# US 11,077,015 B2 · Flexible vibration module for snap in attachment to a grommet embedded in a compression wrap

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- Number: US 11,077,015 B2
- Document ID: US11077015B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/861,776
- Filed: 2020-04-29
- Published: 2020-08-13
- Granted: 2021-08-03
- Earliest claimed: 2017-12-05
- Assignees: Brownmed, Inc.
- Applicants: Brownmed, Inc.
- Inventors: Ivan E. Brown; Brandon Rodriguez; Daniel Joseph Breton
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11077015B2

## CPC

- A61H 23/02: with electric or magnetic drive
- A61F 13/00051: {Accessories for dressings}
- A61H 9/005: {Pneumatic massage}
- A61H 23/006: {Percussion or tapping massage (hand percussion A61H23/06)}
- A61H 2023/0209: {powered with frequencies not related to mains frequency}
- A61H 2201/0153: hand-held
- A61H 2201/0157: portable
- A61H 2201/1645: contoured to fit the user
- A61H 2201/165: Wearable interfaces
- A61H 2201/5002: Means for controlling a set of similar massage devices acting in sequence at different locations on a patient
- A61H 2201/5023: Interfaces to the user
- A61H 2205/06: Arms
- A61H 2205/062: Shoulders
- A61H 2205/081: Back
- A61H 2205/102: Knee
- A61H 2205/12: Feet
- A61H: PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY (electrotherapy, magnetotherapy, radiation therapy or ultrasound therapy A61N)
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

A flexible vibrating module with flexible radiating arms outwardly projecting around the module, with each arm having an associated coin motor which can optionally be operated at high frequency or low frequency or pulsing frequency, is shown in combination with a wrap having a snap in flexible grommet for the module to consistently orient properly the module with respect to a patient's muscles or joints.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vibration module, comprising:
a vibration module housing;
said housing comprising a fastener, an internal rigid frame and a flexible cover over-molded onto the internal rigid frame;
a rechargeable battery with an on/off switch in said housing;
a plurality of flexible arms radiating outwardly from said housing; and
each of said plurality of flexible arms having the capability of bending with a wearer's joints terminating in a coin motor which is electrically connected to said rechargeable battery;
said vibration module including a molded channel supported by a rigid frame of the housing and a silicone polymer grommet fastener skirt to provide capability of locking said rigid frame of the housing to said silicone polymer grommet fastener skirt to allow said housing to be removably secured to a compression wrap attached to said silicone polymer grommet fastener skirt.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vibrating module of claim 1 wherein the on/off switch has a high frequency vibration setting, a low vibration setting and a pulse setting.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The vibration module of claim 2 wherein the rechargeable battery is a lithium ion battery.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The vibration module of claim 3 wherein said vibration module housing includes a printed circuit board, electrically connected to said lithium ion battery and said coin motors.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The vibration module of claim 4 wherein said flexible cover has an upper top portion and a bottom portion which are fixed together to cover said coin motors, said rechargeable battery and said printed circuit board.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The vibration module of claim 5 wherein the upper top portion of the vibration module flexible cover and the bottom portion of said vibration module flexible cover are of different hardness.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The vibration module of claim 6 wherein the bottom portion of said module flexible cover is of lesser hardness than the top portion of said vibration module flexible cover.