(19)
(11) EP 1 050 290 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
08.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/45

(21) Application number: 00109378.0

(22) Date of filing: 02.05.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61H 23/04, A61H 7/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 03.05.1999 IL 12973299

(71) Applicant: Orta Marketing Inc.
New York, NY 10175 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tzitrin, Arkadi
    Bat Yam 59100 (IL)
  • Pleshchinski, Michael
    Bat Yam 59395 (IL)
  • Avigdor, Amit
    Zur Yigal 44862 (IL)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Massaging device


(57) A massaging element comprising a housing fitted with a pressure port and a massaging cushion made of a resilient material and being sealingly articulated to the housing and comprising a plurality of bulges projecting from an external surface of thereof and each extending along a longitudinal axis, whereby applying pressure via the pressure port the massaging cushion is inflated entailing displacement of the bulges in a direction having a first displacement component in a direction corresponding with the longitudinal axis and a second displacement component in a direction essentially normal to the first displacement component.






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