IP Library Granted Patent US 10,869,809
Granted Patent B2
US 10,869,809 · App. 15/719,085 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Pin-shaped stimulation device

Inventor: Michael Lenke (Metten, DE)
Assignee: NOVOLUTO GMBH
A61H19/34A61H9/0007A61H9/0057A61H9/0071A61H2009/0064A61H2201/0111A61H2201/0153A61H2201/0157A61H2201/0165A61H2201/1207A61H2201/1215A61H2201/1246A61H2201/1409A61H2201/149A61H2201/1418A61H2201/1664A61H2201/5015A61H2201/5043A61H2201/5097
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,869,809
App. No.
15/719,085
Filed
Sep 28, 2017
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3791
USPC
600/38
Abstract

The invention relates to a stimulation device for the clitoris, having the following: a housing which is formed to be substantially pin-shaped; a pressure field generation device having a drive unit that generates a pressure field in a hollow space made of temporally alternating negative and positive pressures, and a control device which controls the drive unit; wherein the housing has a longitudinal axis which extends from a front end of the housing up to a back end of the housing, and wherein an opening is provided in the front end of the housing for placing over the clitoris, and wherein the hollow chamber is arranged inside the housing and is connected to the opening of the housing.

Claims (94)

1. A stimulation device for a clitoris, comprising:

a housing;

a pressure field generation device having a drive unit which generates a pressure field from temporally alternating negative and positive pressures of a medium in a hollow space; and

a control device which controls the drive unit;

wherein:

the housing has a longitudinal axis, which extends from a front end of the housing up to a back end of the housing,

an opening for placing over the clitoris is provided in the front end of the housing with a center of the longitudinal axis passing through an opening plane of the opening, wherein the opening plane is defined by outer edges of the opening,

the hollow space is arranged inside the housing and is connected to the opening of the housing,

the pressure field generation device comprises a flexible wall which is configured to be displaced by the drive unit, and

a direction of the displacement of the flexible wall is provided by the drive unit at an angle relative to an alignment axis that is defined by an alignment of currents of the medium in the hollow space when generating the positive pressures.

2. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the center of the longitudinal axis passes through the opening plane at an angle greater than 30 degrees.

3. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hollow space is configured to be supplied with forces by the drive unit in such a way that the pressure field, which acts in a direction of the longitudinal axis of the housing, is generated in the hollow space, said pressure field being aimed at the clitoris for the stimulation thereof in the hollow space when the opening of the housing is placed over the clitoris.

4. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing has a central section that is adjacent to the front end in a direction of the longitudinal axis and is formed for holding the stimulation device with a hand, said central section being formed and arranged to extend along the longitudinal axis and in a peripheral direction around the longitudinal axis.

5. The stimulation device according to claim 4 , wherein

the central section extends over at least 30% of an axial extension of the longitudinal axis and up to a maximum of 70% of the axial extension of the longitudinal axis.

6. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the longitudinal axis substantially constitutes an axis of symmetry of the housing or the longitudinal axis corresponds to a direction of a greatest total extension of the housing.

7. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

a wall of the hollow space forms the opening of the housing and the hollow space, and

the wall forms a part of an external wall of the housing on the front end.

8. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the alignment axis forms an angle with the longitudinal axis which is less than or equal to 50 degrees or the alignment axis is arranged to be substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis.

9. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

a central section of the housing has an external contour which is formed to be one of round, oval, of equal thickness, or regularly n-cornered in a cross-sectional plane of the central section.

10. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the front end of the housing comprises silicon or rubber, and is formed interchangeably as a head of the stimulation device.

11. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a cap configured to be installed or inserted on the housing in such a way that the cap covers at least the opening of the housing.

12. The stimulation device according to claim 11 , wherein

the cap is dimensioned in such a way that it can be pulled over the stimulation device up to a stop such that the front end and a central section of the housing are covered by the cap.

13. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing is waterproof; and

the hollow space of the pressure field generation device is implemented to be waterproof in comparison to the inside of the stimulation device.

14. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the hollow space of the pressure field generation device has at least one first chamber and at least one second chamber having the opening for placing over the clitoris and at least one connection element having at least one opening into the at least one second chamber, and

the at least one connection element connects the at least one first chamber to the at least one second chamber; and

the drive unit changes the volume of the at least one first chamber by displacement of the flexible wall in such a way that the pressure field is generated in the at least one second chamber via the at least one connection element, said pressure field facilitating the stimulation.

15. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure field generation device comprises at least one damping element.

16. The stimulation device according to claim 1 , wherein the hollow space is substantially formed cylindrically.

17. The stimulation device according to claim 16 , wherein the alignment axis is arranged to be parallel to a central axis of the hollow space.

18. The stimulation device according to claim 15 , wherein

the at least one damping element is arranged between the opening and an electric motor or the flexible wall of the pressure field generation device in such a way that vibrations and/or sounds that are generated inside the housing are damped in a direction of the opening.

19. The stimulation device according to claim 15 , wherein

the at least one damping element has a channel which runs in an S-shaped manner, and/or the channel is coated on its internal wall with a silencing material.

20. A system comprising:

a stimulation device comprising:

a housing,

a pressure field generation device having a drive unit which generates a pressure field from temporally alternating negative and positive pressures of a medium in a hollow space, and

a control device which controls the drive unit; and

a bracket for storing and charging the stimulation device,

wherein:

the housing has a longitudinal axis, which extends from a front end of the housing up to a back end of the housing,

an opening for placing over a clitoris is provided in the front end of the housing with a center of the longitudinal axis passing through an opening plane of the opening,

the pressure field generation device comprises a flexible wall which is configured to be displaced by the drive unit,

a direction of the displacement of the flexible wall is provided by the drive unit at an angle relative to an alignment axis that is defined by an alignment of currents of the medium in the hollow space when generating the positive pressures,

the bracket comprises a charging coil on a bracket side,

the stimulation device has a complementary charging coil on a stimulation device side,

a battery of the stimulation device is configured to be charged using an inductive coupling of the charging coil on the bracket side and the complementary charging coil on the stimulation device side when the stimulation device is deposited in or on the bracket, and

the stimulation device does not have a bushing for supplying current.

21. The system according to claim 20 ,

wherein the charging coil on the bracket side and the charging coil on the stimulation device side are adjacent to each other when the stimulation device is deposited in or on a loading bracket.

22. The stimulation device according to claim 20 , wherein the longitudinal axis corresponds to a direction of a greatest total extension of the housing or the longitudinal axis is an axis of symmetry of the stimulation device or of the housing.

23. A stimulation device for a clitoris, comprising:

a housing;

a pressure field generation device having a drive unit which generates a pressure field from temporally alternating negative and positive pressures in a hollow space;

a control device which controls the drive unit; and

a cap configured to be installed or inserted on the housing in such a way that the cap covers at least the opening of the housing;

wherein:

the housing has a longitudinal axis, which extends from a front end of the housing up to a back end of the housing,

an opening for placing over the clitoris is provided in the front end of the housing with a center of the longitudinal axis passing through an opening plane of the opening, wherein the opening plane is defined by outer edges of the opening,

the cap is dimensioned in such a way that it can be pulled over the stimulation device up to a stop such that the front end is covered by the cap, and

the hollow space is arranged inside the housing and is connected to the opening of the housing.

24. The stimulation device according to claim 23 , wherein the longitudinal axis substantially constitutes an axis of symmetry of the housing or the longitudinal axis corresponds to a direction of a greatest total extension of the housing.

25. The stimulation device according to claim 23 , wherein

the cap is dimensioned in such a way that it can be pulled over the stimulation device up to the stop such that a central section of the housing is covered by the cap.

26. The stimulation device according to claim 23 , wherein

the pressure field generation device comprises at least one damping element arranged between the drive unit and the opening to dampen vibrations and/or sounds.

27. The stimulation device according to claim 23 , wherein the hollow space is substantially formed cylindrically.

28. A stimulation device for a clitoris, comprising:

a housing;

a pressure field generation device having a drive unit which generates a pressure field from temporally alternating negative and positive pressures in a hollow space; and

a control device which controls the drive unit;

wherein:

the housing has a longitudinal axis, which extends from a front end of the housing up to a back end of the housing,

an opening for placing over the clitoris is provided in the front end of the housing with a center of the longitudinal axis passing through an opening plane of the opening, wherein the opening plane is defined by outer edges of the opening,

the hollow space is arranged inside the housing and is connected to the opening of the housing,

the hollow space of the pressure field generation device has at least one first chamber and at least one second chamber having the opening for placing over the clitoris and at least one connection element having at least one opening into the at least one second chamber,

the at least one connection element connects the at least one first chamber to the at least one second chamber, and

the drive unit changes the volume of the at least one first chamber by displacement of a flexible wall in such a way that the pressure field is generated in the at least one second chamber via the at least one connection element, said pressure field facilitating stimulation of the clitoris.

29. The stimulation device according to claim 28 , wherein the longitudinal axis substantially constitutes an axis of symmetry of the housing or the longitudinal axis corresponds to a direction of a greatest total extension of the housing.

30. The stimulation device according to claim 28 , wherein the hollow space is substantially formed cylindrically.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS OF ASSIGNEE Recorded May 1, 2018
From: NOVOLUTO GMBH
To: NOVOLUTO GMBH
Reel/Frame 046051/0500 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2017
From: LENKE, MICHAEL
To: NOVOLUTO GMBH
Reel/Frame 043730/0048 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 118 911 · Oct 5, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180092799A1 · Apr 5, 2018