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US 9,498,404 B2Granted
Fluidic methods and devices
AssigneeObotics Inc.
InventorBruce Murison
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Abstract
A device for use by an individual for sexual pleasure varying in form, i.e. shape, during its use and allowing for the user to select multiple variations of form either discretely or in combination and for these dynamic variations to be controllable simultaneously and interchangeably while being transparent to the normal use of the device, including the ability to insert, withdraw, rotate, and actuate the variable features manually or remotely. According to embodiments of the invention localized and global variations of devices are implemented using fluidics and electromagnetic pumps/valves wherein a fluid is employed such that controlling the pressure of the fluid results in the movement of an element within the device or the expansion/contraction of an element within the device.
Claims12
A sexual stimulation device comprising:
- an electromagnetically driven pump for pumping a fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port;
- and
- a fluidic capacitor coupled at one end to the electromagnetically driven pump and coupled at its other end to a self-contained fluidic system;
- wherein
- the fluidic capacitor comprises a first predetermined portion having a first predetermined elasticity and a second predetermined portion having a second predetermined elasticity lower than the first predetermined elasticity wherein the second predetermined portion deforms under activation of the electromagnetically driven pump in a manner such that the electromagnetically driven pump is not at least one of drawing upon or pumping into the complete fluidic system according to whether the fluidic capacitor is on the inlet side or the outlet side port of the electromagnetically driven pump;
- and
- fluid within the self-contained fluidic system when pumped by the electromagnetically driven pump drives a fluidic actuated element forming part of the sexual stimulation device to provide physical stimulation to a predetermined region of an individual.
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A sexual stimulation device comprising:
- an electromagnetically driven pump comprising a piston for pumping a fluid upon both forward and backward piston strokes within a self-contained fluidic system;
- first and second valve assemblies coupled to each end of the electromagnetically driven pump, each valve assembly comprising an inlet non-return valve, an outlet non-return valve, and a valve body having a port fluidically coupled to the electromagnetically driven pump, a port coupled to the inlet non-return valve, and a port coupled to the output non-return valve;
- and
- a first fluidic capacitor disposed at least one of prior to an inlet non-return valve and after an outlet non-return valve;
- wherein
- the first fluidic capacitor comprises a first predetermined portion having a first predetermined elasticity and a second predetermined portion having a second predetermined elasticity lower than the first predetermined elasticity wherein the second predetermined portion deforms under activation of the electromagnetically driven pump in a manner such that the electromagnetically driven pump is not at least one of drawing upon or pumping into s fluidic system to which the electromagnetically driven pump is connected according to whether the fluidic capacitor is on the inlet side or the outlet side port of the electromagnetically driven pump;
- and
- fluid within the self-contained fluidic system when pumped by the electromagnetically driven pump drives a fluidic actuated element forming part of the sexual stimulation device to provide physical stimulation to a predetermined region of an individual.
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A sexual stimulation device comprising:
- an electromagnetically driven device;
- a fluidic capacitor which acts as a low pass fluidic filter in combination with self-contained fluidic system to smooth pressure fluctuations arising from the operation of the electromagnetically driven device over a first predetermined frequency range;
- and
- a control circuit providing a first signal for driving the electromagnetically driven device at a frequency within the first predetermined frequency range and a second signal for driving the electromagnetically driven device with an oscillatory signal above a low pass cut-off frequency of the low pass fluidic filter;
- wherein
- the pulsed fluidic output generated by the second signal is coupled to the self-contained fluidic system but the pulsed fluidic output generated by the first signal is filtered to provide a constant fluidic flow from the electromagnetically driven device with predetermined ripple;
- and
- fluid within the self-contained fluidic system when pumped by the electromagnetically driven pump drives a fluidic actuated element forming part of the sexual stimulation device to provide physical stimulation to a predetermined region of an individual.
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A method of configuring a sexual stimulation device comprising:
- a) providing the sexual stimulation device comprising an electromagnetically driven pump for pumping a fluid from an inlet port to an outlet port and a fluidic capacitor coupled at one end to the electromagnetically driven pump and coupled at its other end to a self-contained fluidic system, wherein fluid within the self-contained fluidic system when pumped by the electromagnetically driven pump drives a fluidic actuated functional element forming part of the sexual stimulation device to provide physical stimulation to a predetermined region of an individual;
- b) executing a set-up procedure for an action relating to the functional element of the sexual stimulation device to be personalized to an individual;
- c) automatically varying an aspect of the action relating to the functional element of the sexual stimulation device between a first predetermined value and a second predetermined value in a predetermined number of steps whilst the individual applies the sexual stimulation device to the predetermined region of their body until an input is received from the individual;
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- d) terminating step (c) upon receiving the individual's input and storing the value relating to the aspect of the action when the individual provided the input within a profile of a plurality of profiles associated with the sexual stimulation device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.