Pad for vibration dampening and carpel tunnel syndrome prevention
OwnerA. Robert Spitzerinventor
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Abstract
A hand pad apparatus (10) for protecting the median nerve, dampening vibration, and absorbing shock including a protecting mechanism (12) for preventing the application of pressure to the median nerve. The protecting mechanism (12) includes parallel cushion portions (24) defining a recess (14) therebetween and a recess maintaining mechanism (22) for maintaining the recess between the cushion portion from reducing the size of the recess. A method of combining median nerve protection, vibration dampening, and shock absorbing to inhibit or prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and a method of determining the proper width of a recess defined by parallel portions of a cushioned pads by determining the type of the cushioned pad material.
Claims28
A hand pad apparatus for protecting a median nerve, dampening vibration, and absorbing shock comprising protecting means for preventing the application of pressure to the median nerve, said protecting means including parallel cushion portions defining a recess therebetween and recess maintaining means for maintaining said recess between said cushion portions, thereby preventing said cushion portions from reducing the size of said recess.
A hand pad apparatus for protecting a median nerve, dampening vibration, and absorbing shock comprising protecting means for preventing the application of pressure to the median nerve, said protecting means including parallel cushion portions defining a recess therebetween wherein said recess remains open over the median nerve.
A method of combining median nerve protection, vibration dampening, and shock absorbing to inhibit and prevent carpal tunnel syndrome comprising the steps of:
- preventing the application of pressure to the median nerve by disposing thereabout parallel cushion portions defining a recess therebetween, the recess being substantially parallel with both sides of the median nerve;
- and
- maintaining the recess about the median nerve with pressure.
A method of determining the proper width of a recess defined by parallel portions of a pad material, wherein the steps comprise:
- determining the material type of the cushioned pad and its hardness;
- and
- empirically calculating the proper thickness of the material to maintain the recess at a width at least as wide as a median nerve as a maximum amount of pressure is applied to the pad material thereon.
A method of determining the proper thickness of pad material used as protecting means for preventing the application of pressure to a median nerve, dampening vibration, and absorbing shock, comprising the steps of:
- selecting the pad material;
- determining the hardness of the pad material;
- fabricating parallel portions of the pad material to define a recess therebetween, wherein the recess is substantially parallel with both sides of the median nerve;
- and
- empirically calculating the proper thickness of the material to keep the recess opening at least as wide as the median nerve when maximum pressure is applied to the pad material thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.