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US 12,296,108 B2Granted
Device for providing multiple types of therapy to a user
AssigneeTherabody, Inc.
InventorTrent K. English
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods can be used to provide therapy to users and/or to monitor various physiological parameters of the user.
Claims22
A massager for providing massage therapy and breathing therapy to a user, the massager comprising:
- one or more haptic generators;
- a housing carrying the one or more haptic generators;
- a massage head coupled to the housing to engage the user to provide the massage therapy to the user, wherein the massage head has an arcuate contact surface for engaging the user to provide the massage therapy to the user;
- a controller disposed in the housing to control the one or more haptic generators;
- a user interface coupled to the controller and a display coupled to the controller;
- and
- one or more sensors coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to monitor one or more physiological parameters of the user with the one or more sensors and to display a value of the one or more physiological parameters on the display,
- wherein the controller is configured to generate vibrations with the one or more haptic generators to be felt by the user such that the vibrations guide the user through inhale and exhale phases of the breathing therapy, and
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate with a separate smart device to coordinate operation of the one or more haptic generators of the massager with display of visual guidance on the separate smart device to guide the user through the inhale and the exhale phases of the breathing therapy, such that the user is visually guided on when to inhale and exhale by the separate smart device while simultaneously being vibrationally guided on when to inhale and exhale by the one or more haptic generators of the massager by varying the vibrations between the inhale and the exhale phases of the breathing therapy,
- wherein the massage head is slidable relative to the housing.
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A massager for providing massage therapy and breathing therapy to a user, the massager comprising:
- one or more haptic generators;
- a housing carrying the one or more haptic generators;
- a massage head coupled to the housing to engage the user to provide the massage therapy to the user, wherein the massage head has an arcuate contact surface for engaging the user to provide the massage therapy to the user;
- a controller disposed in the housing to control the one or more haptic generators;
- a user interface coupled to the controller and a display coupled to the controller;
- and
- one or more sensors coupled to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to monitor one or more physiological parameters of the user with the one or more sensors and to display a value of the one or more physiological parameters on the display,
- wherein the controller is configured to generate vibrations with the one or more haptic generators to be felt by the user such that the vibrations guide the user through inhale and exhale phases of the breathing therapy, and
- wherein the controller is configured to communicate with a separate smart device to coordinate operation of the one or more haptic generators of the massager with display of visual guidance on the separate smart device to guide the user through the inhale and the exhale phases of the breathing therapy, such that the user is visually guided on when to inhale and exhale by the separate smart device while simultaneously being vibrationally guided on when to inhale and exhale by the one or more haptic generators of the massager by varying the vibrations between the inhale and the exhale phases of the breathing therapy, and
- a linearly-movable rod to move the massage head relative to the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.