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US 12,193,986 B2Granted
Therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device
AssigneePerformance Solutions, LLC
InventorKipp K. Dye
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Abstract
A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device which includes a cylindrically shaped body having a predetermined density and predetermined diameter, the body including a plurality of projections of a predetermined shape. One or more of the predetermined density and the predetermined diameter in combination with the predetermined shape of the projections optimize mobilization of soft tissue structures of the human body.
Claims20
A soft tissue mobilization device comprising:
- a cylindrical core made of closed cell foam, rubber or plastic, having a first end and a second end;
- an overlay surrounding the core from about the first end to about the second end in which the core provides resistance to compression for the overlay, the overlay made of closed cell foam, rubber or plastic;
- said overlay comprising projections configured to extend into soft tissue while under pressure of the user's body, wherein the device has a diameter of about 3 inches to about 15 inches;
- wherein the soft tissue into which the projection is configured to extend is fascia, muscle, tendon, ligament, or a combination of two or more of the foregoing.
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