Percussive therapy device with orientation, position, and force sensing and accessory therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021244610-A1
Application number	US-202117244239-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 29, 2021
Priority date	Dec 26, 2018
Publication date	Aug 12, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A percussive therapy device includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, and at least one of an angular position sensor configured to obtain angular position data of the percussive therapy device and a linear position sensor configured to obtain linear position data of the percussive therapy device. An attachment module is configured to be operably connected with a percussive therapy device and includes a housing, a wireless connection module, and at least one sensor configured to obtain biometric data of the user or obtain information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A percussive therapy device comprising:
a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, and at least one of an angular position sensor configured to obtain angular position data of the percussive therapy device and a linear position sensor configured to obtain linear position data of the percussive therapy device.

2 . The percussive therapy device of claim 1 further comprising an attachment module configured to be operatively connected to the percussive therapy device and comprising the at least one of an angular position sensor and the linear position sensor.

3 . The percussive therapy device of claim 1 wherein the angular position sensor is configured to sense variations in angular position of the percussive therapy device in accordance with three axes of rotation and the linear position sensor is configured to sense movement of the percussive therapy device in accordance with three linear axes.

4 . The percussive therapy device of claim 1 wherein the percussive therapy device is configured to transmit at least one of the angular position data and the linear position data to a remote device.

5 . The percussive therapy device of claim 1 wherein a graphical representation of the at least one of the angular position data and the linear position data is generated.

6 . The percussive therapy device of claim 1 wherein the percussive therapy device is configured to receive at least one protocol configured to provide at least one therapeutic effect.

7 . The percussive therapy device of claim 2 wherein a portion of the housing surrounds at least a portion of the push rod assembly, and wherein the attachment module is configured to be operatively connected to the portion of the housing surrounding the push rod assembly.

8 . The percussive therapy device of claim 7 wherein the attachment module includes a wireless connection module configured to transmit to and receive data from the percussive therapy device or a remote device.

9 . A method of providing at least one therapeutic effect to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
obtaining a percussive therapy device comprising a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, operating the percussive therapy device to provide the at least one therapeutic effect to the user, obtaining at least one of angular position data in accordance with three axes of rotation and linear position data in accordance with three linear axes, and recommending an adjustment to at least one of an angular position and a linear position of the percussive massage device in response to at least one of the angular position data and the linear position data.

10 . The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of obtaining an attachment module configured to be operatively connected to the percussive therapy device.

11 . The method of claim 9 further comprising the steps of obtaining force magnitude data to determine a magnitude of force an attachment of the percussive therapy device is exerting on the user, and recommending an adjustment to a force magnitude of the percussive therapy device in response to the force magnitude data.

12 . The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of determining whether the attachment of the percussive therapy device is in contact with the user.

13 . A percussive therapy device comprising:
a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, a gyroscope configured to obtain angular position data of the percussive therapy device, an accelerometer configured to obtain linear position data of the percussive therapy device, a force meter configured to obtain force magnitude data proportional to a force an attachment of the percussive therapy device is exerting on the user, and at least one remote device configured to receive the angular position data, the linear position data, and the force magnitude data.

14 . The percussive therapy device of claim 13 further comprising an attachment module comprising at least one of the gyroscope and the accelerometer.

15 . The percussive therapy device of claim 13 , wherein a recommendation is provided to the user to adjust at least one of an angular position of the percussive therapy device, a linear position of the percussive therapy device, and a force magnitude of the percussive therapy device in response to at least one of the angular position data, the linear position data, and the force magnitude data.

16 . The percussive therapy device of claim 15 , wherein the recommendation is provided to the user via the at least one remote device.

17 . An attachment module configured to be operably connected with a percussive therapy device comprising:
a housing, a wireless connection module, and at least one sensor configured to obtain at least one of biometric data of the user and information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device.

18 . The attachment module of claim 17 wherein the sensor is a thermal sensor configured to obtain a temperature reading of a first body part of the user.

19 . The attachment module of claim 17 wherein the housing includes a securement portion that is configured to secure the attachment module to an outside of a housing of the percussive therapy device.

20 . The attachment module of claim 17 wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a force meter, a gyroscope, and an accelerometer.

21 . The attachment module of claim 17 wherein the wireless connection module is configured to transmit to and receive data from at least one of the percussive therapy device and a remote device.

22 . The attachment module of claim 19 wherein the sensor is a thermal sensor configured to obtain a temperature reading of a first body part of the user, wherein the attachment module includes a gyroscope configured to obtain angular position data of the attachment module, and an accelerometer configured to obtain linear position data of the attachment module.

Assignees

• Theragun Inc

Inventors

• Wersland Jason
• Nazarian Benjamin
• Solana Jaime Sanchez
• Merino Eduardo
• Tang Richard

Classifications

• A61H2201/0214

  cooled · CPC title

• A61H2201/5064

  Position sensors · CPC title

• A61H2201/5084

  Acceleration sensors · CPC title

• A61H2230/50

  Temperature · CPC title

• A61H2230/25

  Blood flowrate, e.g. by Doppler effect · CPC title