The invention relates to the field of transducers, in particular linear vibration generators. It concerns a vibration generator, devices comprising such a vibration generator and a related treatment method.

A vibration generator comprising a mass, a coil, a permanent magnet and a housing, wherein the mass can be set in an oscillatory motion with respect to the housing by applying a current to the coil, and the vibration generator further comprising an axle, wherein the oscillatory motion is along the axle, and in that the mass comprises the permanent magnet and the coil is fixed to the housing.

The present invention includes an intraoral tool, including one or more selected solid or inflatable inserts targeted to provide a low load prolonged stretch to orofacial musculature that may be coupled to tool handle or tool mounting bracket, wherein the intraoral tool is configured for a delivery of intraoral treatment, such as a stretch to a patient's facial injury or disorder and configured to permit manipulation of the insert in the patient's mouth.

A pain management device with a body portion having an elongate handle with an arm at one end for releasably attaching treatment attachments, the body portion having generally planar scraping wings for Gua Sha treatment, and a motor inside the body portion configured to impart vibration in each of several modes optimized for vibration therapy. The invention may also include a kit with the pain management device, and one or more treatment attachments designed for unilateral or bilateral vibration application adjacent to trigeminal and/or vagus nerves. The treatment attachment may have two or more pivotable arms that extend that extend perpendicular to the elongated handle when attached to the pain management. Also disclosed are methods of using the pain management device, in particular, for treating chronic and other pain and similar conditions.

An oral therapy device structure and methods of utilizing said device are described. Embodiments of the oral therapy device structure include a top member and a bottom member, where the top member fits over at least a portion of the upper teeth of a user, and includes one or more partially embedded sensors. The bottom member fits over at least a portion of the bottom teeth of the user. A coupling structure physically joins a portion of the top member to a portion of the bottom member. A mandibular positioning drive (MPD) is at least partially embedded within the bottom member, where the MPD is capable of moving the bottom member from a first position to a second position.

The present invention provides devices and methods for creating and/or maintain patency of the upper airway passage. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device includes structural elements designed to optimize comfort, compliance and seal achieved through minimizing the pressure variation along the contact surface of the therapy device.

The present invention provides devices and methods for creating and/or maintaining patency of the upper airway passage. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device includes structural elements designed to optimize comfort, compliance and seal achieved through minimizing the pressure variation along the contact surface of the therapy device.

The present invention provides devices and methods for creating and/or maintaining patency of the upper airway passage. The device is configured to fit under the chin of a subject at an external location corresponding approximately with the subject's internal soft tissue associated with the neck's anterior triangle. The device includes structural elements designed to optimize comfort, compliance and seal achieved through minimizing the pressure variation along the contact surface of the therapy device.

A method of relieving a hyperirritable area on or surrounding a mandible. The method may include steps of selecting a first head component from a set of head components of a myofascial release apparatus (MRA); connecting the first head component with a handle of the MRA; locating the hyperirritable area on or surrounding the mandible of a patient experiencing muscle tension; contacting the hyperirritable area, via a contact member of the first head component, on or surrounding the mandible of the patient; actuating a motor of the MRA, via an electrical control assembly of the MRA, from an OFF state to an ON state for vibrating the first head component at at least one predetermined frequency; and relieving the hyperirritable area on or surrounding the mandible. Optional steps may be included when using other head components provided in the set of head components.

A system for mitigating temporomandibular joint disorders, comprising: a support to be worn by a wearer; an array of vibration units mounted to the support and each including an actuator and a vibrating pad in driving engagement with the actuator, the vibration units including a right mandible-engaging unit, a left mandible-engaging unit, and a sternum-engaging unit, the right mandible-engaging unit including a right mandible-engaging vibrating pad, the left mandible-engaging unit including a left mandible-engaging vibrating pad, and the sternum-engaging unit including a sternum-engaging vibrating pad; and a controller in communication with the actuators of each of the vibration units, the controller configured to activate one or more of the actuators in order to induce vibration of the vibrating pad of the respective vibration unit at a selected frequency and amplitude.

The invention relates to devices and methods in the field of mechanical vibrational energy therapy, in particular oscillation stimulation of a subject. A device comprises a housing and the housing comprises a contact surface for being put in contact with the subject; a sensor element configured to detect a contact between the contact surface and the subject and optionally to transform a contact pressure between the contact surface of the device and the subject to which the mechanical vibrational energy is to be applied into a pressure dependent output signal; and a transducer configured to convert an electric input signal into an axial oscillatory motion of a mass, wherein the transducer comprises a coil and a permanent magnet, wherein the mass can be moved relative to the housing, wherein the relative movement of the mass is configured to cause at least the contact surface to vibrate, and wherein the mass comprises the permanent magnet.

A method is in particular a computer-implemented method and comprises a step S3 of detecting a contact between the device as described and the subject and generating an output signal, wherein a characteristic of the output signal is different in case a contact is detected compared to a case in which no contact is detected. The method comprises further a step S5 of comparing the characteristic of the output signal with a pre-set threshold value.