RU191591U1 - Reflexology applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to medicine, to physiotherapeutic devices made in the form of a needle applicator, designed for physiotherapeutic effects on the reflexogenic zones of the human body, can be used for therapeutic purposes in medical institutions and in domestic conditions. The applicator contains a base of a predetermined spatial configuration made of an elastic material in which metal needles are fixed, the tips of which extend beyond the elastic base to form the working side of the applicator, while the base is made of a substance selected from a number of thermoplastic elastomers or from a number of liquid phase polymerization elastomers. The technical result is a simplification of manufacturing technology and improving the quality of the base of the applicator. 7 c.p. f-ly, 19 ill.

Description

The utility model relates to medicine, to physiotherapeutic devices made in the form of a needle applicator, designed for physiotherapeutic effects on the reflexogenic zones of the human body, can be used for therapeutic purposes in medical institutions and in domestic conditions.

Well-known needle applicators for reflexology, made in the form of an elastic base of a given spatial configuration with elements of reflex action in the form of metal needles fixed at the base, the tips of which extend beyond the base and form the working side of the applicator. The needles, as a rule, are made with means for fixing the needles in the base, for example with bulges placed in the body of the base, and protrusions on the working side of the base, covering the protruding parts of the needles. Examples of these applicators are: applicator Lyapka N.G. (Ukrainian patent for utility model No. 60, IPC A61N 1/18, A61H 39/08, application filing date 11/26/1996), ... and others.

Common signs of well-known needle applicators and the claimed solution are: an applicator for reflexology containing a base of a given spatial configuration made of an elastic material in which metal needles are fixed, the tips of which extend beyond the elastic base with the formation of the working side of the applicator.

As a prototype, a device for stimulating reflex points, known according to the patent of the Russian Federation for invention No. 225255, IPC A61H 39/00, A61H 39/08, A61H 11/00, convention priority 15.07.1999, UA 99074081, was selected.

The device contains a base made of an elastic material with needles fixed in it. Each needle has a thickening at one end and a tip at the other. The thickening of the needles are located in the body of the base and are means of fixing the needles in the base. The tips of the needles extend beyond the base and form the working side of the applicator. The base is made of two layers connected to each other in a plasticized state with the subsequent formation of a single solid structure during hardening, in which the needles are clamped with the possibility of ensuring their stability during bending (deformation) of the base.

On the working surface of the base protrusions are made covering the protruding parts of the needles. The protrusions increase the clamping length of the needles in the base and are additional means of securing the needles in the base, increasing the strength of fastening and stability of the position of the needles.

The base material is vulcanized rubber.

The device is manufactured by molding a base from plasticized crude rubber with needle thickenings therein, followed by vulcanization of the rubber.

A layer of viscous crude rubber is laid on the base plate of the mold and placed on the base of the mold. Thickening needles are placed in the crude rubber layer. To do this, use a matrix with holes made in accordance with the location and orientation of the needles at the base of the applicator. The working surface of the matrix in contact with the rubber is a mirror image of the working surface of the base of the applicator. Needles are inserted into the holes of the matrix with the protrusion of the thickening of the needles from the side of the working surface of the matrix. The matrix with the needles installed in this way is applied to the layers of crude rubber placed on the base plate. A mold cover is applied to the die and bolted to the mold base. The crude rubber is heated to the state of plasticization and, tightening the bolted joints of the cover with the base of the mold, press the thickening needles into the crude rubber to a predetermined depth. Raw rubber in the state of plasticization fills the space between the base plate and the matrix, covering the surface of the needles with their thickenings. After that, the crude rubber is heated to the vulcanization temperature. After vulcanization of the rubber, the base of the applicator with the needles fixed in it is obtained. After cooling the molds, unscrew the bolted connections of the cover with the base of the mold, remove the cover, remove the matrix, freeing the resulting applicator base with the needles fixed in it in a predetermined position.

Common features of the prototype and the claimed solution are: an applicator for reflexology containing a base of a given spatial configuration made of an elastic material in which metal needles are fixed, the tips of which extend beyond the elastic base with the formation of the working side of the applicator.

The placement of thickenings of needles in crude rubber by pressing them into a layer of plasticized rubber is a complex and responsible technological operation, which should ensure uniform filling of the free space of the mold and covering the needles with their thickenings with a raw plasticized mass of rubber. At the same time, the possibility of incomplete coverage of the needles with crude rubber, as well as the formation of unwanted shells (cavities) in the body of the applicator base, are not excluded. The above complicates the manufacturing technology of the applicator and reduces the quality of the base of the applicator

The utility model is based on the task of simplifying manufacturing technology and improving the quality of the applicator base.

The problem is solved in that in an applicator for reflexotherapy containing a base of a given spatial configuration made of an elastic material in which metal needles are fixed, the tips of which extend beyond the elastic base with the formation of the working side of the applicator, according to a utility model, the base is made of substance, selected from a number of elastomers of liquid phase polymerization.

These signs are essential features of the utility model, since in their totality they are necessary and sufficient to achieve a technical result - simplification of the manufacturing technology of the applicator base and improvement of its quality.

For elastomers of liquid-phase polymerization, it is characteristic that the starting materials (feed mixtures) are in a liquid state. An example is a silicone elastomer.

When performing the base of the applicator from liquid-phase polymerization elastomers, the initial (raw) material is in a fluid state (a solution of elastomer components with liquid-phase polymerization). The fluid (liquid) state of the starting material allows the raw material to be poured directly into the casting mold, which is a technologically simple operation and, at the same time, ensures uniform filling of the free space of the casting mold, completely enveloping the needles without forming voids, that is, ensuring simplification of manufacturing technology and improving the quality of the applicator base.

The base can be made of silicone elastomer. Silicone elastomer (silicone rubber) consists mainly of a polymer (polydimethylsiloxane polymer), a filler and a vulcanizer. These three components are usually called the main mixture, to which dyes, antioxidants and some special additives are added. By varying the components and their quantities, you can change the properties of the final product in a very wide range. The material is cured by crosslinking. Crosslinking can occur when heated or at room temperature, depending on the curing agent used. Silicone elastomer has high elastic deformability or elasticity, can be extended several times, and after removing the load restores its original shape and size.

It is advisable to make adjacent needles from materials with different electrochemical potentials that form galvanic pairs, causing known therapeutic effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis.

The needles can be made with a metal coating, the electrochemical potential of which differs from the electrochemical potential of the needle material, with the exposed tips of the needles. With this implementation, galvanic pairs “needle - needle”, “coating - coating”, “needle - coating” with the effects of galvanization and electrophoresis are formed.

The needles can be made with a metal coating and a dielectric layer between the needle and the metal coating of the needle, with the bare tips of the needles. With this embodiment, the needles can serve as needle electrodes, with which the user's body is exposed to electrical signals of various sizes and shapes.

The needles can be made with two oppositely directed tips protruding on opposite sides of the base, with the formation of two working sides of the applicator.

The base may have a flat or three-dimensional spatial configuration.

The spatial configuration of the base can have a stylized form of natural objects, mainly of the animal or plant world, which increases the attractiveness of the applicator for children.

The following is a description of the inventive applicator with reference to the drawings, which show:

FIG. 1 - Applicator for reflexology, a fragment of the view from the working side of the base.

FIG. 2 - Applicator for reflexology, section AA in FIG. one.

FIG. 3 - Applicator for reflexology, section AA in FIG. 1, the execution of needles with two oppositely directed tips with the formation of two working sides of the applicator.

FIG. 4 - Applicator for reflexology, execution in the form of a rectangular plate.

FIG. 5 - Applicator for reflexology, section BB in FIG. four.

FIG. 6 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of the execution of needles with a metal coating.

FIG. 7 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of the execution of needles with a metal coating and a dielectric layer between the coating and the needle.

FIG. 8 - Applicator for reflexology, mold scheme for the manufacture of the applicator.

FIG. 9 - Applicator for reflexology, in the form of a shoe insole. FIG. 10 - Applicator for reflexology, in the form of a tape.

FIG. 11 - Applicator for reflexology, execution in the form of petals.

FIG. 12 - Applicator for reflexology, execution in the form of a cylinder.

FIG. 13 - Applicator for reflexology, section BB in FIG. ten.

FIG. 14 - Applicator for reflexology, performed in the form of a sphere.

FIG. 15 - Applicator for reflexology, section GG in FIG. 12.

FIG. 16 - Applicator for reflexology, performed in the form of a hemisphere.

FIG. 17 - Applicator for reflexology, section DD in FIG. 14.

FIG. 18 - Applicator for reflexology, made in the form of a maple leaf.

FIG. 19 - Applicator for reflexology, execution in the form of a hedgehog.

The applicator comprises an elastic base 1 in which metal needles 2 are fixed, the tips 3 of which extend beyond the elastic base 1 to form the working side of the applicator. The needles are made with thickenings 4, as means of fixing the needles 2 in the base 1 of the applicator. The base 1 is made of a substance selected from a number of elastomers of liquid phase polymerization. On the working side of the base 1, protrusions 5 are made, covering the protruding parts of the needles 2 and providing strength fastening and stability of the position of the needles 2 in the base 1 (Fig. 1, 2).

Needles 2 can be made with two oppositely directed tips 6, 7, protruding on opposite sides of the elastic base 1, with the formation of two working sides of the applicator, while the protrusions 5 are made on opposite sides of the elastic base 1 (Fig. 3).

In FIG. 4, 5 shows an example of the applicator in the form of a flat rectangular plate.

The applicator contains a base 1 made of silicone elastomer, in which the needles are fixed 2. Neighboring needles 2 are made of materials with different electrochemical potentials (Fe, Cu) or with coatings with different electrochemical potentials. In this case, the adjacent needles 2 form galvanic pairs, which upon contact with the skin of the user generate galvanic microcurrents i1, causing the known therapeutic effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis (Fig. 5).

Needles 2 can be made with a metal coating 8, the electrochemical potential of which differs from the electrochemical potential of the material of the needles 2, with the bare tips of the needles. In this case, additional galvanic “needle-metal coating” pairs are formed, additionally generating galvanic microcurrents i2, enhancing the therapeutic effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis (Fig. 6).

Needles 2 can be made with a metal coating 9 and a dielectric layer 10 between the needle 2 and the metal coating 9, with the bare tips of the needles (Fig. 7). Such needles can act as needle electrodes, with which you can

affect the user's body with electrical signals of various sizes and shapes when connecting needles 2 and coatings 9 to opposite poles of electrical signals.

The applicator is made by molding the base 1 from a liquid (flowing) raw mixture (liquid initial mixture of silicone elastomer) with the placement of means for fixing the needles 2 in the base 1, followed by curing the raw mixture of polymerization of the initial mixture of silicone elastomer.

The base is formed in a foundry mold, a diagram of which is shown in FIG. eight.

The mold includes a base 11, a base plate 12, a matrix 13 with holes 14 for accommodating needles 2, a cover 15, bolted connections 16 of the cover 15 to the base 11. The working surface of the matrix 13 is a mirror image of the working surface of the applicator base. The holes 14 in the matrix 13 are made in accordance with the location and orientation of the needles at the base of the applicator. Between the matrix 13 and the base plate 12, a free space 17 is formed, the shape and dimensions of which correspond to the shape and dimensions of the base of the applicator.

Needles 2 are installed in the holes 14 of the matrix 13 in such a way that the means for fixing the needles in the base (thickenings 4) are located in the free space 17 of the mold, into which raw material (liquid initial mixture of silicone elastomer) is supplied using appropriate devices (not shown) which evenly, without the formation of shells and voids fills the space 17 between the base plate 12 and the matrix 13, covering the needles 2 with their thickenings 4.

After hardening of the raw material (vulcanization of the liquid initial mixture of silicone elastomer) receive the base of the applicator with the needles fixed in it. Unscrew the bolted connections 16 of the cover 15 with the base 11 of the mold, remove the cover 15, remove the matrix 13, freeing the resulting applicator base with the needles fixed in it in a predetermined position.

The elastic base may have a flat spatial configuration, for example, a rectangular sheet 1 (Fig. 4), shoe insole 18 (Fig. 9), tape 19 (Fig. 10), petals 20 (Fig. 11).

The elastic base may have a three-dimensional spatial configuration, for example, cylinder 21 (Fig. 12, 13), sphere 22 (Fig. 14, 15), hemisphere 23 (Fig. 16, 17).

The spatial configuration of the elastic base can have a stylized shape of natural objects, mainly of the animal or plant world, for example, in the form of a flat maple leaf 24 (Fig. 18), in the form of a volumetric hedgehog 25 (Fig. 19), which increases the attractiveness of the applicator for children.

Claims (8)

1. The applicator for reflexology containing a base of a given spatial configuration made of an elastic material in which metal needles are fixed, the tips of which extend beyond the elastic base to form the working side of the applicator, characterized in that the base is made of a substance selected from a number of liquid-phase elastomers polymerization. 2. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the base is made of silicone elastomer. 3. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjacent needles are made of materials with different electrochemical potentials. 4. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the needles are made with a metal coating, the electrochemical potential of which differs from the electrochemical potential of the material of the needle, with the bare tips of the needles. 5. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the needles are made with a metal coating and a dielectric layer between the needle and the metal coating of the needle, with the exposed tips of the needles. 6. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the needles are made with two oppositely directed tips protruding on opposite sides of the base with the formation of two working sides of the applicator. 7. The applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the base has a flat or three-dimensional spatial configuration. 8. The applicator according to claim 4, characterized in that the spatial configuration of the base has a stylized shape of natural objects, mainly of the animal or plant world.

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