US 12,329,710 B2
Stimulation apparatus
Michael Lenke, Metten (DE)
Assigned to Novoluto GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Appl. No. 16/339,969
Filed by Novoluto GmbH, Berlin (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/075400
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/065540, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2016 008 412.8 (DE), filed on Oct. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0188221 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. A61H 19/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01); H02J 7/02 (2016.01); H02J 50/00 (2016.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61H 19/34 (2013.01) [A61H 23/0254 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5028 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5092 (2013.01); H02J 7/02 (2013.01); H02J 50/005 (2020.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stimulation apparatus for a clitoris, the stimulation apparatus comprising:
a housing defining a hollow space;
an opening to the hollow space, the opening for placing over the clitoris of a human body;
a drive unit to cause a volume of the hollow space to change to generate a pressure field of temporally alternating negative and positive pressures in the hollow space, the negative pressures below an ambient pressure and the positive pressures above the ambient pressure;
a control device to control the drive unit; and
a sensor to:
detect when a portion of the human body is within a detection region associated with the sensor, the detection region defined in the opening or in front of the opening, and emit an activation signal to the control device in response to the detection of the portion of the human body within the detection region, the control device to activate the drive unit in response to the activation signal; and
detect when the portion of the human body is outside of the detection region, the control device to deactivate the drive unit in response to the detection of the portion of the human body being outside of the detection region;
wherein the drive unit, the control device, and the sensor are received in the housing and wherein the stimulation apparatus is a portable hand-held device.