RU2734132C2 - Applicator for reflexotherapy - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to reflexotherapy applicators. Applicator comprises elastic base (1) and elements of reflex action, made in form of needles, fixed in elastic base. Needles are grouped into units of reflex action (2), each of which includes at least two needles with different electrochemical potentials. At least one of needles in reflex action units is made with dielectric coating and is arranged with the possibility of electric isolation of needles between each other.

EFFECT: simplified technology of manufacturing and improved therapeutic effects of the applicator.

7 cl, 56 dwg

Description

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

Applicators are widely known that include an elastic applicator base and reflex action elements that are attached to the applicator base and form the working side of the applicator. As elements of reflex action, as a rule, separate needles are used, fixed in the base of the applicator with the possibility of protruding the tips of the needles beyond the base of the applicator.

Thus, an applicator is known that includes an elastic base of the applicator, needles as reflex action elements that are fixed in the base of the applicator with the possibility of protruding the tips of the needles beyond the base of the applicator to form the working side of the applicator. The needles are made in the form of rods (nails) with a pointed end and a head at the other end as a means of securing the needle in the base of the applicator. The needles are made of materials (metals) with different electrochemical potentials, as well as with metal coatings (with exposed needle tips), the electrochemical potential of which differs from the electrochemical potential of the needle material. With the specified design of the needles between the needles and their coatings in the area of contact of the needles with the user's skin, galvanic microcurrents arise, which cause the effect of galvanizing the skin, as well as galvanic electrophoresis, the result of which is the transfer of microelements (materials of needles and their coatings) into the user's body (patent of Ukraine for utility model No. 53553, IPC А61Н 39/08, filing date 04/13/2010).

The common features of the analogue and the proposed solution are: an applicator for reflexology, which includes the base of the applicator and the elements of reflex action, made on the basis of the applicator.

The implementation of local (with exposure of the needle tip) metal coatings complicates the manufacturing technology of the applicator.

As a prototype, an applicator for reflexology was chosen, which is known from the patent of the Russian Federation RU2195917, IPC A61H 39/08, priority date 07.15.1999 (also published: WO 0105351 (A2), US 8025673 (B1), PL 198239 (B1), MXRA 02000523 (A), LV 12858 (B) LT 2002006 (A), IL 147656 (A), HU 0202773 (A2), GB 2368530 (A), FI 20020072 (A), ES 2204337 (A1), EA 200200159 (A1 ), DE 10085044 (T1), CA 2381217 (A1), BG 106308 (A), AU 7328300 (A).

The applicator contains the base of the applicator with separate needles fixed in it, as elements of reflex action. The tips of the needles protrude beyond the base to form the working side of the applicator. Each needle is made in the form of a rod, one end of which is sharpened (needle point), and at the other end there is a head (thickening), which is a means of fixing the needle in the base of the applicator. The needles are made, at least, with a single-layer coating with the formation near the needle tip of zones of at least two materials with different electrochemical potentials. Various types of coatings are possible. The coating can be applied to the bared needle shaft, or applied to the bared needle shaft, or it can be made from several layers of different materials, exposing the needle tip and each coating layer near the needle tip. The rods and coatings of the needles can be made of metals selected from the group including: steel, copper, chromium, nickel, silver, cobalt, aluminum, magnesium, zinc, tin, titanium, vanadium, beryllium, gold, platinum, palladium, strontium, tellurium, as well as their alloys and oxides. Side-by-side needles are made of different materials. With such a design of the needles in the epidermis of the user's skin, galvanic microcurrents arise, flowing between the needles, as well as between the needles and their coatings, which results in the well-known effect of skin galvanization. In addition, as a result of galvanic electrophoresis, many microelements are transferred into the user's body. These phenomena enhance the therapeutic effect of the applicator.

The common features of the prototype and the proposed solution are: an applicator for reflexology, which includes an applicator base of a given spatial configuration and elements of reflex action made on the basis of the applicator.

Performing local metal coatings (on the needle shaft with a bared needle tip, on the needle tip with a bared needle stem, making several layers of coatings with exposure of the needle tip and each coating layer near the tip) to ensure the effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis significantly complicates the applicator manufacturing technology. In addition, the contact area of the exposed tips of the needles and the exposed areas of metal coatings, such as poles of galvanic pairs, with the user's skin is limited by the design features of such needles, which reduces the effects of galvanization and electrophoresis.

The needles are evenly distributed on the elastic base of the applicator. With this implementation, the elements of reflex action on local points of the user's body are individual needles located at a given distance from each other. In this case, galvanic currents arising between the needles affect the areas of the body between the needles (between local points), that is, they are not concentrated within local points of the body, which limits the effectiveness of the therapeutic effects of skin galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis.

The invention is based on the task of simplifying the manufacturing technology and enhancing the therapeutic effects of the applicator.

The problem is solved by the fact that in the applicator for reflexology, containing an elastic base and elements of reflex action, made in the form of needles fixed in an elastic base, according to the invention, the needles are grouped into reflex action nodes, each of which includes at least two needles with different electrochemical potentials, while at least one of the needles in the reflex action nodes is made with a dielectric coating and is located with the possibility of electrical isolation of the needles between themselves.

These features are essential features of the invention, since in their totality they are necessary and sufficient to achieve the technical result - simplifying the manufacturing technology and enhancing the therapeutic effects of the applicator.

Thus, the arrangement of the needles in the nodes of reflex action, each of which includes at least two needles with different electrochemical potentials, simplifies the applicator manufacturing technology (there is no need to apply local metal coatings to the needles) and enhance the therapeutic effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis for due to the concentration of a plurality of galvanic microcurrents within the local points of the body, which are affected by the applicator. For example, in the reflex action unit, which includes four needles with different electrochemical potentials, there are six galvanic pairs with corresponding electric microcurrents without metal coatings on the needles. Such a unit provides an enhancement of the effects of galvanization and galvanic electrophoresis (many galvanic pairs and microcurrents) without performing technologically complex metal coatings on the needles. The area of contact of the needles, as poles of galvanic pairs, with the user's skin is substantially larger than the area of contact between the exposed tips of the needles and the bare areas of metal coatings in the needles of the prototype. The elements of reflex action in such an applicator are the indicated nodes, while a lot of galvanic currents arising in the node between the needles are concentrated within the local points of the body, which are affected by the applicator.

The implementation of at least one of the needles in the reflex action nodes with a dielectric coating and the arrangement of such a needle with the possibility of electrically isolating the needles between each other in the reflex node allows the use of reflex action nodes as node-electrodes, with the help of which it is possible to influence the user's skin with electric signals of different size and shape when the signals are fed to different needles, which enhances the therapeutic effects of the applicator.

The needles can be made of materials with different electrochemical potentials or coated with materials with different electrochemical potentials. That is, the difference in the electrochemical potentials of the needles can be provided in two ways (either by making the needles from materials with different electrochemical potentials, or by making the needles with coatings of materials with different electrochemical potentials). These solutions are technical equivalents within the spirit of the present invention.

It is advisable to make the base with means of electrical connection of the needles and / or their coatings with sources of electrical signals to ensure the operation of reflex action nodes in the mode of electrode nodes.

The base can have a flat configuration, made in the form of a rectangular sheet, or a ribbon, or petals, or a shoe insole or other flat shapes.

The base may have a volumetric configuration made in the form of a cylinder or a sphere or a hemisphere, or similar volumetric shapes, or a combination of these volumetric shapes.

It is advisable to make the base with means of fastening on the user's body.

Below is a description of the inventive applicator for reflexology with links to the drawings, which show:

FIG. 1 - Applicator for reflexology, general view from the working side of the applicator.

FIG. 2 - Reflexotherapy applicator, node I in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 - Applicator for reflexology, section A-A in Fig. 2.

FIG. 4 - Applicator for reflexology, examples of making a needle in the form of a rod, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a head.

FIG. 5 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle from a wire, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend to form a straight section in the horizontal plane.

FIG. 6 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle made of wire, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop.

FIG. 7 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle from a wire, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop and a rectilinear section in the horizontal plane.

FIG. 8 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle from a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped bracket.

FIG. 9 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle from a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped bracket, the crossbar of which is made with a bend, the top of which protrudes beyond the applicator base.

FIG. 10 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped bracket, the crossbar of which is made with bends that form two loops, the tops of which protrude beyond the applicator base from opposite sides of the base.

FIG. 11 - Reflexology applicator, an example of a needle with a solid metal coating.

FIG. 12 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making a needle in the form of a rod coated with a dielectric material.

FIG. 13 - Applicator for reflexology, examples of needle points.

FIG. 14 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with needles in the form of rods, one end of which is pointed, and the other is made with a head.

FIG. 15 - Applicator for reflexology, view B in FIG. fourteen.

FIG. 16 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of the applicator with wire needles, one end of which is sharpened and the other is made with a bend to form a straight section in the horizontal plane.

FIG. 17 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with wire needles, one end of which is pointed and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop.

FIG. 18 - Applicator for reflexology, views D, E in Fig. 15, 16, respectively.

FIG. 19 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with wire needles, one end of which is pointed, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop and a straight section in the horizontal plane.

FIG. 20 - Reflexology applicator, view E in FIG. 19.

FIG. 21 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with needles made of wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple.

FIG. 22 - Applicator for reflexology, view G in Fig. 21.

FIG. 23 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with needles made of wire bent in the form of a U-shaped bracket, the needles are placed in pairs (two needles each) in longitudinal or transverse rows.

FIG. 24 - Applicator for reflexology, view K in FIG. 23, the nodes of reflex action include two needles, the needles are in contact with each other.

FIG. 25 - Applicator for reflexology, view K in FIG. 23, the nodes of the reflex action include four needles, the needles are located at a distance from each other.

FIG. 26 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with needles made of wire and a needle in the form of a rod located between the needles of wire and made with a dielectric coating.

FIG. 27 - Applicator for reflexology, view L in FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of making an applicator with needles made of wire in the form of a U-shaped bracket, the needles in the nodes of reflex action are located at a distance from each other.

FIG. 29 - Applicator for reflexology, section MM in Fig. 28.

FIG. 30 - Reflexology applicator, view H in FIG. 28.

FIG. 31 - Applicator for reflexology, an example of an applicator with two working sides, the needles in the nodes of reflex action are located at a distance from each other.

FIG. 32 - Applicator for reflexology, section B-B in Fig. 31.

FIG. 33 - Applicator for reflexology, view P in Fig. 31.

FIG. 34 - Reflexology applicator, view P in FIG. 31.

FIG. 35 - Reflexology applicator, the nodes of reflex action are located at the intersection points of parallel lines that intersect at an angle of 90 degrees.

FIG. 36 - Applicator for reflexology, the nodes of reflex action are located at the intersection points of parallel lines that intersect at an angle of 70 degrees.

FIG. 37 - Applicator for reflexology, the nodes of reflex action are located at the intersection points of parallel lines that intersect at an angle of 30 degrees.

FIG. 38 - Applicator for reflexology, the nodes of reflex action are located at the intersection points of parallel lines that intersect at an angle of 60 degrees.

FIG. 39 - Applicator for reflexology, making a base in the form of a tape.

FIG. 40 - Applicator for reflexology, making a base in the form of petals.

FIG. 41 - Applicator for reflexology, making a base in the form of a shoe insole.

FIG. 42 - Applicator for reflexology, making a base in the form of a cylinder.

FIG. 43 - Applicator for reflexology, making a base in the form of a sphere.

FIG. 44 - Applicator for reflexology, making the base in the form of a hemisphere.

FIG. 45 - Reflexology applicator, application of a cylindrical base in a cylindrical massage roller.

FIG. 46 - Reflexology applicator, application of a spherical base in a spherical massage roller.

FIG. 47 - Applicator for reflexology, implementation of means for fixing the base in the form of loose tapes connected to the base.

FIG. 48 - Applicator for reflexology, implementation of means for fixing the base in the form of hooks connected to the base.

FIG. 49 - Applicator for reflexology, implementation of means for securing the base in the form of a double-slot buckle and a free tape connected to the base.

FIG. 50 - Applicator for reflexology, implementation of means for securing the base in the form of a belt, connected to the base with belt loops.

FIG. 51 - Applicator for reflexology, section C-C in Fig. 50, the belt loops are formed as separate parts.

FIG. 52 - Reflexology applicator, section C-C in FIG. 50, the belt loops are integral with the applicator base.

FIG. 53 - Applicator for reflexology, scheme of galvanic microcurrents when making needles from materials with different electrochemical potentials.

FIG. 54 - Applicator for reflexology, a diagram of connecting needles to sources of electrical signals when performing a reflex action unit with insulated needles.

FIG. 55 - Applicator for reflexology, a diagram of connecting needles to sources of electrical signals when performing a reflex action unit with needles located at a distance from each other.

FIG. 56 - Applicator for reflexology, scheme of interaction of elements of reflex action with the user's body.

FIG. 1-3 shows a general view of the reflexotherapy applicator from the working side of the applicator. The applicator contains an elastic base 1 and elements of reflex action on one of the sides of the base 1, made in the form of nodes 2 of reflex action, which include at least two needles with different electrochemical potentials. FIG. 2, 3 shows the reflex action unit 2, which includes four needles, which are in contact with each other in the reflex action unit 2.

The applicator needles can be of different designs.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the implementation of the needle in the form of a rod 3, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a head 4 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a needle made of wire, one end 5 of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend at a right angle, forming a rectilinear section 6 located in the horizontal plane, as a means of fixing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator.

FIG. 6 shows an example of a needle made of wire, one end 7 of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop 8, as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a needle made of wire, one end 9 of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop 10 protruding beyond the base 1 of the applicator, and with a straight section 11 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a needle made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a crossbar 12 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator, and with ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1 and form the working side of the applicator.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a needle made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a crossbar 12 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator, and with ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1 and form the working side of the applicator. The cross member 12 is bent, forming an open loop 15, the apex 16 of which protrudes beyond the base 1 of the applicator.

FIG. 10 shows an example of a needle made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a crossbar 12 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator, and with ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1 and form the working side of the applicator. The cross member 12 is made with bends forming two open loops 17, 18, the tops 19, 20 of which protrude beyond the applicator base 1 from its opposite sides.

FIG. 11 shows an example of the implementation of a needle, the end 7 of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop 8 with a continuous metal coating 21. different electrochemical potentials.

FIG. 12 shows an example of the implementation of a needle in the form of a rod 3 with a dielectric coating 22, which allows such a needle to be electrically isolated from other needles in the reflex unit 2.

In addition to these examples, the needles can have other designs.

FIG. 13 shows examples of needle points: 13a - sharpened for a rod, 13b - blunt for a rod, 13c - blunt for a rod, 13d - blunt for a wire, 13e - pointed for a wire.

FIG. 14, 15 show an example of the applicator, the needles of which are made in the form of rods 3 with a sharpened one end, protruding beyond the base 1 of the applicator, and the head 4 at the other end, as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator. In each node 2 of the reflex action there are five needles made of materials with different electrochemical potentials, which are in contact with each other in the nodes 2.

FIG. 16, 17, 18 show an example of an applicator, the needles 5, 7 of which are made of wire, one end of which is sharpened and protrudes beyond the base 1 of the applicator, and the other end is made with a bend 6 (needle 5, Fig. 16) or with a bend in the form open loop 8 (needle 7, Fig. 17), as a means of securing the needles in the base 1 of the applicator. In each node 2 of the reflex action there are four needles, which are made of materials with different electrochemical potentials and are in contact with each other.

FIG. 19, 20 show an example of an applicator, the needles 9 of which are made of wire, one end of which is sharpened and protrudes beyond the base 1 of the applicator, and the other end is made with a bend in the form of an open loop 10 protruding beyond the base 1 of the applicator from the back side, and straight section 11 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator. In each node 2 of the reflex action there are four needles, which are made of materials with different electrochemical potentials and are in contact with each other. The protruding loops 10 can be used as the second working side of the applicator with its own therapeutic effects.

FIG. 21, 22 shows an example of an applicator, the needles of which are made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a crossbar 12 and ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1 of the applicator. Four ends 13, 14 of different needles with different electrochemical potentials form nodes 2 of reflex action, in which the pointed ends 13, 14 of the needles are in contact with each other.

FIG. 23-25 shows an example of an applicator, the needles of which are made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a crossbar 12 and pointed ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1 of the applicator. The needles are placed in pairs (two needles) in longitudinal or transverse rows. FIG. 24 shows an example of an applicator in which the nodes 2 of the reflex action are formed by two pointed ends 13 or 14 different needles with different electrochemical potentials, the needles are in contact with each other. FIG. 25 shows an example of an applicator in which the reflex action nodes 2 are formed by four pointed ends 13, 14 of different needles with different electrochemical potentials, the needles are located at a distance from each other.

FIG. 26, 27 show an example of an applicator, the needles 7 of which are made of wire, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a bend in the form of an open loop 8, and the needles 3 are made in the form of a rod, one end of which is sharpened, and the other is made with a head 7. The needles 3 are made with a dielectric coating 22 and are located between the needles 7, as a result of which the electrical insulation of the needles 7, 3 is ensured. Four needles 7 and one needle 3 located between the needles 7 form reflex nodes 2 in which needles 7, 3 electrically isolated from each other. The base of the applicator is made three-layer - the upper conductive layer 23, the lower conductive layer 24 and the middle layer 25 of the dielectric, insulating the layers 23, 24 with each other. The upper conductive layer 23 contacts the needles 7, the lower conductive layer 24 contacts the needles 3, which allows the needles 7, 3 to be connected to a source of electrical signals (terminals +, -). Thus, the nodes 2 of the reflex action are transformed into the nodes-electrodes, with the help of which it is possible to act on the user's skin with electrical signals of various sizes and shapes.

FIG. 28-30 shows an example of an applicator with elements of reflex action in the form of nodes 2, in which the ends 13, 14 of U-shaped needles are located at a distance from each other, less than the distance between the centers of adjacent nodes 2 of reflex action (do not contact each other in nodes 2 ). The crossbars 12 of the needles located in the longitudinal rows are made with loops 15, the tops 16 of which protrude beyond the base 1 from the working side of the applicator, and the crossbars 12 of the needles located in the transverse rows are made with loops 15, the tops 16 of which protrude beyond the base 1 from the back of the applicator. Loops 15 needles located in longitudinal rows are connected by conductors 26 (Fig. 28). Loops 15 of the needles located in transverse rows are connected by conductors 27 (Fig. 29). Conductors 26, 27 have a zigzag shape, which makes it possible to deform the base 1 without damaging the conductors 26, 27. With this design, the reflexive action nodes 2 can function as electrode nodes, with which they act on the user's skin with electrical signals of various sizes and shapes, which are connected to conductors 26, 27 from sources of electrical signals.

FIG. 31-34 show an example of an applicator with two working sides with different therapeutic effects. The needles are made of a wire bent in the form of a U-shaped staple with a cross bar 12 as a means of securing the needle in the base 1 of the applicator, and with ends 13, 14 that protrude beyond the base 1. The cross bar 12 is made with bends forming two loops 17, 18, the tops 19, 20 of which protrude beyond the base 1 of the applicator from its opposite sides. On one (upper) working side of the applicator, the elements of reflex action are made in the form of nodes 2, in which the ends 13, 14 of the U-shaped needles are located at a distance from each other, a smaller distance between the centers of adjacent nodes 2 (do not contact each other in nodes 2) ... On the other (lower) working side of the applicator, the reflex action elements are the tops 19 of the loops 17. The loops 18 in the longitudinal rows of the needles are connected by wires 28 laid under the tops 20 of the loops 18 (Fig. 31). The loops 18 in the transverse rows of needles are connected by conductors 29 laid under the tops 20 of the loops 18 (Fig. 32). The conductors 28, 29 have a zigzag shape, which allows deformational bending of the base 1 without damaging the conductors 28, 29. With this embodiment of the applicator, the therapeutic effect of one (upper) working side of the applicator is determined by the mechanical action on the user's skin by the reflex action nodes 2, as well as by electrical signals of various sizes and shapes, supplied to the needles through conductors 28, 29 from sources of electrical signals, when the nodes 2 of the reflex action perform the function of electrode nodes. The therapeutic effect of the second (lower) working side of the applicator is determined by the mechanical action of the tops 19 of the loops 17 on the user's skin, as well as the influence of electrical signals when the needles are connected to electrical signal sources.

Nodes of reflex action 2 are located in the elastic base 1 of the applicator at the intersection points of two groups of parallel lines (parallel lines Ai and parallel lines Bi, Figs. 35-38), which intersect at an angle of 90 degrees or at an angle less than 90 degrees in the plane of the elastic base ( Fig. 35 - at an angle of 90 degrees, Fig. 36 - at an angle of 70 degrees, Fig. 37 - at an angle of 30 degrees, Fig. 38 - at an angle of 60 degrees). This implementation allows you to obtain a different density of the nodes of the reflex action 2 in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the base 1 of the applicator. So, when the lines Ai and Bi intersect at an angle of 90 degrees, the nodes of the reflex action 2 are located in the corners of the adjacent squares (shaded square), which ensures the same density of the nodes of the reflex action 2 in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the base 1 (Fig. 35). When the lines Ai and Bi intersect at an angle of less than 90 degrees, the nodes of reflex action 2 are located in the corners of the adjacent hexagons (shaded hexagons) and at the points of intersection of the diagonals of the hexagons, the density of the nodes of reflex action 2 in the longitudinal and transverse directions of the base 1 depends on the value of the angle of intersection of the lines Ai and Bi - when the angle of intersection of the lines Ai and Bi is more than 60 degrees, the density of the nodes of the reflex action 2 in the longitudinal direction is less than the transverse one (hexagons elongated in the longitudinal direction, Fig. 36), when the angle of intersection of the lines Ai and Bi is less than 60 degrees, the density of the nodes reflex action 2 in the longitudinal direction is greater than in the transverse direction (hexagons elongated in the transverse direction, Fig. 37), when the angle of intersection of lines Ai and Bi is 60 degrees, the density of reflex action nodes 2 in the longitudinal and transverse directions is the same, the distance between adjacent nodes 2 is the same (right blue hexagons, figs. 38).

The base of the applicator can have various spatial configurations.

Thus, the base of the applicator can have a flat spatial configuration, for example, in the form of a rectangular sheet 1 (for example, Fig. 1), or a tape 30 (Fig. 39), or petals 31 (Fig. 40), or a shoe insole 32 (Fig. 41) or other flat figures.

The base of the applicator can have a three-dimensional spatial configuration, for example, in the form of a cylinder 33 (Fig. 42), or a sphere 34 (Fig. 43), or a hemisphere 35 (Fig. 44), or other three-dimensional shapes.

The spatial configurations of the base in the form of a cylinder 33 or in the form of a sphere 34 can be the base of a cylindrical roller massager (Fig. 45) or a spherical roller massager (Fig. 46).

The spatial configuration of the base is determined by the peculiarities of the applicator application (mat, roller, massager, etc.), as well as by the shape of the body areas on which the reflexotherapy procedure is performed.

The applicator can be made with means for attaching the applicator to the user's body, for example, in the form of free tapes 36 (Fig. 47), hooks 37 (Fig. 48), buckle 38 and free tape 39 (Fig. 49), a belt 40 connected to the base of the applicator using belt loops 41, 42 (Fig. 50, 51, 52). Loops 41, 42 can be made as separate parts (Fig. 51, loop 41), or in one piece with the base 1 (Fig. 52, loop 42).

Figure 53, as an example, shows a diagram of galvanic microcurrents in the reflex unit 2 formed by four needles 7, which are in contact with each other and are made of different metals (or coated with different metals) - Cu, Fe, Zn, Al. In such a unit, six galvanic pairs are formed: Cu-Fe (with micro-currents 43), Fe-Zn (with micro-currents 44), Cu-Al (with micro-currents 45), Zn-Al (with micro-currents 46), Cu-Zn (with micro-currents 47), Al-Fe (with microcurrents 48). That is, the proposed applicator provides a high-intensity galvanization effect (many galvanic pairs and microcurrents) without performing technologically complex metal coatings on the needles.

Figure 54 shows a diagram of the connection of the needles to the source of electrical signals in the reflex unit 2 formed by four ends 13, 14 of U-shaped needles and one needle 3 made with a coating 22 of a dielectric and located between the ends 13, 14 of the needles with the possibility of electrical isolation ends 13, 14 and needle 3, which makes it possible to influence the user's skin with electrical signals of various sizes and shapes.

Figure 55 shows a diagram of connecting the needles to a source of electrical signals, in which the nodes 2 of the reflex action are formed by four ends 13, 14 of the U-shaped needles located at a distance l less than the distance L between the centers of the adjacent nodes 2 of the reflex action. The ends 13, 14 of the U-shaped needles are electrically isolated from each other in the reflex unit 2. Unit 2 performs the function of an electrode unit, with the help of which electrical signals of various sizes and shapes are applied to the user's skin, supplied to the needles from sources of electrical signals.

The applicator is used in a known manner - it is applied with the working side to a part of the body, pressed and held in this position for a predetermined period of time. The therapeutic effect is provided by the mechanical effect of the needle points on the human skin, galvanic microcurrents arising between the needles (the effects of galvanization, galvanic electrophoresis), the effect on the skin of electrical signals of various sizes and shapes.

The scheme of interaction of the nodes of reflex action with the user's body is shown in Fig. 56.

Claims (9)

1. Applicator for reflexology, containing an elastic base and elements of reflex action, made in the form of needles fixed in an elastic base, different in that that the needles are grouped into reflex action nodes, each of which includes at least two needles with different electrochemical potentials, while at least one of the needles in the reflex action nodes is made with a dielectric coating and is located with the possibility of electrical isolation of the needles between themselves. 2. An applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the needles are made of materials with different electrochemical potentials. 3. An applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the needles are coated with materials with different electrochemical potentials. 4. Applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the base is made with means for electrically connecting the needles and / or their coatings with sources of electrical signals. 5. The applicator of claim. 1, characterized in that the base has a flat spatial configuration made in the form of a rectangular sheet, or a tape, or petals, or a shoe insole. 6. Applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the base has a three-dimensional spatial configuration made in the form of a cylinder or a sphere, or a hemisphere, or a combination of said three-dimensional shapes. 7. The applicator of claim. 1, characterized in that the base is made with means of attachment to the user's body.

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