Pelvic Trainer

• US 20070287610A1
• Filed: 06/06/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Storz Medical AG
• Original Assignee: Storz Medical AG
• Inventors: Novak, Pavel, Schulz, Manfred
• Application Number:
  US11/758,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20070287610A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/105
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/00 Massage for the genitals; Devices for improving sexual intercourse penis erection devices A61F5/41; vibration or percussion related aspects A61H23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/40 Devices insertable in the genitals
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1409 Hydraulic or pneumatic means
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1628 Pelvis
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2205/085 Crotch
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/0254 with rotary motor
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 23/04 with hydraulic or pneumatic drive hydraulic or Pneumatic massages, A61H9/00; underwater massages, A61H33/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/20 for vaginal muscles or other sphincter-type muscles

Abstract

A device is used for stimulating the pelvic muscles of a patient. The device comprises a tubular body which is of such a size that it can be placed along the crotch of a human body.

Claims

1. A device for stimulating pelvic muscles, comprising a tubular body which is of a size that that tubular body can be placed along a crotch of a human body.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein said body is provided with a vibration drive.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one sensor is provided, by means of which forces exerted on said tubular body by a pelvis of a human body can be detected.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein said tubular body is designed as an elastic body.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein said elastic body is produced as a tube of elastic material which is filled with a fluid.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said body is rigid.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein said rigid body is provided with a pressure-sensitive cover.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein said pressure-sensitive cover is a coating.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein said tubular body is received in a seat.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein said body can be adjusted relative to said seat.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein that adjustment is selected from at least adjusting a height and a tilting relative to said seat.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein said body is rectilinear.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein said body is curved.

14. The device of claim 2, wherein said vibration drive is designed that it causes the body to oscillate in a region selected from an urogenital region, an anal region or both of said regions of the human body.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said vibration drive is designed to oscillate said body in axial direction.

16. The device of claim 14, wherein said vibration drive is designed to oscillate said body in lateral direction.

17. The device of claim 14, wherein said vibration drive is designed to oscillate said body in radial direction

18. The device of claim 2, wherein said vibration drive generates amplitudes in a range of 0 to 3 mm.

19. The device of claim 2, wherein said vibration drive generates frequencies in a range of 0 to 100 Hz.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein said vibration drive generates frequencies in a range of 5 to 30 Hz.

21. The device of claim 3, wherein said sensor having a pressure sensor detecting forces exerted on said body by muscle contraction.

22. The device of claim 3, wherein values of said forces detected by said sensor can be fed to a processing unit.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein said values are fed from said processing unit to a viewing facility.

24. The device of claim 23, wherein said viewing facility views muscle contraction on a display.

25. The device of claim 2, wherein a acceleration of a vibration provided by said vibration drive is controlled via at lest one acceleration sensor.