Percussive therapy device with electrically connected attachment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021244611-A1
Application number	US-202117244278-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 system includes a percussive therapy device that 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 an attachment configured to be operatively connected to a distal end of the push rod assembly of the percussive massage device and to provide at least one therapeutic effect to a user. The attachment may include at least one of an actuator configured to provide the at least one therapeutic effect to the user and a sensor configured to obtain at least one of biometric data of the user and information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A percussive therapy system comprising:
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 an attachment configured to be operatively connected to a distal end of the push rod assembly of the percussive massage device and to provide at least one therapeutic effect to a user.

2 . The percussive therapy system of claim 1 wherein the attachment comprises at least one of an actuator configured to provide the at least one therapeutic effect to the user and a sensor configured to obtain at least one of biometric data of the user and information regarding operation of the percussive therapy device.

3 . The percussive therapy system of claim 2 wherein the actuator comprises at least one of a vibration actuator, a heating actuator, a cooling actuator, and an exfoliating actuator.

4 . The percussive therapy system of claim 2 wherein the sensor comprises at least one of a thermal sensor, an oxygen sensor, a blood flow sensor, a force meter, a gyroscope, and an accelerometer.

5 . The percussive therapy system of claim 2 further comprising a routine controller that is configured to initiate a protocol configured to provide user instructions to apply the attachment to a first body part until a thermal sensor senses that the first body part has reached a predetermined temperature.

6 . The percussive therapy system of claim 1 wherein the percussive therapy system is configured to determine at least one characteristic of the attachment.

7 . The percussive therapy system of claim 6 wherein the at least one characteristic of the attachment comprises a type of the attachment, a sensor of the attachment, and an actuator of the attachment.

8 . The percussive therapy system of claim 6 further comprising a wireless communication module configured to transmit the at least one characteristic to at least one of the percussive therapy device and a remote device.

9 . The percussive therapy system of claim 1 wherein the attachment includes a first set of electrical contacts.

10 . The percussive therapy system of claim 1 wherein the distal end of the push rod assembly comprises an attachment member that includes first and second balls biased outwardly therefrom, wherein the first and second balls are the first set of electrical contacts.

11 . 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, obtaining an attachment configured to be operatively connected to the percussive massage device and configured to provide at least one therapeutic effect to a user, and operating the percussive therapy device using the attachment.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one therapeutic effect includes vibration, percussion, heating, cooling, and exfoliation.

13 . The method of claim 11 wherein the attachment is further configured to obtain at least one of thermal data, blood-oxygen content data, blood flow data, angular position data, linear position data, and force magnitude data.

14 . The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of providing a recommendation to the user, wherein the recommendation is generated from at least one of the thermal data, the angular position data, the linear position data, and the force magnitude data to assist in providing the at least one therapeutic effect to the user.

15 . The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of providing the at least one therapeutic effect to a first body part of the user, monitoring a temperature of the first body part of the user, determining that the first body part of the user has reached a predetermined temperature, and providing user instructions to the user to cease providing the at least one therapeutic effect to the first body part when the first body part has reached the predetermined temperature.

16 . The method of claim 11 wherein the at least one therapeutic effect is provided in accordance with a protocol.

17 . The method of claim 11 further comprising the step of determining at least one characteristic of the attachment.

18 . The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of providing a prompt communicating the at least one characteristic of the attachment to the user.

Assignees

• Theragun Inc

Inventors

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

Classifications

• A61H2230/207

  partial O2-value · CPC title

• A61H2201/5064

  Position sensors · CPC title

• A61H2201/1664

  linear · CPC title

• A61H2201/5084

  Acceleration sensors · CPC title

• A61H2201/0214

  cooled · CPC title