WO2007063470A2 - Appareil de traitement corporel - Google Patents

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WO2007063470A2
WO2007063470A2 PCT/IB2006/054436 IB2006054436W WO2007063470A2 WO 2007063470 A2 WO2007063470 A2 WO 2007063470A2 IB 2006054436 W IB2006054436 W IB 2006054436W WO 2007063470 A2 WO2007063470 A2 WO 2007063470A2
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body part
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treatment device
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face portion
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Garth O'connor
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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
    • A61H9/00—Pneumatic or hydraulic massage
    • A61H9/005—Pneumatic massage
    • A61H9/0071—Pneumatic massage by localized pressure, e.g. air streams or jets
    • 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
    • A61H2201/00—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/10—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
    • A61H2201/105—Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy with means for delivering media, e.g. drugs or cosmetics

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  • THIS INVENTION relates to a body treatment apparatus.
  • the body treatment device disclosed in the latter application is considered particularly effective, this device including a first body part of a rigid material that includes an elongate handle formation and a head formation at one end of the handle formation that defines an outer face portion that faces away from the handle formation.
  • a second body part of a resiliently flexible rubber-like material fits tightly on the head formation of the first body part, the second body part defining a wall segment that is spaced from the said outer face portion of the head formation of the first body part to define an enclosed "thin" space between them.
  • a passage formation leads through the first body part from the free end of the handle formation thereof, where it is connectable to a compressed fluid supply, to the said enclosed space, while the said wall segment of the second body part defines a plurality of outlet jet formations leading from the said enclosed space, permitting massaging of a person's body as envisaged by a pressurized fluid passing through the passage formation, the enclosed space and the outlet jet formations, impinging on the person's body.
  • the above described body treatment device is considered particularly effective in relation to a massaging operation performed therewith, it suffers from a major disadvantage insofar as its use is associated with excessive noise being generated by the compressed fluid passing through the device and by the vibratory action that is generated, this noise causing discomfort to persons being treated. It is thus an object of this invention to at least alleviate the above problem in relation to a body treatment device of the particular type.
  • a body treatment device including
  • a first body part of a substantially rigid material that includes an elongate handle formation and a head formation at one end of the handle formation, the head formation defining an outer face portion that faces away from the handle formation and the first body part defining a passage formation therethrough that leads from the free end of the handle formation, where it is connectable to a compressed air supply line, to the said outer face portion defined by the head formation;
  • a second body part that is formed of a resiliently flexible rubber-like material and that fits tightly on the head formation of the first body part, the second body part including a wall segment that is spaced from at least a segment of the said outer face portion of the head formation of the first body part to define a thin enclosed space between the wall segment and the said segment of the outer face portion of the head formation, that is in communication with the passage formation defined through the first body part, the wall segment having at least one foam body located therein and defining a plurality of outlet jet formations that lead from the said enclosed space and through both the wall segment and the foam body located therein.
  • the first body part of the body treatment device defines a shallow recess formation therein which is located within the perimeter of the said outer face portion of the head formation thereof and the said wall segment of the second body part stretches across the open end of the said recess formation to define the enclosed space between the said outer face portion of the head formation and the said wall segment of the second body part.
  • the said outer face portion of the head formation of the first body part may be a circular, substantially planar, face portion of the head formation.
  • the said outer face portion of the head formation of the first body part may be an elongate convex portion of the head formation, or any other profile face portion as determined by the massaging operation to be performed.
  • the outlet jet formations defined through the said wall segment of the second body part may be disposed substantially perpendicularly to the general plane of the said wall segment where the enclosed space between the said wall segment and the said outer face portion of the head formation of the first body part is defined.
  • the said wall segment of the second body part typically defines between three and fifty outlet jet formations therethrough. - A -
  • the at least one foam body located in the said wall segment of the second body part may be of a high density polyurethane foam material, or any like material.
  • the foam body particularly may define a thickness in the order of one third of the thickness of the wall segment and with the second body part typically being formed by a moulding operation, may be located within the said wall segment as part of the moulding operation by its location within the mould within which the second body part is formed.
  • a preferred embodiment of the invention provides for the said wall segment of the second body part to have two similar foam bodies located therein in a substantially parallel relationship with respect to the general plane of the wall segment and spaced from one another. Where two such foam bodies are provided, the total thickness of the wall segment typically is in the order of 15mm and the thickness of each foam body typically is between 1 and 5 mm, the foam bodies being suitably spaced from one another and the outer face of the wall segment.
  • the exact configuration of the second body part in the above regard is greatly variable with optimum thicknesses being determinable by trial and experiment, the objective being to still generate the required hammer-type vibratory action during massaging of the body portion of a person, while effectively muffling the noise generated as a result of the passage of a pressurized fluid through the body treatment device and particularly the outlet jet formations thereof.
  • the body treatment device of the invention also may include a connector formation that is located on the first body part at the free end of the handle thereof and that permits connection of a compressed fluid supply line in communication with the passage formation defined through the first body part.
  • the first body part of the body treatment device particularly is formed of a substantially rigid material such as aluminium, stainless steel, a synthetic plastics material, or the like.
  • the second body part typically is formed of one of a natural or synthetic rubber material and a silicone material, that is skin compatible so as not to cause skin irritation or damage resulting from skin contact thereby.
  • Figure 1 shows a diagrammatic sectional side view of a body treatment device, in accordance with the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a diagrammatic end view of the body treatment device of Figure 1 ;
  • Figure 3 illustrates schematically the layout of a body treatment apparatus with which the body treatment device, as shown in Figure 1 , can be associated.
  • a body treatment device in accordance with the invention, is designated generally by the reference numeral 10.
  • the body treatment device generally includes a first body part 12 and a second body part 24.
  • the first body part 12 is formed of a substantially rigid material such as aluminium and includes a handle formation 14 and a head formation 16 at one end of the handle formation 14.
  • the head formation 16 defines a substantially circular, planar outer face portion 18 that faces away from the handle formation 14 of the body part 12.
  • the first body part 12 defines a shallow recess 19 therein which is also circular in profile and which is located within the perimeter of the outer face portion 18 defined by the head formation 16 of the first body part 12.
  • a passage formation further is defined through the first body part that leads from the free end 22 of the handle formation 16 thereof to the said outer face portion defined by the head formation 16, particularly in the region of the shallow recess 19, as shown.
  • the second body part 24 of the body treatment device 10 is formed of a resiliently flexible rubber-like material and fits tightly on the head formation 16 of the first body part 12, the second body part including a wall segment 26 that stretches across the open end of the recess 19.
  • a thin, circular, enclosed space 28 is thus defined, essentially by the recess 19, between the head formation 16 of the first body part 12 and the wall segment 26 of the second body part 24.
  • a plurality of outlet jet formations 30 are defined within this wall segment 26 of the second body part 24 and it will be understood in this regard that these outlet jet formations 30 effectively will be in communication with the passage formation 20 defined through the first body part 12 via the enclosed space 28 referred to above.
  • the outlet jet formations 30 also pass through two disc-like foam bodies 36, typically of high density polyurethane foam, the foam bodies 36 being pre-formed and located as part of a moulding process whereby the second body part 24 is formed, thus effectively forming a part of the wall segment 26.
  • the mould whereby the second body part is formed will have needle formations that provide for the formation of the outlet jet formations 30 in the wall segment 26, these needle formations, in the moulding process, also passing through the foam bodies 36 and serving to hold these bodies in place.
  • the second body part is formed of any suitable resiliently flexible material and particularly will be formed of a natural or a synthetic rubber material, a silicone material, or the like, which is compatible with the skin of a person to ensure that skin irritation or damage cannot occur as a result of contact between this body part 24 and the skin of the body of a person, during use of the body treatment device 10, as is described in more detail hereafter.
  • the body treatment device 10 includes also a connector formation 32 that is engaged with the handle formation 14 of the first body part 12 via complementary screw thread formations as shown, the connector formation 32 providing for the connection of a compressed air supply line 34 to the body treatment device 10, with the compressed air supply line being in communication with the passage formation 20 defined through the first body part 12.
  • the body treatment device 10 in practice, is used in conjunction with body treatment apparatus, which is designated generally by the reference numeral 40 in Figure 3.
  • the body treatment apparatus includes generally a compressor 42, that can provide for a supply of compressed air through a compressed air supply line 44 to the body treatment device 10.
  • the supply line includes in line therewith a particle filter 48 and a water filter 50, the filters 48 and 50 providing for compressed air displaced from the compressor 42 to be effectively purified, thereby ensuring that compressed air cannot cause any injury to a person on whom a massaging operation is performed with the aid of the apparatus 40 and, particularly, the body treatment device 10.
  • the apparatus 40 includes further a liquid feed arrangement including a venturi formation 52 which communicates with a liquid supply conduit 54 connected to a liquid container 56 via a control valve 58.
  • the configuration of this liquid feed arrangement is such that air flow through the venturi formation will induce liquid from the container 56 to be drawn into the flow line, when the valve 58 is in an open position.
  • the valve clearly can serve also to control the rate of liquid feed into the flow line.
  • At least the compressed air supply line segment 44.1 leading from the liquid feed arrangement is flexible, permitting manipulation of the body treatment device 10 to which it is connected in the manner as described hereafter, for performing a body massaging operation on the body of a person.
  • the supply line 44, including the segment 44.1 has high pressure qualities, accommodating an air pressure therein of at least five bar.
  • the operating air pressure at which a massaging operation can be performed, with the aid of the apparatus will vary between 0,5 bar and 3 bar, a particular pressure being determined by the requirements of the massaging operation to be performed. This is referred to in more detail hereafter.
  • the intensity of compressed air impinging on the body of a person when performing a massaging operation as hereafter described will be determined on the pressure referred to above, as well as the size of the outlet jet formations 30 defined through the wall segment 26 of the second body part 24 of the body treatment device 10, the size of these outlet jet formations typically being between 0,1 mm 2 and 12mm 2 .
  • an aromatherapy oil, or the like is charged into the liquid supply container 56, the choice of aromatherapy oil, or other liquid medium to be utilized in conjunction with a particular massaging operation, being determined by the nature of the massaging operation to be performed, as well as the particular body region to be treated. In this regard, the choice of liquid medium is greatly variable. Depending also on the particular massaging operation to be performed, a body treatment device having the most suitable features will be selected.
  • the compressor 42 is then activated and compressed air is displaced along the supply line 44 through the filters 48 and 50 and the venturi formation 52 towards the body treatment device 10.
  • a controlled volume of aromatherapy oil contained in the container 56 can be drawn into the passage through the venturi formation 52, thus providing for compressed air having the aromatherapy oil entrained therein to be emitted from the body treatment device 10 via the outlet jet formations 30.
  • a particular massaging operation is carried out by manually displacing the body treatment device 10, while holding it by the handle formation 14, in defined strokes across the body portion of a person to be massaged, particularly with the wall segment 26 being urged against the body portion. It will be understood in this regard that the compressed airwill impinge on the body portion, causing a massaging action. Also, as a result of the natural uneven surface of the body portion being massaged, individual outlet jet formations 30 will be temporarily blocked from time to time.
  • the body treatment device as described can provide for effective massaging operations to be carried out on the body of a person having different therapeutic benefits, typically in relation to blood circulation, the breakdown of fat cells, the reparation of physical injuries, and the like.
  • the second body part of the device being formed of a resiliently flexible rubber-like material, the possibility of physical injury resulting from contact between the device and the body of a person is largely eliminated, possible excessive body contact also being prevented as a result of the displacement of compressed air through the outlet jet formations, which will act against the manual force acting on the device towards the body of a person.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un dispositif de traitement corporel à utiliser conjointement avec un appareil de traitement corporel destiné à effectuer une opération de massage sur une partie corporelle d'un individu par application d'un flux d'air comprimé sur ladite partie corporelle. Le dispositif de traitement corporel de l'invention comprend une première partie de corps sensiblement rigide et une deuxième partie de corps élastique et flexible disposée sur une partie tête de la première partie de corps ; un mince espace fermé étant défini entre les deux parties dans lequel passe de l'air comprimé destiné à être appliqué sur le corps d'un individu par des formations de jet définies par la deuxième partie de corps. L'agencement des deux parties de corps permet d'exercer une action vibratoire par martèlement sur le corps de l'individu, le bruit associé à l'utilisation du dispositif étant absorbé par un corps en mousse disposé dans la deuxième partie corps.
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DE4237940A1 (en) * 1991-11-11 1993-05-19 Josef Berens Body cleaning appliance with hand-operated head and handle - has central hole in washer head, suction holes surrounding it, and annular washer piece
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US3745994A (en) * 1971-11-15 1973-07-17 R Kane Adjustable hydrotherapy jet producing device
DE4237940A1 (en) * 1991-11-11 1993-05-19 Josef Berens Body cleaning appliance with hand-operated head and handle - has central hole in washer head, suction holes surrounding it, and annular washer piece
WO2004105674A1 (fr) * 2003-05-30 2004-12-09 Garth O'connor Appareil de traitement corporel

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