Gas-Type Massage Device With Independent Chambers for Lymph Flow
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gas-type massage devices uniformly apply pressure around the limbs, which hinders the flow of body fluids like lymph fluid towards the trunk, especially in areas with damaged vessel groups, making it difficult to prevent fluid buildup and achieve a desired massaging effect.
Innovation Solution
The gas-type massage apparatus is designed with independently expandable and contractible gas chambers that align with the direction of lymph vessel groups, applying targeted pressure to facilitate fluid flow towards the trunk, using high-pressure gas to stimulate and promote lymph fluid movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If air chambers uniformly expand around the limbs, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but body fluid flow is hindered in areas with damaged vessel groups
Solution Approach 1:
The massage device divides the limb into multiple sections along the axial direction, with each section containing independently controllable air chambers. This segmentation allows different pressure to be applied to different sections, enabling the device to adapt to varying vessel conditions along the limb while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The device applies different pressure levels to different sections of the limb based on the local condition of vessel groups. By controlling each air chamber independently, the system can provide targeted pressure therapy to areas with damaged vessels while using lighter pressure in areas with healthy circulation, optimizing fluid flow efficiency without requiring complete structural redesign.
2Productivity
If air chambers are positioned to align with lymph vessel groups, then body fluid flow is promoted, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple expandable sections, each with its own air chambers positioned to correspond to lymph vessel groups in that section. This modular segmentation allows the complex alignment requirement to be broken down into manageable units, where each section can be independently configured and controlled.
Solution Approach 2:
The air chambers are designed to be dynamically expandable and contractible, allowing the device to adapt its shape and pressure distribution in real-time. This dynamic capability enables the chambers to maintain alignment with lymph vessel groups as the limb moves or changes position, reducing the need for complex fixed alignment mechanisms.
3Device complexity
If uniform pressure is applied around the limbs, then the device structure is simple, but massaging effect is reduced in areas with damaged vessels
Solution Approach 1:
The device segments the limb into multiple treatable sections with independently controlled air chambers. This segmentation allows the system to apply differentiated pressure patterns to each section, ensuring reliable massaging effects in areas with damaged vessels while maintaining simple control logic through automated section-by-section treatment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system applies locally optimized pressure therapy to each section based on its specific vascular condition. By controlling each air chamber independently, the device can provide tailored massaging effects to areas with damaged vessels while using standard pressure in healthy areas, improving overall treatment reliability without requiring proportionally complex device architecture.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus effectively promotes the flow of lymph fluid and other body fluids towards the trunk, enhancing the massage effect by addressing the limitations of uniform pressure application in existing devices.
Implementation Method 1
The gas-type massage apparatus is designed with independently expandable and contractible gas chambers that align with the direction of lymph vessel groups, applying targeted pressure to facilitate fluid flow towards the trunk, using high-pressure gas to stimulate and promote lymph fluid movement.
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AI summary
An object of the invention is to provide a gas-type massage apparatus that facilitates passing of human body fluid toward its trunk. A gas-type massage device 2 is a gas-type massage device 2 to be fitted to at least one part of upper limbs or lower limbs of the human body Z along an axial direction Q1 in which the one part extends so as to surround the one part in a peripheral direction to administer a massage to the human body Z using a high-pressure gas, wherein the gas-type massage device 2 has a plurality of gas chambers, each of which plurality of gas chambers expands and contracts mutually independently so as to receive a high-pressure gas to expand and discharge a high-pressure gas to contract, the plurality of gas chambers comprise a first gas chamber group and a second gas chamber group to be provided so as to be mutually adjacent in the axial direction Q1, and each of the first gas chamber group and the second gas chamber group has at least two gas chambers along a peripheral direction Q2.