Surgery: kinesitherapy inventions 01/09

20090030351 - Multiple end effectors ultrasonic surgical instruments: A surgical instrument includes a transducer configured to produce vibrations along a longitudinal axis at a predetermined frequency. The transducer includes a first end and a second end. A first resonator portion includes a first end coupled to the first end of the transducer. The first resonator includes a second... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090030352 - Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods and an apparatus for conducting the therapeutic methods: The method of stimulating a substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the substance to the acoustic shock waves stimulating said substance wherein the substance is positioned within a path of the emitted... Agent: David L. King, Sr.

20090030353 - Orthosis apparatus and method of using an orthosis apparatus: The present invention provides a new and improved orthosis for use in effecting relative movement between bones in an arm of a patient. The apparatus includes a lower cuff gripping distal bone, such as a wrist, and an upper cuff gripping a proximal bone, such as an upper arm. The... Agent: Paul D. Bianco Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090030354 - Stimulator pad: A stimulator pad includes a layer of support material and at least one stimulator node secured to and supported by the support layer, the stimulator node comprising a housing having one end region secured relative to the support layer and the other end defining an aperture which in use confronts... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090030355 - Hydrotherapy apparatus for a lower extremity: The present invention provides a hydrotherapy apparatus (10) useful for treating the lower extremities of a user, including the feet, lower legs, thighs, pelvis, and waist. The apparatus includes means for controlling fluid (16) sloughed from the lower extremity, such as that from washing the foot before a pedicure treatment,... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20090024063 - Penile light and pump device and method: Penile illuminating equipment includes a plurality of light emitting diodes positioned on a mounting structure in a manner to illuminate a penis with light emitted from the diodes along the penis' length and circumference. Optionally, a penis enlargement device may be used in combination with the penile illuminating equipment.... Agent: John J. Connors Connors & Associates, Inc.

20090024064 - Plasticized article for treating the skin: The present invention refers to a plasticized article for treating the skin, particularly a massaging personal cleansing bar that provides users with practicality, durability and comfort, with its shape of specific dimensions and proportions capable of increasing the soap's useful life, prolonging the massaging effect consisting of projections.... Agent: Unilever Patent Group

20090018473 - Methods and apparatus for testing disruption of a vagal nerve: Method and apparatus for disrupting a gastric vagal nerve in the gastroesophageal region and testing the function and disruption of the vagal nerve. In one example embodiment, a treatment device applies ultrasound at a high energy level, such as high intensity focused ultrasound, to a vagal nerve to disrupt it... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090018472 - Power parameters for ultrasonic catheter: In one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying ultrasonic energy to a treatment site within a patient's vasculature comprises positioning an ultrasound radiating member at a treatment site within a patient's vasculature. The method further comprises activating the ultrasound radiating member to produce pulses of ultrasonic energy... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090018471 - Ultrasonic handpiece: An ultrasonic handpiece is used for augmenting a bone screw. The handpieces comprise a housing, an ultrasonic converter shiftingly accommodated in the housing, and a sonotrode connected to one end of the ultrasonic converter. The sonotrode protrudes from the housing into the bone screw. An adjuster wheel is adjustably connected... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090018474 - Pneumatic body treating apparatus: A pneumatic body treating device 12 of a pneumatic body treating apparatus includes a plurality of airtight chambers 16, 18, 20, and 22 to and from which pressurized air is supplied and discharged, a hose 21 having a connecting end connectable to a pressurized air source 148 of a pneumatic... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090012434 - Apparatus, method, and system to treat a volume of skin: Methods, systems, and devices to treat a region of skin; the treatment may be used to stimulate the production of collagen. The region of skin undergoes a series of negative and positive pressures, where the series is characterized by an electronically regulated duty cycle. The region of skin may also... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090012435 - Adjustable massage tool: An adjustable massage tool having a base and two adjustable “pressure balls” attached to the base. The base has a sloping face on both sides. The pressure balls are attached to threaded shanks. A pair of nuts are attached to the wooden base by shanks. The massage tool may be... Agent: William H. Hollimon

20090005713 - Method and device for using vibroacoustical stimulation to treat target tissue areas of living organisms: A method and device for using topically applied acoustical vibrations to treat diseases and conditions in living organisms. This approach is non-invasive, and more specifically does not involve introducing chemicals or physically invading the organisms. One or more acoustical transducers are placed directly on the skin of the organism in... Agent: Mehrman Law Office, P.C.

20090005712 - System and method for controlling a transverse phacoemulsification system with a footpedal: A method and system for controlling an ultrasonically driven handpiece employable in an ocular surgical procedure is provided. The method includes operating the ultrasonically driven handpiece in a first tip displacement mode, such as a longitudinal mode according to a first set of operational parameters, and enabling a user to... Agent: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

20090005711 - Systems and methods for opening of the blood-brain barrier of a subject using ultrasound: A system and method for opening the blood-brain barrier in the brain of a subject is disclosed. In some embodiments, a region of the brain of a subject is targeted for opening; and a focused ultrasound beam is applied through the skull of the subject to the targeted region to... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090005710 - Ultrasonic equipment for treatment of osteoarthritis: The present invention relates to an ultrasonic device for the treatment of arthritis, and more particularly, to an ultrasonic device for the treatment or prevention of degenerative arthritis, which is so structured that it generates ultrasonic waves with an intensity of 200-800 mW/cm2 and applies low-intensity ultrasonic energy of 100-400... Agent: Intellectual Property / Technology Law

20090005714 - Massage device: A massage device comprising: an inner sleeve; an outer sleeve; a composition sealed between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve, the composition being capable of undergoing a phase change which is accompanied by a change in temperature of the composition. The exterior surface of the massage device is therefore... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090005715 - Massage machine: A massage machine includes a massage member for massaging a back of a user's body and an operation unit for changing a massage force of the massage member applied to the user's body. A massage machine further includes a control unit for controlling the operation unit to adjust the massage... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC