Percussive Massage Handle and Push Rod for Deep Tissue Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current massage devices often provide superficial and ineffective massages, failing to deliver real therapeutic benefits.
Innovation Solution
A percussive massage device with a housing, motor, and push rod assembly that reciprocates in response to motor activation, featuring multiple handle portions for varied grip positions and a gearbox that converts rotary motion to reciprocating motion, allowing for efficient and therapeutically beneficial treatment of muscles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional massage device is used, then the device structure is simple, but the massage effect is superficial and ineffective
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a push rod assembly that converts rotary motor motion into reciprocating linear motion, enabling dynamic percussive movement of the treatment structure. This dynamic reciprocating action penetrates deeper into muscle tissue compared to static or simple oscillating designs, resolving the contradiction between simple structure and effective massage by introducing controlled mechanical dynamics.
Solution Approach 2:
The motor-driven push rod assembly generates mechanical vibrations and percussive forces that are transmitted through the treatment structure to the body part. This mechanical vibration principle enables deep tissue stimulation without requiring complex multi-component mechanisms, achieving effective massage through controlled vibrational energy transmission.
2Productivity
If the reciprocation frequency is increased to improve massage efficiency, then the treatment effectiveness increases, but the risk of causing pain increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent specifies operating the percussive massage device within a frequency range of about 1 Hz to about 100 Hz and an amplitude range of about 0.1 mm to about 50 mm. By controlling these parameters within optimized ranges, the device achieves effective muscle treatment while avoiding excessive frequency that could cause pain, thus resolving the contradiction between productivity and harmful effects.
3Reliability
If the reciprocation amplitude is increased to enhance therapeutic benefit, then the massage depth improves, but the likelihood of causing discomfort increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent defines an optimal amplitude range of about 0.1 mm to about 50 mm for the reciprocating motion. This parameter control ensures that the treatment structure penetrates sufficiently deep into muscle tissue to provide therapeutic benefit while maintaining amplitude levels that avoid causing discomfort or injury, resolving the contradiction between therapeutic effectiveness and user comfort.
4Adaptability or versatility
If a single handle position is provided for easy operation, then the ease of operation is high, but the adaptability to different body parts is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The handle is divided into multiple distinct grip positions along its length, allowing the user to select different hand placement locations. This segmentation enables the same device to effectively treat different body areas (back, shoulders, legs, etc.) by adjusting grip position, thereby achieving versatility without complicating the overall device structure or operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The multi-position handle design makes the device universally applicable to various body parts and massage techniques. By providing multiple grip positions, a single device can perform multiple functions - reaching different areas, applying different pressures, and accommodating different user hand sizes - without requiring multiple specialized 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 efficient and therapeutically beneficial massage by adjusting frequency and amplitude of reciprocation, ensuring effective muscle treatment within specific ranges to avoid 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
a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor
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.