Massage Apparatus

• US 20080200778A1
• Filed: 10/24/2006
• Published: 08/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HD Healthy Life Devices Limited, HLD Healthy Life Devices Ltd.
• Original Assignee: HLD Healthy Life Devices Ltd.
• Inventors: Taskinen, Leo Tapani, Niskanen, Timo Juhani
• Granted Patent: US 9,138,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/306
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/441 Skin evaluation, e.g. for skin disorder diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/10 with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2207/00 Anti-cellulite devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/00 Measuring physical parameters of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2230/65 Impedance, e.g. skin conductivity; capacitance, e.g. galvanic skin response [GSR]
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/005 hand-held
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 7/008 Suction kneading

Abstract

The adjustable massage apparatus has a massage effect of which is based on the suction effect created in connection with the treatment head of the apparatus. The treatment head of the apparatus has a surface which comes into contact with the skin, a frame, and a low-pressure chamber, associated with the surface for creating a low-pressure suction in order to lift the skin. The apparatus has a sensor for measuring characteristics of skin tissue, and elements to automatically adjust the low-pressure suction to the desired value, on the basis of the obtained measurements.

Claims

1. An adjustable massage apparatus, the massage effect of which is based on the suction effect created in connection with a treatment head, comprising:

the treatment head of the apparatus comprising a surface which comes into contact with a skin, a frame, and the treatment head having a low-pressure chamber defined therein, positioned in connection with the said surface for generating a low-pressure suction in order to lift a skin tissue;

a sensor for measuring characteristics of the skin, and

elements for automatically adjusting a low-pressure to a desired value, based on measurements obtained from the characteristics of the skin.

2. A massage apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring a skin composition.

3. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring a mechanic characteristic of the skin.

4. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for a measuring electrical characteristic of the skin.

5. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring a lymphatic fluid flow of the skin.

6. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring a blood circulation of the skin.

7. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring a water loss of the skin.

8. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for measuring pH.

9. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a sensor for registering a signal given by a patient for increasing/decreasing a treatment effect.

10. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus a sensor for measuring a lift of the skin tissue.

11. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus a sensor for measuring a skin temperature.

13. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has either a wired or a wireless energy sources for treating the skin tissue.

14. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has elements for treating the skin tissue so that other energy sources are adjusted automatically to the desired value.

15. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has one or more moving or static rollers are connected to the frame.

16. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a surface in the low-pressure chamber has a cavity defined therein.

17. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has sliding surfaces.

18. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus has perforated rollers inside of which a negative pressure is created in the low-pressure chamber.

19. A massage apparatus according to claim 15 wherein the the rollers are movable towards one another during a massage to produce a pinching effect.

20. A massage apparatus according to claim 19 wherein the rollers are lockable at a certain distance from one another to eliminate the pinching effect.

21. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the elements have a control unit which is connected to a computer program running in a processor.

22. A massage apparatus according to claim 21, claim 1 wherein the apparatus has a computer program adapted to adjusting on-going treatment forces.

23. A massage apparatus according to claim 22 wherein the apparatus a sensor for measuring the on-going treatment forces.

24. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the treatment head has a display which displays a level of one or more on-going treatment forces.

25. A massage apparatus according to claim 24, the display shows both a targeted and an on-going level of a treatment force.

26. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the apparatus is stoppable by a computer program when the computer program detects that a treatment force exceed a permitted value.

27. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein a connection of the sensor is either wired or wireless.

28. A massage apparatus according to claim 21 wherein the computer program is connected to a database.

29. A massage apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the sensor is based on a sound frequency.

12. (canceled)