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OwnerSteve Carkner, Jamie Risk +1inventors
InventorsSteve Carkner, Jamie Risk, Leonid Blyum
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An automated massage device for biomechanical rehabilitation massage for use on CP patients comprises at least one inflatable bladder with inflation means adapted to provide compressive forces against the body to stimulate smooth muscles in a controlled manner. The device includes a programmable controller that is able to receive instructions on a dynamic prescriptive basis from a professional therapist and then relay these instructions to a care-giver in a home situation. The instructions include the placement of the bladder, the duration of the massage and the sequence of body locations to receive massage therapy. Once the bladder is placed in the required position against the body the device will execute the prescribed massage therapy for that location and then cue the care-giver to move the bladder to the next body location in the prescribed sequence. The prescription is time limited and once expired renders the device inoperable to prevent over application of the massage therapy.
An automated massage device for biomechanical rehabilitation massage comprising means for applying at least one therapeutically effective pressure cycle to at least one therapeutically predetermined area of a living human body for muscle massage, means for controlling said therapeutically effective pressure cycle and means for programming said automatic massage device with at least one dynamic prescription.
An automated massage device for biomechanical rehabilitation massage comprising means for applying at least one therapeutically effective pressure cycle to at least one therapeutically predetermined area of a living human body for muscle massage, means for controlling said therapeutically effective pressure cycle, an operator interface and means for programming said automatic massage device with at least one dynamic prescription, wherein said means for applying at least one therapeutically effective pressure cycle comprises a first bladder and a second bladder for tight placement against said living human body in therapeutically determined locations using a belt having an inside surface and an outside surface, wherein said first and second bladders act in cooperation, and wherein during a therapeutically effective pressure cycle the first and second bladders are inflated by inflation means to a therapeutically determined maximum pressure for a first predetermined period of time and then deflated to a therapeutically determined minimum pressure by deflation means for a second predetermined period of time.
The device as claimed in claim 31 where said control consol includes a display screen, an LED bladder pressure display, an LED operational display and a human body silhouette having a plurality of LEDs to identify areas to receive the massage.
The device as claimed in claim 32 wherein said display screen is adapted to display a plurality of information to the operator, said plurality of information comprising:
A method of using an automated massage device for biomechanical rehabilitation, said device operable by an operator, wherein said device comprises at least one bladder for applying a maximum therapeutic pressure for a first period of time and a minimum therapeutic pressure for a second period of time on at least one area of a living body, a human body silhouette, and a programmable controller, wherein said application of said maximum therapeutic pressure and said minimum therapeutic pressure for said first and second periods of time comprise a pressure cycle, and further wherein said method comprises the steps of:
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