US 11,890,248 B2
Thermotherapy device and control method therefor
Dong Myoung Lee, Asan-si (KR); Ki Sung Kim, Cheonan-si (KR); Sang Cheol Han, Cheonan-si (KR); and Jin Cheol Park, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to CERAGEM CO., LTD., Cheonan-si (KR)
Appl. No. 16/334,270
Filed by CERAGEM CO., LTD, Cheonan-si (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/000606
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 18, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/186565, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0045132 (KR), filed on Apr. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0216680 A1, Jul. 18, 2019
Int. Cl. A61H 15/02 (2006.01); A61F 7/00 (2006.01); A61H 15/00 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 15/02 (2013.01) [A61F 7/00 (2013.01); A61F 7/007 (2013.01); A61H 1/00 (2013.01); A61H 7/00 (2013.01); A61H 15/00 (2013.01); A61H 15/0078 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0011 (2013.01); A61F 2007/0024 (2013.01); A61H 2015/0021 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1669 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61N 5/0625 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermo-therapeutic apparatus comprising:
a thermal ceramic module including a body, a first supporting plate located on the body, a second supporting plate located on the first supporting plate, an ascending and descending driving part coupled to a lower portion of the first supporting plate and configured to move the first supporting plate in a vertical direction with respect to of the body, and a ceramic member coupled to the second supporting plate;
a weight sensor provided on a lower surface of the second supporting plate to sense a body pressure of a user; and
a controller configured to control setting and performance of a massage mode of the thermal ceramic module, wherein the controller controls a driving height of the ascending and descending driving part according to the body pressure of the user sensed by the weight sensor, to provide the same pressure to the user through the ceramic member on the basis of a predetermined desired intensity,
wherein the controller controls the thermal ceramic module so that the massage mode is automatically started when a predetermined time passes without a predetermined change of the pressure after the weight sensor senses a pressure greater than or equal to a first reference pressure, and re-initializes the time which has passed when the pressure varies in the predetermined time,
wherein the controller controls the thermal ceramic module so that the massage mode is automatically paused while the massage mode is performed when a predetermined time passes after the weight sensor senses a pressure lower than or equal to a second reference pressure which is lower than the first reference pressure, and stores a paused location of the thermal ceramic module relative to the user's body and the sensed pressure by the weight sensor when the massage mode is paused,
wherein the controller searches the user's body and controls a movement of the thermal ceramic module to a location which is the same as the stored paused location relative to the user's body so that the massage mode is restarted at the paused location when the weight sensor senses a pressure greater than or equal to the first reference pressure in a predetermined time after the massage mode is paused.