Vibrating stimulus pad

Abstract

The present invention includes a flexible main body; a drug layer attached to a bottom surface of the main body and formed of an additive mixed with a drug and formed of anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs; a vibrating module attached on a top surface of the main body and including a vibration motor and a battery; and a plurality of legs installed along the perimeter of the main body and being adhesive. Through this configuration in which the main body is formed of a flexible material, and the plurality of legs are adhesive and are attached along the perimeter of the main body, the vibrating stimulus pad may be easily attached on an unwell body region to which attachment is difficult such as a joint region.

Claims

1. A vibrating stimulus pad comprising: a flexible body; a drug layer attached to a lower surface of the body and made of adhesive in which anti-inflammatory and/or analgesic drugs are contained; a vibration module attached to an upper surface of the body and including a vibration motor and a battery; and a plurality of adhesive legs, wherein the body has an outer edge which is not attached to the vibration module, wherein the plurality of adhesive legs are attached to an upper surface of the outer edge of the body, wherein each of the adhesive legs comprises an adhesive sucker and a flexible connector, and wherein the connectors are longitudinally constructed in an arc-shape which extends upwardly from the upper surface of the outer edge of the body downwardly to the sucker such that the connectors exert tensile force to the upper surface of the outer edge of the body in order for the body and the outer edge of the body to be securely attached to a patient's affected part when the adhesive suckers are attached to the patient.

2. The vibrating stimulus pad of claim 1, wherein the plurality of adhesive legs further comprises electrodes.

3. The vibrating stimulus pad of claim 1, further comprising an exothermic layer in which an exothermic wire is installed in the upper surface of the body.

4. The vibrating stimulus pad of claim 3, wherein the exothermic layer and the vibration module are sequentially installed on the upper surface of the body.

5. The vibrating stimulus pad of claim 1, the connectors are made of material having a elasticity greater than that of material for the body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a conventional vibrating stimulus pad.

(2) FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a vibrating stimulus pad according to an embodiment of the present invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an assembly of the vibrating stimulus pad in FIG. 2.

(4) FIG. 4 is a sectional view of FIG. 3.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

(5) Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(6) FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a vibrating stimulus pad according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an assembly of the vibrating stimulus pad in FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a sectional view of FIG. 3.

(7) As illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 4, a vibrating stimulus pad A according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a flexible body 100, a drug layer 200 attached to a lower surface of the body 100, that is, to a portion facing a patients affected part and comprising adhesive in which anti-inflammatory and/or analgesic drugs are contained, and a vibration module 300 attached to an upper surface of the body 100 and having a vibration motor 310 and a battery 320.

(8) First, the body 100 is made of a flexible plastic, silicon, and the like and has a rectangular shape.

(9) Moreover, a plurality of legs 400 with adhesive forces extends along the circumference of the body 100.

(10) In this case, the number of legs 400 is preferably six to eight and is equally spaced from each other along the circumference of the body 100. However, it is noted that the number of the legs 400 may be increased or decreased as necessary.

(11) Each of the legs 400 comprises a sucker 410 with an adhesive force and a flexible connector 420 extending from the body 100 to connect the body 100 to the sucker 410. The connector 420 has an arc-shape bending toward the body 100 so that the connectors 420 apply elastic forces to the body such that the body 100 is attached tightly to a patients affected part of the body, while the connectors 420 are fixed to the affected part by the suckers 410.

(12) The legs 400 extend from the body 100 and are made of the same material as that of the body 100. However, in the case where the connector 420 is made of a flexible material and a fixing force of the body 100 is not strong enough, the legs 400 may be made of other material having higher elastic forces than that of the body 100.

(13) Thus, due to the body 100 made of a flexible material and the plurality of legs 400 attached to the circumference of the body 100 and added with adhesive forces, the vibrating stimulus pad 100 may be easily attached to a patient's affected part such as a joint to which a pad is difficult to be attached.

(14) That is, the plurality of legs 400 is attached to parts bent along a joint, and restricts the vibrating stimulus pad A from being separated from the patients affected part to the most as possible.

(15) The plurality of legs 400 further comprises low frequency electrodes 500 which are preferably provided in the suckers 410. The low frequency electrodes 500 are powered through the battery 320 of the vibration module 300.

(16) Moreover, preferably the body 100 or the vibration module 200 further comprises electronic oscillators (not shown) which generate a low frequency current with the electric power applied from the battery 320 and provide the generated low frequency current to the low frequency electrodes 500.

(17) The body 100 further comprises an exothermic layer 600 in which an exothermic wire 610 is equipped, while the exothermic layer 600 is powered from the battery 320 of the vibration module 300.

(18) The vibrating stimulus pad A further comprises a power switch 330 electrically connected to the battery 320 to control the power supply, wherein the electric power is supplied to the vibration module 300, the low frequency electrodes 500, and the exothermic layer 600 when the power switch 330 is switched ON.

(19) The exothermic layer 600 and the vibration module 300 are sequentially installed on the upper surface of the body 100.

(20) As seen from the embodiments of FIGS. 2 to 4, the vibrating stimulus pad A of the present invention carries out physical therapy using vibrating stimulus by applying vibration to a patients affected part by the vibration module 300 which is attached to the body 100 and maximizes permeation of medicine contained in the drug layer 200 that is attached to a portion of the body 100 which will face the patient affected part.

(21) Moreover, warmth or the low frequency stimulus is applied to the patients affected part through the exothermic layer 600 and the low frequency electrodes 500 attached to the plurality of legs 400, so that the patients affected part can be soothed and pain can be mitigated. Thus, the vibration module 300, the exothermic layer 600, the low frequency electrodes 500, and the drug layer 200 containing various western and/or oriental medicines enable physical therapy and drug treatment at the same time.

(22) The thickness of the vibrating stimulus pad A in FIGS. 2 to 4 is illustrated with exaggeration for understanding and explaining the internal structure of the pad according to the present invention, and it is noted herewith that the actual product is manufactured to be thinner than that shown in the drawings.

(23) Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described for illustrative purposes, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disdosed in the accompanying claims.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

(24) A: vibrating stimulus pad 100: body 200: drug layer 300: vibration module 400: leg 500: low frequency electrode 600: exothermic layer