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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7303579 | Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient An apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient comprises an enclosure defining an interior space for receiving at least a portion of a patient's body therein. The enclosure is adapted for substantially sealingly enclosing the portion of the patient's b... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302764 | Boot for applying medicines The present invention provides a boot for applying medicine to a foot for a variety of conditions. Wearing the boot allows one to perform job and domestic duties while treating a foot. The present invention has a sole beneath an upper with a waterproof interior. The... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7219387 | Foot cleansing device An apparatus for the cleansing, abrading, or massaging of a foot includes a container that is placed on the floor under a shower. Openings are provided in the bottom of the container for water to drain. A first screen is disposed over the bottom of the container as ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7188536 | Fluid-filled seat bladder having integral interface panel An elastomeric seat bladder has upper and lower sheets of peripherally welded elastomeric material, and at least one of the upper and lower sheets of elastomeric material is sufficiently thick to effectively serve as an integral interface panel. In a first configura... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7179279 | Rapid induction of mild hypothermia In general, the disclosure presents techniques for rapidly cooling the body of a patient. A cooling garment is placed in contact with the body of the patient. Spacers within the cooling garment create a space between at least a portion of the cooling garment and the... | 02/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7128719 | System for enhanced chemical debridement A device, system and method for enhancing the functionality and efficiency of a chemical and/or enzymatic debriding agent with a physical debriding mechanism. The debriding agent alone and the physical mechanism alone are each capable of at least some debriding acti... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7100220 | Bath apparatus A bath apparatus for bathing a body part, such as feet, includes a bath chamber for containing fluid and receiving the user's feet therein. The bath apparatus includes a heater for heating the bath chamber fluid, and a fluid pump for directing streams of water into ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6973683 | Bath apparatus A bath apparatus for bathing a body part, such as feet, includes a bath chamber for containing fluid and receiving the user's feet therein. The bath apparatus includes a heater for heating the bath chamber fluid, and a fluid pump for directing streams of water into ... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969399 | Apparatus for altering the body temperature of a patient An apparatus for adjusting the body temperature of a patient comprises an enclosure defining an interior space for receiving at least a portion of a patient's body therein. The enclosure is adapted for substantially sealingly enclosing the portion of the patient's b... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6934988 | Therapeutic table A therapeutic table having rotatable breast recesses is a massage table with special recessed areas or “pockets” to accommodate and support a woman's breasts when she is lying face down. Two recessed pockets are provided only on one side of a panel that is situa... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6638236 | Self-sealed irrigation system A self-sealed irrigation system for supplying a treatment fluid to a treatment site is disclosed. The system includes a flexible containment member that has a delivery channel which delivers treatment fluid to the treatment site, a sealing channel supplie... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6438768 | Foot spa apparatus A foot spa apparatus is constructed to include a base holding a container, a water pump adapted to pump water from the container to horizontal spray tubes and a vertical nozzle tube to stimulate the sole of the foot and lower pat of the user's legs, a col... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6406447 | Self-sealed irrigation system A self-sealed irrigation system for supplying a treatment fluid to a treatment site is disclosed. The system includes a flexible containment member that has a delivery channel which delivers treatment fluid to the treatment site, a sealing channel supplie... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6309366 | Foot therapy device A foot therapy device including a portable housing with an annular wall having an upper edge and defining a reservoir for retaining a volume of liquid to be used during foot therapy; a lid covering a given portion of the reservoir and secured to a continu... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6289900 | Nail whirlpool bath A cosmetology nail whirlpool bath, or spa, wherein the user's nails are exposed to a continuous flow of circulating solution allowing for both a more rapid softening of the nail cuticles and also providing the client with a pleasant sensation as the solut... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5863497 | Electrostatic hand sanitizer A hand sanitizing apparatus which uses at least two electrostatic emitters to dispense germicidal fluid to substantially all the surfaces of a user's hands when both hands are placed in proximity to the electrostatic emitters. The apparatus comprises a fr... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5795314 | Therapeutic fingernail treatment device A therapeutic fingernail treatment device which injects active ingredients via a specially-designed nozzle, to remedy fingernail fungus infections. In a preferred embodiment, the device is constructed as a spray nozzle which attaches to the fingernail, an... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5792171 | Acupunture method and device A method of underwater acupuncture which advantageously uses a synergistic effect resulting from a combined use of acupuncture and a water therapy treatment. A device for carrying out the method comprises an enclosure (11) which is sealed at one end and h... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5755240 | Device for cleaning dirty nails The invention relates to a device (1) for cleaning dirty nails (2), especially fingernails, which has housing (3) with a cleaning space (4), at least one opening (7) through which at least one nail (2) to be cleaned or a body part (8) which has a nail (2)... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5729841 | Foot-massager A foot massager is provided in the form of a footbath (1) having first and second foot receiving portions (10). The base (2) of the footbath (1) is provided with a plurality of movable massaging elements (31, 50) to perform a massaging function on the fee... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5693004 | Controllable fluid rehabilitation device including a reservoir of fluid A controllable fluid device (20) for rehabilitation of injured or weakened complex appendages such as the hands and feet. The controllable fluid device (20)includes a reservoir (34)which contains a sufficient amount of controllable fluid (52)such as a Mag... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5688208 | Limb exercise/therapy apparatus There is provided an exercise/therapy apparatus for human limbs, in particularly, hands. A sealed container forming an interior space is provided having an opening therein. A glove for receiving the hand is attached to the container near the opening and e... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5634890 | Water massage therapy device and method for using the same A water-massaging device provides fluid jet-like action against a body portion of an individual or animal. A flexible manifold peripherally borders a separate fluid channel. The manifold and the fluid channel each connect to a fluid source with respective... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5447504 | Misting apparatus for the treatment of injured areas and method therefor A misting apparatus for the treatment of injured areas and method therefor is disclosed having at least a containment portion for enclosing a patient's injured area, a plurality of misters located within the containment portion for atomizing medicinal typ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5393299 | Extremity attached containment apparatus for lavaged fluids A new and improved containment apparatus for lavaged fluids includes a container assembly and a transparent lid assembly placed on top of the container assembly with a patient's appendage contained therebetween. The container assembly is adapted to suppor... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5241953 | Fluid pressure massage system Apparatus for applying fluid pressure at spaced, predetermined locations on a foot or hand including a cabinet of multi-wall construction having an interior for accommodating the hand or foot. A plenum formed by the walls of the cabinet is pressurized wit... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5099830 | Hydraulic breast enhancer The present invention provides a hydraulic breast enhancer comprising an applicator cup shaped to receive a user's breast, and a hydraulically operating breast stimulator connected to the cup. The stimulator includes a combination of a negative pressure g... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5044357 | Apparatus for increased volume hydrotherapy A foot and leg hydrotherapy apparatus consisting of a housing forming a well that is adapted to receive a user's feet and lower legs. The inner walls of the well have a plurality of precisely directed jets that provide an adjustable air/water jet spray on... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4807604 | Scalp massager A scalp massager connected to a tap water supply, such as a shower head, through a flexible conduit. The massager includes a pulsating water shower head that is slidably mounted along a plurality of slots in a helmet that is fitted over a user's head. The... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4583530 | Fluidized bed apparatus for treating equine body parts Method and apparatus for equine therapy by immersion in a fluidized solids bed.... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4577624 | Hydromassage and whirlpool bath Portable water massage for massaging the legs of four legged animals, particularly horses, the massage mechanism consists of four multi-directional jets situated in a specific configuration, the jets direct a mixture of water and air into a container adap... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4353359 | Portable jacket for treatment and protection of injured body members A protective garment segment is provided which is made of flexible, water-resistant plastic material which is skin compatible, the protective garment segment defining an elongated hollow cavity adapted to surround a body member inserted theren; the garmen... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4341183 | Veterinary apparatus A typical embodiment of the invention provides a means for applying a therapeutic liquid spray to the leg of a horse. A plastic bucket, for example, contains a top header and a bottom header joined in fluid communication by means of pivotally mounted spra... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4281423 | Foam bathing apparatus A foam bathing apparatus comprising a main body including a blower, a container mounted on the main body for containing a bath and a porous body disposed at an inner bottom portion of the container. Air from the blower is passed through the porous body to... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4236513 | Pulsed oxygen chamber A treatment chamber for a human extremity specially adapted for use with a pulsed or hyperbaric oxygen supply, the chamber comprising upper and lower sections adapted to be sealingly clamped together and provided at one end with a demountable annular slee... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4223668 | Face massager A cosmetic mask in the shape of a cone and made of transparent slightly flexible material, adapted to fit in watertight engagement around the face of a user; a nose hole is provided, having an opening in the top surface of the mask and a bulbous portion a... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4192297 | Therapeutic feet bathing device A device for therapeutic bathing of one's feet and wherein the feet are cleaned or treated all around and are positioned to enhance relaxation and comfort and the process is adapted for continuous hygienic use by preventing direct contact of the feet ther... | 03/11/1980 |
