MASSAGER-9 Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC A61H15/00 

FIELD: medical equipment.

SUBSTANCE: massager can be used for sanitary and prophylactic massage. Massager has several massage elements in form of fragments of sphere with spherical working surface. Massage elements are connected together by means of fixing aid to form a sphere. Massager has constringing hoop. Profiled protrusions fixing element is made in form of cross-shaped frame composed by two mutual perpendicular round-shaped plates which are connected together tightly along lines of their diameters. There are fixing elements onto both sides of one plate of case on the top of it. Massage elements are made in form of four fragments of sphere with grooves onto flat surface for interaction with profiled protrusions of the frame. Grooves adjacent to each other are made onto spherical surfaces of all massage elements at the plane to place constringing hoop inside them. Massage elements are made 'cold" or "hot" and are mounted in alternation order inside cross piece. Massage element can be made in form of air-proof container filled with heat-accumulating medium or with medium being able of keeping cold. Different shape protrusions are made onto working surface of massage elements to improve massage effect. Simultaneous temperature-contrast effect is provided.

EFFECT: widened functional capabilities; improved efficiency of massage.

4 cl, 8 dwg