Abstract: An aerosol generating system including a housing defining an airflow outlet; a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; an aerosol generator, configured to generate an aerosol from the liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a perforated plate disposed between the aerosol generator and the airflow outlet, the perforated plate defining a plurality of apertures extending through the perforated plate; and an electrode disposed between the aerosol generator and the perforated plate, wherein the perforated plate is electrically conductive, and wherein the electrode and the perforated plate are configured to generate an electrical potential.

Abstract: An inhaler for delivery of a medicament by inhalation includes an inhaler body for receiving a canister having a dispensing valve. A drive mechanism is provided for driving the canister from a rest position in which the valve is closed to an actuating position in which the valve is open. A resetting mechanism is provided for resetting the drive mechanism. A return mechanism is provided for returning the canister from the actuating position to the rest position, wherein the return mechanism comprises a damping system that is configured to enable the canister to automatically return from the actuating position to the rest position within a predetermined time period. A method of operation of an inhaler is also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a resistive device for insertion into a perineal orifice, such as anus or vagina, the device including: an operative portion for insertion into the perineal orifice, the operative portion including a plurality of bowed, resilient fins having proximal and distal ends, and a tip connected to the plurality of fins at the proximal ends for insertion into the perineal orifice. The resistive device also includes a base connected to the plurality of fins at the distal ends. A method of use is disclosed for inter alia exercising the Kegel muscles using the resistive device.

Abstract: A massage device includes a shell defining a moving space therein, a driving member and a massage member. A lateral wall of the shell defines an opening to intercommunicate the moving space inside the shell with an outside environment out of the shell. The lateral wall extends along an insertion direction of the shell, and the moving space extends through a first exterior side of the lateral wall to the outside environment. The driving member is arranged in a chamber of the shell defined by an interior surface of the shell and the moving space is defined by a surface of the shell that is exterior to the interior surface of the chamber. The massage member is connected to the driving member in a transmission way and has a free end being swingable in a lateral direction of the shell under the driving of the driving member.

Abstract: An apparatus for generating a rotary reciprocating motion comprises an input shaft which is driven with unidirectional rotation and an output shaft for delivering reciprocating rotary motion. A first magnetic or ferromagnetic ring is disposed about a rotation axis fixed to the input shaft and a second magnetic or ferromagnetic ring is disposed about the rotation axis fixed to the output shaft. At least one is formed as an arrangement of permanent magnets. The first and second rings are disposed one within the other around the rotation axis. The magnetic coupling between the rings in combination with the effect of an output load results in the desired reciprocating motion of the output shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion S1 and a seat back S2. The seat back S2 includes a seat back frame F2 constituting a framework thereof, a pressure-receiving member 30 located in the seat back frame F2 and designed to support an upper body of an occupant, elastically supporting members 26, 27 elastically supporting the pressure-receiving member 30 in the seat back frame F2, and a cover material covering the seat back frame F2 and the pressure-receiving member 30. The seat back is configured such that when a backward movement load is applied from the upper body of the occupant seated on the seat cushion S1 to the seat back S2, the pressure-receiving member 30 moves backward to allow the upper body of the occupant to sink into the seat back S2. A vibrating unit 50 is attached to the pressure-receiving member 30.

Abstract: A system for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) feedback configurable at a point of use is described that includes one or more sensors configured to generate a signal corresponding to motion of the chest during an administration of chest compressions and a defibrillator configured to couple to the one or more sensors, the defibrillator including an input device configured to accept user input indicative of a compression depth goal, one or more processors and a memory, the one or more processors configured to determine chest compression feedback that varies based on the user input and is based at least in part on the motion of the chest during the administration of chest compressions, and a display configured to display the chest compression feedback.

Abstract: A headache therapeutic instrument is provided, which includes a wearable frame adapted to fit on a human head, massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices, liquid medicine delivery tubes, a liquid medicine delivery device and a liquid medicine storage box. The wearable frame is provided with at least one acupoint locating hole adapted to correspond to acupoints along the human head. The massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices are mounted on the wearable frame and correspond to the acupoint locating hole. The liquid medicine delivery device delivers medicines in the liquid medicine storage box to the massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices through the liquid medicine delivery tubes. The massage and transdermal medicine permeation devices can conduct medicine permeation and massage on corresponding acupoints.

Abstract: A filtering mask assembly includes a housing including a fan and an outlet valve. A filter is releasably mounted onto the housing and is adapted to substantially follow a shape and contour of the housing to seal the housing. A face seal is interposed between the wearer's face and the housing to provide a resilient conformity to the wearer's face when the mask assembly is worn. The mask assembly defines an inner space between the mouth and nose of the wearer and an inner side of the mask assembly, and an intermediate space between the housing and the filter and an outer space separated from the inner space by an outer side of the mask assembly. The fan is positioned on a downstream side of the filter to draw air through the filter. The mask assembly prevents the breathing of any air which has not passed through the filter.

Abstract: An inhaler with an inner housing with a pressurised reservoir of an inhalable composition. A breath operated valve is operable by a user inhaling on an inhaling end of the inhaler. A composition flow path extends from the breath operated valve to the inhaling end via which the composition is dispensed when the breath operated valve is opened. The breath operated valve is biased closed by a biasing member contacting the breath operated valve at one end. A bung in the inner housing is positioned in an opening in the inner housing to support the end of the biasing member opposite to the breath operated valve. A rigid outer housing surrounds the inner housing and supports the bung.

Abstract: An inhaler housing comprising a receiving portion adapted to at least partially receive a container containing a medicament, and a dispensing portion through which the medicament is dispensed, wherein the receiving portion and the dispensing portion are movable relative to one another between a storage condition in which the receiving portion and the dispensing portion at least partially overlie one another and a use condition.

Abstract: Provided is a thermotherapy device, which includes a first housing (10), a second housing (20) disposed under the first housing (10), a transfer plate (30), at both sides of which transfer rollers (31) are provided, and a pair of guide rails (40) that is provided to the second housing (20) and on which the respective transfer rollers (31) of the transfer plate (30) are placed. The pair of guide rails (40) are integrally molded when the second housing (20) is injection-molded. Thus, since the guide rails on which the transfer rollers of the transfer plate travel are integrally molded when the second housing is injection-molded, inefficiency caused by mounting separate rails as in the related art is removed, and thereby assemblability, productivity, and economic efficiency of the thermotherapy device can be improved.

Abstract: A massage device includes a shell defining a moving space therein, a driving member and a massage member. A lateral wall of the shell defines an opening to intercommunicate the moving space inside the shell with an outside environment out of the shell. The lateral wall extends along an insertion direction of the shell, and the moving space extends through a first exterior side of the lateral wall to the outside environment. The driving member is arranged in a chamber of the shell defined by an interior surface of the shell and the moving space is defined by a surface of the shell that is exterior to the interior surface of the chamber. The massage member is connected to the driving member in a transmission way and has a free end being swingable in a lateral direction of the shell under the driving of the driving member.

Abstract: An ultrasonic mist inhaler, including a liquid reservoir structure including a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, the liquid chamber including a top surface representing a maximum level of the liquid chamber and a bottom surface representing a minimum level of the liquid chamber, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, the sonication chamber includes a piezoelectric transducer and a capillary material extending between the sonication chamber and the liquid chamber, wherein the piezoelectric transducer and the liquid chamber are arranged according to one of the following configurations: the piezoelectric transducer is disposed close to or at the bottom surface of the liquid chamber, the piezoelectric transducer is disposed close to or at the top surface of the liquid chamber as depicted in FIG. 3.

Abstract: A portable battery power operated chiropractic adjusting instrument, manipulator or thruster for applying a selectable adjustment energy impulse to a patient through a plunger having a resilient or cushioned head with the energy impulse applied to the plunger being supplied by a solenoid. The adjusting instrument can have annunciators or indicators for preload, readiness to operate, level of energy impulse and the like. The power source can be an internal rechargeable battery or removable rechargeable battery pack.

Abstract: A massage device for a person's appendage includes a plurality of enclosures each including an outer surface and a hollow interior space having a control circuit, a power source such as a rechargeable battery, a vibration mechanism, and preferably at least one motor and a gear arrangement. Each enclosure includes at least one roller driven by the gear arrangement and the at least one motor. A plurality of connectors are each fixed between two adjacent enclosures to form a ring with the enclosures and the connectors. The connectors are adapted to contract or expand such that with the person's appendage fitted through the ring, the connectors are retracted until the rollers each contact the person's appendage to move the device along or about the person's appendage while the vibration mechanism massages the person's appendage.

Abstract: A knee rehabilitation device may include a left post and a right post, an upper transverse post and a lower transverse post. The transverse posts may extend from the left post to the right post and may include foam pads that are configured to rest against opposing sides of the user's legs. The left and right posts may be angled to facilitate handling of the device. The transverse posts may be attached to the left and right posts by clamps that allow the transverse posts to slide along the height of the left and right posts.

Abstract: The method of treating a patient addicted to pain medication or opioids has the step administering acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses to the patient. A second embodiment includes a treatment to reduce a patient's pain caused by a medical condition and/or medical procedure to reduce or eliminate the taking of addictive pain medication. The treatment has the step of administering acoustic shock waves or pressure pulses directed to an area near a source of the pain or to one or more reflexology zones or to one or more reflexology zones and to an area near the source of the pain or both to treat the medical condition or prior to the medical procedure or during the medical procedure or after the medical procedure or any combination thereof.

Abstract: A respirator includes a head unit configured to be received on a human head and a purifying unit configured to provide purified air to the head unit. The purifying unit includes a first housing portion having an interior side defining a blower cavity, an exterior side defining a partial filter chamber with a filter sealing surface, and an inlet hole circumscribed by the sealing surface and extending between the interior and exterior sides. A second housing portion has an interior side defining a blower cavity. The first and second housings are attached to each other to form a housing such that the blower cavities are opposite each other to define a blower chamber within the housing. A blower is disposed in the blower chamber. A filter covers over the inlet hole and is disposed against the sealing surface such that air entering the hole passes through the filter.

Abstract: A skin care device according to an embodiment includes a main body and a head part connected to the main body, wherein the head part includes a housing in which an upper portion thereof is open, and including an accommodation space therein, an electrode part disposed in the housing, a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in the housing and spaced apart from the electrode part, and a cover part for shielding of the open upper region of the housing, wherein the cover part includes a hole corresponding to the electrode part, a part of the electrode part protrudes from an upper surface of the cover part via the hole, and an upper surface of the electrode part facing a skin of a user includes a convex curved surface toward the skin.