Surgery: kinesitherapy inventions 02/09

20090054815 - Aided intervertebral muscle strenghthener: A portable back strengthening device 22 with weight resistance that an aide applies to a user's back. The aide will roll the device in a repeated head to toe motion while a user lies in a prone position. During this operation, foam cushion 16 spins freely around metal pole 12... Agent: Betty Jane Briscoe

20090054816 - Massage methods: The present invention provides a method of massage wherein a massage practitioner works with a person and a ball. Using the ball enables the massage practitioner to work two areas of the persons body at the same time. The ball also creates leverage that allows easier elongation of muscle and... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090048543 - Method, system and module for determining the stimulated point of human body: The present invention discloses a method, system and module for determining the stimulated point of human body. The method includes defining the distributions of the plurality of collateral meridians of human and the plurality of body flow lines, thereby constructing the related information regarding the collateral meridians and the body... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090048544 - Apparatus and method for ultrasound treatment: Apparatus for generating high intensity acoustic beams, the apparatus comprising: a piezoelectric transducer characterized by a plurality of harmonic resonant frequencies of vibration; and at least one driving circuit connected to the transducer that is controllable to excite at least two vibrations of the transducer at different harmonic vibration frequencies... Agent: Empk & Shiloh, LLP C/o Landon Ip, Inc.

20090048545 - Ultrasonic therapeutic apparatus: An ultrasonic therapy device imparts ultrasonic waves to a treatment area in a mouth cavity where an implant treatment has been performed to perform therapy, including: a fitting portion that is fitted and fixed to teeth near the treatment area; a housing that is provided in the fitting portion, is... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090048546 - Image guided plaque ablation: A method and system for reducing vascular plaque non-invasively comprising the steps of imaging at least a portion of a mammalian body to produce an image; determining the location of at least one vascular plaque in said image; ascertaining the location of the base of said vascular plaque, said location... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090048547 - Hand massager: A hand massager has a base comprising a plurality of movable massage knobs and a swivel connection, wherein the base is shaped to receive a user's hand. The hand massager also has a top connected to the swivel connection. The top is sized to fit over a user's hand to... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20090048548 - Power massage: A Power Massage uses a platform with a sliding block to permit length adjustment and maximizing lower body strength for the therapist. The platform may be attached to any model of massage therapy chairs. The platform may be in any shape and may be collapsed for ease of transportation by... Agent: George T. Hernandez Iii

20090043231 - Electromagnetic device, method and apparatus for selective application to vertebrates: A multifunction device for selective application to the body of a vertebrate is disclosed. The device includes an electromagnetic generator supported by an bobbin like member which has a bore therethrough for reciprocally receiving an elongated magnetizable member. A permanent magnet is disposed near one end of the bore. The... Agent: Floyd S. Scheier

20090036802 - Swing type high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic apparatus and mri guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic system having such a swing type apparatus: The present invention belongs to the technical field of ultrasound therapy, and relates to a swing type high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic apparatus and an MRI guided high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic system having such a swing type apparatus. The swing type high-intensity focused ultrasound therapeutic apparatus comprises an ultrasound transducer and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090036803 - 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.

20090036804 - Power regeneration in active muscle assistance device and method: A method for controlling movement using an active powered device including an actuator, joint position sensor, muscle stress sensor, and control system. The device provides primarily muscle support although it is capable of additionally providing joint support (hence the name “active muscle assistance device”). The device is designed for operation... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090036805 - Method and apparatus for providing an animal vocalization driven massage device: An apparatus for providing an animal vocalization driven massage device may include a memory device, a sound production device and a processing element. The memory device may store a pre-recorded animal vocalization. The sound production device may include an actuator in operational communication with a substrate and may be configured... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090036806 - Inflatable apparatus for holding massage actuators: Massage apparatus of the invention includes a spherical inflatable body made of resilient material for mounting a massage actuator, the body having a socket mechanism accessible at its surface for holding the massage actuator, the body having an air-nozzle for inflation/deflation. The massage actuator is either of powered nature or... Agent: Greensfelder Hemker & Gale PC

20090036807 - Massaging vibrator: A massaging vibrator includes a massage assembly provided with a contact member, which is at least partly elastically deformable, and which can be applied directly or indirectly to the skin of a user, and which can be used in a deformed position when a stress is applied by the user.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090036808 - Apparatus for head acupressure using air pressure: The present invention relates to a plurality of pneumatic cylinders each having an acupressure probe is radially mounted in a predetermined space portion defined between an inner shell and an outer shell made of an extruded foam synthetic resin material, and an pneumatic pressure generator serving to actuate the pneumatic... Agent: LexyoumeIPGroup, LLC

20090036809 - Massage machine: A massage machine includes a backrest having a support surface for sustaining a back of a user, the support surface having an opening, a massage member for making contact with the back of the user through the opening of the support surface to perform a massage and a drive unit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090036810 - Leg and foot massage device capable of achieving foot swing: The present invention relates to a massage device, and more particularly, to a leg and foot massage device capable of achieving foot swing. The device includes an electrical machinery deceleration element, a wobbler machine element and an air inflatable bag massage element. The electrical machinery deceleration element drives the air... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC