Pelvic Floor Electrode Seat With Cycled Low-Frequency Stimulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional devices for strengthening pelvic floor muscles are inadequate for general home use, particularly in men, and often have complex or vulnerable mechanisms, limiting their effectiveness and usability.
Innovation Solution
A device with a seating mechanism and electrode pads for applying low-frequency electrical stimulation, allowing users to select intensity, time, and pulse parameters, effectively stimulating the levator ani and coccygeal muscles through a controlled stimulation cycle, enabling convenient use by both men and women.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional devices are inserted into the vagina for electrical stimulation, then pelvic floor muscles can be stimulated, but the device becomes difficult to use, cannot be utilized by men, and has a vulnerable mechanism
Solution Approach 1:
The patent inverts the conventional approach by placing electrode pads on the external anal region instead of inserting them into the vagina. This allows both men and women to use the device easily without insertion, eliminating the vulnerability of internal components while maintaining effective stimulation of the levator ani and coccygeal muscles through external contact points
2Reliability
If electrical stimulation is applied continuously, then muscle strengthening effect is maximized, but the device becomes complex and difficult to operate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic action through a control unit that automatically cycles the electrical stimulation between ON and OFF states at predetermined time intervals. This provides effective muscle strengthening through repeated stimulation cycles without requiring complex user intervention, as the control unit manages the timing and duration of each stimulation phase automatically
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple electrode pads are used to stimulate different muscle groups, then comprehensive pelvic floor strengthening is achieved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the stimulation function into multiple independent electrode pads positioned at different locations around the anal region. Each electrode pad can be independently controlled to stimulate specific muscle groups (levator ani, coccygeal muscles), allowing comprehensive pelvic floor strengthening while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure through modular electrode placement
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 strengthens pelvic floor muscles, improving defecation, preventing urinary incontinence, enhancing sexual function, and providing a prostate massage, while allowing for easy home use with minimal user expertise.
Implementation Method 1
two or more electrode pads for applying the low frequency pulse, the electrode pads being disposed around a portion of the device body corresponding to the user's anus
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a device for strengthening a pelvic floor muscle. The device for strengthening a pelvic floor muscle includes a device body provided with a seating means on which a user can sit; and two or more electrode pads for applying a low frequency pulse, the electrode pads being disposed around a portion of the device body corresponding to the user's anus. In addition, a method for controlling the device for strengthening a pelvic floor muscle includes separately applying the generated low frequency pulse in a ramp up (Ru) time, a hold (Ht) time and a ramp down (Rd) time.