Surgery: kinesitherapy – Kinesitherapy – With light – thermal – magnetic – or electrical application
Patent
1995-11-24
1998-05-05
DeMille, Danton D.
Surgery: kinesitherapy
Kinesitherapy
With light, thermal, magnetic, or electrical application
601132, 601133, A61H 1502
Patent
active
057467021
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a medical field and can be used in devices for local skin massage, which are used preferably during perfolactic and stimulating massage of facial skin for cosmetic purpose.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of and device for local massaging of skin.
The device for local massage preferably of facial skin is known, which includes a cylindrical casing with a conical end provided with heat contact plate, and thermal element adjoining the plate and connected with a block for regulation of temperature of the plate, as well as a system of heat withdrawal (see French patent No. 2,177,818, Class P 25 B 21/02, 1974). In this known device, before the beginning of massage the regulator sets the required temperature of the heat contact plate, and massage of local portion of the facial skin is performed manually.
The disadvantage of the known device is a low efficiency of the massage, which results from difficulty of maintaining a reliable contact of the heat contact plate with skin, and necessity of periodical switching by the massager of a temperature regulator.
Another device for contrast temperature action on local skin portions with performing of local massage is known, which includes thermal elements adjoining the heat contact plate and a system of heat withdrawal, accommodated in a casing, a source of direct current connected through a commutating element to the thermal elements, and elements for clamping the device on a human body (see Swiss patent No. 527,506, Class HO1V1/00, 1972). In this known device the clamping elements can be formed for example as a watch bracelet made of an elastic material so that the pressing of the heat contact plate to the skin portion to be massaged is provided.
The disadvantage of this known device is low efficiency of massaging since during setting of the device it is not possible to provide a reliable heat contact of the heat contact plate with the portion to be massaged during the fixed position of the plate. The air gaps which are produced lead to formation of thermal resistance, which in turn leads to a non-isothermicity of the surface to be massaged, and the efficiency of the massage is reduced.
A device for local skin massage which is the closest in its technical aspects to the device of the present invention has a casing, in which a heat contact plate is mounted, a commutating element, and means for cooling and heating of the heat contact plate which include a source of the direct current connected through the commutating element to the thermal elements adjoining the heat contact plate, and a system of heat withdrawal (see French patent No. 2,244,145, Class 861 AGIH7/00, 1975). This known device is used predominantly for massaging facial skin, and transition from heating mode to cooling mode is performed by switching of the commutating element of the massager.
The disadvantage of this known device is low efficiency of massaging since it is difficult to produce constant reliable pressing of the heat contact plate to the portion to be massaged. In the known device during a long-term massage (tens of minutes) the hand of a massaging person, uses, and the tight abutment of the heat contact plate against the skin deteriorates. In addition, the known device has low ergonomic properties since in order to change the mode it is necessary to manually switch of the commutating element after exactly fixed time intervals, which is tiring.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is designed for increasing the efficiency of massaging of local skin portions with simultaneous improvement of ergonomic properties.
In order to achieve this technical result, in the device for local skin massaging which includes a casing with a heat contact plate mounted on it, a commutating element, and means for cooling and heating of the heat contact plate including a source of direct current connected through the commutating element to the thermal elements adjoining the heat contact plate, and a system of heat withdrawal, ther
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Gelfgat David Mendeloevich
Kamensky Vyacheslav Tikhonovich
Skipidarov Sergei Yakovlevich
Yakhats Michael
A. Relin
DeMille Danton D.
Zborovsky Ilya
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