WO2001006977A1 - Method for using a skin suction massaging appliance - Google Patents

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WO2001006977A1
WO2001006977A1 PCT/FR2000/001179 FR0001179W WO0106977A1 WO 2001006977 A1 WO2001006977 A1 WO 2001006977A1 FR 0001179 W FR0001179 W FR 0001179W WO 0106977 A1 WO0106977 A1 WO 0106977A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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  • the present invention relates generally to massaging the skin of a patient, by aspiration of a skin fold.
  • dermotonia the present Applicant and inventor has designed and developed a diagnostic and therapeutic method, which interests the skin tissue as a reflection of internal dysfunctions.
  • This method is a rational reflexotherapy, which is based on the concept of cutaneous neuromicrocirculatory unit. Indeed, dermodystonia, palpable skin congestion, is the consequence of a dysfunction of the neuromicrocirculatory unit, under the vasoconstrictor influence of the orthosympathetic system.
  • This method is based on a two-step strategy:
  • the reflex therapeutic time is that of the lymphatic drainage. Its principle is based on a “suction cup” technique called depressomassage. This depressomassage is carried out using any suitable device carrying out two types of suction:
  • pulsed depressomassage a sequential aspiration called pulsed depressomassage, which realizes a real "myogenic reflex stretch" of the arteriovenous "shunts", thus erasing dermodystonia.
  • This pulsed mode also effectively stimulates the lymph nodes.
  • lymphatic drainage namely lymphatic depressomassage.
  • lymphatic depressomassage method The specificity of the lymphatic depressomassage method is firstly based on careful research of dermodystonia, at the origin of stasis sitting on the veinolymphatic paths.
  • pulsed depressomassage stimulates the lymph nodes.
  • continuous depressomassage allows the resorption drainage itself, in the direction of the lymphatic return.
  • the range of indications for the method is wide, ranging from rheumatology, through functional disorders, dermatology, to circulatory disorders and aesthetics.
  • the method described above can be implemented with any massage device, working by detaching the skin by depression, generally comprising: a head, adapted to be manipulated by an operator on the surface of the body, and comprising a chamber suction for the suction of a skin fold,
  • a suction means comprising a suction source, and a pulsed suction control member, arranged to periodically vary the vacuum in the suction chamber, from zero to a maximum value.
  • the skin is massaged by detachment of the latter, in the form of a skin fold aspirated in the shape of a bell.
  • pulsed depresso-massage mode with the same device, periodically we aspirate, then releases said fold, without pushing back (for example with an overpressure or backpressure) the skin area subjected to the pulsed depresso massage. Consequently, in depresso-massage mode, during an elementary cycle, the same skin area is successively subjected to aspiration, generating a bell-shaped skin fold, then to a relaxation bringing the same skin area to rest, and therefore in its position or original conformation.
  • the present invention has determined, on the one hand, the importance of the frequency of the suction pulsed in the result therapeutic or diagnostic, and secondly that a frequency of pulsed aspiration, that is to say the number of elementary cycles of depresso-massage per second, having a value between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz, effectively erased any dermo-dystonia.
  • a frequency of pulsed aspiration that is to say the number of elementary cycles of depresso-massage per second, having a value between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz, effectively erased any dermo-dystonia.
  • aspiration frequency specific to a process of aspiration then of relaxation of a skin fold, make it possible to obtain a maximum skin compliance, making it possible to erase the skin congestion, when the depresso-massage is applied to the center of dermo-dystonia.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view from below of a massage head
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view along ll-ll of the figure, with a schematic representation of the rest of the massage device.
  • This massage device comprises: a suction means 50 comprising a source 51 of pulsed suction, and a control member 52, arranged, on the one hand to periodically vary the depression generated by the source 51 of suction, d 'A zero value to a maximum value, and secondly to fix the maximum value of said depression, expressed for example by its absolute pressure; - And a treatment head 1 connected by a pipe 53, to the source of vacuum or depression 51; it is this treatment head 1 which is manipulated by the operator on the surface of the patient's body, as described below.
  • the treatment head 1 consists of a housing generally having the shape of a bell or a cell, and internally delimiting a suction chamber 2 of the skin; the latter is connected to the vacuum source 51 by an orifice not shown.
  • the edge 4a of the wall 4 of the housing, delimiting the opening 2a of the suction chamber 2, is provided with six massage balls 5, regularly distributed around the periphery of the opening 2a. These balls are trapped in position relative to the head 1, have a common equatorial plane, but are mounted free to rotate in all directions on the edge 4a. As shown in FIG. 1, on the one hand substantially equal intervals separate in the common equatorial plane the balls 5 distributed around the periphery of the opening 2a, and on the other hand the lower level of the balls 5 determining the rolling surface of the treatment head 1, is located below the free edge 4b of the opening 2a, so as to provide between two consecutive balls 5 an interstice 6 for partial penetration of the patient's skin, under suction in the chamber 2.
  • Clinical trials have been carried out with the aforementioned device on a low back pain patient, according to the following protocol: 1 / The above device is modified, by replacing the treatment head 1 by a glass suction cup having a circular opening of diameter 25 mm, with a vertical wall graduated in mm, to measure compliance or skin elasticity. 2 / We first look for dermodystonia, located in the lumbar region. The analytical palpate-roll allows to identify a dermodystonia of approximately 10 cm 2 .
  • a pulsed depressomassage is applied, with the device modified as above, with a decreasing frequency from 5 Hz to 0.5 Hz, and a maximum value of the vacuum, identical from one test to another, and equal to 300mbar .
  • the skin compliance is measured every 1 Hz. For each measurement, the upper pole of the bell-shaped skin fold, obtained by aspiration, is aligned with the graduation. It follows from all these tests that the skin compliance is maximum between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz.
  • the average difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is 2.8 mm, which represents a percentage gain of 51%.
  • the present invention therefore provides a method of massaging a patient by detachment of the skin, according to which a skin fold is sucked by giving it for example the shape of a bell and according to which periodically one sucks and then releases said fold, characterized in that the suction-release frequency of the skin fold is between 0.6 Hz and 0.7 Hz.
  • the maximum depression applied to the skin, to obtain the skin fold is between 80 mbar and 550 mbar, and is for example 300 mbar.

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for using a massaging appliance stretching the skin by depression, said appliance comprising a head (1), designed to be manipulated by an operator at the surface of the body, and a suction chamber (2) for sucking up a skin fold, and suction means (50) comprising a pulsed suction source (51) communicating with the suction chamber, designed to vary periodically the depression in the suction chamber, from a null value to a maximum value. The invention is characterised in that it consists in adjusting the pulsed suction frequency at a value ranging between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz.

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PROCEDE DE MISE EN ŒUVRE D'UN APPAREIL DE MASSAGE PAR METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A MASSAGE APPARATUS BY
DECOLLEMENT DE LA PEAUSKIN TAKING OFF
La présente invention concerne de manière générale le massage de la peau d'un patient, par aspiration d'un pli cutané. Sous le nom de «dermotonie », le présent Demandeur et inventeur a conçu et développé une méthode diagnostique et thérapeutique, qui intéresse le tissu cutané en temps que reflet de dysfonctions internes. Cette méthode est une réflexothérapie rationnelle, qui repose sur le concept d'unité neuromicrocirculatoire cutanée. En effet, la dermodystonie, congestion cutanée palpable, est la conséquence d'une dysfonction de l'unité neuromicrocirculatoire, sous l'influence vasoconstrictrice du système orthosympathique.The present invention relates generally to massaging the skin of a patient, by aspiration of a skin fold. Under the name of "dermotonia", the present Applicant and inventor has designed and developed a diagnostic and therapeutic method, which interests the skin tissue as a reflection of internal dysfunctions. This method is a rational reflexotherapy, which is based on the concept of cutaneous neuromicrocirculatory unit. Indeed, dermodystonia, palpable skin congestion, is the consequence of a dysfunction of the neuromicrocirculatory unit, under the vasoconstrictor influence of the orthosympathetic system.
Cette méthode est fondée sur une stratégie en deux temps :This method is based on a two-step strategy:
- un temps diagnostique, - un temps thérapeutique.- diagnostic time, - therapeutic time.
Le temps diagnostique manuel recherche les dysfonctions cutanées, baptisées dermodystonies par la technique du palper-rouler analytique.Manual diagnostic time searches for skin dysfunctions, called dermodystonia by the analytical palpate-roll technique.
Le temps thérapeutique réflexe est celui du drainage lymphatique. Son principe repose sur une technique de « ventousage » baptisée dépressomassage. Ce dépressomassage est réalisé au moyen de tout appareil approprié réalisant deux types d'aspiration :The reflex therapeutic time is that of the lymphatic drainage. Its principle is based on a “suction cup” technique called depressomassage. This depressomassage is carried out using any suitable device carrying out two types of suction:
- une aspiration continue dont l'intensité est variable. Le dépressomassage continu à intensité basse en deçà de l'hyperémie réalise un drainage lymphatique optimal. A des intensités supérieures, il tonifie la paroi des veines et des capillaires, améliore la trophicité cutanée et l'élasticité tissulaire,- a continuous suction whose intensity is variable. Continuous depressomassage at low intensity below hyperemia achieves optimal lymphatic drainage. At higher intensities, it tones the wall of the veins and capillaries, improves cutaneous trophicity and tissue elasticity,
- une aspiration séquentielle dite dépressomassage puisé, qui réalise un véritable "stretch réflexe myogénique" des « shunts » artérioveineux, effaçant ainsi la dermodystonie. Ce mode puisé permet en outre de stimuler efficacement les ganglions lymphatiques.- a sequential aspiration called pulsed depressomassage, which realizes a real "myogenic reflex stretch" of the arteriovenous "shunts", thus erasing dermodystonia. This pulsed mode also effectively stimulates the lymph nodes.
Le dépressomassage continu et puisé conduit au drainage lymphatique, à savoir un dépressomassage lymphatique.Continuous and pulsed depressomassage leads to lymphatic drainage, namely lymphatic depressomassage.
On connaît en effet le rôle fondamental du système lymphatique dans le drainage des exsudats métaboliques.We know indeed the fundamental role of the lymphatic system in the drainage of metabolic exudates.
La spécificité de la méthode du dépressomassage lymphatique repose dans un premier temps sur une recherche attentive des dermodystonies, à l'origine des stases siégeant sur les trajets veinolymphatiques.The specificity of the lymphatic depressomassage method is firstly based on careful research of dermodystonia, at the origin of stasis sitting on the veinolymphatic paths.
Dans un deuxième temps, le dépressomassage puisé stimule les ganglions lymphatiques. Dans un troisième temps, le dépressomassage continu permet le drainage de résorption proprement dit, dans le sens du retour lymphatique.Secondly, pulsed depressomassage stimulates the lymph nodes. In a third step, continuous depressomassage allows the resorption drainage itself, in the direction of the lymphatic return.
L'éventail des indications de la méthode est large, allant de la rhumatologie, en passant par les troubles fonctionnels, la dermatologie, aux troubles circulatoires et à l'esthétique. La méthode précédemment exposée peut être mise en œuvre avec tout appareil de massage, travaillant par décollement de la peau par dépression, comprenant de manière générale : une tête, adaptée pour être manipulée par un opérateur à la surface du corps, et comportant une chambre d'aspiration pour l'aspiration d'un pli cutané,The range of indications for the method is wide, ranging from rheumatology, through functional disorders, dermatology, to circulatory disorders and aesthetics. The method described above can be implemented with any massage device, working by detaching the skin by depression, generally comprising: a head, adapted to be manipulated by an operator on the surface of the body, and comprising a chamber suction for the suction of a skin fold,
- un moyen d'aspiration comprenant une source d'aspiration, et un organe de contrôle de l'aspiration puisée, agencé pour faire varier périodiquement la dépression dans la chambre d'aspiration, d'une valeur nulle à une valeur maximum. Un tel appareil est par exemple conforme au document- A suction means comprising a suction source, and a pulsed suction control member, arranged to periodically vary the vacuum in the suction chamber, from zero to a maximum value. Such a device complies for example with the document
WO 91 /1441 7, et vendu par la Société française CFK Concept sous la dénomination SKINTONIC. En tant que de besoin, on se référera au document WO91 /14417.WO 91/1441 7, and sold by the French company CFK Concept under the name SKINTONIC. When necessary, reference will be made to document WO91 / 14417.
Avec l'appareil précédemment identifié, et conformément au document WO 91 /1441 7, on masse la peau par décollement de cette dernière, sous la forme d'un pli cutané aspiré en forme de cloche. En mode dépresso-massage puisé, avec le même appareil, périodiquement on aspire, puis relâche ledit pli, sans repousser (par exemple avec une surpression ou contre-pression) la zone cutanée soumise au dépresso-massage puisé. Par conséquent, en mode dépresso-massage, pendant un cycle élémentaire, la même zone cutanée est soumise successivement à une aspiration, générant un pli cutané en cloche, puis à un relâchement ramenant la même zone cutanée au repos, et donc dans sa position ou conformation d'origine.With the previously identified device, and in accordance with document WO 91/1441 7, the skin is massaged by detachment of the latter, in the form of a skin fold aspirated in the shape of a bell. In pulsed depresso-massage mode, with the same device, periodically we aspirate, then releases said fold, without pushing back (for example with an overpressure or backpressure) the skin area subjected to the pulsed depresso massage. Consequently, in depresso-massage mode, during an elementary cycle, the same skin area is successively subjected to aspiration, generating a bell-shaped skin fold, then to a relaxation bringing the same skin area to rest, and therefore in its position or original conformation.
Spécifiquement pour un mode de dépresso-massage puisé ne comportant aucun repoussement de la zone cutanée, par le protocole expérimental décrit ci-après, la présente invention a déterminé, d'une part l'importance de la fréquence de l'aspiration puisée dans le résultat thérapeutique ou diagnostic, et d'autre part qu'une fréquence de l'aspiration puisée, c'est-à-dire le nombre de cycles élémentaires de dépresso-massage par seconde, ayant une valeur comprise entre 0,6 et 0,7 Hz, permettait d'effacer efficacement toute dermo-dystonie. Conformément au document DE 2 207 887, on a décrit un procédé et un appareil permettant d'aspirer puis de relâcher un pli cutané.Specifically for a pulsed depresso-massage mode comprising no repulsion of the skin area, by the experimental protocol described below, the present invention has determined, on the one hand, the importance of the frequency of the suction pulsed in the result therapeutic or diagnostic, and secondly that a frequency of pulsed aspiration, that is to say the number of elementary cycles of depresso-massage per second, having a value between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz, effectively erased any dermo-dystonia. According to document DE 2 207 887, a method and an apparatus have been described making it possible to aspirate and then release a skin fold.
A titre d'exemple, comme montré par les lignes 5 à 10 de la page 8 de la description de DE 2 207 887, et en considérant que le rotor 10 comporte trois rouleaux 1 1 à 1 3 à 1 80° les uns des autres, pour la vitesse de rotation exemplifiée (de 5 à 20 tours par minute), on aboutit à une fréquence d'aspiration comprise entre 0,027 et 0, 1 1 1 Hz.By way of example, as shown by lines 5 to 10 on page 8 of the description of DE 2 207 887, and considering that the rotor 10 comprises three rollers 1 1 to 1 3 at 1 80 ° from each other , for the rotation speed exemplified (from 5 to 20 revolutions per minute), the result is a suction frequency between 0.027 and 0.1 1 1 Hz.
On est donc loin des valeurs revendiquées selon l'invention, étant observé que selon ce document, les fréquences exemplifiées ne sont rapprochées d'aucun effet technique ou pratique, et encore moins de diagnostic ou thérapeutique, de telle sorte qu'elles apparaissent de ce point de vue être le fruit du hasard.We are therefore far from the values claimed according to the invention, it being observed that according to this document, the frequencies exemplified are not related to any technical or practical effect, much less diagnostic or therapeutic, so that they appear from this point of view be the result of chance.
Les valeurs de fréquence d'aspiration selon l'invention, spécifiques à un procédé d'aspiration puis de relâchement d'un pli cutané, permettent d'obtenir une compliance cutanée maximale, permettant d'effacer la congestion cutanée, lorsque le dépresso-massage est appliqué au centre de la dermo-dystonie.The values of aspiration frequency according to the invention, specific to a process of aspiration then of relaxation of a skin fold, make it possible to obtain a maximum skin compliance, making it possible to erase the skin congestion, when the depresso-massage is applied to the center of dermo-dystonia.
S'agissant du protocole expérimental, on a tout d'abord utilisé un appareil SKINTONIC, illustré par le dessin annexé dans lequel :Regarding the experimental protocol, we first used a SKINTONIC device, illustrated by the appended drawing in which:
- la figure 1 est une vue en plan par-dessous d'une tête de massage,FIG. 1 is a plan view from below of a massage head,
- la figure 2 est une vue en coupe suivant ll-ll de la figure, avec une représentation schématique du reste de l'appareil de massage.- Figure 2 is a sectional view along ll-ll of the figure, with a schematic representation of the rest of the massage device.
L'appareil utilisé sera décrit ci-après sommairement par rapport à ces figures, étant entendu qu'on se référera au document WO 91 /1441 7 pour compléter cette description, si besoin est. Cet appareil de massage comprend : un moyen 50 d'aspiration comprenant une source 51 d'aspiration puisée, et un organe de contrôle 52, agencé, d'une part pour faire varier périodiquement la dépression générée par la source 51 d'aspiration, d'une valeur nulle à une valeur maximum, et d'autre part pour fixer la valeur maximum de ladite dépression, exprimée par exemple par sa pression absolue ; - et une tête de traitement 1 reliée par un tuyau 53, à la source de vide ou dépression 51 ; c'est cette tête de traitement 1 qui est manipulée par l'opérateur à la surface du corps du patient, comme décrit ci- après. La tête de traitement 1 consiste en un boîtier ayant généralement la forme d'une cloche ou d'une alvéole, et délimitant de manière interne une chambre d'aspiration 2 de la peau ; cette dernière est reliée à la source de dépression 51 par un orifice non représenté.The apparatus used will be described below in summary with respect to these figures, it being understood that reference will be made to document WO 91/1441 7 to supplement this description, if necessary. This massage device comprises: a suction means 50 comprising a source 51 of pulsed suction, and a control member 52, arranged, on the one hand to periodically vary the depression generated by the source 51 of suction, d 'A zero value to a maximum value, and secondly to fix the maximum value of said depression, expressed for example by its absolute pressure; - And a treatment head 1 connected by a pipe 53, to the source of vacuum or depression 51; it is this treatment head 1 which is manipulated by the operator on the surface of the patient's body, as described below. The treatment head 1 consists of a housing generally having the shape of a bell or a cell, and internally delimiting a suction chamber 2 of the skin; the latter is connected to the vacuum source 51 by an orifice not shown.
La bordure 4a de la paroi 4 du boîtier, délimitant l'ouverture 2a de la chambre d'aspiration 2, est pourvue de six billes 5 de massage, régulièrement distribuées sur le pourtour de l'ouverture 2a. Ces billes sont prisonnières en position par rapport à la tête 1 , ont un plan équatorial commun, mais sont montées libres en rotation dans toutes les directions sur la bordure 4a. Comme le montre la figure 1 , d'une part des intervalles sensiblement égaux séparent dans le plan équatorial commun les billes 5 distribuées sur le pourtour de l'ouverture 2a, et d'autre part le niveau inférieur des billes 5 déterminant la surface de roulement de la tête de traitement 1 , est situé au-dessous du bord libre 4b de l'ouverture 2a, de manière à ménager entre deux billes 5 consécutives un interstice 6 de pénétration partielle de la peau du patient, sous aspiration dans la chambre 2.The edge 4a of the wall 4 of the housing, delimiting the opening 2a of the suction chamber 2, is provided with six massage balls 5, regularly distributed around the periphery of the opening 2a. These balls are trapped in position relative to the head 1, have a common equatorial plane, but are mounted free to rotate in all directions on the edge 4a. As shown in FIG. 1, on the one hand substantially equal intervals separate in the common equatorial plane the balls 5 distributed around the periphery of the opening 2a, and on the other hand the lower level of the balls 5 determining the rolling surface of the treatment head 1, is located below the free edge 4b of the opening 2a, so as to provide between two consecutive balls 5 an interstice 6 for partial penetration of the patient's skin, under suction in the chamber 2.
Des essais cliniques ont été effectués avec l'appareil précédemment cité sur un patient lombalgique, selon le protocole suivant : 1 / On modifie l'appareil précité, en remplaçant la tête de traitement 1 par une ventouse de verre ayant une ouverture circulaire de diamètre 25 mm, avec une paroi verticale graduée en mm, permettant de mesurer la compliance ou l'élasticité cutanée. 2/ On recherche tout d'abord une dermodystonie, située au niveau de la région lombaire. Le palper-rouler analytique permet de repérer une dermodystonie d'environ 10 cm2.Clinical trials have been carried out with the aforementioned device on a low back pain patient, according to the following protocol: 1 / The above device is modified, by replacing the treatment head 1 by a glass suction cup having a circular opening of diameter 25 mm, with a vertical wall graduated in mm, to measure compliance or skin elasticity. 2 / We first look for dermodystonia, located in the lumbar region. The analytical palpate-roll allows to identify a dermodystonia of approximately 10 cm 2 .
3/ On applique un dépressomassage puisé, avec l'appareil modifié comme précédemment, avec une fréquence décroissant de 5 Hz à 0,5 Hz, et une valeur maximum de la dépression, identique d'un essai à un autre, et égale à 300mbar. On mesure la compliance cutanée tous les 1 Hz. Pour chaque mesure, on aligne le pôle supérieur du pli cutané en cloche, obtenu par aspiration, avec la graduation. Il résulte de tous ces essais que la compliance cutanée est maximale entre 0,6 et 0,7 Hz.3 / A pulsed depressomassage is applied, with the device modified as above, with a decreasing frequency from 5 Hz to 0.5 Hz, and a maximum value of the vacuum, identical from one test to another, and equal to 300mbar . The skin compliance is measured every 1 Hz. For each measurement, the upper pole of the bell-shaped skin fold, obtained by aspiration, is aligned with the graduation. It follows from all these tests that the skin compliance is maximum between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz.
Puis, avec dix patients lombalgiques, avec l'appareil modifié comme précédemment, sur chacun d'entre eux, on procède à : - une première mesure effectuée après un dépressomassage deThen, with ten low back pain patients, with the device modified as above, on each of them, we proceed to: - a first measurement carried out after a depressomassage of
10 secondes, avec une aspiration continue sous dépression continue de 300mbar, dont le résultat est équivalent à celui d'un dépressomassage puisé de 5 Hz ; et une deuxième mesure effectuée après un dépressomassage puisé de 10 secondes à 0,6 Hz.10 seconds, with a continuous suction under continuous vacuum of 300mbar, the result of which is equivalent to that of a pulsed depressomassage of 5 Hz; and a second measurement carried out after a pulsed depressomassage of 10 seconds at 0.6 Hz.
On obtient alors les résultats suivants :The following results are then obtained:
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La différence moyenne entre la première mesure et la seconde mesure est de 2,8 mm, ce qui représente en pourcentage un gain de 51 %.The average difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is 2.8 mm, which represents a percentage gain of 51%.
En conclusion de ces essais, les meilleurs résultats sont obtenus après une fréquence d'aspiration puisée à une valeur comprise entre 0,6 et 0,7 Hz ; et éventuellement et complémentairement avec une valeur maximum de la dépression entre 80 mbar et 550 mbar, et préférentiellement égale à 300 mbar.At the conclusion of these tests, the best results are obtained after a suction frequency drawn from a value between 0.6 and 0.7 Hz; and optionally and in addition with a maximum vacuum value between 80 mbar and 550 mbar, and preferably equal to 300 mbar.
La présente invention propose donc un procédé de massage d'un patient par décollement de la peau, selon lequel on aspire un pli cutané en lui donnant par exemple la forme d'une cloche et selon lequel périodiquement on aspire puis on relâche ledit pli, caractérisé en ce que la fréquence d'aspiration-relâche du pli cutané est comprise entre 0,6 Hz et 0,7 Hz.The present invention therefore provides a method of massaging a patient by detachment of the skin, according to which a skin fold is sucked by giving it for example the shape of a bell and according to which periodically one sucks and then releases said fold, characterized in that the suction-release frequency of the skin fold is between 0.6 Hz and 0.7 Hz.
Selon ce procédé, la dépression maximum appliquée à la peau, pour obtenir le pli cutané, est comprise entre 80 mbar et 550 mbar, et est par exemple de 300 mbar. According to this method, the maximum depression applied to the skin, to obtain the skin fold, is between 80 mbar and 550 mbar, and is for example 300 mbar.

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REVENDICATIONS 1 / Procédé de mise en œuvre d'un appareil de massage par décollement de la peau par dépression, avec lequel on aspire un pli cutané, par exemple ayant la forme d'une cloche, et périodiquement on aspire puis relâche ledit pli, en faisant varier périodiquement la dépression d' une valeur nulle à une valeur maximum, caractérisé en ce qu'on règle la fréquence de l'aspiration puisée à une valeur comprise entre 0, 6 et 0,7 Hz, correspondant à une compliance cutanée maximale.CLAIMS 1 / Method of implementing a massage apparatus by detachment of the skin by depression, with which a skin fold is sucked, for example having the shape of a bell, and periodically one sucks and then releases said fold, varying the depression periodically from a zero value to a maximum value, characterized in that the frequency of the pulsed suction is adjusted to a value between 0, 6 and 0.7 Hz, corresponding to maximum skin compliance.
2/ Procédé selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que la valeur maximum de la dépression est comprise entre 80 mbar et 550 mbar, et préférentiellement également à environ 300 mbar.2 / A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the maximum value of the vacuum is between 80 mbar and 550 mbar, and preferably also around 300 mbar.
3/ Procédé selon la revendication 1 , caractérisé en ce que l'appareil de massage comprend, d'une part une tête ( 1 ), adaptée pour être manipulée par un opérateur à la surface du corps, et comportant une chambre (2) d'aspiration adaptée pour l'aspiration du pli cutané, et, d'autre part un moyen d'aspiration (50) comprenant une source (51 ) d'aspiration puisée communiquant avec la chambre d'aspiration, agencée pour faire varier périodiquement la dépression dans la chambre d'aspiration, d'une valeur nulle à une valeur maximum. 4/ Procédé selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la chambre d'aspiration (2) a une forme d'alvéole pour l'aspiration dans ladite chambre d'un pli cutané en forme de cloche.3 / A method according to claim 1, characterized in that the massage device comprises, on the one hand a head (1), adapted to be manipulated by an operator on the surface of the body, and comprising a chamber (2) d suction adapted for the suction of the skin fold, and, on the other hand a suction means (50) comprising a source (51) of pulsed suction communicating with the suction chamber, arranged to periodically vary the depression in the suction chamber, from zero to a maximum value. 4 / A method according to claim 3, characterized in that the suction chamber (2) has a cell shape for the suction in said chamber of a bell-shaped skin fold.
5/ Appareil selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la chambre d'aspiration (2) comporte une ouverture (2a) de communication vers la peau, délimitée par une jupe (4) dont la bordure (4a) est pourvue d'une pluralité de billes (5), régulièrement distribuées sur le pourtour de ladite ouverture, montées prisonnières dans un même plan équatorial, par rapport à la tête ( 1 ), mais libres en rotation dans toutes les directions, la surface de roulement de la tête de traitement, définie par le niveau inférieur des billes, étant située à distance du bord libre (4b) de l'ouverture (2a).5 / Apparatus according to claim 3, characterized in that the suction chamber (2) has an opening (2a) for communication towards the skin, delimited by a skirt (4) whose edge (4a) is provided with a plurality of balls (5), regularly distributed around the periphery of said opening, mounted captive in the same equatorial plane, with respect to the head (1), but free to rotate in all directions, the rolling surface of the head treatment, defined by the lower level of the balls, being located at a distance from the free edge (4b) of the opening (2a).
6/ Appareil selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que des interstices (6) de pénétration partielle des faces internes du pli cutané en cloche sont ménagés et distribués sur le pourtour de l'ouverture (2a) de la chambre (2) d'aspiration, et sont définis, entre la surface de roulement et le bord libre (4b) de l'ouverture, par des intervalles sensiblement égaux séparant les billes (5) dans leur plan équatorial. 6 / Apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that interstices (6) for partial penetration of the internal faces of the bell-shaped skin fold are formed and distributed around the periphery of the opening (2a) of the chamber (2) of suction, and are defined, between the rolling surface and the free edge (4b) of the opening, by substantially equal intervals separating the balls (5) in their equatorial plane.
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