US 12,285,297 B2
Personal use extracorporeal low intensity shock wave device tip force detection and annunciation means and methods for using same
Jonathan Hoffman, Studio City, CA (US)
Assigned to MOON POOL LLC, Chatsworth, CA (US)
Filed by Jonathan Hoffman, Studio City, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/850,890.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/964,053, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0219999 A1, Jul. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/225 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/92 (2006.01); B06B 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/06 (2016.02) [A61B 17/2251 (2013.01); A61H 1/006 (2013.01); A61H 1/008 (2013.01); A61H 23/004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00022 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0011 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00119 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00154 (2013.01); A61B 2017/927 (2013.01); A61B 2090/065 (2016.02); A61H 2023/002 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5043 (2013.01); B06B 1/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A treatment device comprising:
a housing having a longitudinal axis extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
a striking element disposed within the housing and moveable along the longitudinal axis;
a tip disposed adjacent the distal end and having a first end and a second end, the first end of the tip being capable of pressing against tissue of the user, and the second end of the tip being strikable by the striking element, the tip having a flange and the tip being axially moveable when struck by the striking element between a first condition in which the tip and the striking element are in contact with one another, and a second condition in which the tip and the striking element are not in contact with one another; and
a sensor disposed adjacent to, and configured to contact, the flange of the tip, the sensor comprising a force detector configured to detect an axial force of the tip pressing against the tissue of the user as the tip oscillates between the first condition and the second condition, the axial force being in line with the longitudinal axis.