Energy stimulation device provided with a stimulation transmitter

Abstract

An energy stimulation device having at least one stimulation generator provided with at least one first metal body and at least one the second metal body in contact with the first metal body. The first metal body and the second metal body are different metals. The device also includes at least one stimulation transmitter, the stimulation transmitter having a rigid support separate from the stimulation generator, and the stimulation generator being fixed on the rigid support. The energy stimulation device is applicable to bio-stimulation for therapeutic and non-therapeutic purposes.

Claims

1. A stimulation device comprising: at least one stimulation generator having at least one first metal body and at least one second metal body, the at least one second metal body being in electrical and mechanical contact with the at least one first metal body, wherein a metal of the at least one first metal body is different than a metal of the at least one second metal body, wherein the at least one first metal body and the at least one second metal body form a galvanic pair; and at least one stimulation transmitter having a rigid support distinct from said at least one stimulation generator, said at least one stimulation generator being fixed on the rigid support, the rigid support being inflexible, wherein said at least one stimulation generator has a flat plate shape with a substantially flat main side turned toward the rigid support.

2. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein the rigid support said at least one stimulation transmitter has an area greater than an area of said at least one stimulation generator.

3. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein the rigid support is formed of an electrically insulative material.

4. The stimulation device of claim 3, wherein the electrically insulative material is a material selected from the group consisting of a glass, a stone, a wood, a mineral and a ceramic.

5. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein said at least one stimulation transmitter is a rock crystal, the rock crystal being the rigid support.

6. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein the at least one first metal body is formed of copper, the at least one second metal body being formed of zinc.

7. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein the at least one first metal body and the at least one second metal body are superposed disks with respective main sides in contact.

8. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein the at least one first metal body and the at least one second metal body are concentric to each other.

9. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein said at least one stimulation transmitter has at least one of a polished flat suitable and a part forming a point.

10. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein said at least one stimulation transmitter has a shape selected from the group consisting of a food container, a seat, a portion of a seat, a portion of a bed, a prosthesis, a shoe and a culture container.

11. The stimulation device of claim 1, wherein said at least one stimulation transmitter is a bottle.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a stimulation device conforming to the invention.

(2) FIG. 2 is a schematic section of a stimulation generator that can be used in a stimulation device conforming to the invention.

(3) FIG. 3 is a schematic section of another stimulation generator that can be used in the stimulation device conforming to the invention.

(4) FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of a stimulation device conforming to the invention configured in the form of a seat.

(5) FIG. 5 is a schematic representation of a stimulation device conforming to the invention configured in the form of a cushion or a floormat.

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic section along a plane of symmetry of a stimulation device conforming to the invention configured in the form of a food container, and in particular a bottle.

(7) FIG. 7 is a schematic section along the plane of symmetry of a stimulation device conforming to the invention configured in the form of a culture container.

(8) FIG. 8 is a schematic representation of a stimulation device conforming to the invention configured in the form of a shoe.

(9) The figures are not executed to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(10) In the following description, identical, similar or equivalent parts from different figures are indicated with the same reference marks to improve the transfer from one figure to another.

(11) FIG. 1 shows a stimulation device 10 conforming to the invention comprising a stimulation generator 20, or source, and a stimulation transmitter 30.

(12) The stimulation generator 20 has the shape of a flat bimetallic disk. It has a flat main side 12, in contact with the stimulation transmitter 30.

(13) The stimulation transmitter 30 is a block of rock crystal. It has a front end forming a point 31, flat and smooth lateral sides 33, and a flat rear end which constitutes a rigid support 32 receiving the stimulation generator 20.

(14) The rear side 22 of the stimulation generator is held rigidly on the rigid support 32, for example, by adhering or by crimping.

(15) A stimulation device comparable to the one from FIG. 1 can be used, for example, by applying the stimulation transmitter 30 against the body or against clothing of a patient in a painful area. According to another possibility, the point 31 of the stimulation transmitter 30 can be oriented towards an acupuncture point and/or be brought into contact with the acupuncture point.

(16) The dimensions of the stimulation transmitter may be variable according to the rock crystal block used. They are preferably suited to being taken in hand easily. More economic models of a stimulation device conforming to FIG. 1 can be done by replacing the rock crystal with a glass block or polished stone, for example.

(17) FIG. 2 shows in section an implementation possibility of the stimulation generator 20 from FIG. 1.

(18) In this embodiment, the stimulation generator is formed by concentric crimping of two metal bodies 24, 26. A first metal body 24, for example copper, has the shape of a disk. A second metal body 26, for example of zinc, has the shape of a ring receiving, in its center, the disk of the first metal body. The two metal bodies have the same thickness so as to give them flat main sides 21, 22. When the stimulation generator 20 from FIG. 2 is combined with the stimulation transmitter, one of the main sides 21, 22 is applied onto the rigid support of the transmitter. It may in particular be adhered.

(19) FIG. 3 again shows another implementation possibility in which the stimulation generator is made up of two metal disks 24, 26 in mutual mechanical and electrical contact by the main sides. The two disks are, for example, a copper disk and a zinc disk or a brass disk and a steel disk.

(20) The metal disks can be fixed one on the other by crimping or by nesting, for example.

(21) When the stimulation generator 20 from FIG. 3 is combined with a stimulation transmitter, one of the disks is applied onto the rigid support of the transmitter by the main free side 21, 22 thereof.

(22) FIG. 4 shows an implementation of the invention in which the stimulation device 10 and in particular the stimulation transmitter 30 is a seat 11.

(23) More specifically it involves a chair whose seatback makes up the rigid support 32 of the stimulation transmitter. The seatback is for example made of wood or a composite material. It receives the stimulation generator 20. The generator may simply be adhered against the seat back, embedded in the material making up the seatback or crimped in a housing prepared in the seatback.

(24) FIG. 5 again shows another possibility for implementation of the device from the invention 10 in the form of a floormat 12.

(25) For the most part, the floormat 12 has the shape of a flexible, foam plate that makes up the stimulation transmitter 30. The floormat also comprises a part 36 that forms a cushion and also makes up a stimulation transmitter.

(26) Conforming to the invention, the transmitter assembly is not flexible. In fact, the rigid plates 34, for example, the rigid plastic plates, are applied against the foam plate or embedded in the foam plate. They make up respectively rigid supports 32 in the meaning of the invention and each receives the stimulation generator 20.

(27) The stimulation generators and the rigid supports are not visible on the upper side of the mat 12 and are thus shown in broken lines.

(28) In the example from FIG. 5, two stimulation generators 20 are shown. They are respectively associated with two rigid supports 32, 34. In this respect it is appropriate to indicate that a larger number of stimulation generators and a larger number of rigid supports may be implemented. Likewise, each rigid support may bear several stimulation generators.

(29) A bed, a part of a bed, a mattress, or a cushion may be configured analogously to that of the mat from FIG. 5.

(30) FIG. 6 shows a possibility for implementation of the invention in which the stimulation device 10, and more precisely the stimulation transmitter 30, is a food container. It involves more precisely a bottle 13. It is shown in section.

(31) The wall of the bottle 13 is a rigid wall, made, for example, of glass, and constitutes a rigid support 32 in the meaning of the invention and also the stimulation transmitter 30. The stimulation generator 20 has the shape of a bimetal disk adhered against the wall of the bottle or embedded in the wall of the bottle 13. The stimulation generator may, for example, have a place in the bottom of the bottle.

(32) Such a bottle may be implemented to improve wine storage and aging. Similarly, one or more stimulation generators may be applied on the wall of a vat or hogshead to improve the maturing of wine.

(33) FIG. 7 shows in section a culture container 14, such as a planter or a flowerpot which makes up the stimulation transmitter 30 of a stimulation device 10 conforming to the invention.

(34) The wall of the culture container 14, for example of terra-cotta, constitutes the rigid support 32 of the stimulation transmitter.

(35) In fact, a bimetal stimulation generator 20 is adhered against the wall of the culture container.

(36) In the sample implementation shown, the stimulation generator is adhered inside the culture container 14 on the wall forming the bottom.

(37) The generator can also be placed on any other part of the wall, inside or outside, of the culture container 14.

(38) Reference 15 indicates drains made in the bottom of the culture container 14.

(39) FIG. 8 shows an implementation of a stimulation device 10, conforming to the invention in the form of a shoe 17. The shoe, and in particular the heel of the shoe, forms a stimulation transmitter 30.

(40) In this embodiment, the heel comprises a stimulation generator 20 secured as needed to a rigid insert 32 forming the rigid support.

(41) Comparably to FIG. 8, the stimulation device may also make up clothing, orthotics or prostheses.