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FR2744358A1
FR2744358A1 FR9601436A FR9601436A FR2744358A1 FR 2744358 A1 FR2744358 A1 FR 2744358A1 FR 9601436 A FR9601436 A FR 9601436A FR 9601436 A FR9601436 A FR 9601436A FR 2744358 A1 FR2744358 A1 FR 2744358A1
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
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    • A61HPHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H2201/00Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes
    • A61H2201/10Characteristics of apparatus not provided for in the preceding codes with further special therapeutic means, e.g. electrotherapy, magneto therapy or radiation therapy, chromo therapy, infrared or ultraviolet therapy
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    • A61NELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Abstract

The massager head includes a housing(1,2) with an active face (3) which includes a series of massage bearings (5), made form an electrically conducting material, arranged around closed plane loop. A suction orifice (4), arranged inside the loop, communicates with a flexible tube connected to the fitting and an appropriate vacuum source. Means (18,20,22,26) are provided in the head for electrically connecting an appropriate electric current generator to fitting and to the bearings in pairs. The bearings are preferably in six pairs arranged regularly around a circle. Each pair of diametrically opposite bearings are connected to the current generator The suction orifice (4) consists of a pipe end (14,9,11) fitted into the head in which is a removable filter (30). The pipe has passages (29) which communicate with an annular compartment in which the bearings are arranged.

Description

TETE DE MASSAGE COMBINANT MASSAGE SOUS ASPIRATION ET
ELECTROTHERAPIE
La présente invention a trait aux appareils permettant de réaliser des opérations de massage du corps associées à des traitements d'électrothérapie cellulaire et vise plus particulièrement une tête de massage perfectionnée.
MASSAGE HEAD COMBINING VACUUM MASSAGE AND
ELECTROTHERAPY
The present invention relates to devices for performing body massage operations associated with cellular electrotherapy treatments and more particularly relates to an improved massage head.

Le but de l'invention est de proposer une tête permettant de soumettre localement le corps à plusieurs actions combinées, à la fois mécaniques et électriques, en vue de réaliser un nettoyage en profondeur de la peau et des tissus sous-jacents ainsi qu'une détoxication et tonification des cellules, plus efficaces que ceux obtenus jusqu'à présent par les techniques actuelles. The object of the invention is to propose a head making it possible to locally subject the body to several combined actions, both mechanical and electrical, in order to carry out a thorough cleaning of the skin and the underlying tissues as well as a detoxification and tonification of cells, more effective than those obtained hitherto by current techniques.

A cet effet, l'invention a pour objet une tête de massage combinant massage sous aspiration et électrothérapie, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un boîtier présentant une face active comportant
une série de billes de massage en matériau conducteur de l'électricité,
disposées le long d'une boucle fermée plane, et
. un orifice d'aspiration disposé à l'intérieur de ladite boucle et
communiquant, par une canalisation souple reliée à la tête, à une
source de vide appropriée, des moyens étant prévus pour connecter électriquement un générateur de courants électriques appropriés relié à la tête, auxdites billes, deux à deux.
To this end, the invention relates to a massage head combining massage under aspiration and electrotherapy, characterized in that it comprises a housing having an active face comprising
a series of massage balls made of electrically conductive material,
arranged along a flat closed loop, and
. a suction port disposed inside said loop and
communicating, by a flexible pipe connected to the head, to a
suitable vacuum source, means being provided for electrically connecting a generator of suitable electric currents connected to the head, to said balls, two by two.

Suivant un mode de réalisation préféré, les billes, disposées régulièrement sur un cercle, sont en nombre pair, en particulier six, chaque paire de billes diamétralement opposées étant connectée audit générateur de courants électriques.  According to a preferred embodiment, the balls, regularly arranged on a circle, are in even number, in particular six, each pair of diametrically opposite balls being connected to said generator of electric currents.

Une telle tête de massage est remarquablement efficace aux plans du nettoyage et de la désincrustation profonde de la peau et de la détoxication et tonification des cellules, du fait des actions combinées à la fois mécaniques, par les billes de massage superficiel et l'aspiration exercée dans la zone entourée par les billes et électriques, par l'application aux billes, en cours de massage, de courants électriques de caractéristiques appropriées, ces différentes actions étant mises en oeuvre après application sur la peau, dans les zones à masser, de solutions appropriées dont l'ionisation des molécules procure, par des effets bien connus, une activation accrue des échanges cellulaires osmotiques. Such a massage head is remarkably effective in terms of cleaning and deep scaling of the skin and detoxification and toning of the cells, due to the combined actions both mechanical, by the superficial massage balls and the suction exerted in the zone surrounded by the balls and electrics, by the application to the balls, during massage, of electric currents of appropriate characteristics, these different actions being implemented after application to the skin, in the zones to be massaged, of solutions The ionization of the molecules provides, by well known effects, increased activation of osmotic cell exchanges.

La tête de massage se manipule comme une tête ordinaire, I'opérateur appliquant la face active de la tête contre le corps du patient aux endroits désirés, en exerçant une légère pression et en réglant selon un processus déterminé, les divers paramètres physiques, tels que valeur de la dépression dans la zone centrale d'aspiration, tension, intensité et périodicité des signaux électriques appliqués aux billes de massage. The massage head is handled like an ordinary head, the operator applying the active face of the head against the patient's body at the desired locations, applying light pressure and adjusting the various physical parameters according to a determined process, such as value of the vacuum in the central suction zone, voltage, intensity and periodicity of the electrical signals applied to the massage balls.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages ressortiront de la description qui va suivre d'un mode de réalisation du dispositif de l'invention, description donnée à titre d'exemple uniquement et en regard des dessins annexés sur lesquels
. Figure 1 est une vue en coupe axiale verticale d'une tête de massage
de l'invention, suivant un mode de réalisation préféré
Figure 2 est une vue en coupe du seul corps supérieur de la tête de la
figure 1;;
Figure 3 est une vue de dessous du corps de la figure 2
. Figure 4 est une vue en coupe du seul corps inférieur de la tête de la
figure i
Figure 5 est une vue de dessous du corps de la figure 4
Figure 6 est une vue de face d'une plaquette isolante
Figure 7 est une vue de face d'une plaquette conductrice, et
. Figure 8 représente le schéma électrique de connexion des billes de
massage.
Other characteristics and advantages will emerge from the description which follows of an embodiment of the device of the invention, description given by way of example only and with reference to the appended drawings in which
. Figure 1 is a vertical axial sectional view of a massage head
of the invention, according to a preferred embodiment
Figure 2 is a sectional view of the single upper body of the head of the
figure 1;;
Figure 3 is a bottom view of the body of Figure 2
. Figure 4 is a sectional view of the single lower body of the head of the
figure i
Figure 5 is a bottom view of the body of Figure 4
Figure 6 is a front view of an insulating plate
FIG. 7 is a front view of a conductive plate, and
. Figure 8 shows the electrical diagram of connection of the balls of
massage.

La tête de massage représentée sur la figure 1 comprend un corps supérieur 1 prolongé par un corps inférieur amovible 2 définissant perpendiculairement à l'axe du corps 1 une face dite active 3, plane, circulaire, dans la zone centrale de laquelle est ménagé un orifice d'aspiration 4 circulaire entouré par une couronne de billes de massage 5 enchâssées dans ledit corps inférieur 2. The massage head shown in FIG. 1 comprises an upper body 1 extended by a removable lower body 2 defining perpendicularly to the axis of the body 1 a so-called active face 3, flat, circular, in the central zone of which an orifice is formed. circular suction 4 surrounded by a crown of massage balls 5 embedded in said lower body 2.

Les corps 1 et 2 sont en matériau isolant électrique, par exemple une matière plastique appropriée. The bodies 1 and 2 are made of electrical insulating material, for example an appropriate plastic material.

Le corps supérieur 1, représenté plus clairement sur les figures 2 et 3, comprend une partie tubulaire cylindrique 6 formant manche, s'évasant à l'extrémité distale pour former une partie circulaire 7 sur la face frontale 8 de laquelle s'ouvre dans l'axe du manche 6 un premier chambrage taraudé 8 prolongé par un passage 9 de diamètre réduit, taraudé en 10, côté chambrage 8. The upper body 1, shown more clearly in FIGS. 2 and 3, comprises a cylindrical tubular part 6 forming a handle, flaring at the distal end to form a circular part 7 on the front face 8 from which opens into the 'axis of the handle 6 a first tapped recess 8 extended by a passage 9 of reduced diameter, tapped at 10, recess side 8.

Le passage 9 communique lui-même avec un autre passage 11 axialement au manche 6, et susceptible d'être mis en communication, à l'extrémité proximale dudit manche, avec une source de vide (non représentée) connectable au manche 6. The passage 9 communicates itself with another passage 11 axially to the handle 6, and capable of being placed in communication, at the proximal end of said handle, with a vacuum source (not shown) connectable to the handle 6.

Sur la face frontale de la partie 7 s'ouvrent également (figure 3) deux lamages 1 2 en forme de haricot, diamétralement opposés de part et d'autre du chambrage 8 et communiquant par des canaux 1 3 avec ledit passage 9. On the front face of the part 7 also open (FIG. 3) two counterbores 1 2 in the shape of a bean, diametrically opposite on either side of the recess 8 and communicating by channels 1 3 with said passage 9.

Le corps inférieur 2 de la tête, représenté plus clairement sur les figures 4 et 5, a une forme générale toroïdale. II comporte une partie tubulaire centrale 14 dont le diamètre externe correspond à celui du chambrage 8 et qui est filetée pour s'engager par vissage dans ce dernier. Le débouché inférieur de la partie 1 4 définit ledit orifice d'aspiration 4. The lower body 2 of the head, shown more clearly in FIGS. 4 and 5, has a generally toroidal shape. It comprises a central tubular part 14 whose external diameter corresponds to that of the recess 8 and which is threaded to engage by screwing in the latter. The lower outlet of part 1 4 defines said suction orifice 4.

La partie toroïdale 1 5 du corps 2, de section approximativement rectangulaire, sert de logement en partie inférieure à six billes de massage 5, enchâssées chacune dans une cage métallique 16, les billes, en matériau conducteur de l'électricité, par exemple de l'acier inoxydable, faisant légèrement saillie au delà de ladite face active 3 de la tête de massage, par des passages circulaires 1 7 ménagés dans la paroi de fond du corps inférieur 2. The toroidal part 1 5 of the body 2, of approximately rectangular section, serves as a housing at the bottom with six massage balls 5, each embedded in a metal cage 16, the balls, made of electrically conductive material, for example of stainless steel, slightly protruding beyond said active face 3 of the massage head, by circular passages 1 7 formed in the bottom wall of the lower body 2.

Chaque cage 1 6 est solidaire en partie supérieure d'une tige tubulaire 1 8 formant entretoise de liaison mécanique et électrique, traversant un empilement, successivement et en partant de la cage 16, d'une plaquette 1 9 en forme de rondelle en matériau isolant électriquement, d'une plaquette 20 en matériau conducteur, d'une plaquette 21 en matériau isolant, d'une plaquette 22 en matériau conducteur et d'une plaquette 23 en matériau isolant, les plaquettes, représentées plus en détail aux figures 6 et 7, ayant une forme de rondelle avec un trou central correspondant au diamètre externe de la partie 14 du corps inférieur 2. Each cage 1 6 is secured in the upper part of a tubular rod 1 8 forming a mechanical and electrical connection spacer, passing through a stack, successively and starting from the cage 16, of a plate 1 9 in the form of a washer made of insulating material electrically, from a plate 20 of conductive material, from a plate 21 of insulating material, from a plate 22 of conductive material and from a plate 23 of insulating material, the plates, shown in more detail in FIGS. 6 and 7 , having the shape of a washer with a central hole corresponding to the external diameter of the part 14 of the lower body 2.

Les trois rondelles isoiantes 19,21 et 23 sont identiques, de même que les deux rondelles conductrices 20,22. The three insulating washers 19, 21 and 23 are identical, as are the two conductive washers 20, 22.

Les tiges creuses 1 8 sont engagées dans des trous 24 des plaquettes isolantes 19,21 et 23, ainsi que dans les trous des plaquettes conductrices 20 et 22. The hollow rods 1 8 are engaged in holes 24 of the insulating plates 19, 21 and 23, as well as in the holes of the conductive plates 20 and 22.

Les extrémités supérieures des tiges 1 8 sont filetées et reçoivent un écrou 25 de serrage de l'empilement des plaquettes 1 9 à 23. The upper ends of the rods 1 8 are threaded and receive a nut 25 for tightening the stack of plates 1 9 to 23.

Les extrémités supérieures des tiges 1 8 des deux billes 5 diamétralement opposées se trouvant à hauteur des logements 1 2 du corps 1, sont en contact avec deux plots de connexion électrique 26, en place dans lesdits logements 1 2 (figure 1). Un bon contact électrique est assuré par pression en vissant convenablement l'extrémité tubulaire 14, le corps 2 étant garni des billes 5 et de l'empilement des plaquettes, dans le chambrage 8 du corps 1. The upper ends of the rods 1 8 of the two diametrically opposite balls 5 located at the level of the housings 1 2 of the body 1, are in contact with two electrical connection pads 26, in place in said housings 1 2 (Figure 1). Good electrical contact is ensured by pressure by suitably screwing the tubular end 14, the body 2 being lined with the balls 5 and with the stack of plates, in the recess 8 of the body 1.

Les deux plots 1 2 sont reliés par deux conducteurs électriques (non représentés) logés dans les canaux 1 3 et le passage 11, aux bornes positive et négative d'un générateur de courants électriques appropriés (non représenté) disposé par exemple comme ladite source de vide, dans une unité mobile comportant un pupitre de commande et contrôle des différentes fonctions du dispositif de massage.  The two studs 1 2 are connected by two electrical conductors (not shown) housed in the channels 1 3 and the passage 11, at the positive and negative terminals of a suitable electric current generator (not shown) arranged for example as said source of empty, in a mobile unit comprising a control console and control of the various functions of the massage device.

Les plaquettes conductrices 20 et 22 comportent trois trous 27 taraudés dans lesquels sont vissées trois des tiges 1 8 et trois trous 28 lisses, de diamètre notablement supérieur à celui des trous 27, dans lesquels passent librement, à distance, les trois autres tiges 1 8.  The conductive plates 20 and 22 have three tapped holes 27 into which three of the rods 1 8 are screwed and three smooth holes 28, of diameter significantly greater than that of the holes 27, in which the other three rods 1 8 pass freely, at a distance .

La figure 8 illustre les connexions électriques entre les deux plots 26 et les billes 5. FIG. 8 illustrates the electrical connections between the two studs 26 and the balls 5.

A partir des deux plots positif et négatif il s'agit de relier les six billes 5 deux à deux, c'est-à-dire de relier deux billes diamétralement opposées aux deux pôles positif et négatif. From the two positive and negative pads it is a question of connecting the six balls 5 two by two, that is to say of connecting two balls diametrically opposite to the two positive and negative poles.

A cet effet, en considérant la figure 8 sur laquelle seules sont illustrées les liaisons électriques entre les plots 26, les deux plaquettes conductrices 20,22 et les billes 5, I'un des plots 26 (pôle positif) est relié par l'intermédiaire de sa tige associée (18' sur la figure 8) à la plaquette 22 (vissée sur cette tige 18') ainsi qu'à la bille correspondante 5', mais n'est pas en contact avec l'autre plaquette 20. To this end, considering FIG. 8 in which only the electrical connections between the studs 26, the two conductive plates 20, 22 and the balls 5 are illustrated, one of the studs 26 (positive pole) is connected via of its associated rod (18 'in FIG. 8) to the plate 22 (screwed onto this rod 18') as well as to the corresponding ball 5 ', but is not in contact with the other plate 20.

L'autre plot 26 (pôle négatif) est relié par l'intermédiaire de sa tige associée (18" sur la figure 8) à la plaquette 20, ainsi qu'à la bille 5" diamétralement opposée à la bille 5', mais n'est pas en contact avec la plaquette 22. The other stud 26 (negative pole) is connected via its associated rod (18 "in FIG. 8) to the plate 20, as well as to the ball 5" diametrically opposite to the ball 5 ', but n is not in contact with the plate 22.

La tige 18' assure la liaison électrique, via la plaquette 22 et deux autres tiges 1 8 vissées dans cette dernière, à deux autres billes 5, cependant que la tige 18" assure la liaison électrique, via la plaquette 20 et les deux dernières tiges 18 vissées dans cette dernière, aux deux dernières billes 5, chaque paire de billes opposées étant ainsi reliée aux pôles positif et négatif. The rod 18 'provides the electrical connection, via the plate 22 and two other rods 18 screwed into the latter, to two other balls 5, while the rod 18 "provides the electrical connection, via the plate 20 and the last two rods 18 screwed into the latter, to the last two balls 5, each pair of opposite balls being thus connected to the positive and negative poles.

Dans la paroi de la partie interne 14 du corps inférieur 2 sont ménagés des passages 29 faisant communiquer l'intérieur du conduit 14 avec le compartiment annulaire où se trouve les billes 5 et l'empilement de plaquettes. In the wall of the internal part 14 of the lower body 2 are formed passages 29 communicating the interior of the duct 14 with the annular compartment where the balls 5 are located and the stack of platelets.

Dans le logement 9 du corps 1 est vissée une cartouche filtrante 30 qui s'étend ainsi à l'intérieur du conduit 14. In the housing 9 of the body 1 is screwed a filter cartridge 30 which thus extends inside the duct 14.

La tête de massage est manipulée à la main comme une tête ordinaire. The massage head is handled by hand like an ordinary head.

Les billes 5 remplissent leur fonction habituelle de massage en roulant sur la peau avec une pression de contact déterminée par le manipulateur, cependant que dans le même temps, au massage mécanique périphérique des billes est associée une aspiration dans la zone centrale de la tête, par l'orifice 4,
I'intérieur du conduit 14 étant mis en dépression via le filtre 30, les passages 9 et 11 et ladite canalisation de liaison à la source de vide. Le degré de dépression appliqué dans la tête est déterminé et modulé par le manipulateur.
The balls 5 fulfill their usual massage function by rolling on the skin with a contact pressure determined by the manipulator, while at the same time, the peripheral mechanical massage of the balls is associated with aspiration in the central zone of the head, by orifice 4,
The interior of the duct 14 being placed under vacuum via the filter 30, the passages 9 and 11 and said pipe connecting to the vacuum source. The degree of depression applied in the head is determined and modulated by the manipulator.

A ces deux actions combinées est de préférence associée l'application de courants électriques appropriés, selon toute modalité quant au niveau d'intensité, de tension et de répétitivité ou périodicité, par les paires de billes 5, ce traitement électrique étant associé à l'application de solutions appropriées, conductrices de l'électricité, aux endroits de passage de la tête afin d'activer, à la manière connue, les échanges osmotiques cellulaires. II est à noter à ce propos que le mode de connexion des billes assure un passage du courant électrique au travers de la partie de la peau en cours d'aspiration. To these two combined actions is preferably associated the application of appropriate electrical currents, according to any modality as to the level of intensity, voltage and repeatability or periodicity, by the pairs of balls 5, this electrical treatment being associated with the application of appropriate solutions, conductive of electricity, at the places of passage of the head in order to activate, in the known manner, cellular osmotic exchanges. It should be noted in this connection that the method of connection of the balls ensures the passage of electric current through the part of the skin during aspiration.

Ainsi, une zone déterminée de la peau est soumise pratiquement simultanément à une triple action particulièrement efficace de massage mécanique par pression, d'aspiration et d'application de courants électriques de détoxication et tonification des cellules. Thus, a determined area of the skin is subjected practically simultaneously to a particularly effective triple action of mechanical massage by pressure, suction and application of electric currents of detoxification and tonification of the cells.

Les billes 5 sont bien entendu en nombre pair, égal à six de préférence, mais pouvant être supérieur ou inférieur à ce nombre. The balls 5 are of course in an even number, preferably equal to six, but may be greater or less than this number.

La prévision des passages 29, qui ne sont pas indispensables, permet de soumettre également le logement des billes 5 à une dépression, ce qui facilite le décollement de la tête de massage de la peau en fin de traitement en réduisant l'aspiration en zone centrale (4) par création de fuites à hauteur des intervalles entre les billes 5 et leur logement. The provision of passages 29, which are not essential, also makes it possible to subject the housing of the balls 5 to a vacuum, which facilitates detachment of the massage head from the skin at the end of treatment by reducing the suction in the central zone (4) by creating leaks at the intervals between the balls 5 and their housing.

Le rôle du filtre 30 est d'arrêter les particules de peau et analogues aspirées par la tête. The role of the filter 30 is to stop the particles of skin and the like aspirated by the head.

Par ailleurs, la forme en haricot des logements 12 a essentiellement pour but de permettre de régler le degré de vissage du corps 2 sur le corps 1, et donc le degré de pression des tiges 18 sur les plots 26, sans perdre le contact électrique du fait de la rotation entre les deux corps 1,2. Furthermore, the bean shape of the housings 12 has essentially the purpose of making it possible to adjust the degree of screwing of the body 2 on the body 1, and therefore the degree of pressure of the rods 18 on the studs 26, without losing the electrical contact of the rotates between the two bodies 1,2.

Enfin, I'invention n'est évidemment pas limitée au mode de réalisation représenté et décrit ci-dessus, mais en couvre au contraire toutes les variantes, notamment en ce qui concerne les dimensions et nombre des billes 5, leur agencement autour de l'orifice central 4 dont les formes et dimensions peuvent varier, ainsi que le mode de connexion électrique des billes 5 au générateur électrique.  Finally, the invention is obviously not limited to the embodiment shown and described above, but on the contrary covers all its variants, in particular with regard to the dimensions and number of the balls 5, their arrangement around the central orifice 4 whose shapes and dimensions may vary, as well as the mode of electrical connection of the balls 5 to the electric generator.

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REVENDICATIONS 1. Tête de massage combinant massage sous aspiration et électrothérapie, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend un boîtier (1,2) présentant une face active (3) comportant  1. Massage head combining massage under suction and electrotherapy, characterized in that it comprises a housing (1,2) having an active face (3) comprising . une série de billes de massage (5) en matériau conducteur de . a series of massage balls (5) made of conductive material l'électricité, disposées le long d'une boucle fermée plane, et electricity, arranged along a closed closed loop, and . un orifice d'aspiration (4) disposé à l'intérieur de ladite boucle et . a suction port (4) disposed inside said loop and communiquant, par une canalisation souple reliée à la tête, à une communicating, by a flexible pipe connected to the head, to a source de vide appropriée, des moyens (18,20,22,26) étant prévus pour connecter électriquement un générateur de courants électriques appropriés relié à la tête, auxdites billes (5), deux à deux. suitable vacuum source, means (18,20,22,26) being provided for electrically connecting a generator of suitable electric currents connected to the head, to said balls (5), two by two. 2. Tête de massage suivant la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les billes (5) sont en nombre pair, de préférence six, et disposés régulièrement le long d'un cercle, chaque paire de billes diamétralement opposées étant connectée électriquement audit générateur de courants électriques. 2. Massage head according to claim 1, characterized in that the balls (5) are in even number, preferably six, and arranged regularly along a circle, each pair of diametrically opposed balls being electrically connected to said generator. electric currents. 3. Tête de massage suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisée en ce que ledit orifice d'aspiration (4) est constitué par l'extrémité d'un conduit (14,9,11) ménagé dans la tête et dans lequel est disposé un filtre amovible (30). 3. Massage head according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said suction orifice (4) is constituted by the end of a conduit (14,9,11) formed in the head and in which is disposed a removable filter (30). 4. Tête de massage suivant la revendication 3, caractérisée en ce que ledit conduit (14) est muni de passages (29) de communication avec un compartiment annulaire dans lequel sont agencées les billes (5). 4. Massage head according to claim 3, characterized in that said duct (14) is provided with passages (29) for communication with an annular compartment in which the balls (5) are arranged. 5. Tête de massage suivant l'une des revendications 2 à 4, caractérisée en ce que la connexion des billes (5) est assurée à partir de deux plots électriques (26) reliés auxdites billes par l'intermédiaire de deux plaquettes conductrices (20,22) et d'entretoises (18) de liaison entre plaquettes, billes et plots.  5. Massage head according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the connection of the balls (5) is ensured from two electrical pads (26) connected to said balls by means of two conductive plates (20 , 22) and spacers (18) for connecting plates, balls and studs.
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