Percussive Massage Handle Geometry for Deep Tissue Reach
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing massage devices often provide superficial and ineffective massages, failing to deliver real therapeutic benefits.
Innovation Solution
A percussive massage device with a housing, electrical source, motor, and push rod assembly, featuring a unique handle design allowing for reciprocal motion along multiple axes, enabling efficient and therapeutically beneficial treatment of muscles by adjusting frequency and amplitude of the reciprocating motion.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional massage device is used, then the device structure is simple, but the massage effectiveness is superficial and ineffective
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a motor-driven vibration mechanism that generates percussive reciprocating motion through a push rod assembly. The motor converts electrical energy to mechanical vibration, creating deep tissue massage effects through controlled oscillatory movement rather than simple rotational or linear motion.
Solution Approach 2:
The massage device utilizes periodic reciprocating motion where the push rod assembly moves back and forth in a controlled cycle. This periodic action allows the treatment head to penetrate and release muscle tissue repeatedly, creating effective deep tissue massage through rhythmic compression and relaxation cycles.
2Adaptability or versatility
If a percussive massage device with multiple handle portions is used, then the adaptability for different body parts is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The handle assembly is divided into multiple separate handle portions (first, second, and third handle portions) that can be independently grasped. Each handle portion is positioned to enable access to different body areas, allowing the user to selectively grasp different handles based on the treatment location while maintaining a unified device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The device integrates multiple handle portions into a single unified massager unit, allowing one device to serve multiple functions and accommodate different user preferences and body types. Each handle portion provides a different grip option, making the device universally applicable for various massage scenarios without requiring multiple separate devices.
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 a more effective massage by delivering a combination of frequency and amplitude that is therapeutically beneficial, ensuring efficient muscle treatment without causing pain or ineffectiveness.
Implementation Method 1
a motor positioned in the housing... operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor
Implementation Method 2
push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate
Data Source
AI summary
A percussive massage device that includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, and a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor. The housing includes first, second and third handle portions that cooperate to define a handle opening, wherein the first handle portion defines a first axis, the second handle portion defines a second axis and the third handle portion defines a third axis, and wherein the first, second and third axes cooperate to form a triangle.