Percussive Therapy Device with Routine Controller and Force Meter
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current massage devices, including percussive therapy devices, often provide ineffective massages that are superficial and lack real benefits, with existing percussive massage devices being used ineffectively due to a lack of automation and personalized control.
Innovation Solution
A percussive therapy device with a housing, electrical source, motor, and a routine controller that allows for user input to customize parameters such as activation time, speed, force, amplitude, and temperature, featuring a force meter for monitoring and adjusting applied force, and a wireless connection for app control, enabling personalized and automated massage protocols.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If percussive massage devices are used manually without automation, then the device structure can be simpler, but the massage effectiveness and therapeutic benefit are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The device enables self-service through automated protocols that guide the user through proper application techniques, timing, and sequences. The routine controller automatically manages the massage delivery parameters, allowing the device to serve itself in optimizing treatment effectiveness without requiring expert manual operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The force meter provides real-time feedback to the user about the pressure being applied, enabling automatic adjustment of application force to stay within therapeutic ranges. This feedback mechanism ensures consistent, effective treatment by preventing both insufficient and excessive force application.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple customization parameters are added to personalize massage protocols, then the adaptability and therapeutic benefit improve, but the device complexity and control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
Pre-programmed massage protocols are provided that automatically configure multiple parameters (speed, amplitude, duration, force) based on specific therapeutic needs. These preliminary configurations eliminate the need for users to manually adjust each parameter, reducing control complexity while maintaining high adaptability through protocol selection.
Solution Approach 2:
The device integrates multiple control functions (speed regulation, amplitude control, force monitoring, timing) into a single unified system managed by the routine controller. This multi-functional integration allows diverse massage protocols to be delivered through one cohesive interface, balancing versatility with ease of use.
3Measurement precision
If real-time force monitoring and display are implemented, then the precision of force application improves, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The force meter continuously monitors applied pressure and provides real-time visual feedback to the user through a display. This feedback loop enables automatic self-regulation where users can see and adjust their applied force to match therapeutic targets, achieving precise force control through simple visual cues rather than complex mechanical control systems.
Solution Approach 2:
Complex mechanical force regulation mechanisms are replaced with electronic sensing and visual feedback systems. The force meter uses sensors to detect pressure and converts it to visual information, substituting mechanical precision with electronic measurement and human visual processing, thereby reducing mechanical complexity while maintaining or improving precision.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device provides a more effective and personalized massage experience by allowing users to adjust and monitor force levels and automate massage protocols, ensuring a therapeutically beneficial treatment with customizable settings for different body parts and conditions.
Implementation Method 1
a motor positioned in the housing
Implementation Method 2
a force meter configured to monitor and display a force applied by an attachment of the percussive therapy device
Data Source
AI summary
A percussive therapy 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 and a head portion that cooperate to define a handle opening. 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 the first, second and third axes cooperate to form a triangle. The motor is positioned in the head portion of the housing, and at least a portion of the push rod assembly extends outside of the head portion.