Phototherapy Apparatus with Integrated Massage for Tissue Light Absorption
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing phototherapy methods do not effectively combine therapeutic light with mechanical massage to enhance therapeutic outcomes, leading to suboptimal treatment results.
Innovation Solution
A phototherapy apparatus that delivers therapeutic light through or in proximity to massage components, which modify tissue properties to enhance light absorption and interaction, and vice versa, thereby improving both therapeutic effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If phototherapy is applied alone without mechanical massage, then the treatment is simple and easy to operate, but the therapeutic effect is suboptimal with limited light absorption and penetration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines phototherapy and mechanical massage into a single integrated apparatus. The light source is positioned within or adjacent to the massage component, allowing simultaneous delivery of therapeutic light and mechanical massage to the target tissue. This merging of functions resolves the contradiction by achieving enhanced therapeutic effects through synergistic interaction while maintaining operational simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The massage component is designed to serve multiple functions: it delivers mechanical massage to the tissue and simultaneously serves as a delivery mechanism for therapeutic light. The apparatus performs both phototherapy and mechanical massage functions through a single integrated structure, improving therapeutic reliability without significantly increasing device complexity.
2Illumination intensity
If mechanical massage is applied alone without phototherapy, then the device structure is simple, but the ability to enhance light absorption and interaction with tissue is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the light source with the massage component structure. The light is delivered through or in proximity to the massage element, allowing the same component to facilitate both mechanical massage and enhanced light delivery. This merging enables improved light absorption and tissue interaction without adding separate complex delivery systems.
3Reliability
If phototherapy and mechanical massage are applied separately to different areas, then each treatment can be optimized independently, but the synergistic therapeutic effect is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent delivers both phototherapy and mechanical massage to the same target area simultaneously through an integrated apparatus. The light source and massage component are positioned to treat the same tissue region concurrently, achieving synergistic therapeutic effects. This simultaneous delivery to the same area resolves the contradiction by improving therapeutic reliability while maintaining ease of operation through a single unified device.
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 combined application of therapeutic light and mechanical massage enhances tissue absorption and interaction, resulting in improved therapeutic outcomes such as deeper penetration, increased micro-circulation, and enhanced photochemical processes.
Implementation Method 1
at least one light source to provide therapeutic light to be absorbed by the biological tissue to produce a first therapeutic effect
Implementation Method 2
The therapeutic light in its interaction with the illuminated tissue facilitates and enhances the effect of the mechanical massage
Data Source
AI summary
There is provided a phototherapy apparatus, in which the therapeutic light is delivered through or in proximity to one or more massage components. The massage component provides mechanical massage to the subject biological tissue and modifies the properties of the subject tissue in thickness, density, etc. to facilitate the absorption of the therapeutic light and enhance the effect of the phototherapy procedure.