Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1986-07-28
1988-10-18
Wiecking, David
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 49, 128 55, 128 60, A61H 700, A61H 2302
Patent
active
047779454
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
DESCRIPTION
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to a massage appliance for the punctual massage of individual regions of the human body, especially of the soles of the feet, having a massage pin and an apparatus bearing the latter.
2. Background of the Invention
Associated with the individual parts and organs of the human body are reflex zones which are distributed over the whole body. Most of these reflex zones, however, are situated in the region of the feet, especially of the soles of the feet. It has long been known that by means of the punctual massage of these reflex zones, it is possible to produce impulses which run via the nerves and the brain from the massaged reflex zone to the appurtenant part or organ of the body, whereby the blood circulation and the functioning capability of this part or organ of the body and of the glands is stimulated, and in addition toxic and waste matter deposited in the region of the respective reflex zone is dissolved and removed from the body via the blood-streams and excretory organs.
Yet, to be sure, optimum results can as a general rule be achieved only by an experienced therapist who recognizes the cause of his patient's complaints and knows which of the numerous reflex zones is to be punctually massaged for eliminating the respective complaint.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The massage appliances known heretofore are at best suitable for stimulating the user's blood circulation generally but not for effectively treating individual reflex zones punctually. This also applies, for example, to the massage appliance known from the DE-UM No. 7,441,025, which has a massage pin borne by a supporting surface, for with this appliance both the massage pressure and the massage movements must be mustered by the user himself, which leads to cramping of the user's mostly untrained muscular system and, if only for that reason, jeopardizes the desired massage result.
The problem underlying the invention is to provide a massage appliance of the kind described at the beginning, which makes possible reflex-zone massages, and with which it is possible also for the unpracticed layman to continue, e.g., at home, a reflex-zone massage begun by an experienced therapist.
According to the invention, this problem is solved by a masssage appliance of the kind described at the beginning, in which there is associated with the massage pin a drive by which the tip of the massage pin can be set vibrating and can be displaced along a closed, preferably circular path. "Vibration" of the tip of the massage pin being understood to mean its up-and-down movement, and the direction of vibration of the tip of the massage pin corresponding substantially to the axial direction of the massage pin.
A massage appliance thus formed makes it possible for even the unpracticed user to simulate the manual activity of the therapist without having to put up with the cramping of individual parts of the body which often makes a successful reflex-zone massage impossible.
Because of its unproblematical and convenient manipulation, a massage appliance thus formed is especially suited in addition for a permanent precautionary treatment which creates a balanced, harmonious body household or important prerequisites therefor.
The drive of the massage pin may, in the massage appliance according to the invention, have a preferably eccentrically drivable vibratory body to which the massage pin is preferably detachably connected. A crank may advantageously engage this vibratory body. This crank may be drivable via an electric motor, preferably via an interposed reduction gear, the speed of rotation of the electric motor preferably being infinitely variable and capable of modulation. The latter offers the advantage that the massage effect of the tip of the massage pin can be adapted to the particular requirements.
There may be associated with the aforementioned vibratory body, which, together with the massage pin borne thereby, is displaceable in a plane by means of the crank engaging it, a vibration apparatus by means of
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Curtaz Werner
Sacherer Bernhard
Lamb Tonya
Tukan Anstalt
Wiecking David
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