Massagers taking care of my fatigue and its patents

 

  How do you manage fatigue and stress? You probably solve them in various ways, such as eating delicious food or watching an interesting movie. Recently, as massage chairs and massage machines that are easy and convenient to use have increased, the number of people using them to manage fatigue has increased significantly.

  In this issue, we will learn about the technology of various massagers, including massage chairs and portable massagers.

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Modern people's 'stress'

  We often say that 'stress is the origin of all illnesses'. Stress is a negative factor that can cause diseases that even didn't exist before. It seems that modern people who live busy lives are forever carrying stress. According to a survey of office workers, 7 out of 10 people have experienced stress and burnout due to work. Perhaps massage chairs and massagers that relieve accumulated toxins and tension could be an alternative.

  Recently, massage chairs are equipped with various convenient functions, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that they are the 'crystallization of technology'. What technologies are there?

 A massage chair that can perform cycle mode

  This is a massage chair recently introduced by ‘Bodyfriend’. The invention consists of a body massage section and a leg massage section where each leg operates independently. When the user activates the cycle mode, it effectively relaxes the muscles around both legs and the pelvis while lying down as if riding a cycle.

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KR10-2023-0028128, 'Massage device performing cycle mode'

  Bodyfriend named this technology ‘Robowalking Technology’ and was the first in the massage chair industry to register a patent for cycle mode. It is said that the cycle mode helps exercise not only general users but also users with lower body discomfort, increasing its usability as a medical device.

Bodyfriend's 'Medical Pharaoh' equipped with cycle mode
(source: bodyfriend.co.kr)

  Bodyfriend also developed a massage chair that induces comfortable sleep for users. It is said that this technology focuses more on helping users with physical disabilities sleep comfortably than on convenience. In particular, patients with sleep disorders have a very hard time getting a good night sleep due to lower body tremors that occur even during sleep.

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KR10-2023-0170088,
'Massaging method and massaging apparatus for improving sleep of an user'

  When lying down on Bodyfriend's main massage chair, the lower body massage module that moves individually fixes the user's lower body stably, inducing a comfortable sleep for patients with lower body discomfort.

  The following is a massage chair equipped with a foot massage module. While the previous technologies focused on full body massage including the lower body, this technology focuses on massaging the feet.

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KR10-2022-0082457, 'Massage device with foot massage module'

  This massage chair is said to have a freely adjustable roller base height and an airbag that massages the instep and Achilles tendon, providing a cool massage to the entire foot.

Portable massager that cools only the desired area

  Massage chairs are expensive and large appliances, so it’s not easy to buy. Recently, simple and inexpensive portable massagers are increasing. What kind of technologies are there?

  This is a ‘vibration and heating massage stick’ that we can hold in our hand and massage here and there. This massage stick uses a rotating massage stick to easily massage the area that needs massage, and it is equipped with a heating function, so it is said that it is possible to provide a warm and comfortable thermal vibration massage to the massage area.

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KR10-2021-0172671, 'Vibration and heating massage stick'

 ‘Hutech’ has developed a practical portable massager. It is an eye massager. It was found that existing eye massagers were insufficient in stimulating the muscles or blood vessels around the eyes due to mechanical direct stimulation.

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KR10-2021-0030213, 'Massage apparatus for eyes'

  This eye massager developed by Hutech is said to be designed to effectively stimulate and gently massage only the essential acupressure points around the eyes to prevent dry eyes.

  The last is a triangle cushion with a massage function. When sitting down, we often sit with a cushion on our backs. This technology is designed to make it easy to fold, unfold, or separate the triangle cushion, so that the user can lean back or lie down on the cushion.

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KR10-2021-0152546, 'Motion change triangle cushion with massage function'

Massage chairs and massagers gradually evolving in technology

  In this issue, we learned about the patented technologies of massage chairs and various massagers. It was interesting to see that various products and technologies have developed from simple massages and massagers to now serve as medical devices. Let's look forward to how far the development of massage chairs and massage machines that relieve our fatigue and even cure diseases will continue.

Eye massager
(source: i-hutech.com)