RU2138240C1 - Device for applying pulsating heat action of foot acupressure - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: device has perforated sole provided with massage member selectively mountable into it to enable pulsating action to be applied, and power supply source unit. The massage member has heating member, electric contact members and insulators. The sole and its two conducting plates are perforated so that the holes are spaced corresponding to Zakharyin-Geda reflexogenic zones map. EFFECT: selective local target-aimed pulsating heat treatment of reflexogenic zones on human foot. 4 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to medical equipment, and more specifically to devices for acupressure - acupressure.

 Known invention And N 1526701 from 09.03.88, "Medical insole".

The disadvantage of this device is the lack of:
- shoes with perforated soles necessary for fixing the foot;
- perforated conductive plates with holes;
- massage element made with the possibility of pulsed exposure;
- a massage element containing a heating element;
- shaper and pulse control controller.

 This device is designed to stimulate biologically active points by spontaneous polarization at a certain temperature, depending on the influence of the heel of the foot on the ferroelectric.

 The purpose of the invention is the expansion of the temperature range of exposure and the provision of controlled pulsed thermal effects on biologically active points of the foot.

 This is achieved by the fact that the support is in the form of a shoe sole with two plates, perforated threaded holes placed in topographic accordance with the scheme of Zakharyin-Ged reflexogenic zones, into which a massage element with a heater is inserted for a selective local targeted pulsed thermal effect. Blocks connected in series with the heater are turned on: power supply, pulse generation, pulse control in duration and height. The generated pulse thermal effect is transmitted to the selected point.

 In Fig.1 - a device for pulsed thermal exposure; figure 2 is a section along aa of figure 1; in FIG. 3 - massage element with heater (enlarged); figure 4 is a block diagram of the power supply, the formation of pulses and their adjustment in duration and temperature exposure.

 The device for pulsed heat exposure of the acupressure of the foot is the sole of the shoe 1 with two electrically conductive plates 4 and 5, perforated through holes 2 with thread.

 The sole is made (for example, of kapron) by shaped casting according to standard shoe sizes.

 Electrically conductive plates, isolated between themselves and the sole and with a massage element containing a heating element, are connected in series with the blocks: power supply, pulse generation, pulse regulation in duration and height.

 The holes 2 in the sole of the shoe 1 and the plates 4 and 5 are made in strict topographic accordance with the placement of reflexogenic zones according to the Zakharyin-Ged scheme, into which the massage element 3 having electrically conductive contacts 8 and 9, insulators 7 and heating element 6 are inserted.

 A device for pulsed heat exposure of acupressure of the foot is used as follows.

 It is known that for all people on Earth, most vital points have the same anatomical localization, the irritation of which is the basis of reflexology, its feature in contrast to other methods of exposure.

 Therefore, after determining the diseased organ of the patient, the functions of which are supposed to be affected by the acupressure method, the location of its reflex point on the sole 1 is sought.

 Then, the massage element 3 with the heating element 6 is inserted into the opening 2. The pressure of the heater on the foot is adjusted from a light to a deep degree.

 The device uses serially connected blocks: power supply (BP), pulse formation (FI) and regulation (RV and RD) of the received pulses in height and duration, in which typical principle electrical and electronic circuits are used that do not carry novelty for our version.

 As a power supply unit, a dry electric element (batteries) or more complex circuit diagrams that consume electricity with the subsequent reduction of voltage, its rectification and stabilization can be used. The magnitude of the current and voltage can be adjusted according to a previously developed program of pulsed thermal effects on reflexogenic zones to restore impaired functions.

 This unit provides voltage and current to the following units: pulse formation, pulse regulation in height and duration, and a massage element containing a heating element.

 In pulsed technology, devices are widely used that are designed to receive pulses of short duration and relatively large amplitude from voltage or current drops and from pulses of relatively long duration. In our device, it is necessary to obtain pulses of an almost rectangular shape of short duration and large amplitude from pulses having a small amplitude and a large front and slice duration. Such devices (blocks) are called amplifier-shapers that use non-linear aperiodic and standby pulse generators of short duration (blocking generators and multivibrators with emitter timing circuits).

 The amplifier-shaper, as a rule, consists of the amplifier itself and a differentiating (shortening) circuit, which can be switched on both at the output and at the input of the amplifier. When a differentiating circuit is switched on, an almost bell-shaped pulse is obtained at the amplifier output. When a differentiating circuit is switched on at the input of a transistor amplifier, at its output under saturated operation of an open transistor, pulses of almost rectangular shape with a standard duration and amplitude can be obtained.

 As a differentiating circuit, both capacitive and transformer circuits can be used.

 The duration of the fronts with a constant gain can be reduced by applying high-frequency correction.

 The pulse height adjustment can be obtained by changing the collector voltage in the high-frequency amplification cascade.

 From the forming unit, adjusted in duration and height, the pulses arrive at the massage element containing the heating element, which have a pulsed thermal effect on the reflexogenic zones to restore impaired functions.

 The device can be used when walking and in stationary conditions.

Claims (1)

 A device for pulsed heat exposure of the acupressure of the foot, containing a sole with perforation, equipped with a selectively mounted massage element configured for pulsed exposure and an electric power supply, characterized in that the massage element contains a heating element, electrically conductive contacts and insulators, and the sole and two of it conductive plates are perforated with holes placed in accordance with the Zakharyin-Geda reflexogenic zone pattern.

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