WO2019126817A2 - Outils de traitement de tissu de fascia et de collagène - Google Patents

Outils de traitement de tissu de fascia et de collagène Download PDF

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WO2019126817A2
WO2019126817A2 PCT/US2018/067423 US2018067423W WO2019126817A2 WO 2019126817 A2 WO2019126817 A2 WO 2019126817A2 US 2018067423 W US2018067423 W US 2018067423W WO 2019126817 A2 WO2019126817 A2 WO 2019126817A2
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  • Fascia tissue is a layer of fibrous tissue that operates as a connective tissue that surrounds muscles, groups of muscles, nerves, blood vessels, etc.
  • the fascia tissue allows for proper functioning of muscles with respect to one another (e.g., sliding past one another).
  • the fascia tissue can take time to correct itself or require manipulation to release the fascia tissue and allow for proper functioning of the tissue to allow the underlying muscle to properly operate.
  • Fascia that has adhesions or otherwise may cause pain due to reduced blood flow to muscles or pressure being applied to nerves that can also cause numbness in severe cases. In some cases, the fascia tissue can be released or corrected without much difficulty, while in other cases, restoring the fascia tissue to its proper form can take considerably more effort.
  • fascia tissue may include cosmetic reasons, especially for people who have dimpled skin, which is often caused by fascia tissue extending through fat cells, thus causing dimples to appear on the skin. Often, when the fascia tissue is properly released, the dimples can be considerably reduced or eliminated. Other cosmetic reasons may include wrinkles, hair loss, and a variety of other cosmetic reasons that are often problematic for both physical and mental health of individuals.
  • Fascia tissue varies throughout the body such that treatment in one anatomical region is necessarily different than treatment in other anatomical regions.
  • Other health and beauty issues are highly cared for by individuals. For example, wrinkles or rhytides are folds, ridges, or creases in the skin, and are often found on faces, necks, and elsewhere can hurt a person's self-image, affect relationships, and cause other personal and interpersonal relationships. People and the medical community have long sought treatments that can help alleviate wrinkles using a variety of techniques. Wrinkles often develop from incorrect repairs of injured elastic fibers and collagen fibers. As such, treatment to improve collagen at or near wrinkles have been performed using various techniques.
  • fascia and collagen treatment tools may range in configuration and function to enable a user to self-treat or treat others with the tools. While tools may ultimately be used to perform the function of treating fascia tissue and collagen, configurations of the tools may be varied to provide more effective treatment, as described herein.
  • FIGS. 1A-1G are illustrations of an illustrative fascia tissue treatment device that may be used to treat an anatomical region of a user, such as a head, leg, or arm;
  • FIGS. 2A-2G are illustrations of an illustrative fascia tissue treatment device configured in a paddle shape that may be used to treat an anatomical region of a user, such as a leg, back, or buttocks;
  • FIGS. 3A-3G are illustrations of an illustrative fascia tissue treatment device configured in a paddle shape having three rows of claws that may be used to treat an anatomical region of a user, such as a leg, back, or buttocks;
  • FIGS. 4A-4G are illustrations of an illustrative collagen treatment device with micro- needles
  • FIGS. 5A-5I are illustrations of an alternative illustrative collagen treatment device with micro-needles that may be configured to retract and insert;
  • FIGS. 6A-6F are illustrations of a fascia tissue treatment device configured as a keychain.
  • FIGS. 7A-7F are illustrations of a fascia tissue treatment device including a treatment member in the shape of a cone configured as a keychain.
  • FIGS. 1A-1G illustrations of an illustrative fascia tissue treatment device 100 that may be used to treat an anatomical region of a user, such as a head, leg, or arm are shown.
  • the device has a member 102 that operates as a base on which multiple claws 104a- 104n (collectively 104) are attached.
  • the member 102 may have a tubular profile.
  • the member 102 may have any other geometric profile, such as square, rectangular, hexagonal, oval, or any other geometric or non-geometric profile.
  • the member 102 may be bendable. In an embodiment, the member 102 may be capable of being straight or bent in an arc shape. Alternatively, the member 102 may be limited to being in an arc shape and being capable of bending in a single direction such that the claws 104 remain on a surface on the inside of the arc. In another embodiment, the member 102 may be capable of bending in multiple directions. In operation, the member 102 is to be bent such that the claws 104 are positioned on the inside surface of the arc such that the claws 104 face toward one another (assuming there are more than one claw centered along a length of the member 102). The number of claws 104 may range from one to however may can fit along an inside portion of the member.
  • the size of the claws may limit the number of claws that can fit along the member and still enable maximum bend so that the claws towards the center of the member do not contact one another when bent.
  • the length of the member 102 may vary depending on the modality and anatomical region to be treated, which may range from fingers to torsos of different aged, gendered, and weight people or animals.
  • the member 102 may be configured to bend, the surface of the member 102, at least portions or a strip beneath the claws 104 to which the claws 104 attach may be rigid or stiff (i.e., not easily bent). By maintaining the portion(s) beneath the claws 104 to be stiff, the claws 104 are provided a solid counter resistance when pressed against an anatomical region of a user. The lack of compliance by the claws 102 helps in applying proper pressure to fascia tissue so as to be able to properly adjust or manipulate the fascia to reduce or remove adhesions or other irregularities in the fascia tissue that surrounds and/or covers muscle and other tissues of the body.
  • the member 102 may be formed of material that allows for bending.
  • the material may be polycarbonate, polymer, elastomer, or any other type of plastic or rubber. It should be understood that any material that may be capable of being bent and retain that shape may be used. In an alternative embodiment, any material that may be bent, but that reverts back to a straight or non-straight initial shape may be used. Still yet, the member 102 may be rigid (i.e., not easily bent) for certain modalities and to limit or minimize bending during usages, such as self-usage.
  • the material for such an embodiment may be formed of ABS or other hard plastic, metal, wood, or otherwise.
  • the member 102 may be bent and be locked into the bent a position.
  • a number of bending and locking configurations may be utilized.
  • the member 102 may be formed of a single or multiple materials that are bendable and are capable of maintaining a position after being manipulated to be in the particular bent position.
  • another internal or external mechanism may be used to assist with bending and locking the member 102 into a set position.
  • a cable, strap, screw, or other mechanism capable of causing the member 102 to bend may extend through the center of the member 102 and pulled from one or both ends, or at least at both sides of an axial center of the member 102 to cause the member 102 to be bent.
  • a pull, ratchet, rotational, or any other mechanical or electromechanical mechanism that may enable pulling the cable, strap, screw, or other mechanism to tighten.
  • the mechanical or electromechanical mechanism may further be configured to lock itself and the cable, strap, screw or other mechanism in place once the member 102 is adjusted to be in the desired position.
  • each end of the member may have rotatable members that when rotated, cause the member 102 to be bent and optionally to lock (although another mechanism may provide for the locking feature).
  • the member 102 being a single member, multiple members being hinged at a center region between two sub-members that form the member 102.
  • two sub- members may be connected together at a hinge.
  • the hinge may be formed by a pin that extends through openings or holes defined by the sub-members.
  • Other hinge configurations may be utilized, as well.
  • a handle 108 may be configured to extend from the member 102.
  • the handle 108 may be perpendicular to the member 102.
  • the handle 108 may be integrated with the member 102 or be attachable to the member 102 using one or more attachment mechanisms, such as screws, pins, snaps, or otherwise.
  • the handle 108 may have a threaded end (not shown), and the member 102 may have a threaded socket (not shown) such that the handle 108 may be screwed into the member 102 for attachment thereto.
  • the handle 108 may have any other alignment with the member 102, such as being attached perpendicularly to the handle 108, but also perpendicular to the direction of the claws 104, as opposed to being axially aligned to the claws 104, as shown.
  • multiple handles may be provided and attached to the member 102.
  • the handle 108 is showing to be in the shape of a tube, it should be understood that the handle 108 may have any other shape to enable a user to change his or her grip depending upon a modality being performed on an anatomical region of his or her body.
  • grip features may be on the handle, but alternative features may also be on the handle 108. Still yet, no features may be on the handle 108.
  • the handle 108 may be formed of any material, such as PVC, rubber, and/or otherwise, and may have any coating applied thereto or otherwise permanently or removably attached.
  • the claws 104 may be formed of acrylic, PVC, hard rubber, or any other material that is stiff and does not cut or scrape skin of a person on which the device 100 is being utilized to help treat or adjust fascia tissue.
  • the claws 104 are shown to be evenly spaced along a plane extending along the member 102. Alternative spacing of the claws 104 may be utilized in accordance with the principles provided herein.
  • the claws 104 are also shown to be substantially identical. Alternative configurations of the claws 104 may be utilized to provide for treating different size anatomical regions.
  • the member 102 may have claws 104 of different sizes so as to be available to treat different anatomical regions or different sized individuals.
  • different sized claws 104 may be positioned on opposite sides, for example of the member 102 and facing away from one another to allow a single device to be used to treat the different anatomical regions and/or different sized individuals.
  • the claws 104 shown are about 3-inches in diameter. However, the diameter of the claws 104 may have a fairly wide range (e.g., 1 ⁇ 2 inch to 4 inches in diameter).
  • Illustrative finger members 106 shown are about 3 ⁇ 4 of an inch long and have heads or tips that are about 3/8 of an inch across.
  • the dimensions and configurations (e.g., curves) of the claws 104, finger members 106, and tips of the finger members 106 may vary depending on the anatomical region on which the device 100 is to be used.
  • the tips of the finger members 106 may have one or more same or different dimensions as the finger members (e.g., the tips may have a larger diameter by being bulbous).
  • the finger members 106 are shown to be curved.
  • claws 104 are also shown to be a single member. However, claws 104 may be formed of multiple elements. Still yet, rather than the device 100 using claws 104 that have a flower-like appearance (i.e., central portion with extending finger members), claws 104 with non-flower-like appearance may be utilized, as well, that still provides a user with a number of closely spaced pressure-point elements that can be pressed and guided along a person's skin to cause fascia tissue to be released or perform a non- therapeutic function.
  • the finger members 106 may be substantially the same length (e.g., less than 0.1 inch difference in length between finger length) such that the tips of the finger members 106 are substantially co-planer so that a pressure load applied to the skin and fascia tissue is substantially equally applied by each of the finger members 106.
  • Each of the claws 104 are shown to have six finger members 106. Alternative numbers of finger members 106 may be utilized in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
  • the finger members 106 may be stiff or rigid, thereby having minimum bend or deformation during usage of the device on fascia tissue of a person.
  • the claws 104 are shown to extend along one side of the member 102, additional claws have the same or different configurations as the claws 104 may be included to allow for a single device 100 to provide for different size and configuration of claws to be used on different anatomical regions.
  • the member 102 may have openings (not shown) defined by the member 102 through which a screw or other fastening mechanism may extend through claws 104 into the member 102. After fastening the claws 104 to the member 102, glue or other fastening material, such as epoxy, may be utilized to secure the claws 104 to the member 102. A cover (not shown) above the fastening mechanisms may be utilized to limit the ability for someone to access or remove the fastening mechanisms of the claws 104. Alternatively, the claws 104 may be configured to allow for a user to more easily replace the claws 104 to change size, replace broken claws, or otherwise. Other attachments that may be claws or non-claws (e.g., roller) may also be connected to the member 102 in accordance with the principles of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 2A-2G are illustrations of an illustrative fascia tissue treatment device configured in a paddle shape that may be used to treat an anatomical region of a user, such as a leg, back, or buttocks.
  • the tissue treatment device 200 includes a paddle portion 202 on which a set of claws 204a-204n (collectively 204). In this case, there are 12 claws 204. It should be understood that alternative numbers of claws 204 may be utilized. In an embodiment, the claws 204 may be 1-1/2 inches in diameter. It should be understood that alternative numbers of claws 204 may be utilized.
  • the paddle portion 202 may have a first side 206a in a second side 206b.
  • the first side 206 may be curved, and the second side 206b may be flat.
  • the first side 206a may be flat, as well. It should be understood that the variety of different shapes of the first and second sides 206a and 206b may be utilized. The edges between the two sides 206a and 206b may be curved or have any other geometric shape.
  • the device 300 includes a paddle portion 302 along with multiple rows 304a-304n (collectively 304) of claws 306a-306n. In an embodiment, there may be 12 claws 306 along each of the rows 304.
  • the paddle portion 302 may have multiple rounded front sides 308a on which the claws 306 may be attached and a backside 308b that may be flat. In an alternative embodiment, the top side 308a may be flat. Other sizes and shapes of the paddle portion 302 may be utilized, as well. As previously described, the number and sizes of claws 306 may vary depending upon the configuration of the device 300.
  • each claw 306 is shown to have six finger members, it should be understood that alternative numbers of fingers may be utilized. Although three rows 304 of claws 306 are shown, it should be understood that fewer or more rows of claws may be provided, and the paddle portion may also be reduced or increased in width to support the different number of rows of claws.
  • the device 300 may be used to treat larger users or larger anatomical regions of users, such as a leg, back, or buttocks.
  • FIGS. 4A-4G are illustrations of an illustrative collagen treatment device 400 with micro-needles are shown.
  • the device 400 is shown to include a frame member 402 onto which handles 404a and 404b are attached.
  • the frame member 402 is shown to be rectangular with rounded corners, but may have any other shape in accordance with the principles herein. Having two handles 404a and 404b enables a user to better control application of the device 400.
  • the handles 404 may be attached to the frame member 402 using attachment hardware, such as screws, nuts, bolts, or otherwise. Alternatively, the handles 404 may be attached to the frame member 402 using an adhesive or any other attachment means, such as welding.
  • the frame member 402 and handles 404 may be of the same material or different materials.
  • the frame member 402 may be made of metal, plastic (e.g., ABS), or any other material, as understood in the art.
  • the handles 404a and 404b may be formed of plastic, rubber, metal, or otherwise, as understood in the art.
  • a roller member 406 may be configured with a circular profile may be attached to the frame number 402 using an attachment mechanism, such as a screw or bolt.
  • the attachment mechanism 408 may extend through the roller member 406 to enable the roller member 406 to rotate.
  • the roller member 406 may have micro-needles 410 perpendicularly extending therefrom to be rolled across a user's skin.
  • the micro-needles may be of any size consistent with microneedles used for collagen treatment, as understood in the art.
  • FIGS. 5A-5I illustrations of an alternative illustrative collagen treatment device 500 with micro-needles that may be configured to retract and insert are shown.
  • the device 500 includes a roller member 502, which may be circular, may include a surface 503 to which micro-needles 504 may be attached.
  • the micro-needles 504 may connect to the roller member beneath the surface, as further described herein.
  • the surface 503 may be absorbent and be saturate or otherwise contain medicine that helps stimulate collagen production of skin when injected therein, as further described herein.
  • the surface 503 may apply the medicine directly to the roller members 502 as a result of being in contact with the medicine-saturated surface 503 or indirectly as the surface 503 contacts the skin of the user such that the micro-needles 504 puncture the skin and inject the medicine that is transferred from the surface 503 to the skin.
  • a pin (not shown) that attaches to handles 506a and 506b (collectively 504) may extend through the roller member 502 to enable the roller member 502 to rotate relative to the handles 506.
  • Alternative configurations to enable the roller member 502 to rotate relative to the handles 506 may be utilized. Having two handles 506 enables a user to better control application of the device 500.
  • the handles 506 may be made of metal, plastic (e.g., ABS), or any other material, as understood in the art.
  • the handles 506 may be formed of plastic, rubber, metal, or otherwise, as understood in the art.
  • the micro-needles 504 may perpendicularly extend from the roller member 502 so as to be rolled across a user's skin.
  • the micro-needles 504 may be of any size consistent with micro-needles used for collagen treatment, as understood in the art.
  • the micro-needles 504 may be hollow or include a conduit path for fluid, such as medicine, to be injected into skin of a user.
  • the medicine may be any natural or synthetic composition that aids in the treatment of collagen, which is the main structural protein in the extracellular space in connective tissues.
  • the micro-needles 504 may be coated with medicine either through rolling through the medicine or otherwise covering the micro-needles 504 with medicine.
  • micro-needles 504 may be retractable into the roller member 502.
  • the micro-needles 504 may be mounted onto an inner member 514 within the roller member 502 that rotates along with the roller member 502.
  • the inner roller member 514 may be configured to have an adjustable diameter to allow for the micro-needles 504 to extend out openings of the roller member 502.
  • a mechanism 508 e.g., push-button, rotatable knob, or otherwise on the handle 506b that is capable of controlling positioning of the micro-needles 504 by altering the diameter from di to d2 of the inner member 514, for example, may be used to change the length of the micro-needles 504 from a length of Li to L 2 .
  • the mechanism may be on the roller member 502.
  • a reservoir (not shown) that may be filled with medicine may be pushed through a conduit path to which the micro-needles 504 are in fluid communication and into the micro-needles 504 to be injected into the skin of a user.
  • An injector button 510 may enable a user to inject medicine from the reservoir to and/or through the micro-needles 504. Rather than being pushed through the micro-needles, the micro-needles 504 may be coated with the medicine when retracted into and extended from the roller member 502.
  • micro- needles 504 may be retracted and extended from the roller member 502 . It should also be understood that a wide variety of configurations to apply medicine to the micro-needles 504, whether retractable or not, may be utilized.
  • a reservoir 516 positioned within the roller member 502 may be configured to store fluid medicine that may be flowed from the reservoir 516 to the micro- needles 504 through a conduit 518.
  • a mechanism 520 such as a push-button that operates as a pump to apply fluid pressure within the reservoir 516, may be pressed one or more times by a user to flow the medicine from within the reservoir 516 to the micro-needles via one or more conduits 518.
  • the reservoir 518 may be permanently located within the roller member or temporarily located therein.
  • the reservoir 518 may be a disposable cartridge that may be inserted into and removed from the roller member 502.
  • FIGS. 6A-6F illustrations of a fascia tissue treatment device 600 configured as a keychain are shown.
  • the device 600 is shown to include a claw 602 with finger members 604 extending from a base member 606.
  • the base member 606 may have a length that enables a user to grip to apply the finger members 604 to skin of the user to perform a fascia treatment.
  • the base member 606 may have a chain 608 and ring 610 connected thereto to enable a user to use the device 600 as a keychain, thereby being generally accessible to the user.
  • FIGS. 7A-7F illustrations of a fascia tissue treatment device 700 including a treatment member 702 the shape of a cone configured as a keychain are shown.
  • the treatment member 702 may have a base member 704 with a shape for use in gripping and manipulating the treatment member 702.
  • the base member 704 has a treatment portion 706 with a rounded tip 708 for use in applying to skin of a user to treat fascia in small areas, such as between bone on hands and feet.
  • Different embodiments of the device 700 may have tips different curve radii, thereby providing for different sized individuals, different modalities, different anatomical regions, etc. to be treated in different ways.

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L'invention concerne également des dispositifs de traitement de tissu de Fascia et de collagène.
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