Acoustic band vibration massage for muscle relaxation: method and device
First Claim
1. A vibratory massage device comprising a vibrating pad;
- a mechanical vibration element; and
an electronic control circuit wherein said vibrating pad is mechanically connected to said mechanical vibration element, and said mechanical vibration element is driven by said electronic control circuit to oscillate with a variable frequency within a frequency range of 250-350 Hz.
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Abstract
A device and a method of vibratory massage. The device produces acoustic vibrations of variable frequency in a frequency range of 250-350 Hz to stimulate fast-adapting mechano-receptors in muscles, tendons and joints, that have a peak of vibrating sensitivity at these frequencies. The device has a flexible vibrating pad mounted on a housing. The housing contains a mechanical vibrator and an electronic circuit and power supply that generate the low frequencies and cause the vibrations of the mechanical vibrator. According to the method, a flexible vibrating pad is applied to a tissue in one of two ways, tangential or normal. To maximize the afferent input to the Central Nervous System, a vibratory stimulation is applied not only to the pain afflicted area, but also to symmetrical areas on the contralateral side of the body and similar zones according to the anterior-posterior symmetry. To prevent habituation, the frequency of the applied signal is either frequency modulated, or changes randomly in a predetermined frequency band.
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16 Claims
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1. A vibratory massage device comprising
a vibrating pad; -
a mechanical vibration element; and
an electronic control circuit wherein said vibrating pad is mechanically connected to said mechanical vibration element, and said mechanical vibration element is driven by said electronic control circuit to oscillate with a variable frequency within a frequency range of 250-350 Hz. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A vibratory massage device comprising
a primary enclosure defining an enclosed volume and having an opening, said opening having a surface and an edge portion; -
a vibrating pad having an internal face and an external face, and a surface slightly larger than the surface of the opening, said vibrating pad being positioned on top of said opening and overlapping the edge portion of said opening;
means for attaching the internal face of the vibrating pad to the primary enclosure in at least two points of the edge portion of the opening;
a piezoelectric transducer comprising a metal disk and a piezo-ceramic disk, said metal disk having a top side and a bottom side, said piezo-ceramic disk having a smaller diameter than the diameter of the metal disk and being coaxially attached to the bottom side of said metal disk;
a secondary enclosure having a cylindrical internal surface and a top edge portion, said top edge portion being attached to the internal face of the vibrating pad, and said internal surface being attached to the periphery of the metal disk; and
an electrical oscillator having an input and an output, said output being electrically connected to the piezoelectric transducer and providing said piezoelectric transducer with an oscillating electrical signal having a variable frequency in a frequency range of 250-350 Hz.
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- 13. A method of vibration massage by stimulation of fast adapting mechano-receptors in a living body tissue, which comprises applying an acoustic vibration stimulation having a variable frequency in a frequency range of 250-350 Hz.
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