Negative-Pressure Cup With Essential Oil Volatilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing negative-pressure massaging devices do not incorporate aromatherapy, leading to prolonged circular blood stasis after use, which can take several days to recover.
Innovation Solution
A negative-pressure massaging device with an essential oil volatilizing structure, including a heat conducting unit, heating unit, and essential oil unit, capable of volatilizing essential oil for aromatherapy, featuring an air permeable cover for easy replenishment and replacement, and an anti-rotating mechanism to prevent cover rotation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If negative-pressure massaging device is used to create protruding portion for massage, then massaging effect is achieved, but circular blood stasis part is formed that requires several days to one week to recover
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces essential oil as an intermediary substance that penetrates into the circular blood stasis part through the negative-pressure cup, accelerating the recovery process. The essential oil acts as a mediator between the massage device and the body tissue, providing therapeutic effects that reduce recovery time from several days to one week to a shorter duration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the parameter of the negative-pressure cup by adding essential oil volatilization capability. Through heating units that volatilize essential oil into the negative-pressure cup, the chemical composition and therapeutic parameters of the massage environment are modified, enabling accelerated blood circulation and faster recovery of the circular blood stasis part.
2Adaptability or versatility
If essential oil volatilizing structure is added to negative-pressure cup, then aromatherapy is provided, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the essential oil volatilizing structure into separate functional components: heating units, essential oil storage containers, and volatilization channels. This segmentation allows the aromatherapy function to be added as a modular system that can be independently assembled and maintained, reducing the overall complexity compared to an integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The negative-pressure cup is designed to serve multiple functions: providing negative-pressure massage, volatilizing essential oil for aromatherapy, and containing both massage and therapeutic components. This multi-functionality approach consolidates several features into a single device, reducing the need for separate equipment and managing complexity through functional integration.
3Ease of operation
If air permeable cover is made easily detachable for essential oil replenishment, then ease of operation is improved, but sealing reliability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The air permeable cover is designed with dynamic attachment and detachment mechanisms that allow easy access for essential oil replenishment while maintaining reliable sealing during operation. The cover can transition between a sealed state during negative-pressure massage and an open state for refilling, providing both ease of operation and sealing reliability through controlled dynamic behavior.
Solution Approach 2:
The essential oil storage container is extracted as a separate, easily detachable component from the main negative-pressure cup structure. This extraction allows users to quickly remove and replace the essential oil container without disassembling the entire device or compromising the sealing of the negative-pressure cup, thereby maintaining both ease of operation and reliability.
4Adaptability or versatility
If heat conducting unit is added to volatilize essential oil, then aromatherapy effect is enhanced, but device complexity and energy consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The heat conducting unit is designed with localized heating zones that target only the essential oil storage areas requiring volatilization. Instead of heating the entire negative-pressure cup, the heating units are strategically positioned to provide thermal energy only where needed, reducing overall energy consumption while maintaining effective essential oil volatilization for aromatherapy.
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 device provides aromatherapy during massage, reducing the duration of circular blood stasis to a shorter time frame by allowing easy essential oil replenishment and preventing cover rotation.
Implementation Method 1
a heating unit, disposed on and contacting the heat conducting unit to heat the heat conducting unit
Implementation Method 2
a heat conducting unit: a heating unit, disposed on and contacting the heat conducting unit to heat the heat conducting unit
Implementation Method 3
The essential oil unit is heated by the heat conducting unit to volatilize essential oil into the negative-pressure cup
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AI summary
A negative-pressure massaging device capable of volatilizing essential oil is provided. The negative-pressure massaging device includes a negative-pressure cup and an essential oil volatilizing structure. The essential oil volatilizing structure is disposed in the negative-pressure cup and includes a heat conducting unit, a heating unit, and an essential oil unit. The heating unit is disposed on and contacts the heat conducting unit to heat the heat conducting unit. The essential oil unit is disposed on and contacts the heat conducting unit to be heated. The essential oil unit is heated by the heat conducting unit to volatilize essential oil into the negative-pressure cup. Accordingly, an aromatherapy may be provided when a negative-pressure massaging treatment is performed.