Massage device having an oscillating active contact surface
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1. A massage device comprising:
- an active surface for contacting tissue to be treated, a means for driving the active surface in an oscillating pivoting movement about a single axis, wherein the active surface has, in cross section, different radii perpendicular to the axis in different directions, each of said different radii increasing along at least one portion of the active surface so as to form different zones, and the active surface further being able to be rotated about the axis at an angle so as to enable said different zones of the active surface to come into contact with the tissue, and wherein the radii of the active surface are between 3 and 100 mm, wherein the means for driving the active surface oscillates the active surface with a frequency in the range of 5 to 25 Hz; and
wherein the active surface has one area near the axis and one area distant from the axis, which areas are connected along the active surface by portions having a changing radius.
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Abstract
A versatile and highly effective massage device has an active surface for bringing into contact with tissue to be treated, and means for driving the active surface in an oscillating pivoting movement about an axis. The active surface has, in cross section, different radii perpendicular to the axis in different directions and can be rotated parallel to the axis in order to bring in each case different zones of the active surface into contact with the tissue.
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1. A massage device comprising:
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an active surface for contacting tissue to be treated, a means for driving the active surface in an oscillating pivoting movement about a single axis, wherein the active surface has, in cross section, different radii perpendicular to the axis in different directions, each of said different radii increasing along at least one portion of the active surface so as to form different zones, and the active surface further being able to be rotated about the axis at an angle so as to enable said different zones of the active surface to come into contact with the tissue, and wherein the radii of the active surface are between 3 and 100 mm, wherein the means for driving the active surface oscillates the active surface with a frequency in the range of 5 to 25 Hz; and
wherein the active surface has one area near the axis and one area distant from the axis, which areas are connected along the active surface by portions having a changing radius. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A massage device comprising:
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an active surface for contacting tissue to be treated, a means for driving the active surface in an oscillating pivoting movement about a single axis, wherein the active surface has, in cross section, different radii perpendicular to the axis in different directions, each of said different radii increasing along at least one portion of the active surface so as to form different zones, and the active surface further being able to be rotated about the axis at an angle so as to enable said different zones of the active surface to come into contact with the tissue, and wherein the radii of the active surface are between 3 and 100 mm, wherein the means for driving the active surface oscillates the active surface with a frequency in the range of 5 to 25 Hz; and
wherein the active surface has only one area near the axis and only one area distant from the axis, which areas are connected along the active surface by portions having a changing radius.
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