A tactile stimulation providing apparatus in a form of a vest in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof; a second front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof, wherein the one side of the second front panel is fastenable to the other side of the first front panel; and a rear panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof, wherein the one side of the rear panel is fastenable to the one side of the first front panel and the other side of the rear panel is fastenable to the other side of the second front panel.

In the field of medical devices for the treatment of diseases related to blood circulation, a garment is provided which is capable of improving the lymph drainage of adipose tissues of the legs. The differentiated lymph drainage garment is characterized by at least two areas, a front one and a back one, contiguous to each other, each made with a fabric divided into bands having a decreasing elasticity from the bottom upwards. The elasticity of the bands in the front area is, at the same height, different from, or only partially coincident with the elasticity of the bands of the back area.

The present invention relates to a garment with elastic inserts produced on circular machines of the type comprising elasticised sectors (3) and elasticised zones obtained by working in a further elastomeric yarnin addition to the ground yarn and the reinforcing yarn normally usedand actually knitting the yarns so as to create machined portions, both horizontally and obliquely, which result in well-defined and demarcated zones which provide greater compression than the knitted stitches on the same row, thereby providingwithin the elasticised sectors (3)a greater compression value than outside the sector on the same row of knitted stitches. The elasticised sectors (3) are designed portions which create ornamental figures or banding with specific compression which can provide support, contribute to the stimulation of blood circulation, reduce fatigue, and render movement safer and more supported, when properly positioned and sized.

A reversible vibration glove device and method for massaging both the user and the masseur includes a pair of gloves being positioned on a respective one of a pair of hands of a masseur. Each of the gloves has a vibration surface where a vibration pad is integrated within. The vibration pad has path for emitting rapid oscillations of movement to produce a therapeutic motion. In addition, the path is positioned proximate to a plurality of apertures of each of the gloves. Furthermore, a battery compartment is positioned on a band of each of the gloves and houses a battery providing electric power to the path of the vibration pad. A button is in electric communication with the battery and is an actuator for the vibration pad.

A tactile stimulation providing apparatus in a form of a vest in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a first front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof; a second front panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof, wherein the one side of the second front panel is fastenable to the other side of the first front panel; and a rear panel including a plurality of actuators arranged between one side and the other side thereof, wherein the one side of the rear panel is fastenable to the one side of the first front panel and the other side of the rear panel is fastenable to the other side of the second front panel.

A unique and innovative vest provides vibrating and heating massage. A controller is used to control vibrating modules and heating elements positioned on the vest. Through a vibration button and a heat button, the controller allows a user to selectively control vibrating and vibrating/heating massages. Using increase/decrease intensity buttons the vest facilitates optimal massage effects per the user's desire. The vibrating modules is configured to vibrate and/or oscillate in various controlled directional and rotational movements, providing a therapeutic massage. Multiple body zone switches corresponding to various massage zones of the user's body offer the user efficient control of any specific local area for achieving effective massage, thus substantially facilitating the recovery of muscles/tissues injury, alleviation of body pain, stress relief of neck, back, shoulders, etc. Further, the massage vest includes a design that promotes good posture while the user is seated.

A massaging garment is provided that may be useful for the treatment of lymphedema or other conditions where massaging a limb is desired. In one embodiment, the massaging garment comprises a sheet of flexible material and a plurality of electrically actuable fibers that are incorporated with the sheet of flexible material. The electrically actuable fibers are spaced apart from each other, and each electrically actuable fiber is actuable to contract when actuated with electricity. The garment also comprises a control module connected to each of the electrically actuable fibers to selectively provide electricity to each electrically actuable fiber to cause each fiber, when selected, to contract. A method of massaging a limb with a garment, and a method of producing a garment are also provided. A method of producing an electrically actuable material is also provided.

Compression garments may include mitts and tightening apparatus to don, or put on, such compression garments. The mitts may be configured to receive a user's hand such that the user can move one or more portions of the garments using the mitts. The tightening apparatus may allow a user to selectively tighten or loosen the garments about the user's body portions. Once donned, the compression garments may apply pressure to one or more regions of the user's body such as, e.g., arm regions, shoulder regions, torso regions, and neck regions.

A compression garment system and method that may include a head garment portion configured to be donned on a head of a body. The compression garment and method may further include a neck garment portion configured to be donned on a neck of the body. A controller may be configured to control pressure applied by each of one or more head pressure applying regions and/or each of one or more neck pressure applying regions to move lymph at least from the head towards the neck.

Compression systems and methods may include a garment configured to be donned on, for example, a head and a neck of a body. For example, the garment may include a static garment portion configurable to apply a static pressure to a portion of the head and a dynamic garment portion including one or more pressure applying regions controllable to apply pressure to the head and neck. Further, a controller may be configured to control pressure applied by the one or more pressure applying regions.