US 12,064,387 B2
Percussive therapy device with electrically connected attachment
Jason Wersland, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Benjamin Nazarian, Beverly Hills, CA (US); Jaime Sanchez Solana, Los Angeles, CA (US); Eduardo Merino, Beverly Hills, CA (US); and Richard Tang, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Therabody, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,499.
Application 18/162,499 is a continuation of application No. 17/244,278, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,564,860, issued on Jan. 31, 2023.
Application 18/162,499 is a continuation of application No. 17/739,630, filed on May 9, 2022.
Application 17/244,278 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/018,099, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,357,697, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 17/018,099 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/869,402, filed on May 7, 2020, granted, now 10,857,064, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Application 16/869,402 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/796,143, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 10,940,081, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Application 16/869,402 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/675,772, filed on Nov. 6, 2019, granted, now 10,702,448, issued on Jul. 7, 2020.
Application 17/739,630 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/244,239, filed on Apr. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,452,670, issued on Sep. 27, 2022.
Application 17/244,239 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/018,099, filed on Sep. 11, 2020, granted, now 11,357,697, issued on Jun. 14, 2022.
Application 17/739,630 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/705,300, filed on Mar. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,730,668.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/844,424, filed on May 7, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/899,098, filed on Sep. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/912,392, filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/785,151, filed on Dec. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/133,951, filed on Jan. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/017,472, filed on Apr. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0248609 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. A61H 23/00 (2006.01); A61H 15/00 (2006.01); A61H 15/02 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 23/006 (2013.01) [A61H 15/0085 (2013.01); A61H 15/02 (2013.01); A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 23/0254 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0153 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0207 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0214 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1664 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1671 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1685 (2013.01); A61H 2201/501 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5025 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5084 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5097 (2013.01); A61H 2230/207 (2013.01); A61H 2230/25 (2013.01); A61H 2230/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A percussive therapy system comprising:
a percussive therapy device comprising:
a housing that includes a handle portion defining a handle portion axis;
a motor positioned in the housing and configured to output torque about a motor axis;
an eccentric shaft configured to travel in a circle about the motor axis in response to activation of the motor, and
a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor, wherein a distal end of the push rod assembly comprises a connector configured to travel along a reciprocation axis when the push rod assembly reciprocates, the handle portion axis and the reciprocation axis both lie on a common plane normal to the motor axis, a proximal end of the push rod assembly is connected to the eccentric shaft at a location offset from the common plane in a first direction, and the motor extends away from the common plane in a second direction oppostie the first direction; and
an attachment configured to be operatively connected to the connector of the percussive therapy device.
 
12. A percussive therapy device comprising:
a handle portion that defines a handle portion axis;
a motor configured to output torque about a motor axis that is perpendicular to the handle portion axis; and
a push rod assembly comprising:
an output shaft configured to reciprocate along a reciprocation axis in response to activation of the motor and having a distal end that comprises a connector for an attachment, wherein the output shaft is centered on the reciprocation axis and the reciprocation axis extends on a reciprocation plane; and
a push rod having a proximal end operatively connected to the motor and a distal end connected to the output shaft, wherein the proximal end of the push rod is farther from the reciprocation plane than the distal end of the push rod,
wherein the reciprocation plane is normal to the motor axis,
wherein the handle portion axis extends on the reciprocation plane.