Patent ID: 8951215
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for a user treating by means of vibrations, comprising: a vessel defining a hollow region for accommodating a liquid for at least partially immersing the user and provided with a first rim surrounding at least partially the hollow region; movement means mechanically coupled to the vessel to cause vibrations of the vessel; an external casing of the vessel provided with a second rim covering the first rim; a liquid-tight seal interposed between the first rim and the second rim and such to reduce transmission of vibrations from the vessel to the casing, characterized in that said seal is made of an auto-shaping shape-memory material capable of radically modifying its shape from a first shape to a second shape, when subjected to loads higher than predetermined load values, and of returning to the first shape following the removal of said loads higher than the predetermined load values, wherein said auto-shaping shape-memory material is a closed-cell foam material, wherein said seal, in its initial form, has a transversal cross-section having an L-, or T-, or tubular shape, and in that said external casing comprises at the second rim a shaped seat having a substantially rectangular or square shape, having a top wall and a side wall suitable to accommodate said seal, wherein said external casing has a weight suitable for urging the seal with loads higher than said predetermined load values in assembled conditions of the apparatus, such that, when urged by the weight of the external casing, the seal passes from an initial form to a final form, deforming in the shaped seat of the second rim and adapting at least partially to its shape adhering at least to said top wall and said side wall, and, following removal of the external casing, the seal returns to its initial shape.