Massage apparatus and massage method
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorKaori Ajiki
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Abstract
A massage apparatus includes a sheet member attachable to a skin of a body, and a pressure unit that presses the skin from the sheet member. The sheet member is elastic and thermoplastic such that the sheet member is hardened at a temperature of the skin and is softened at a predetermined temperate different from the temperature of the skin. The sheet member has one or more indications indicating an area of the skin to which the sheet member is to be attached. The pressure unit applies a pressure to the skin so as to provide a predetermined pressure distribution in which positions of the pressure distribution are defined with reference to one or more positions on the body in a situation in which the sheet member is attached to the area.
Claims11
A massage apparatus comprising:
- a sheet member configured to be attachable to a skin of a body;
- and
- a pressure actuator configured to apply a pressure to the skin from the sheet member,
- wherein the sheet member is elastic and thermoplastic such that the sheet member is hardened at a temperature of the skin and is softened at a predetermined temperate different from the temperature of the skin,
- wherein the sheet member has one or more indications that indicate an area of the skin to which the sheet member is configured to be attached, and
- wherein the pressure actuator is further configured to apply the pressure to the area of the skin with a predetermined pressure distribution defined with reference to one or more positions on the body.
A method of massaging using a sheet member that is capable of being attached to a skin of a body, that has an indication indicating an area of the skin to which the sheet member is to be attached, and that is elastic and thermoplastic such that the sheet member is hardened at a temperature of the skin and is softened at a predetermined temperate different from the temperature of the skin, the method comprising:
- softening the sheet member at the predetermined temperate;
- attaching the softened sheet member to the area of the skin according to the indication;
- and
- pressing, after the softened sheet member is hardened at the temperature of the skin, the skin with a predetermined pressure distribution defined with reference to one or more positions on the body in a state in which the sheet member is attached to the area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.