THERMOELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR NECK-COLLAR ZONE MASSAGE Russian patent published in 2018 - IPC A61F7/00 A61H11/00 A61H39/08 A61N2/00 H01L35/28 F25B21/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: thermoelectric semiconductor device for massage of the neck-collar zone contains a flexible elastically deformable base with the possibility of covering the neck-collar zone. The base is made in the form of an elastic interlayer, on which thermoelectric modules (TEM) are fixed. The working junctions of the TEM are in thermal contact with the high-conductivity gel layer containing the thermal sensor, and the support junctions - with the aluminium plates contacting the heat-conducting support blocks including a box. The box is made of a material with low thermal conductivity. In the box cavity, there is a working substance with a high heat of fusion and a melting point in the range 40-50°C, bounded on the inside by aluminium plates. The elastic interlayer contains ferromagnetic needle elements located between each adjacent pair of TEMs. Magnetic action in the device is created by wires surrounding each ferromagnetic needle element with the opposite direction of winding at adjacent ferromagnetic needle elements feeding the corresponding TEM. Fastening of TEM and ferromagnetic needle elements on the elastic interlayer is performed taking into account exclusion of influence on the area of the spinal column.

EFFECT: combined function of alternating heating and cooling massage applicators in a single device, with a possibility to create a temperature regime, a magnet exposure regime and mechanical massage with vibration function.

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