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US 12,396,916 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.
Claims19
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a single body having a longitudinal length and a plurality of individual projections extending along the longitudinal length of the single body, the plurality of individual projections configured to extend into the muscle below skin of a human body, the plurality of individual projections are spaced apart from each other and are arranged along longitudinally extending lines that are circumferentially spaced apart from each other on the single body, the plurality of individual projections radially extend in the range from about ⅛ inch to about 3 inches, the single body having an opening extending therethrough along the longitudinal length of the single body;
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- a handle extending through the opening such that a first handle grip is on one side of the single body and a second handle grip is on the opposing side of the single body, the first and second handle grips made for being grasped by a user when moving the hand-held device over the human body such that each of the plurality of individual projections move in unison in the circumferential direction around the handle.
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a handle having a first handle grip and a second handle grip, the first and second handle grips made for being grasped by a user when moving the hand-held device over the human body, the handle extending along a longitudinal direction of the hand-held device;
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- a plurality of individual projections located between the first handle grip and the second handle grip, the plurality of individual projections radially extend in a range of about ⅛ inch to about 3 inches, the plurality of individual projections are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction and have rounded end shapes, the plurality of individual projections are configured to extend into the muscle below skin of a human body, and wherein some of the plurality of individual projections radially extend at different angles than other ones of the plurality of individual projections.
A hand-held device, comprising:
- a single body having a longitudinal length and a plurality of individual projections extending along the longitudinal length of the single body, the plurality of individual projections configured to extend into the muscle below skin of a human body, the plurality of individual projections are spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the single body, each of the plurality of individual projections has an outer circumference that has a circular shape, the single body having an opening extending therethrough along the longitudinal length of the single body;
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- a handle extending through the opening such that a first handle grip is on one side of the single body and a second handle grip is on the opposing side of the single body, the first and second handle grips made for being grasped by a user when moving the hand-held-soft tissue mobilization device over the human body such that each of the plurality of individual projections move in unison in the circumferential direction around the handle.
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