Percussive Therapy Intelligence Engine for Personalized Recovery Protocols

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing percussive massage devices lack personalization and effectiveness in providing tailored recovery routines based on individual user data, such as demographic, activity, and biometric information.

Innovation Solution

A percussive therapy system with an intelligence engine that aggregates data from multiple devices, including manual capture data, real-time tracking data, and remote data sources, to generate personalized protocols for users, adjusting parameters like exercise routines, body parts, duration, frequency, and force based on demographic, activity, and biometric data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If percussive massage devices use fixed pre-programmed routines, then device complexity is reduced and ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to individual user needs deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidadaptability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts massage parameters (amplitude, frequency, duration, target areas) based on real-time biometric feedback and user profile data, transforming fixed routines into adaptive protocols that evolve with each user session and individual needs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The intelligence engine modifies treatment parameters by changing physical states (amplitude, frequency, duration) and operational modes based on aggregated data from biometric sensors, activity trackers, and user demographics, enabling personalized adaptation without increasing operational complexity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If percussive massage devices collect and process multiple data sources (biometric, activity, demographic), then adaptability and personalization are improved, but device complexity and data processing requirements worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
ImproveadaptabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intelligence engine as an intermediary layer that aggregates data from multiple sources (biometric sensors, activity trackers, demographic databases) and translates complex multi-source data into simplified treatment protocols, shielding users from complexity while enabling advanced adaptability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where biometric data during sessions feeds back to the intelligence engine, which adjusts protocols in real-time and updates user profiles for future sessions, creating self-optimizing treatment plans without requiring complex user intervention

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If percussive massage devices use standardized treatment protocols, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision of individual user responses deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidmeasurement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different treatment parameters to different body areas based on localized needs identified through biometric feedback and user profiles, with each region receiving customized amplitude, frequency, and duration settings rather than uniform standardized treatment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP4041179B1Intelligence engine system and method
Publication Date: 2026.04.22 THERABODY INC
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AI summary

A percussive therapy system that includes a percussive massage device including a network interface, and an intelligence engine. The intelligence engine is configured to receive manual capture data and real-time tracking data from the percussive massage device, receive remote data from a remote data source, and generate recommendation data comprising a recommended protocol to be performed by the percussive massage device. The recommendation data is generated from demographic, activity, temporal, analytics, and biometric data, received from the manual capture data, the real-time tracking data, and the remote data inputs.