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US 12,285,297 B2Granted
Personal use extracorporeal low intensity shock wave device tip force detection and annunciation means and methods for using same
AssigneeMoon Pool LLC
InventorJonathan Hoffman
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Abstract
A tip force monitoring and annunciation means which permits maintaining proper tip pressure during treatment of self-applied acoustic wave treatment for various parts of the user's body by an untrained user. The several embodiments of the disclosure employ designs, materials, and manufacturing methods which are inexpensive and consistent with current manufacturing practices. The functionality, size, cost, simplicity, ease of use, reliability and robustness of the proposed designs are all advantageous.
Claims10
A treatment device comprising:
- a housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
- a striking element disposed within the housing and moveable along the longitudinal axis;
- a tip disposed adjacent the distal end and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the tip being capable of pressing against tissue of the user, and the second end of the tip being strikable by the striking element, the tip having a flange and the tip being axially moveable when struck by the striking element between a first condition in which the tip and the striking element are in contact with one another, and a second condition in which the tip and the striking element are not in contact with one another;
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- a sensor disposed adjacent to, and configured to contact, the flange of the tip, the sensor comprising a force detector configured to detect an axial force of the tip pressing against the tissue of the user as the tip oscillates between the first condition and the second condition, the axial force being in line with the longitudinal axis.
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