UA18445U - Device for point massage - Google Patents

Abstract

The device for the point massage contains at least one cuff made of two layers of the elastic material connected one to another around the contour of the cuff with the space generating inside. The tube connected this cavity with the container made of the elastic material. The device also contains the spikes for acupressure, which may be pressed upon by the cuff. The spikes for acupressure are located at the distance one from another. This distance is inferior to the distance between the acupuncture sites in the surface of the body. The container made of the elastic material is filled with the fluid, water for example.

Description

Description of the invention

The useful model refers to medicine, in particular, to the means for carrying out therapeutic and health-improving 2 massage by stimulating acupuncture points of the human body.

A well-known device for acupressure in the form of an elastic cap, which is a flat sweep with petals that are combined with each other with the help of hook-and-loop connections. Plates with needles or finger-like protrusions are attached to the inner shell of the cap. The cap is equipped with a sectioned chamber with inlet pipes and individual three-way valves for compression |Z 710. 1745102, Av1NZ9/00,7/00,11/00, publ. 30.06.92.

Also known is the device for acupressure, which has a source of compressed air, a pneumatic cuff in the form of a cap with sealed elastic compartments placed inside. The latter are connected via a multi-core pneumatic cable to a software-controlled pneumatic distributor. The device also contains an electronic control unit. Hermetic compartments of the cuff are located according to the main zones of 12 craniopuncture. The pneumatic inputs of the compartments are connected to the pneumatic outputs of the software-controlled pneumatic distributor through a multi-core pneumatic cable. (ША 52009, Ab61НО/00,7/00, publ. 16.12.0211.

The disadvantage of both mentioned devices is their complexity, and therefore their high cost, which limits the possibility of their mass use at home.

The closest to the proposed one in terms of technical essence and set of features is a point massage device in the form of a vest with cuffs, each of which is formed from two layers of elastic materials connected to each other along the contour of the cuff. The space in the middle of each cuff is connected to the air source by a system of pipelines. The latter is made in the form of two chambers, connected to each other by a regulating valve and covered from above with a hard trap for alternating pressure on them by the patient's feet. The massage is carried out with spikes attached to the slats, which are previously placed on the patient's body with adhesive tapes. At the same time, with the help of a device for registering biopotentials, reflexogenic zones on the surface of the patient's body are detected and the position of the slats with spikes is adjusted. After the patient tightens the vest, the mentioned strips are fixed on his body with a "tape-fastener" type material, so that the cuffs adhere to them on the outside, after which the adhesive tapes are removed and the massage process begins by alternately pressing the feet on the mentioned cameras (ША 19143, Аб1НЗ39/00 ,11/00,7/00, published on December 25, 1997

The disadvantage of the known device is the inconvenience of its adaptation to each procedure, connected with the need to fix the bars with spikes precisely on the acupuncture points of the patient's body, as well as with the relatively long time of transmission of pressing impulses to the acupressure elements. M

The task of a useful model is to create a device for acupoint massage, in which, due to changes in the design of individual elements, their shape, and the connections between them, the convenience of conducting a massage increases by simplifying the preparatory operations, and the quality of the massage increases by diversifying the impact on acupuncture points. --

To solve the given problem in a point massage device containing at least one cuff made of two layers of elastic materials, connected to each other along the contour of the cuff with the formation of a space inside, connected by a tube to this space, a container made of elastic material and acupressure spikes, "f are installed with with the possibility of pressure on them with a cuff, according to a useful model, with acupressure spikes. One of the layers of the cuff is equipped with 70, and they are located at a distance from each other, which is deliberately less than the distance between acupuncture points on the human body, and the capacity of elastic material is adapted for

With" filling it with liquid, in particular, water.

With this design of the device, when the acupressure spikes are placed at a distance from each other, which is deliberately less than the distance between acupuncture points on the human body, depending on one or another part of the body, there is no need to adjust the position of these spikes before each procedure, as in the prototype. Some of the spikes will always be at the necessary points on the body surface. As for the spikes that are outside the acupuncture points, they will give a normal massage, which will not be as effective when the spikes are exactly on the acupuncture points, but still useful. At the same time, the use of a liquid, which is known to be incompressible, e instead of air, to create cyclic pressure in the middle of the cuff, also allows you to reduce the duration of the 20 procedure and, in addition, to adjust the mode of exposure to acupuncture points: when filling the space with liquid in the middle of the cuff, which comes from a container made of elastic material, the pressure of the spikes on the body will be very hard and even impactful. If only the container is filled with liquid, and there is air in the space in the middle of the cuff, the effect on the acupuncture points will be relatively mild.

It is also advisable to make the outer layer of the cuff from a denser material than the inner one. This increases 25 The possibility of diversifying the effect on acupuncture points due to the creation of negative pressure (discharge) in the interlayer space: if the interlayer space was previously filled with liquid, then when a container made of elastic material takes the form when it has the largest volume, the liquid, returning from the cuff to this capacity, creates a discharge in the interlayer space due to the attraction of the inner layer of the cuff to the outer one, since the outer layer is denser. As a result, the load from 60 acupuncture points is completely removed before the next pressing on them.

In addition, it is advisable to make the tube or a part of the tube to connect the space inside the cuff with a container made of elastic material from a transparent material and equip it with a partition. This ensures the convenience of controlling the pressure in the space of the cuff, and therefore the impact of the spikes on the body, without the use of a manometer, especially in the case of filling a container made of elastic material with tinted water. In particular, it is easier to keep statistics of exercises, to compare results in order to identify the optimal strength and duration of influence on acupuncture points.

I think that the proposed device is not only effective and convenient, but also so simple that it can be made from improvised means even by pensioners, peasants and other disadvantaged sections of the population.

The proposed model is explained by schematic drawings, where on:

Fig. 1 - the schematic diagram of the head massage device;

Fig. 2 - one of the possible means for cyclic pressure change.

In the modification of the device shown in Fig. 1, for head massage, the cuff 1 is made in the form of a cap, which is made of two layers, inner 2 and outer Z, of elastic material (rubber, rubberized fabric), located at a distance from each other , with the formation of a space 4 between them. Along the contour, layers 2, C are hermetically connected to each other by a roller 5 of the same material, in the middle of which a metal wire 6 with a diameter of 3...44 mm is inserted. A plastic chin strap (not marked) is attached to the latter. When manufacturing the outer layer of rubber, a fabric is vulcanized into it to prevent it from stretching. The outer layer C / 5 is made of denser material than the inner layer 2.

Blunt spines 7, conical or cylindrical in shape, are formed on the entire outer surface of layer 2. The height of the spikes is 3...7mm, and the distance between them is assumed to be deliberately less than the distance between the acupuncture points on the head that this modification of the device is intended to affect. For this, the concentration of spikes must far exceed the number of acupuncture points in this part of the body, that is, the head. According to my calculations, for a cuff intended for head massage, the center distance can be equal to 12-15 mm.

According to the area of the ends and the hardness of the spikes 7 should imitate the tips of the fingers. They can be of the same material as layer 2 and made together with it, or of another material and be fixed using known means.

The tube 8 connects the fitting (not shown) of the cap with the fitting (not shown) of the container 9, which is made of elastic material and is also equipped with a fitting and a plug (not marked). It can be an ordinary household water heater, or a camera of a soccer or volleyball ball, etc. Part 10 of tube 8 should be made of transparent material and with a division. This makes it convenient to control the pressure in the space of the cap, and therefore the impact of the spikes 7 on the body, without using a manometer, especially when filling the container 9 with tinted water.

The container 9 can be squeezed directly by hand or using the lever 11 (see Fig. 2). When the system is partially filled with water, that is, when there is water only in the container 9U and the tube 8, and there is air in the interlayer space 4 of the cap, the water performs the function of a piston: when it is displaced from the container 9, it moves along the tube 8 and - compresses the air in the space 4. As already mentioned, it makes it possible to carry out massage in "soft" mode. When the container 9, tube 8 and space 4 are completely filled with water, the "hard" mode of massage is carried out.

If necessary, the device can be equipped with a means for mechanized massage. It can also be made from improvised means: a small motor 12, a pulley 13 with a roller 14 and a removable de copier 15. When the guide 16 is made wavy, additional vibration will be transmitted to the spikes 7.

It is clear that devices for massaging other parts of the body can be made in a similar way. Including, there can be several cuffs and they can be made as part of a vest - for massaging the upper part of the body, as in the device according to the prototype (not shown), or in the form of a sleeve - for massaging the lower back, lower leg or thigh and " 407. others. (not shown). with with with"

Claims (2)

The formula of the invention 1. Device for point massage, containing at least one cuff (1) of two layers (2), (3) of elastic materials, connected to each other along the contour of the cuff with the formation of a space (4) inside, connected by a tube (8) with in this space, a container (U) made of elastic material and acupressure spikes (7), installed with the possibility of pressure on them with a cuff, which differs in that one of the layers of the cuff is equipped with acupressure spikes, and they are located at a distance from each other, which is specially The distance between the acupuncture points on the human body is chosen to be less than 5 cm, and the container made of elastic material is adapted to fill it with liquid, in particular, water. with 2. The device according to claim 1, which differs in that the outer (3) layer of the cuff (1) is made of a denser material than the inner (2). C. The device according to claim 1, which is characterized by the fact that the tube (8) or part (10) of the tube (8) for connecting the space (4) inside the cuff with a container made of elastic material is made of transparent material and is equipped with a division. 60 b5