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Surgery: kinesitherapy December patent applications/inventions, industry category 12/10

20100331743 - Apparatus and method for an ultrasonic medical device operating in torsional and transverse modes: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for an ultrasonic medical device operating in a torsional mode and a transverse mode. An ultrasonic probe of the ultrasonic medical device is placed in communication with a biological material. An ultrasonic energy source is activated to produce an electrical signal... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20100331741 - Medical treatment system including an ancillary medical treatment apparatus with an associated data storage medium: A medical treatment system includes an electronic controller with a medical treatment apparatus, a data reader, an ancillary treatment apparatus used with the electronic medical treatment apparatus and a data storage medium associated with the ancillary treatment apparatus. The controller is configured to receive information from the data storage medium,... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20100331742 - Surgical operating apparatus: A surgical operating apparatus includes a probe for outputting energy for performing therapeutic treatment of a living body, a jaw which is openable/closable relative to the probe, and an output mode switching section which selectively switches, in accordance with an open/closed state of the jaw, an output of the surgical... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20100331744 - Massager: Disclosed is an apparatus for massaging the body of a user comprising an arcuate member extending between first and second opposed ends and a central portion therebetween. The first and second ends are oriented away from the central portion and the arcuate member defines an arc having an angle of... Agent: Richard D. Okimaw

20100331745 - Reciprocating tapping device: A reciprocating tapping device includes a casing, a motor, a power supply, a transmission portion and a tapping portion. The tapping portion is connected with and driven by the transmission portion. An eccentric shaft is connected with the transmission portion. The tapping portion has a reciprocating portion. The reciprocating portion... Agent: Hdls Ipr Services

20100331746 - Method of using enoxaparin for reducing the risk of death in acutely ill medical patients: The invention relates to a method of using of enoxaparin for reducing the risk of death in acutely ill medical patients.... Agent: Andrea Q. Ryan Sanofi-aventis U.s. LLC

20100324458 - Ultrasound treatment system: An ultrasound treatment system comprises an ultrasonic transducer, a handpiece, a probe, a sheath, a clamping member, an operation unit, an operating member, a suction base, and a perfusion base. The ultrasonic transducer generates ultrasonic vibrations. The handpiece has the ultrasonic transducer incorporated therein. The probe is connected to the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20100324459 - cardiac shock wave medical instrument: The invention provides a cardiac shock wave medical instrument characterized in comprising a contact microphone, a central processing unit, a centralized production control unit, a full audio range amplifier and a representative super-broad audio range sounder; a terminal of the contact microphone is connected with an input terminal of the... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20100324460 - Intraoral appliance for cleaning teeth: The self-contained intraoral appliance includes first and second substantially rigid bands (12, 14) configured to fit along the outer and the inner surfaces of a row of teeth in the mouth. A motor (20) driven by a battery is connected to the bands through a connecting assembly (2, 24, 28,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100318002 - Acoustic-feedback power control during focused ultrasound delivery: Ultrasound energy is delivered to a patient in a controlled manner using a focused ultrasound system, thus maintaining the desired therapeutic effect without causing unwanted damage to surrounding tissue. An ultrasound transducer device includes multiple transducer elements, each of which is controlled by drive circuitry and a drive signal controller.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20100318003 - Method and apparatus for connective tissue treatment: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for therapeutically treating connective tissue or increasing vascularization in tissue using ultrasound. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and apparatus which use ultrasound to stimulate growth or healing, or to treating pathologies, of connective tissue, or to increase vascularization in ischaemic... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100318004 - Lower leg massage apparatus: An objective is to perform a leg massage under appropriate temperature conditions. The lower leg massage apparatus 1 comprises: a pair of right and left insertion recesses 4,4 in a vertically-extending continuous form, into which are inserted feet F and calves C of a user; a first massage mechanism 5... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100318005 - Apparatus to facilitate upright posture and improved gait velocity in the elderly and methods for making and using same: A mobility apparatus for a patient permitting improved mobility is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame assembly, a locomotion assembly, a forearm support assembly, a kinematic and kinetic feedback assembly and optionally a back support assembly, where the apparatus provides mobility assistance, while permitting visualization of movement velocity, loaded and... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20100318006 - 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: Shay Glenn LLP

20100318007 - Electromechanical tactile stimulation devices and methods: A device for stimulating a sleeper is disclosed. The device comprises a tactile electromechanical stimulator positioned against the sleeper's back proximate the sleeper's lower spine. The stimulator is actuated by a control circuit and powered by a power source. In one embodiment, the control circuit can be programmed to occasionally... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100318008 - Massage device with a massage head distance adjusting mechanism: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a massage device having a massage head distance adjustment mechanism. In one embodiment, the massage head distance adjustment mechanism comprises a first motor, a first worm coaxially connected to the first motor, a first worm wheel meshing with the first worm, a... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20100312150 - System and method for medical treatment using ultrasound: A system and method for medical treatment of tissue using ultrasound. The system comprises a probe having an array of transducer elements, an ultrasound waveform generator adapted to generate at least one electrical ultrasound signal, and a plurality of phase controls, each coupled to the ultrasound waveform generator and adapted... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100312151 - Tissue-retaining system for ultrasound medical treatment: An ultrasound medical treatment system includes an end effector insertable into a patient. The end effector includes a tissue-retaining device. The tissue-retaining device includes a first tissue-retaining member having an ultrasound medical-treatment transducer and includes a second tissue-retaining member. The first and second tissue-retaining members are operatively connected together to... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20100312152 - Smart gait rehabilitation system for automated diagnosis and therapy of neurologic impairment: The present invention describes a Smart Gait Rehabilitation System (SGRS). The present invention is capable of performing a quantitative analysis of human movements based on the simultaneous measurement of within-subject stride-to-stride changes in gait using accelerometers, gyroscopes, goniometers, and electromyography (EMG). The system described in the present invention is based... Agent: Chalker Flores, LLP

20100312153 - cardiopulmonary resuscitation compression force indicator: A cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) compression force indicator comprises means (20, 26,′ 28, 30) for monitoring a patient's transthoracic impedance while the patient is being given CPR and generating a corresponding impedance signal, means (32, 34, 36) for processing the impedance signal to provide an ongoing measurement of cardiac haeraodynamic output,... Agent: Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100312154 - Vibration apparatus with rear motion inducer and frictionless coupling and methods for compensating load and controlling waveforms: A whole body vibration apparatus 100 with the motion inducing device 110 positioned other than under the vibrating platform 194 so that the vibrating platform 194 may be located close to the ground. Dual rocker shafts 178 journalled to reciprocate in a rotationally reciprocating motion, convert the linear motion of... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20100312155 - Massage machine and chair-type massage apparatus: A massage machine equipped with air cells (23a, 23b) disposed opposite to each other at a given distance therebetween in the up-down direction, a pair of support plates (22, 22) for supporting the air cells (23a, 23b) from the outside in the up-down direction, a pair of rotation portions (21)... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20100312156 - Eccentrically rotatable massaging device: A massaging device includes a rotation member (30), a follower (20) mounted on the rotation member to rotate in concert with the rotation member, and a massaging member (10) having a first end mounted on the follower to rotate in concert with the follower and an open second end having... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100312157 - Rotary massage device: A massage apparatus comprising a drive unit and a rotatable head coupled to the drive unit for rotation about an axis, and a rotatable head for use with such a massage device. The rotatable head has a skin-engaging end face to contact skin to be massaged. The massage apparatus is... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Boston

20100312158 - Kneading massage device: A kneading massage device includes an attachable device body. A drive member and symmetrically arranged rollers are set inside the device body. The drive member is allowed to rotate in a given direction. The rollers are coupled to tracks that are formed in the drive member in a shuttle configuration.... Agent: Leong C. Lei

20100305483 - Adult toy: An apparatus may comprise a main element having a U shape including a first portion corresponding to a first leg of the U shape and a second portion corresponding to a second leg of the U shape, and the first portion having an end portion bent inwards at an angle.... Agent: Rick R. Werdt

20100305484 - Uses of electroactive material actuators in cosmetics: The present invention relates to a cosmetic treatment method comprising: a1) putting into place on keratinous material at least one actuator (1) of electroactive material, preferably electroactive polymer material; b1) exciting the actuator (1) to apply to the keratinous material a force that is substantially parallel thereto and that induces... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.