Classifications

• • 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
  • A61H23/00—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
  • A61H23/02—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive
• • 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
  • A61H23/00—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms
  • A61H23/02—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive
  • A61H23/0218—Percussion or vibration massage, e.g. using supersonic vibration; Suction-vibration massage; Massage with moving diaphragms with electric or magnetic drive with alternating magnetic fields producing a translating or oscillating movement
• • 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
  • A61H2201/01—Constructive details
  • A61H2201/0119—Support for the device
  • A61H2201/0138—Support for the device incorporated in furniture
• • 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
  • A61H2201/01—Constructive details
  • A61H2201/0119—Support for the device
  • A61H2201/0138—Support for the device incorporated in furniture
  • A61H2201/0142—Beds
• • 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
  • A61H2201/01—Constructive details
  • A61H2201/0119—Support for the device
  • A61H2201/0138—Support for the device incorporated in furniture
  • A61H2201/0149—Seat or chair

Definitions

• the invention is related to a vibromechanical device attachable to a means for human support used, e.g. for medical treatment of a human body, applicable in, e.g., medicine, healthcare, sports industry, or relaxation.
• Patent application EP1491228 discloses a device in which a massage table is equipped with an electrodynamic loudspeaker with frequencies ranging from 2 to 20 Hz. A loudspeaker for low frequencies is placed under the level of the mattress.
• Patent application W0198705497 discloses a device designed to influence the human body with sound, comprising a closed box with at least one vent for sound, in which a loudspeaker, directed to the patient’s body, is placed.
• the mattress is placed in between the box and the patient.
• Patent application EP2849713 discloses a device for reduction of cellulite, where a low-frequency loudspeaker is placed inside a closed container with a diffusion sound system“Double load reflex” and“System to symmetrical load” with the frequency ranging from 30 to 40 Hz.
• the outcome is the resonance of the body part which is closer to the sound source, while the other part of the body is mainly exposed to induced vibration effects.
• the aim of this solution is to design a vibromechanical device that can be connected to a wide range of means for human support and that would allow generation of low-noise vibrations as well as effective guiding of such vibrations to the lying surface of a means for human support.
• this solution should eliminate the disadvantage of the vibromechanical device immobility and the necessity to use such means for human support that must be specially adapted to a specific vibromechanical device.
• a vibromechanical device comprising at least one tactile electromechanical transducer, characterized in that this tactile electromechanical transducer is mechanically attached to a base part, to which at least one connector, ended with a means to attach the means for human support or its frame, is connected, wherein the base part and connectors are made from material that allows transfer of vibrations, and the tactile electromechanical transducer is, through an amplifier, connected to a generator of sinusoidal vibration waves.
• This vibromechanical device comprising a connection with the base part, connectors, and the tactile electromechanical transducer, is used in order to achieve the above-mentioned aim, i.e.
• the base part is typically planar and the tactile electromechanical transducer is directly connected to it by firm attachment.
• the base part provides transfer of vibrations generated by the tactile electromechanical transducer to other elements of the vibromechanical device.
• the connectors are used to transfer vibrations from the base part to the means for human support and can be telescopic or with a fixed length.
• the telescopic connectors are preferably used for reaching another of the above-mentioned aims, i.e. the use of a unified vibromechanical device on more types of means for human support.
• the more connectors come out from the base part the better distribution of vibrations can be reached on bigger means for human support or in their frames.
• they come from the base board upwards, preferably in different directions, i.e. some of them perpendicularly upwards, some of them sideways from the base board.
• the connectors may be fixedly attached to the base board, e.g. by welding, or by a swinging attachment through a hinge or a pin.
• the connecters are preferably of elongated shape, e.g. in the form of profiles, and they are provided with a means for their attachment to the means for human support or to their frame at their end distant from the base part.
• This means may preferably be a base of the same material and it should be attached to the means for human support by threaded joints. Every connector may have its own, fixed, swinging or revolving base, or one base may be shared by more connectors.
• the connectors may be interconnected by horizontal supports. If they are made from materials that allow vibration transfer and they are even adjacent to each other to the means for human support or its frame, after the device installation, then they may contribute to better distribution of vibrations.
• the base part, connectors and means for their attachment to the means for human support are made from material that allows transferring of vibrations. That is how the vibrations generated by the tactile electromechanical transducer can be mechanically transferred to the means for human support or its frame.
• material should suppress the vibrations as little as possible.
• Metal should be preferentially used, e.g. selected from the group including steel, stainless steel or aluminum. However, it may be carbon, wood, shaped solid wood, glued plywood, plastic, etc. The lighter the material for vibration transfer, the lighter the whole construction of the vibromechanical device, and the easier it is to move it among different means for human support.
• Any one of the group including vibration electromagnets, linear vibrators, arc vibrators, inline vibrators, agitating solenoids, etc. can be a tactile electromechanical transducer. It can be attached to the base part from the bottom, or in a case of a larger base part, it can be placed from the top in between the connectors, which results in a lower construction height for the installation of the vibromechanical device. If only one connector comes out from the base part, then, in case that the tactile electromechanical transducer is placed in the upper level of the base part, this connector is eccentrically attached to the base part.
• the use of such vibration sources is preferred in order to reach another of the above-mentioned aims, i.e. low noise of this vibration source.
• the ability to generate low-frequency vibrations according to a specific use of the vibromechanical device is its key property.
• the required frequencies of the tactile electromechanical transducer are set with the use of a sinusoidal vibration wave generator, e.g. a special program in a computer, smartphone, etc., which is connected to the tactile electromechanical transducer via an amplifier.
• the above mentioned vibromechanical device is used to connect to a means for human support.
• Another object of the invention is a mean for human support, comprising a frame and a lying surface, made from material that allows transfer of vibrations, which is based on that it comprises a vibromechanical device according to the disclosure, whose connectors are mechanically attached to the frame.
• the connection between the means of connectors for attachment to the means for human support or its frame could be detachable or fixed.
• the detachable connection is used as an option for a use of one vibromechanical device for more means for human support, which results in achievement of another of the above-mentioned aims of vibromechanical device mobility.
• the mobile version of the vibromechanical device will be used, for example, by sportsmen, who can take it with them to various sports venues and use it there to accelerate the regeneration process.
• the vibromechanical device according to this disclosure allows a wide range of uses.
• the means for human support can be represented by any one of the group including hospital bed, nursing bed, transport bed, transport chair, examination bed, dialysis chair, dentist’s chair, ordinary home bed or chair, baby cot, seat of a car, truck, train, airplane, or another means of transport. It can also include, e.g. a bath, shower cubicle, swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, etc.
• the therapy with the use of this vibromechanical device can be combined with other approaches.
• harmonic interconnection of the vibration therapy and frequencies on which our brain works perceived by ears we can actively influence not only physical, but also mental well-being of a human. It is based on the fact that we can influence the activity of our brain and its main frequency activities by low-frequency sinusoidal waves.
• tactile and auditory low-frequency vibrations we can treat, e.g. insomnia, depressions, and a wide range of other problems.
• the vibromechanical device represents a side view, and according to Fig. 2, represents the bottom view, comprises a tactile electromechanical transducer 1.
• This tactile electromechanical transducer 1 can be represented by, e.g. vibration electromagnets, linear vibrators, arc vibrators, inline vibrators, agitating solenoids, etc.
• the tactile electromechanical transducer 1 is used to produce vibrations with the frequency of, e.g. 20 to 100 Hz.
• the external sinusoidal vibration wave generator can be represented by a special program in a computer, smartphone, and similar suitable devices, which are connected to the tactile electromechanical transducer 1 via an amplifier. The sinusoidal vibration wave generator and amplifier are not shown in the figures.
• the tactile electromechanical transducer 1 is arranged on a base part 2, with which it is mechanically attached, so that this connection allows transfer of vibrations from the tactile electromechanical transducer 1 to the base part 2.
• the base part 2 is made from any material that allows transferring of vibrations.
• the vibromechanical device further comprises three sets of connectors 3 mechanically attached to the base part 2.
• Connectors 3 may be of telescopic nature or fixed length.
• Connectors 3 may be represented by, e.g. telescopic poles, tubes, or other suitable elements that allow the transfer of vibrations. They are arranged in such way to reach optimum weight and rigidity of the whole device.
• the preferred telescopic embodiment of connectors 3 then allows more flexibility in the use for different types of support for lying surfaces for a human.
• the connectors 3 in this embodiment are ended with bases 4 for attachment to a means 5 for human support.
• All components of the vibromechanical device i.e. a base part 2, connectors 3 and means for their attachment to the means for human support are made from material that guides well the vibrations generated by the tactile electromechanical transducer 1, e.g. from the group including steel, stainless steel, aluminium, carbon, wood, plastic, or any combinations of these materials.
• the vibromechanical device in this exemplary embodiment is, by means of bases 4 of their three sets of connectors attached, by threaded joints, to the means 5 for human support.
• This means 5 for human support may be represented by, e.g. hospital bed, nursing bed, transport bed, transport chair, examination bed, dialysis chair, dentist’s chair, ordinary home bed or chair, etc.
• the means 5 for human support comprises a frame and a lying surface. Both the frame and the lying surface are made from material that allows transferring of vibrations.
• the frame may be made from steel, stainless steel, aluminium, shaped solid wood, glued plywood, carbon or other suitable materials that can be used for the lying surface as well.
• the connectors 3 are mechanically attached to the frame of the means for human support via bases 4.
• a connector 3 can be attached to the means 5 for human support detachably or fixed.
• the attachment can be made through a socket, pin or a bolt, wherein the attachment must allow transferring of vibrations.
• the attachment can be made through welding, magnetically, gluing, press-fitting, etc., wherein the connection must allow the transfer of vibrations.
• the attachment of connectors 3 to the frame of the means 5 for human support should be performed in spots distant from each other and under the lying surface.

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