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Surgery: kinesitherapy January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110021956 - Exercise assisting device: An exercise assisting device comprises steps, a step driving means, and a movable range variation means. The steps are provided for bearing the user's feet, respectively. The step driving means is configured to move the steps so as to provide the exercise to the feet on the steps. The movable... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20110021957 - Exercise assisting device: An exercise assisting device comprising a left step and a right step for bearing user's feet, respectively, a step driving means configured to provide a reciprocating slide motion of reciprocating and sliding the steps forward-rearward and leftward-rightward, the step driving means configured to vary a height of a front end... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20110021954 - Exercise system: A program selecting means 22 which selects an exercise program appropriate for a user on the basis of user information obtained by the user information obtaining means 21, a device control means 25 which causes a passive exercise device 1 to perform an operation on the basis of the selected... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110021953 - Passive exercise apparatus: Exercise apparatus is configured to cause a human body to exercise by adding an external force generated through a drive means to the human body to cause the human body to exert a force counteracting the external force. The apparatus includes: a timer means 21 for measuring the time, which... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110021955 - Training device: This invention relates to a device for controlling of movement of limbs of a user in a substantially mirror symmetrical manner, a user's limb or limbs being held in position via support arms, said device comprising a bar (or bars) adapted to move about a point of rotation, said bar... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20110021958 - Therapeutic devices and methods of using the same: Therapeutic devices and methods for reducing the incidence and severity of symptoms related to abnormal neurologic activity within a body part are disclosed. The therapeutic device includes at least one holding implement configured to position the therapeutic device on the body part and at least one therapeutic implement connected to... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20110021959 - Wall mountable back massager: A wall-mounted or wall-mountable back massager adapted to allow a user to self-administer a massage is disclosed. The inventive wall-mounted back massager comprises: an elongated wall mount track vertically positioned on a wall; a vertically adjustable elongated base member slidably engaged to the wall mount track; a plurality of paired... Agent: Thomas Loop Graybeal Jackson LLP

20110021960 - Device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and the applications thereof: The present invention generally relates to a device for applying a pulsating pressure to a local region of the body and applications thereof. The device may be used to increase the blood flow in a local region of the body, and in preferred embodiments provides a device for regulating the... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20110015548 - Methods and apparatus for treatment of obesity: Method and apparatus for treating obesity by use of transesophageal delivery of energy to interrupt the function of vagal nerves.... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20110015549 - Method and apparatus for treating a diseased nail: A diseased nail is treated using electromagnetic radiation and/or other forms of energy that are applied to the diseased area to eliminate, substantially eliminate or effectively reduce the source of disease in the nail. A sensor can be used to ensure proper placement of an applicator that applies the energy... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20110015551 - Auxiliary exercise equipment: An auxiliary exercise equipment can prevent a user from having a fall due to loss of a balance, and can be operated to start and stop a passive exercise and to change types of the passive exercise immediately. The auxiliary exercise equipment comprises left and right steps, a passive exercise... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110015550 - Exercise aiding apparatus: An exercise aiding apparatus has: a step (2) on which user's foot can be placed; a step driving means (5) for causing the step (2) to move, and causing thereby the foot placed on the step to exercise; and a motion allowable zone modifying means for expanding a motion allowable... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110015552 - Methods and devices for assisting birth: Devices and methods for assisting birth are disclosed. The device is constructed from an elastic material with an elongated center and handles at both ends. A patient grasps the device at one end, while the other end is secured. When the patient experiences a contraction, the patient pulls on the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20110015553 - Adjustable leg massager: An adjustable leg massager has a massage base, two connecting joints and a rotatable massage unit. The massage base has two symmetrical vertical openings at a front face, a plurality of first massage airbags disposed in the openings, and a first cover covering the first massage airbags. The two connecting... Agent: Yen Jung Sung

20110015554 - Massage apparatus: A massage apparatus (10) capable of improving a sensation of stretching around a pelvic bone performs stretching around the pelvic bone of a user by arching, twisting (pivoting and bending to the side), and bending forward and back as airbags (20a, 20b) provided to a back rest (13) and airbags... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20110009779 - method of treating an ocular pathology by applying high intensity focused ultrasound and device thereof: Another embodiment of the invention concerns a device for treatment of an ocular pathology comprising at least one eye ring (1) wherein the proximal end of said eye ring (1) is suitable to be applied onto the globe and circular means (2,17) to generate ultrasound beam fixed on the distal... Agent: Baker Donelson Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

20110009780 - Muscle stretching structure for a foot massager: A muscle stretching structure for a foot massager includes a massaging base, two rocking boards, a first supporting element and a second supporting element. The massaging base has two bottom spaces, a first supporting surface and a second supporting surface, and a lifting unit disposed on each first supporting surface.... Agent: Yen Jung Sung

20110009781 - Chair-type massage machine: A chair-type massage machine has a seat, a backrest part, and a treatment mechanism that is provided in the backrest part so as to able to move up and down, and the treatment mechanism comprises: a treatment arm having a treatment element at substantially a tip end thereof; a massage... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20110009782 - Dermal roller with therapeutic microstructures: A microstructure roller apparatus including a handle, an axle, a retention mechanism and a roller cartridge is disclosed herein. The handle can have an axle at one end and a grip portion at the other end. A generally cylindrical roller cartridge can be coupled to the axle by inserting the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20110009783 - Device for rf heating and mechanical massage of biological tissue: A skin treatment device combines an RF treatment arrangement with a mechanical massage arrangement, preferably with the massage device in the form of an annular massage head encircling and rotating around the RF applicator. Also disclosed are configurations with a liquid dispenser for delivering a liquid to the skin under... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20110009784 - Compression device for medical treatment: A compression device for medical treatment includes an upper colloid sheet, a lower colloid sheet, and a plurality of gas ports. The upper colloid sheet is stacked with the lower colloid sheet and welded, so as to form a plurality of isolated cells with welded walls, and each cell respectively... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110009785 - Compression sleeve having air conduits formed by a textured surface: A compression sleeve is described as having a first sheet and a second sheet attached to the first sheet. The first and second sheets define at least one inflatable section. At least one conduit including a textured inner surface on each of the first and second sheets is disposed within... Agent: Tyco Healthcare - Edward S. Jarmolowicz

20110004128 - Light irradiation beauty appliance: A light irradiation cosmetic device (1) that performs even light irradiation and eliminates the influence of hair follicle grime. The light irradiation cosmetic device (1) includes a light irradiation unit (5), which irradiates skin (H) with light to perform skin beautification, and a removal unit (6), which suctions a portion... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20110004127 - 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

20110004129 - Teeth training tool: A device for training the teeth, comprising a tooth rubber of hard rubber provided with a surface intended for bearing against the teeth. The tooth rubber may comprise slide prevention means in the nature of ridges and/or grooves. Alternatively, the tooth rubber is provided with a central portion and a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20110004130 - Device for preventing skin sag and wrinkles: Device for preventing skin sag and wrinkles, formed by two main parts, i.e. a tuning fork and pyramid-shaped stone which are permanently joined together by means of cold-soldering. The device is configured so that the vertex of the pyramid is inserted inside the free end of the bored base of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20110004131 - Cervical massaging device: Provided is a cervical massaging device that includes: a body that is shaped to contact the side and the rear portion around a cervical spine in a neck; both side pressing members that are disposed and symmetrically spaced apart from each other in the body to contact both sides of... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20110004132 - Variable length calf wrap for impulse therapy: An inflatable garment for applying to parts of the body such as the calf of the leg as a means of enhancing blood circulation in the body. The garment is of universal application in the sense that it comprises two wrap halves (8, 9) provided with inflatable bladders (4, 5,... Agent: Iandiorio Teska & Coleman