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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172778 | Pneumatic massaging device A pneumatic massaging device comprising a first inflatable part (15) to be in contact with a foot of a user, wherein said first inflatable part comprises at least two inflatable chambers (21, 26). The first of said at least two inflatable chambers is d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8088087 | Dry hydro-therapy body massage apparatus with low profile enclosure panels An apparatus for hydro-therapy massage characterized by a low profile enclosure structure surrounding a user support surface at a nominal elevation thereabove. The apparatus comprises a housing structure having an outwardly facing opening, a user support surface cov... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083700 | Chair type massager A chair type massager includes a seat part on which a person to be treated sits on, a backrest part with a reclining mechanism to perform a raising/tilting operation, and right and left armrest parts in which the arms are inserted. The massager further includes air ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079969 | Portable self-contained device for enhancing circulation The present invention provides a device for enhancing circulation by intermittently tightening and relaxing a closure encircling a limb. The device comprises a continuously operating motor, at least one rotating element and a mechanism driven by the motor for interm... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8043238 | Disposable decubitus preventing and treating mattress with ancillary applications Two plastic sheets are selectively joined to create parallel air cells with connecting passageways at alternate ends. The sheets form a mattress for full body, back or leg massages. An air pumped reservoir supplies air flow to a fluidic switch. Air from a right arm ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7491185 | External counterpulsation device using electroactive polymer actuators The present invention provides an exterior counterpulsation (ECP) system that includes a garment for being worn on the exterior of a patient's body. The garment includes electroactive polymer (EAP) actuators connected thereto. In one embodiment, the EAP actuators ar... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7350864 | Reclining rocker chair with inflatable lumbar support A reclining rocker chair, having a lower back support feature. The chair includes a base, a seat cushion, and a chair back extending upwardly from the base behind the seat cushion. The chair back has lower, middle, and upper sections. An inflatable chamber is locate... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346951 | Bedsore reduction system for beds A bedsore reduction system for beds includes a generally rectangular base plate, a mattress support plate and a diagonal connecting plate extending between said base plate and said mattress support plate and pivotably connecting the opposite side edges of the base p... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338458 | Air-pressure massaging device having an automatic adjustment function An air-pressure massaging device having an automatic adjustment function comprises: a base, inside which being disposed a drive rod; two fixed massaging assemblies mounted onto the drive rod; two adjustable massaging assemblies moveably mounted onto the drive rod; a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7311683 | Systems and methods for providing dry hydrotherapy to a reclined human subject Systems and methods for providing dry hydrotherapy to a reclined human subject in a home or commercial environment. The systems include an enclosed tub with an external support frame and an internal operational frame. The enclosed tub includes a multi-layer cover up... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293839 | Footrest device A footrest apparatus according to the present invention enables change of the position of a footrest and fixation of the same both in a position in which a surface for massaging lower limbs is oriented frontward and a position in which a lower limb resting surface i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285102 | Dual use massage chair A dual use massage chair has inflatable and deflatable air bags and bladders in a chair back to provide a massage function and serve as a comfortable chair. The main structure thereof includes the air bags disposed at two sides of a seat and in a front cover, and th... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282038 | Compression apparatus A compression apparatus including an expandable body configured for disposal about a foot. A strap extends from the body. The strap is configured for disposal about the foot adjacent an ankle. The strap has a first layer configured to engage an outer surface of the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273461 | Leg massager using air A leg massage using air is provided. The leg massager includes a U-shaped massaging portion, a supporting frame, an air tank, an air supply controller, a rotating plate, an optical sensor, an air pump, and a control unit. The control unit determines a rotation angle... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270642 | Device for applying controlled and adjustable compression to a limb A tubular sleeve (40) comprises an anterior portion (16) of inextensible material that comes to bear against the tibial ridge, and a posterior portion (18) of extensible material covering the region to be compressed. These two portions are conne... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264601 | Spine massager using inflatable bladders A spine massager is disclosed to include a master air bladder, two supplementary air bladders bilaterally provided at the top side of the master air bladder, and a pressure control unit formed of a switch pressure switch and a second pressure switch and connectable ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7241271 | Massage machine This massage machine comprises a seat 20, a leg-rest 50, a footrest 60, an electric extendable mechanism 80, a link mechanism 70, and a controller. The footrest is movably linked to a lower end of the leg-rest to be movable relativ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7225486 | Therapeutic seat cushion A therapeutic seat cushion for supporting a person remaining in a sitting position for a prolonged period of time, wherein the cushion is a generally rectangular body having a hollow interior with a plurality of generally radially extending partitions extending acro... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226428 | Air controlled massage system A massage system is provided that includes a motor, at least one bellows and at least one inflatable bladder connected to each bellows. Each bellows has an extended position and a retracted position, wherein operation of the motor causes each bellows to move between... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7207958 | Air controlled massage system with motorized drive mechanism A massage system is provided that includes a motor having an output shaft and at least one sliding block connected to the output shaft. The massage system also includes at least one bellows. Each bellows is connected to a corresponding one of the sliding blocks and ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7195604 | Massage machine with recess having a bottom wall and opposite side walls that are inflatable An object of the invention is to provide a massage unit wherein means for massaging the affected part of the person to be treated is provided with means for moving the affected part so as to give massage to a desired position. The massage unit of the inventio... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7160261 | Back sliding massager The present invention is related to a health care instrument, particularly to a back sliding massager. The massager comprising a base, a slide consists of an upper and a lower plate, a transmission mechanism, massage heads, and a cover. In that, the slide, transmiss... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159938 | Acoustic structure of seat back An acoustic structure of seat back in which speaker units are provided in a padding of the seat back. The padding includes: a frontal backrest surface area which is recessed backwardly of the seat back; and securing holes formed in that frontal backrest surface area... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7150720 | Foot massaging device which provides relief to various body parts through reflexology and method therefor A foot massaging device has a body section. A pair of foot holding devices are coupled to an interior of the body section. The foot holding device has an elongated housing for holding a foot and an opening located at a top section of the elongated housing for insert... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7120950 | Hybrid mattress A mattress device has an foam body formed of a closed cell foam material which has a torso support area defining a recess having a recess bottom. An inflatable mat is disposed in the recess and insulated from a ground surface by the recess bottom. The inflatable mat... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7080421 | Bedding article with overlaying portions The bedding article includes three fabric sections having approximately the same size and positioned in registry. Two fabric baffle strips extend in one dimension between and connected to upper and middle fabric sections, defining three interior chambers therebetwee... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065815 | Inflatable pads with adjustable static hold downs The present invention is directed to a mattress overlay being an inflatable body support formed from a pair of plastic sheets joined together to form a non-inflatable periphery. The non-inflatable periphery defines an air pressurizable chamber therebetween. The cham... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063677 | Pneumatic lumbar support and method for developing improved lower back range of motion A portable and adjustable pneumatic lumbar support is provided having a back section and a leg section adjacent to the back section. A first bladder in the back section inflates to support said user's torso. A second bladder in the leg section supports the user's le... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060044 | Massage device for attaching onto users A massage device includes a mat device having a chamber formed between two layers for receiving fluid and for supporting users, and having a groove formed in the middle portion for engaging onto the users' heads and for attaching the mat device onto the users. A con... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052509 | Method and device for rapidly inducing and then maintaining hypothermia A cooling system includes a console and a tissue cooling device such as a head-cooling device. An operator applies the head-cooling device to the head of a patient at risk for ischemic injury. The console provides a cooling fluid to a fluid circulation space located... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048703 | Support device A support device for providing enhanced support to users. In one embodiment, the support device includes a first bladder and a second bladder. Valves may be attached to the bladders to allow inflation and/or deflation of the bladders. In yet another embodiment, the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044924 | Massage device A massage device for massaging a body part of a person in an unsupervised and unattended setting. The massage device includes a garment, shaped to provide a snug fit and having a plurality of bladders arranged along the garment to massage the body part. An inflation... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037280 | Foot massaging system A submerge massaging system controlled by a no-moving part backload responsive fluidic switch. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035422 | Wearable speaker garments The personal wearable speaker system includes a garment having a plurality of substantially hollow tubular ducts formed from a substantially flexible material designed to promote superior sound wave flow and anti-collapse (pinch) functionality, and a plurality of pa... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7008445 | Method and device for rapidly inducing hypothermia Disclosed is a system and method for inducing therapeutic levels of hypothermia in a patient in the emergent care setting. The system consists of a small battery operated console and one or more garments. The garments are connected to the console by one or more umbi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6986779 | Pain relieving pressure maintenance apparatus and method A glove that when worn by a user quickly, comfortably, conveniently and effectively applies a specific amount of pressure to a particular point on the wearer's hand, thereby relieving and/or eliminating pain of the wearer such as from a type of headache. A glove wor... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6976507 | Apparatus for creating pulsating fluid flow A fluidic oscillator is disclosed, wherein the fluidic oscillator includes a fluid source and a housing coupled to the fluid source. At least one recess is formed within the housing. An insert resides within each at least one recess; the insert provides at least one... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6974442 | Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the body core of a mammal Methods and devices for extracting thermal energy from the core body of a mammal are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a portion of the mammal, e.g. a limb or portion thereof, is placed in a sealed enclosure to produce an enclosed portion of the mammal. A... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974425 | Apparatus and method for implementing hydro-acoustic therapy for the lungs The present invention involves an apparatus for implementing hydro-acoustic therapy for the lungs on a patient and a method for the hydro-acoustic therapy (HAT) for the lungs. The HAT apparatus includes a chamber filled with a fluid, particularly water. The HAT appa... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6974186 | Chair A chair includes a seat rotatably attached to a base with a pivot axle and coupled to the base with an actuator, to adjust the seat relative to the base. A seat back is rotatably attached to the seat and coupled to the seat with another actuator, to adjust the seat ... | 12/13/2005 |
