer (20) can exhibit the selected predetermined function.

The audio unit (40), for example a personal radio / cassette player,
Connected to puck (18) by audio conductors (23) or using computer (20), output of audio unit (40) or computer (2).
0) sound card through the combined conductor (17), head unit (11)
And to the earpads (13), which allows the human to listen to the audio unit (40) or listen to the music played by the computer (20) while being massaged and the head unit ( It is possible to limit the number of conductors to 11).

Control of the audio unit (40) is provided by control of the unit itself and / or by the controller (37) of the controller (20). In addition, the output from the audio system (40), when received by the control unit, is responsive to the output signal and, optionally, simultaneously or non-simultaneously, with the pad (15). Used to control the electrical pulse given by (27).

The signal receiving device (16) receives the corresponding signal from the control unit,
Modifying electrical pulse parameters in response to output signals from the audio system (40) or computer (20). The output signal from the audio system (40) or computer (20) is used to control the strength, frequency, waveform and / or duration of the electrical pulse provided to the human by the pads (15) (27). used.

The present invention provides a device for stimulating facial muscles that is convenient for use at the salon as well as at home. The person receiving the treatment can move around during the treatment and perform other activities such as housework, the use of training equipment, driving a vehicle. A person can listen to music, exercise introductions or other radio programs, and at the same time, can stimulate the face while listening to the music, the effect of which is increased. At any time, the applied stimulation or massage can be easily controlled, which reduces the risk of over-stimulation and abuse.

Other embodiments of the device within the scope of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, the link (14) may be composed of one member, or may be composed of two or more members articulated to each other. The audio unit (40) may be combined with the power supply unit (18) or may be formed by a mini disc player.

Instead of the clip (19), a belt or strap may be attached to the battery pack (18). Links (24) (25) instead of both sides of the slot (29) and overhangs
Both sides of the box portion may be tapered to cooperate with the surrounding portion of the tapered mounting block (30). The head unit (11) may be composed of a hat, for example, a baseball cap, instead of the headband (12).

Although a device (10) for stimulating facial muscles has been described, the device can also be used for stimulating other muscles of the body. In this case, the head unit (11) is replaced with a body unit that is used by being worn on the waist for tensioning / massaging other parts of the body, for example, abdominal muscles.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1]   It is a figure which shows the embodiment of this invention.

[Fig. 2]   2 is an enlarged view of an arm of the device of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Figure 3]   It is a figure which shows the scrap part of the arm of FIG.

[Figure 4]   It is a figure which shows a control system roughly.

[Explanation of symbols]

  (10) Muscle stimulator   (11) Head unit   (12) Headband   (13) Ear pad   (14) Link   (15) Link   (16) Receiver   (17) Electric wire   (18) Power supply unit   (19) Clip   (20) Control unit   (21) Clock   (22) Conductor   (23) Audio lead   (24) Main link   (25) Auxiliary link   (26) Joint   (27) Pad   (28) Outer part   (29) Slot   (30) Mounting block   (31) Mounting member   (32) (33) Electrical contacts   (34) Battery pack   (35) Pulse generator   (37) Control   (38) Wired link   (39) IR link   (40) Audio unit   (41) Spring

[Procedure for Amendment] Submission for translation of Article 34 Amendment of Patent Cooperation Treaty

[Submission date] June 6, 2001 (2001.6.6)

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be amended] Claims

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

[Claims]

[Procedure Amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0004

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

Another device is disclosed in US Pat. No. 3,762,396. In this case, electrical pulses are applied to the patient's face via electrodes attached to a headband worn on the patient. At the same time, via the headphones, the patient can receive audio signals from the audio system. However, this system is only suitable for surgical or hospital use, as it forces the patient to remain in a fixed position close to the audio system throughout the course of treatment, controlling electrical pulses or audio signals. Not something to do.

[Procedure 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

It is an object of the present invention to provide a body treatment device for stimulating muscles, which device overcomes the problems with known devices, at least to a large extent, and is for household and personal use. It can be used in the same manner as a known one for salons.

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

Another object of the present invention is to provide a muscle stimulating device that allows the user to more easily perform other activities during use as compared to using known devices.

[Procedure Amendment 5]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0007

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The present invention relates to a body treatment device for applying electric pulses to the skin, comprising at least one body contactor adapted to apply electric pulses to a human body to be treated, and at least one body contactor. A body unit for use on a supporting person, an audio system adapted to provide an output signal, an output signal, acting to provide a corresponding signal and control the characteristics of an electrical pulse. A body having a control unit for controlling electrical pulse parameters in response to an output signal from the audio system according to a corresponding signal from the control unit. Treat me The present invention provides an electronic device.

[Procedure correction 6]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0008

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The body unit is a head unit worn on the head, and in this case, the body contactor is a face contactor. Body treatment equipment,
It may include a plurality of body contactors, each of which is supported by the body unit. The body contactor is a pad or a probe. The body contact pad may have an adhesive body contact surface. The pad comprises an adhesive pad that is removably coupled to the mounting block. The adhesive pad is bonded to the mounting block by a "press-stud" type lock.

[Procedure Amendment 7]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0009

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

Each body contactor is supported by the body unit by a link. Each link is pivotally attached at its end to the body unit and at its other end to each body contactor. Each link is formed of a plurality of members, and each member is pivotally attached to an adjacent member. Each link is formed of a resilient material and may be a polyethylene extrudate. The links on either side of the body unit are elastically biased towards each other. Each link is formed as a box part.

[Procedure Amendment 8]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0010

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

Each body contactor is slidable in the longitudinal direction of each link to which these body contactors are attached, and has a sliding range of at least 10 mm, preferably 15 mm or less. Both sides of the link and the mounting block may have cooperating taper.

[Procedure Amendment 9]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0011

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit operates to remotely control the electrical pulses provided by the body contactor, preferably by means of infrared signals.
The body unit may be provided with a signal receiving device. When receiving the signal from the control unit, the signal receiving device changes the parameters of the electric pulse in response to the output signal from the audio system. When receiving the signal from the control unit, the signal receiving device increases the parameter of the electric pulse by a predetermined amount.

[Procedure Amendment 10]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0012

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit operates to control the intensity, frequency and / or duration of the electrical pulse and can control which body contactor is functional. The voltage of the pulse is in the range of 50-25V.

[Procedure Amendment 11]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0013

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit is worn by a human being to be treated and is adapted to be worn on a human wrist. The control unit is equipped with a clock. This watch can have a stopwatch and a timer function. Alternatively, the control unit may comprise a computer and operate in response to a program on disk.

[Procedure Amendment 12]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0014

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit preferably has a reuse extension function. The control unit is electrically connected to a power supply unit, and the power supply unit is adapted to be used by being worn on a person or a person's belt.

[Procedure Amendment 13]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0015

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The body unit includes headphones. The audio device is connected to the headphones and the audio device is a radio or tape or disc player. The audio device is used by being worn on a human belt. The control unit operates to control the volume and mode of operation of the audio device, eg radio / cassette, radio program.

[Procedure Amendment 14]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0016

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The audio system output signal is used to control the strength, frequency, waveform, or duration of electrical pulses that are synchronous with the audio system output signal for increasing the effect of facial stimulation. It

[Procedure Amendment 15]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0017

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

[0017]   The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Procedure Amendment 16]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0018

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

FIG. 1 shows a muscle stimulator (10) including a head unit (11) to a resilient headband (12) worn on the head of a human being treated by the muscle stimulator (10). It is shown. The head unit is in the form of headphones or a personal stereo radio / cassette player.

[Procedure Amendment 17]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0019

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

One end of the ear pad (13) and one end of the link (14) are attached to each end of the headband (12). At the other end of each link (14) is a face contactor (15) which is approximately 10 mm square and is adhesive or probe-shaped. Attached to one end of the headband (12) is an infrared signal receiver (16) which is individually electrically connected to the pad or probe (15).

[Procedure 18]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0020

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

An electrical lead (17) connects the receiver (16) to the battery pack power supply unit (18). The battery pack power supply unit (18) has a clip (19), which allows the power supply unit to be attached to a belt around a person's waist.

[Procedure Amendment 19]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0021

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit (20) to be used by being attached to a human wrist is preferably
It is combined with a stopwatch or, for example, a watch (21) having a timer function that counts down 5 minutes for muscle stimulation and 15 minutes for massage. The control unit (20) produces an infrared signal, which is received by the signal receiver (16).

[Procedure amendment 20]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0022

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The other conductor (22) is connected to the battery pack power supply unit (18) to provide power to a motor point / massage head (not shown) and the audio conductor (23) is a personal stereo. It is connected to a radio / cassette player (40) (Figure 4).

[Procedure correction 21]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0023

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

In FIG. 2, one of the links (14) is shown in detail. In this case, each link
(14) consists of two members, a main link (24) and an auxiliary link (25), which are articulated to one another at a joint (26), whereby the arrow A
As shown in, relative movement up to 180 ° is possible. Such relative arrangements can be continuously varied or cooperated in the joint (26) to provide preset relative arrangements within a range of motion, eg, every 10 °. It is formed.

[Procedure correction 22]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

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[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The main link (24) comprises a signal receiver (16), ear pads (13) and a headband (12).
It is mounted so as to be easily rotatable, and its position can be relatively adjusted as shown by an arrow B. The face-contacting adhesive pad (15) is provided on the auxiliary link (25), and the face-contacting second adhesive pad (27) is provided on the main link (24). These pads (15) (27) are slidable along each link (24) (25), as shown by arrow C and as shown in detail in FIG.

[Procedure amendment 23]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

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[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The links (24) and (25) are box-shaped with a T-shaped cross section, and are arranged so that the pads (15) can be individually moved in order to arrange the pads on the face. Links (24) (25)
It is preferably formed from a polyethylene extrudate to provide elasticity for a firm grip on the human face. Alternatively, or in addition, a link (24)
Are elastically biased towards each other by a spring (41).

[Procedure correction 24]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0026

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The outer portion (28) of the T-shaped portion is an electric wire (36) from the receiver (16) to the pads (15) (27).
Providing a recess for (FIG. 4). Slots (29) are provided on the inner surfaces of the links (24) and (25). The T-shaped mounting block (30) projects through this slot and
It can slide in the longitudinal direction of the links (24) and (25). Each pad (15) (27) is pivotally attached to a mounting block (30) by a "press-stud" mounting member (31) having concentric electrical contacts (32) (33). Both sides of slot (29) and mounting block (3
The protruding portion of 0) is correspondingly tapered.

[Procedure correction 25]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0027

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

By pressing the links (24) (25) and the pads (15) (27) together, the mounting block
The (30) can be placed in the links (24) (25). Meanwhile, the links (24) (25) and the pads (15) (27)
Pulling and in the opposite direction releases the mounting block (30) from the slot (29) and allows the pads (15) (27) to move along the links (24) (25).

[Procedure Amendment 26]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0028

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The movement width of the pads (15) and (27) along the links (24) and (25) is 15 mm or less. By moving the pads (15) (27) along the links (24) (25) and pivoting the links (24) (25) with respect to each other and with respect to the head unit (11), the The pads (15) (27) can be arranged at desired positions. By pulling the links (14) separately, which releases the links (14) from the pads (15) (27), the head unit (1
1) and the link (14) can be removed from the head and then the pads (15) (27) individually removed from the face.

[Procedure Amendment 27]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0029

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

Referring to FIG. 4, the power supply unit (18) includes a battery pack (34) and a pulse generator (35) to which the battery pack is connected. The generated pulse is sent to the receiver (16) of the head unit (11) along the lead wire (17). The pulses are relayed from the receiver (16) via wires (36) to pads (15) (27).

[Procedure correction 28]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0030

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The controller (37) (FIG. 1) of the control unit (20) selects the type of treatment, ie tension or massage, and controls the pulse generator (35) to control the frequency and intensity of the pulse. In addition, a first infrared (IR) link or a wired link (38) is generated.

[Procedure correction 29]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0031

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The control unit (20) may be a timepiece that operates in response to a program on disk, as described above, or a computer. If the pressure between the pad (27) and the human face is small, a 50V pulse is required to provide effective stimulation. However, due to the elasticity of the links (24) (25) or the spring (41), the pad (27)
If sufficient pressure is applied between the face and the face, the pulse voltage can be reduced to 25 V and a satisfactory stimulus can be provided.

[Procedure amendment 30]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Name of item to be corrected] 0032

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

A second IR link (39) or wired link to the receiver (16) via the power supply unit (18) to control which of the pads (15) (27) is activated. Provided. The clock (21) or the computer (20) can exhibit the selected predetermined function.

[Procedure correction 31]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0033

[Correction method] Change

[Contents of correction]

The audio unit (40), for example a personal radio / cassette player,
Connected to puck (18) by audio conductors (23) or using computer (20), output of audio unit (40) or computer (2).
0) sound card through the combined conductor (17), head unit (11)
And to the earpads (13), which allows the human to listen to the audio unit (40) or listen to the music played by the computer (20) while being massaged and the head unit ( It is possible to limit the number of conductors to 11).

[Procedure correction 32]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0034

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The control of the audio unit (40) is performed by the control of the unit itself or by the controller (37) of the controller (20). In addition, the output from the audio system (40), when received by the control unit, is responsive to the output signal and, optionally, simultaneously or non-simultaneously, with the pad (15). Used to control the electrical pulse given by (27).

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[Correction target item name] 0035

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The signal receiving device (16) receives the corresponding signal from the control unit,
Modifying electrical pulse parameters in response to output signals from the audio system (40) or computer (20). The output signal from the audio system (40) or computer (20) is used by the pads (15) (27) to control the intensity, frequency, waveform, or duration of the electrical pulse applied to the human. It

[Procedure amendment 34]

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[Correction target item name] 0036

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The present invention provides a device for stimulating facial muscles that is convenient for salon use as well as home use. The person receiving the treatment can move around during the treatment and perform other activities such as housework, the use of training equipment, driving a vehicle. A person can listen to music, exercise introductions or other radio programs, and at the same time, can stimulate the face while listening to the music, the effect of which is increased. At any time, the applied stimulation or massage can be easily controlled, which reduces the risk of over-stimulation and abuse.

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Other embodiments of the device that fall within the scope of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, the link (14) may be composed of one member, or may be composed of two or more members articulated to each other.

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The audio unit (40) may be combined with the power supply unit (18),
Alternatively, it may be a mini disc player. Instead of the clip (19), a belt or strap may be attached to the battery pack (18). Instead of both sides of the slot (29) and the protruding part, taper both sides of the box part of the links (24) (25) to cooperate with the surrounding part of the tapered mounting block (30). May be. The head unit (11) may be composed of a hat, for example, a baseball cap, instead of the headband (12).

[Procedure amendment 37]

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Having described a device (10) for stimulating facial muscles, the device can be used for stimulating other muscles of the body. In this case, the head unit (11) is replaced with a body unit that is used by being worn on the waist for tensioning / massaging other parts of the body, for example, abdominal muscles.

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[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1]   It is a figure which shows the embodiment of this invention.

[Fig. 2]   2 is an enlarged view of an arm of the device of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Figure 3]   It is a figure which shows the scrap part of the arm of FIG.

[Figure 4]   It is a figure which shows a control system roughly.

[Procedure amendment 39]

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[Explanation of symbols]   (10) Muscle stimulator   (11) Head unit   (12) Headband   (13) Ear pad   (14) Link   (15) Link   (16) Receiver   (17) Electric wire   (18) Power supply unit   (19) Clip   (20) Control unit   (21) Clock   (22) Conductor   (23) Audio lead   (24) Main link   (25) Auxiliary link   (26) Joint   (27) Pad   (28) Outer part   (29) Slot   (30) Mounting block   (31) Mounting member   (32) (33) Electrical contacts   (34) Battery pack   (35) Pulse generator   (37) Control   (38) Wired link   (39) IR link   (40) Audio unit   (41) Spring

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] December 3, 2001 (2001.12.3)

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Claims (54)

[Claims] 1. A body treatment device for delivering electrical pulses to the skin, wherein at least one body contactor is operative to deliver electrical pulses to the body of the human being treated, and to act to control the characteristics of the electrical pulses. A body treatment device comprising a control unit and a body unit that is used by being attached to a person who supports at least one body contactor. 2. The body treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the body unit is a head unit which is mounted on the head for use. 3. The body treatment device according to claim 2, wherein the body contactor is a face contactor. 4. A plurality of body contactors as an auxiliary device.
The body treatment device according to any one of 3 to 3. 5. The body treatment device according to claim 4, wherein each body contactor is supported by a body unit. 6. The body treatment device according to claim 4, wherein each body contactor is a pad. 7. The body treatment device according to claim 4, wherein each body contactor is a probe. 8. The body treatment device of claim 6, wherein each body contact pad has an adhesive body contact surface. 9. The body treatment device of claim 8, wherein each pad comprises an adhesive pad removably coupled to the mounting block. 10. Each adhesive pad is provided with a "press-stud" securement.
The body treatment device according to claim 9, which is connected to each mounting block. 11. The body treatment device according to claim 4, wherein each body contactor is supported by the body contactor by a link. 12. The link according to claim 1, wherein each link is pivotally attached to the body unit.
1. Body treatment device according to 1. 13. The body treatment device according to claim 11, wherein each link is pivotally attached to each body contactor. 14. Each of the links is formed of a plurality of members.
13. The body treatment device according to any one of 13. 15. The body treatment device according to claim 14, wherein each member is pivotally attached to an adjacent member. 16. Each link is formed of a resilient material.
The body treatment device according to any one of 1 to 15. 17. Each of the links is an extruded product of polyethylene.
Body treatment device described. 18. The body treatment device according to claim 11, wherein the links on both sides of the body unit are elastically biased in mutually directions. 19. Each of the links is formed as a box portion.
8. The body treatment device according to any one of 8. 20. The body treatment device according to claim 19, wherein each body contactor is slidable in the longitudinal direction of each link. 21. The body treatment device according to claim 20, wherein each body contactor has a sliding range of at least 10 mm. 22. The body treatment device according to claim 21, wherein each body contactor has a sliding range of 15 mm or less. 23. The body treatment device of claim 20, wherein both sides of the link and the mounting block have cooperating taper. 24. The body treatment device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit is adapted to remotely control the electrical pulses provided by the body contactor. 25. The body treatment device according to claim 24, wherein the control unit is adapted to control the electric pulse by an infrared signal. 26. The body treatment device according to claim 24, wherein the signal receiving device is provided in the body unit. 27. The body treatment device according to claim 26, wherein the signal receiving device is adapted to increase the parameter of the electric pulse by a predetermined amount when receiving the signal from the control unit. 28. The body treatment device according to claim 27, wherein the parameter is the intensity of the electric pulse. 29. The body treatment device according to claim 26, wherein the pulse voltage is 50 to 25V. 30. The body treatment device according to claim 27, wherein the parameter is the frequency of the electric pulse. 31. The parameter is the duration of the electrical pulse.
The body treatment device according to any one of 30. 32. The control unit is adapted to act to control which body contactor is to function.
The body treatment device according to any of 1. 33. The body treatment device according to claim 24, wherein the control unit is adapted to be used by being attached to a person who receives treatment. 34. The body treatment device according to claim 33, wherein the control unit is adapted to be used by being worn on a human wrist. 35. The body treatment device according to claim 34, wherein the control unit includes a clock. 36. The body treatment device according to claim 35, wherein the watch has a stopwatch function. 37. The body treatment device according to claim 35, wherein the watch has a timer function. 38. The body treatment device according to claim 24, wherein the control unit includes a computer. 39. The body treatment device according to claim 35, wherein the control unit has a reuse extension function. 40. The body treatment device according to claim 24, wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the power supply unit. 41. The body treatment device according to claim 40, wherein the power supply unit is adapted to be used by being attached to a human. 42. The body treatment device according to claim 40, wherein the power supply unit is adapted to be worn on a human belt. 43. The body treatment device according to claim 1, further comprising an audio system. 44. The body unit comprises a headphone.
The body treatment device described in 3. 45. The body treatment device according to claim 44, wherein the audio device is connected to a headphone. 46. The body treatment device according to claim 45, wherein the audio device is a radio. 47. The body treatment device according to claim 45, wherein the audio device is a tape or disc player. 48. The body treatment device according to any one of claims 45 to 47, wherein the audio device is adapted to be used by being worn on a human belt. 49. The body treatment device according to claim 43, wherein the control unit controls the volume of the audio system. 50. The body treatment device according to claim 43, wherein the control unit controls the operation mode of the audio system. 51. The audio system is combined with a control unit such that the control unit is responsive to an output signal from the audio system to control the electrical pulses provided by the body contactor. Item 54. The body treatment device according to any one of items 43 to 49. 52. The device receiving device is adapted to, upon receipt of a corresponding output signal from the control unit, change the parameters of the electrical pulse in response to the output signal from the audio system. 51 body treatment device. 53. The body treatment device of claim 52, wherein the output signal from the audio system is adapted to be used to control the intensity, frequency, waveform or duration of electrical pulses. 54. The body treatment device of claim 53, wherein the electrical pulse is simultaneous with the output signal from the audio system.