Vibration therapy system and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12527716-B2
Application number	US-202318153066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2023
Priority date	Jun 29, 2020
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

A vibration therapy device that includes a housing that includes a handle portion, a head portion, and a module seat defined on the head portion, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor, a reciprocating attachment removably secured to a distal end of the push rod assembly and configured to provide a first type of therapy, and a therapy module removably secured to the module seat and configured to provide a second type of therapy.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vibration therapy device, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
a handle portion,
a head portion, and
a module seat defined on the head portion;
an electrical source; a motor positioned in the housing; a switch for activating the motor; a counterweight member coupled to the motor and comprising an offset shaft; a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor via the offset shaft and comprising a reciprocating shaft, wherein an angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion is larger than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, such that a reciprocating movement of the reciprocating shaft is at the angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion; a reciprocating attachment removably secured to a distal end of the push rod assembly and configured to provide a first type of therapy; and a ring module comprising a proximal end with a central recessed surface extending a partial depth from the proximal end to a closed distal end of the ring module, wherein the ring module is removably secured to the module seat, and wherein the ring module is configured to provide a second type of therapy and is in electrical communication with the electrical source.

2 . The vibration therapy device of claim 1 , wherein the module seat comprises a first electrical connector, and wherein the ring module comprises a second electrical connector in electrical communication with the first electrical connector.

3 . The vibration therapy device of claim 1 , wherein the ring module comprises an outer surface, wherein the reciprocating attachment comprises a contact surface, and wherein the contact surface of the reciprocating attachment extends further from the module seat than the outer surface of the ring module.

4 . The vibration therapy device of claim 3 , further comprises a skin treatment member removably secured to the reciprocating attachment, wherein the skin treatment member comprises a delivery portion that is configured to at least partially cover the contact surface of the reciprocating attachment.

5 . The vibration therapy device of claim 3 , wherein the ring module comprises a plurality of LED lights configured to operate at a treatment level only when the outer surface of the ring module is less than a predetermined distance from an operating surface.

6 . The vibration therapy device of claim 5 , wherein the ring module further comprises a first proximity sensor and a second proximity sensor that are positioned approximately 1800 from one another within the ring module and are each configured to activate the plurality of LED lights at the treatment level when the outer surface of the ring module is less than the predetermined distance from the operating surface.

7 . The vibration therapy device of claim 1 , wherein the ring module is configured to be removed from the module seat while the reciprocating attachment is received on the distal end of the push rod assembly.

8 . The vibration therapy device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a protrusive portion defined on the head portion and extends from the module seat, and wherein at least a portion of the push rod assembly extends through the protrusive portion.

9 . The vibration therapy device of claim 1 , wherein the first type of therapy is vibration therapy, and wherein the second type of therapy is one of LED light therapy, radiofrequency therapy, heat therapy, cold therapy, micro-current therapy, cleansing therapy, electric stimulation therapy, or vibration therapy separate from the first type of therapy.

10 . A vibration therapy system, comprising:
a vibration therapy device, comprising:
a housing comprising a handle portion, a head portion, and a module seat defined on the head portion,
an electrical source,
a motor positioned in the housing,
a switch for activating the motor,
a counterweight member coupled to the motor and comprising an offset shaft, and
a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor via the offset shaft,
wherein the push rod assembly comprises a reciprocating shaft and an attachment member, wherein an angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion is larger than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, such that a reciprocating movement of the reciprocating shaft is at the angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion, and the attachment member defines a distal end of the push rod assembly; a reciprocating attachment configured to be removably secured to the attachment member and configured to provide a first type of therapy; a ring module comprising a proximal end with a central recessed surface extending a partial depth from the proximal end to a closed distal end of the ring module, wherein the ring module is configured to be removably secured to the module seat, and wherein the ring module is configured to electrically communicate with the electrical source and to provide a second type of therapy; and a cap module comprising a main body portion and is configured to be removably secured to the module seat, wherein the cap module is configured to electrically communicate with the electrical source and to provide a third type of therapy.

11 . The vibration therapy system of claim 10 , further comprising a skin treatment member that is configured to be removably secured to the reciprocating attachment, wherein the skin treatment member comprises a delivery portion that is configured to at least partially cover a contact surface of the reciprocating attachment.

12 . The vibration therapy system of claim 10 , wherein when the ring module is received on the module seat and is electrically communicated with the electrical source, the motor can be activated to reciprocate the attachment member, and wherein when the cap module is received on the module seat and is electrically communicated with the electrical source, the motor cannot be activated to reciprocate the attachment member.

13 . The vibration therapy system of claim 10 , wherein the cap module is configured to be removably secured to the module seat and the attachment member.

14 . The vibration therapy system of claim 10 , wherein the first type of therapy is vibration therapy, wherein the second type of therapy is one of LED light therapy, radiofrequency therapy, heat therapy, cold therapy, electric stimulation therapy, or vibration therapy separate from the first type of therapy, and wherein the third type of therapy is one of micro-current therapy or cleansing therapy.

15 . A vibration therapy device, comprising:
a housing, comprising:
a handle portion,
a head portion, and
a module seat defined on the head portion;
an electrical source; a motor positioned in the housing; a switch for activating the motor; a counterweight member coupled to the motor and comprising an offset shaft; a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor via the offset shaft and comprising a reciprocating shaft, wherein an angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion is larger than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees, such that a reciprocating movement of the reciprocating shaft is at the angle formed between the reciprocating shaft and the handle portion; a reciprocating attachment removably secured to a distal end of the push rod assembly and configured to provide a first type of therapy, wherein the reciprocating attachment comprises a contact surface; a skin treatment member removably secured to the reciprocating attachment and comprising a delivery portion, wherein the delivery portion is confi

Assignees

• Therabody Inc

Inventors

• Wersland Jason
• Nazarian Benjamin
• Solana Jaime Sanchez
• Merino Eduardo
• Webb Bill
• Zhu Alex

Classifications

• A61H23/006 Primary

  Percussion or tapping massage (hand percussion A61H23/06) · CPC title

• A61H2201/0214

  cooled · CPC title

• A61H2201/1207

  with electric or magnetic drive · CPC title

• A61F2007/0075

  using a Peltier element, e.g. near the spot to be heated or cooled · CPC title

• A61F7/007

  characterised by electric heating · CPC title