Electric Drive Patents (Class 601/70)
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Patent number: 11998500Abstract: The invention provides a massage device, which comprises the shell and two symmetrical elastic massage parts, wherein the driving part and the guiding transmission part connected with the driving part are arranged in the shell. The guiding transmission part drives the two elastic massage parts to move towards or away from each other. The massage device of the invention is convenient to use, which could relieve the pressure and fatigue of people and makes them relaxed by massaging the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Wenbin Zhang
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Patent number: 11911335Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bidirectional reciprocating oscillating massager, including a peripheral component, wherein a first gear box fixing member and a second gear box fixing member are respectively arranged inside the peripheral component; the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member are connected through a bolt; rotating slots are formed in tops of both the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member; inner walls of the rotating slots are rotatably connected with driven shafts; outer walls of the driven shafts are sleeved with driven teeth; the same motor is fixedly connected inside the first gear box fixing member and the second gear box fixing member; an output shaft of the motor is connected with a driving tooth; and the driving tooth are meshed with the driven teeth.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Dongguan Xiangyao Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Xiang Zheng
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Patent number: 11195340Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems for rendering an immersive environment, the systems comprising at least one electronic device configured to be coupled to a body part of a user, the at least one electronic device comprising a sensor, an actuator, or both; a processor capable of being communicatively coupled to the at least one electronic device; and a rendering device capable of being communicatively coupled to the processor. The processor is configured to execute machine-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain data from or provide data to the at least one electronic device. The rendering device is configured to receive rendering information from the processor, and render the immersive environment based at least in part on the rendering information from the processor.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: ARIS MD, Inc.Inventors: Chandra Devam, Zaki Adnan Taher, William Scott Edgar
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Patent number: 11135129Abstract: A massage and dilating device is provided that includes a mechanical assembly and a control and drive assembly coupled to the mechanical assembly to control operation of the device. The mechanical assembly includes a hollow, cylindrical housing having a tapered end and a guide slot extending along an outer surface thereof, an elongated drive shaft positioned inside of the housing and having threads cut into the surface thereof, an inner shuttle engaging the threads on the drive shaft via an interposing pawl and positioned inside the housing, an outer shuttle positioned outside of the housing and coupled to the inner shuttle through the guide slot. The mechanical assembly may also include a flexible outer cover. The mechanical assembly may also include intermediate movable surfaces in lieu of the outer shuttle positioned between the outer surface of the housing and flexible covering engaged by the inner shuttle but not coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Inventor: Darren J. Greco
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Patent number: 10987510Abstract: A method of electrically stimulating a target muscle of a patient includes placing at least one stimulation electrode in electrical contact with the target muscle and applying an electrical signal to the stimulation electrode. The method further includes obtaining a signal from a sensing element placed on the patient, wherein the sensing element is configured to detect at least one biological parameter of the patient associated with contraction of the target muscle caused by the application of the electrical signal, and adapting stimulation of the target muscle by the at least one stimulation electrode using the obtained signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Sage Products, LLCInventor: Brian J. Fahey
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Patent number: 10052256Abstract: A vibration ring includes a vibration module and a latex ring. The vibration module is provided with at least a battery, a circuit board and a vibration motor that are connected electrically in a spherical shell, along with a switch that is exposed out of the shell. The latex ring includes an annular wearing part that is processed with latex, and a spherical vibration part that encloses the shell of the vibration module. The spherical vibration part and the enclosed vibration module act onto a female's clitoris without pressing on other parts of the body, so as to increase the comfortableness in wearing the vibration ring and form a better exciting effect in vibration.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Inventors: Ming-Huei Wang, Chien-Feng Lin
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Patent number: 10039693Abstract: An acupressure apparatus including a manually adjustable head strap, with a flexible material, extending around the circumference of a user's head, and which can be manually adjusted using any of the following: a hook segment; a loop segment; a button; a buttonhole; a snap; and a snap receptacle. The acupressure apparatus includes a rigid protrusion with a rigid material formed into an essentially domed shape. The protrusion can be affixed to a point of the head strap such that the dome faces the user's glabella. When the user manually adjusts the length of the head strap, the rigid protrusion applies pressure on the user's glabella.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Holden Properties, LLCInventor: Ned Hoffman
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Patent number: 9474682Abstract: A light guide type pain reliever includes a handle including a barrel accommodating a battery, a rear end cap and a front end cap respectively capped on two opposite ends of the barrel, a pushbutton mounted in the rear end cap and a switching connector mounted in the rear end cap and electrically connected to the battery and drivable by the pushbutton to switching on/off the battery, a holder shell connected to the front end cap and electrically coupled to the battery and having electrically connected thereto a vibrator and a light-emitting device, an adapter connected to the holder shell, and a light guide plate connected to the adapter guiding out light rays emitted by the light-emitting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: Star Generation Limited Taiwan BranchInventors: Roger Chen, Ming-Chih Tsai
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Patent number: 9174079Abstract: The invention relates to a muscle stimulation device comprising a handle bar with a first and a second end, a motor which is arranged in a cavity in the handle bar and is coupled by means of a motor shaft to at least one eccentric body in order to set the muscle stimulation device vibrating by an unbalance of the eccentric body. According to the invention the eccentric body/ies has/have a common center of mass, which is at a different distance from the first end of the handle bar than it is from the second end of the handle bar. The invention furthermore relates to an exchangeable head for such a muscle stimulation device.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: tremo-tec GmbHInventors: Marc Berger, Thomas Berger
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Patent number: 9101497Abstract: An external prosthetic penile device includes a substantially cylindrical structure having openings at its proximal end and a distal end. The substantially cylindrical structure includes a tubular channel that extends and tapers within the substantially cylindrical structure from the proximal end to the distal end. The tubular channel connects said proximal and distal end openings in a fluid connection. The opening at the proximal end includes a funnel, said funnel having a substantially conical mouth, wherein said substantially conical mouth has a circumference that is adapted to rest substantially against a pubic region surrounding a human's genitals. The circumference is also dimensioned to at least substantially encompass the genitals when the circumference is fitted against the pubic region. The substantially cylindrical structure is configured to resemble a flaccid human penis such that the distal opening corresponds to the external urethral orifice.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Inventor: Kah Peow Tan
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Patent number: 9044331Abstract: A sexual aid device to provide increased sexual sensation in either heterosexual or homosexual intercourse characterized by a structure maintaining the male penis in pressure contact with the sensitive members of the female vagina or male anus.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Client Finance, Inc.Inventor: William A Adams
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Publication number: 20150148720Abstract: A device for discretely providing sexual stimulation, the device being in the form of a plush animal having a head portion, a body portion, at least one appendage wherein the head portion includes a face region formed at least in part from an impermeable flexible material, the face region having a hollow interior defining an inner surface including at least one internally mounted vibrator motor provided with a rotatably drivable eccentric mass is securely affixed therein, said vibrator motor positioned in close proximity opposite an outer surface of the face region for transferring vibrations to a region of said face defining a vibration area, said vibrator motor being operatively connected to a power source and a control circuit and wherein said vibration area provides an operative portion for applying vibratory sensations to a part of the human body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Robert Harmon, Dawn Adams Harmon
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Patent number: 9005173Abstract: A system and method for rejuvenating skin through ablation using a handheld device (200) having a removable treatment component (213) with an abrasive material on one surface of the component which surface is on a portion of the treatment component (213) configured to conform to a skin surface. The system further includes application of other elements to facilitate skin recovery and rejuvenation processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Zelickson, David A. Kist, Mark A. Rydell
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Publication number: 20150080773Abstract: A process of massaging a subject is provided that includes the provision of a vibratory massage roller having a casing with a casing surface extending over a length of the vibratory roller. A motor in included in the housing and is electrically coupled to a power source. The power source is energized to induce a vibratory amplitude to the surface that varies less than 30 amplitude percent across the central 70 percent of the length. The massage roller is contacted with the subject to massage the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Brian P. Godfrey, Sandra Reboucas, Theodore B. Hill, Thomas A. Deiters
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Patent number: 8827937Abstract: A massaging device to be mounted in a hole of an inner wall of a bath, having a casing mountable in a watertight manner in the hole, a flexible member mounted in a watertight manner on the casing, the flexible member having a surface accessible to a user in the bath when the massaging device is mounted in the bath and an electrically operated vibrator mounted inside the casing, for vibrating the flexible member. A bath massaging system having massaging devices as described above.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2007Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Les Entreprises Airbrass Inc.Inventor: Martial Giguére
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Patent number: 8764688Abstract: A sleeve that provides mechanical stimulation to the arm to prevent bone density loss. A primary goal of this product is to prevent bone density loss that occurs during extended space travel. For one embodiment, only the predefined frequency specifications had to be met (between 40 Hz and 60 Hz). By meeting these frequencies for a duration of 30 minutes the product will theoretically prevent the loss of bone density. Additionally, clinical trials will need to be conducted before this product can be marketed. The product includes of several mechanical vibrators attached to a sleeve. The vibrators are small unbalanced-mass motors which are similar to those found in cell phones. The motors are encased in dome shaped housings designed to reduce lateral vibrations along the arm. The product is controlled using an Arduino board attached to the sleeve that actuates the motors. The motors, in turn, provide the specified frequency to the arm for 30 minutes.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Purdue Research FoundationInventors: Eric A. Nauman, Jonathan M. Childress, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, James A. Isca, Daniel J. Rawson, Andrew J. Zakrajsek
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Patent number: 8740826Abstract: A device for non-invasively mechanically stimulating bone or muscle includes a vibrational energy generator for applying vibrational energy to a first end of a length of a tissue which includes bone and/or muscle. The vibrational energy is for inducing strain in at least one region within the length of tissue. A restraint is disposed opposite the first end of the length to resist translation of the length during operation of the device and to provide loading to the bone or muscle. A connecting structure couples the restraint to the vibrational energy generator. The device does not require gravity to operate and as a result is expected to have applications in space, such as with astronauts, with those having bone aliments such as bed-ridden patients, persons with osteoporosis or disuse atrophy, athletes, recovering bone cancer patients, and persons with musculoskeletal disorders.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Inventor: Jeffrey M. Leismer
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Publication number: 20130281892Abstract: A process of massaging a subject is provided that includes the provision of a vibratory massage roller having a casing with a casing surface extending over a length of the vibratory roller. A motor in included in the housing and is electrically coupled to a power source. The power source is energized to induce a vibratory amplitude to the surface that varies less than 30 amplitude percent across the central 70 percent of the length. The massage roller is contacted with the subject to massage the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2013Publication date: October 24, 2013Inventors: Brian P. Godfrey, Sandra Reboucas, Theodore B. Hill, Thomas A. Deiters
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Patent number: 8512264Abstract: An implant system for imparting vibratory massage to tissue of a patient from within the body of the patient is disclosed. The system comprises an implant device configured to produce and communicate a vibration to body tissue located adjacent to the implant device. The device may include a case forming at least a portion of an exterior of the device, and a vibration generator configured to vibrate the portion of the exterior. The device may include a power supply to supply power to the vibration generator and a switch to selectively permit power from the power supply to be supplied to the vibration generator. The device may include a power receiver to receive electrical energy from a location external to the body of the patient and a signal receiver to receive signals from a location external to the body of the patient when the receiver is located in the body of the patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Inventor: Wilson T. Asfora
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Patent number: 8500663Abstract: The present invention is a vibrational roller utilizing a motorized vibrational drive using a plurality of eccentric weights and associated supports. The weights are positioned along the axis of rotation in a manner to synchronize them and minimize vibrational dissipation throughout the roller. Each weight has at least one associated support. The supports then transmit vibrational forces to the surface of the roller in an evenly distributed manner. A second co-operational motor may be used to extend motor life and aid in initiating vibrations. A control panel and associated circuitry are utilized to alter vibrational characteristics. The roller may be battery powered or powered through a standard wall outlet. The roller itself is manufactured of a durable yet deformable material, such as foam rubber, and may be inserted into selectable sleeves of varying physical properties for desired effect.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Health e CompanyInventors: Brian P. Godfrey, Vince Warner
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Publication number: 20130158454Abstract: A pain controlling device includes a pair of housings, each having a jaw at one end and a handle at the other end. The jaws, which are held together a resilient coupling connecting the housings, may be separated by squeezing the handles together. Each of the housings includes a source of mechanical vibration that can be turned on to control pain in an extremity that is clamped between the jaws, such as in a finger from which a blood sample is to be taken.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Inventor: Jeffrey McFarlane
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Patent number: 8388560Abstract: A massager device providing multiple massaging effects with thermal enhancement is disclosed. The device comprises a cylindrical body with a first end which is closed and a second end which is open, a first cap coupled to the first end, and a second cap coupled to the second end, an assembly of DC vibrator embedded in the first end, and a switch embedded in the first cap. The cylindrical body comprises an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is made of ABS materials. The outer layer is made of silicone rubber and comprises a base sheet and an array of evenly spaced identical elastic nipples positioned outwardly with their bottoms embedded in the base sheet. The first cap and the second cap have substantially identical exterior shape and size, each of which having an inner layer made of ABS materials and a silicone rubber ring coupled to the inner layer's exterior. The hollow space made by the cylindrical body and the second cap may contain thermal media such as water or gel.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2011Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Inventors: Ding Jian, Megan Zhu
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Patent number: 8308665Abstract: A method and wearable system and for enhancing human balance and gait and preventing foot injury through neurological stimulation of the foot and the ankle. Subthreshold stimulation for neurosensory enhancement is provided via electrodes or vibrational actuators, or combination thereof, disposed in or on a wearable a platform, such as an insole, sock shoe, removable shoe insert, or applied without the support of a platform, to the skin surface of an individual. Suprathreshold stimulation for therapeutic purposes, such as improving blood flow, is also provided by the vibrational actuators. The actuators and electrodes are driven by bias signals generated by a bias signal generator that is coupled to a controller. The signal generator under the control of the controller is adapted to generate a non-deterministic random signal, a repetitive pattern or series of patterns.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2004Date of Patent: November 13, 2012Assignee: Trustees of Boston UniversityInventors: Jason D. Harry, James J. Collins, James B. Niemi, Atilla A. Priplata, Stephen J. Kleshinski
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Patent number: 8273038Abstract: In combination, vertically percussive vibration and non-symmetrical forces are applied to a patient. The non-symmetrical forces may be generated by a variety of unevenly applied weights that are supported at appropriate body locations in a manner that upsets normal body load symmetry. The non-symmetrical forces in combination with vertically percussive vibrations induce neuromusculoskeletal proprioceptive re-education and development within a living body to correct musculo-skeletal disorders including but not limited to scoliosis. A special posture modifying chair and head-orienting glasses may be used instead of or in addition to unevenly applied weights. An additional force concentrating treatment apparatus is also presented.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Inventors: Dennis A. Woggon, A. Joshua Woggon, John D. Carlson, Donald D. Winkels
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Patent number: 8262631Abstract: A therapeutic device includes an elastomeric outer shell configured as a human hand and defining an interior area, the outer shell having a finger end opposite a wrist end. The device includes a pocket in the interior area, the pocket being defined by an inner wall. An endplate is coupled to the outer shell and coupled to the inner wall to define a closed area between the outer shell and pocket, the endplate having an opening for allowing access to the pocket. A fill material is positioned in the closed area. The device includes a vibrating unit removably positioned in the pocket through the endplate opening, the vibrating unit having a lock complementary to a catch to couple the vibrating unit to the endplate, the vibrating unit having a vibrating motor in electrical communication with a power source and a switch.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Inventor: Rebecca Wilson Macsovits
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Patent number: 8142373Abstract: A system and method that utilizes a massaging apparatus specifically for a person's temples with the expressed purpose of providing relaxation and headache relief, is herein disclosed. The apparatus is configured as a headband with battery-powered massagers at the temples. The apparatus is supported both with minimal elasticity from the headband and with ear supports. Power is supplied to the massagers from a rechargeable battery pack that can be worn about the arm or alternately the waist and is electrically tethered to the headband. Each small disc-shaped temple massager is separately powered by a small motor that produces the massaging effect which is intended to reproduce the sensation of rubbing/massaging the temples.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2007Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Inventor: Carol W. Riles
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Patent number: 8112825Abstract: A toilet seat includes a body with a plurality of massage mechanisms installed in the body, and means for sealing the massage mechanisms. The massage mechanism includes a housing which comprises an upper part and a lower cover part, a motor held between the upper part and the lower cover part, an eccentric weight fixed to the output shaft of the motor, and a resilient suspension device for suspending the assembly of the motor, the eccentric weight and the housing inside the body. The suspension device includes a housing fixing end fixed to the housing, a body fixing end fixed to the body, and a connecting part connected between the two fixing ends. In use, the motor rotates the eccentric weight to thereby produce vibrations which are transmitted to a user sitting on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2009Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.Inventors: Yue Li, Jicheng Pan, Fei Li, Yongqiang Song, Gang Peng, Guanlei Jiang, Zongwang Lv
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Patent number: 8092405Abstract: A self-contained oral vibrator featuring an elastomeric band that is generally used as a sexual novelty apparatus. The apparatus is made of two basic parts. The first part, the integrated vibrator, is comprised of a motor used to cause vibration, a small battery power source and an external barrel 4. The second primary element of the apparatus is the elastomeric band itself. The band is designed to both fasten to the tongue during use and also house the vibration apparatus. The elastomeric band is essentially made of two parts; the first part, the bottom part, is a flat loop that wraps around the tongue during use while the second part, the top part, is designed as a barrel 4 to hold in place the vibration barrel in place. The vibration barrel and band together form an integrated tongue vibrator absent the necessity for multiple parts to achieve the same end result.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Inventor: Jeffrey Dean Klearman
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Patent number: 8088051Abstract: An adjustable sphincter exerciser (Kegel exercise) includes a flexible tubular member, at least one sleeve mounted to the tubular member; a body inserted into the tubular member, a conductive device connected to the body and located in the tubular member, the conductive device being activated when the tubular member is compressed, a vibration unit electrically connected to the conductive device, and a power unit providing power to the conductive device and the vibration unit. The at least one sleeve can be replaced and has different hardness, when the user squeezes the at least one sleeve and the tubular member to activate the conductive device and the vibration unit, the user is acknowledged the force that sphincter is exercised. The adjustable sphincter exerciser (Kegel exercise) enhances the muscular strength and the muscular endurance of the sphincter.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Inventor: Chien-Hsiung Hung
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Patent number: 7951098Abstract: An amplitude change-over device for a body vibration machine includes two eccentric units respectively fixed on the opposite ends of a rotating shaft driven by a motor. Each eccentric unit contains an eccentric driving plate secured with the rotating shaft for rotating together and an eccentric driven plate movably fitted on the rotating shaft at one side of the driving plate. Either one of the driving plate or the driven plate has a surface bored with a slide groove with the rotating shaft acting as a pivot, and another one has a surface provided with a projecting stud inserted in the slide groove. The motor is a right-handed and left-handed one. When the motor is chosen to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, the included angle of the driving plate and the driven plate is changeable and hence amplitude power is adjustable by using a single motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2007Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Assignee: Tonic Fitness Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mu-Chuan Wu, Vince Wu, Ts Lang Wang
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Patent number: 7931605Abstract: A device for use by a female for sexual stimulation comprising an inner arm dimensioned for insertion into a vagina, to contact the wall of the vagina at or near the G-spot, an outer arm dimensioned to contact the clitoris, and a resilient U-shaped member connecting the inner and outer arms.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2005Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Standard Innovation CorporationInventor: Bruce Murison
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Patent number: 7871386Abstract: A miniature electrically powered massage vibrator includes an outermost shell slideably holding a vibrating body, i.e., a vibration generator. The vibrating body contains a power source of button-type battery cells for powering a motor of the vibration generator encased inside the body, and a power switching mechanism. Sliding movement of the outermost shell relative to the vibrating body provides the switching on/off functions of the electric power. The massage vibrator is useful for sexual assistance or marital aid or therapeutic use.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Nanma Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Simon Siu Man Nan
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Patent number: 7846111Abstract: Therapy patches provide portable massaging devices that can also deliver topical treatment chemicals. These patches can be adhered to the skin via an adhesive layer that is also impregnated with the treatment chemical. Kits are also provided to create a string of linked patches that can be used together or separately, and a microcontroller controls the vibration of the device for optimized massaging effects.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: December 7, 2010Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Kopanic, Jr., Pamela J. Taylor, Daniel G. Lee, Jaime R. Allen
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Patent number: 7766849Abstract: A disposable massage apparatus having a massage actuator operatively engaged to a holding member which defines a slot adapted to receive a conductivity blocker that prevents operation of the massage apparatus is disclosed. In operation, the user withdraws the conductivity blocker from the slot in order to make the massage apparatus operational while re-inserting the conductivity blocker into the slot makes the massage apparatus inoperative.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Nanma Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Simon Siu Man Nan
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Publication number: 20100179460Abstract: A massage device includes a housing, a driving unit and two massage units driven by the driving unit. Each massage unit includes a planetary gear disc assembled with a universal joint, an inner gear engaged with the planetary gear disc, and a massage disc assembly disposed on a top of the inner gear and driven by the universal joint. The driving unit drives the planet gear disc to rotate and the universal joint drives the massage disc assembly to rotate, thereby providing kneading massage. The inner gear has an incline top surface. When the planet gear disc drives the inner gear to rotate, the incline top surface makes the massage balls on the massage disc assembly to move up and down, thereby providing patting massage. Thus, the massage device can produce kneading and patting massage actions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Inventor: Ming-Wei TSAI
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Patent number: 7737588Abstract: The preferred embodiment the invention proposes pertains to a three-phase induction motor, and operates on the premises of having the extension cords on two ends of the motor embedded with several balancing eccentric washers and a balancing eccentric block added, of which the eccentric block contains a sleeve bearing, and one end of the eccentric block is fitted with a bolt, with the bolt head covered with rubber; o-ring is fitted between the balancing eccentric washer and balancing eccentric block, whereby using the invention's frequency changer for controlling an AC 3-phase induction motor serves to generate multiple frequencies for generating different amplitudes, which can be use to control the speed and load emitted between the eccentric block and balancing eccentric washer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Inventor: Huan-Yau Peng
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Patent number: 7725962Abstract: A massaging sink pillow structure disclosed herein designed to be placed over the edge of a standard sink used by a barber or beautician for shampooing or rinsing hair. The sink pillow is a waterproof, saddle-shaped structure with a front section designed to be placed against the front outside surface of the sink and a rear section designed to be placed against the front, inside surface of the sink. The sink pillow includes an upper, U-shaped indented section designed to fit into the U-shaped opening on the sink. Mounted inside the sink pillow is a plurality of page motors aligned in rows that are selectively activated to massage the user's neck in one direction or in alternative directions from front-to-back and back-to-front directions when the user's neck is placed over the U-shaped indented section.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2007Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Inventor: Timothy Jon Smith
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Publication number: 20100113992Abstract: The present invention is a vibrational roller utilizing a motorized vibrational drive using a plurality of eccentric weights and associated supports. The weights are positioned along the axis of rotation in a manner to synchronize them and minimize vibrational dissipation throughout the roller. Each weight has at least one associated support. The supports then transmit vibrational forces to the surface of the roller in an evenly distributed manner. A second co-operational motor may be used to extend motor life and aid in initiating vibrations. A control panel and associated circuitry are utilized to alter vibrational characteristics. The roller may be battery powered or powered through a standard wall outlet. The roller itself is manufactured of a durable yet deformable material, such as foam rubber, and may be inserted into selectable sleeves of varying physical properties for desired effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Brian P. Godfrey, Vince Warner
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Patent number: 7705500Abstract: A vibration apparatus and also a motor assembly are provided to enhance vibrational massage therapy and to improve non-impact exercise. In particular, the motor assembly generates vibrations of differing amplitudes utilizing a single motor to drive a shaft that, in turn, rotates an eccentric weight whose rotational axis is non-coaxial with the shaft's rotational axis. The reversal of the direction in which the motor rotates the shaft changes the amplitude of the resulting vibrations communicated to a platform. Thus, vibrational amplitude most suitable for a particular application or purpose may be selected.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.Inventors: Stephen B. Mills, Charles J. Burout, III
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Patent number: 7662115Abstract: A device for non-invasively mechanically stimulating bone or muscle includes a vibrational energy generator for applying vibrational energy to a first end of a length of a tissue which includes bone and/or muscle. The vibrational energy is for inducing strain in at least one region within the length of tissue. A restraint is disposed opposite the first end of the length to resist translation of the length during operation of the device and to provide loading to the bone or muscle. A connecting structure couples the restraint to the vibrational energy generator. The device does not require gravity to operate and as a result is expected to have applications in space, such as with astronauts, with those having bone ailments such as bed-ridden patients, persons with osteoporosis or disuse atrophy, athletes, recovering bone cancer patients, and persons with muscoskeletal disorders.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Inventor: Jeffrey M. Leismer
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Patent number: 7637878Abstract: The eye massaging device contains a main member having built-in air pump and actuation elements, an inflatable fomentation member, and a belt member where the main member and the fomentation member are attached, and a controller for adjusting the settings of the massaging device. The main member contains a number of slidably engaged pieces that elastically expand along with the belt member when the device is tied around a user's head. Additionally, the eye massaging device can also provide simultaneous massages to the appropriate acupuncture spots at the sides of the head such as temples by having additional built-in vibrating elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Inventor: Pin-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 7615018Abstract: An ulcer, lymphoedema and DVT treatment device (10) comprises a drive unit (12) adapted to deliver mechanical vibrations at its surface in three orthogonal directions at a frequency in each orthogonal direction of between 15 and 75 Hz and with an amplitude in each orthogonal direction of between 0.1 and 0.5 mm. A pad (110) is connected to the drive unit, and a strap (46) enables the pad to be pressed against the limb of the animal or human. The motor drives an eccentrically mounted weight (22) to provide oscillations of the casing in a radial plane. The device is employed to treat a patient suffering from leg ulcers, lymphoedema and DVT by applying three-dimensional vibrations. A cover (150) is provided to protect the pad (110) from contamination.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2003Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Vibrant Medical LimitedInventors: Ernest Peter Nelson, Jeanette Rae Nelson, legal representative, Antony John Seaney
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Publication number: 20090270775Abstract: Devices, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for non-invasive diagnosis and screening of neurological disorders. Spatio-temporal mapping can be utilized between the skin and the central nervous system to rapidly, painlessly and quantitatively assess functional connectivity in the central nervous system. Stimulation drivers can be independently operated to control the movement of stimulators to achieve a variety of desired stimulation parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2007Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventors: Mark Allen Tommerdahl, Robert Glenn Dennis
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Publication number: 20090264801Abstract: A body vibration apparatus includes an at least partially rigid platform, a first motor coupled to the platform such that movement of the first motor imparts force to the platform. The first motor has a first shaft that rotates a first eccentric weight in a first direction, phase and plane. A second motor is coupled to the platform such that movement of the second motor imparts force to the platform. The second motor has a second shaft parallel to the first shaft that rotates in a second direction, which, in one embodiment, is opposite the first direction. A second eccentric weight is coupled to the second shaft in the first plane. The second eccentric weight rotates with the second shaft at the first phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Applicant: POWER PLATE NORTH AMERICA, INC.Inventor: Guus Van der Meer
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Publication number: 20090247915Abstract: A vibrating massager includes a housing, a power source supported by the housing and a replaceable motor. The housing and motor are configured so that the motor may be readily replaced by a human operator without the need to replace the housing, power source, or other components. The motor may be sized and configured to substitute for a conventional battery in a multi-battery device. When positioned in place of a battery in a supporting device, the motor operates to impart a vibrating motion to the supporting device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Ethan Frederic IMBODEN, Philipe Sage, Roland Jeffrey Wyatt
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Publication number: 20090221942Abstract: The present invention discloses a massaging brassiere structure that installs an electronic vibrator in brassiere cups of the brassiere, and the electronic vibrator is controlled by an electronic circuit for vibrations and driving an elastic filling layer of the brassiere cup to vibrate, so that the vibrating frequency produced by the electronic vibrator is transmitted evenly to a wearer's breasts by the elastic force of the elastic filling layer of the brassiere cup for massaging the wearer's breasts.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2008Publication date: September 3, 2009Inventor: Jia-Lianq Shian
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Patent number: 7563235Abstract: A body vibration apparatus includes an at least partially rigid platform, a first motor coupled to the platform such that movement of the first motor imparts force to the platform. The first motor has a first shaft that rotates a first eccentric weight in a first direction, phase and plane. A second motor is coupled to the platform such that movement of the second motor imparts force to the platform. The second motor has a second shaft parallel to the first shaft that rotates in a second direction, which, in one embodiment, is opposite the first direction. A second eccentric weight is coupled to the second shaft in the first plane. The second eccentric weight rotates with the second shaft at the first phase.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2004Date of Patent: July 21, 2009Assignee: Power Plate North America, Inc.Inventor: Guus van der Meer
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Patent number: 7530961Abstract: A hinged hair washing helmet with a plurality of interior water jets emanating from an interior liquid canal, the canal also joining inlet valves with flexible inlet hoses for shampoo and conditioner. Fingers contacting a user's head provide powered massage. Power is provided by standard outlet A/C voltage or batteries. Message is adjustable for intensity. A timer control is also provided for controlling time of functions and a neck pad is adjustable for best fit of the helmet.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2005Date of Patent: May 12, 2009Inventor: Janice A. Griffin
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Publication number: 20090086569Abstract: An amplitude change-over device for a body vibration machine includes two eccentric units respectively fixed on the opposite ends of a rotating shaft driven by a motor. Each eccentric unit contains an eccentric driving plate secured with the rotating shaft for rotating together and an eccentric driven plate movably fitted on the rotating shaft at one side of the driving plate. Either one of the driving plate or the driven plate has a surface bored with a slide groove with the rotating shaft acting as a pivot, and another one has a surface provided with a projecting stud inserted in the slide groove. The motor is a right-handed and left-handed one. When the motor is chosen to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise, the included angle of the driving plate and the driven plate is changeable and hence amplitude power is adjustable by using a single motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicant: Tonic Fitness Technology, Inc.Inventors: Mu-Chuan Wu, Vince Wu, Ts Lang Wang
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Patent number: 7510537Abstract: A vibrating massager includes a housing (10), a power source (14) supported by the housing and a replaceable motor (12). The housing (10) and motor (12) are configured so that the motor may be readily replaced by a human operator without the need to replace the housing, power source, or other components. The motor (12) may be sized and configured to substitute for a conventional battery in a multi-battery device. When positioned in place of a battery in a supporting device, the motor operates to impart a vibrating motion to the supporting device.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Inventors: Ethan Frederic Imboden, Philipe Sage, Roland Jeffrey Wyatt