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US 2013/0196829 A1Published application
Device and Methods for Tuning a Skeletal Muscle
AssigneeAPOS—Medical and Sports Technologies Ltd.
InventorsAvi Elbaz, Amit Mor
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Abstract
A method of differentially tuning a lower limb muscle in a human in need thereof is provided. The method includes placement of at least two calibrated, differential disturbances or protuberances under the human's feet thereby tuning a lower limb muscle.
Claims34
A method of tuning a lower limb skeletal muscle in a subject in need thereof comprising the steps of:
- (a) Securing a device to a subject's foot, whereby said device comprises a foot securing mean, a support member operably attached to said securing mean, and a moveable anterior protuberance and a moveable posterior protuberance;
- (b) calibrating said posterior protuberance and said anterior protuberance to:
- (1) a balanced position, said balanced position comprises a position whereby said device provides a reduced inversion or a reduced eversion to said subject's foot during the stance phases;
- and (2) a muscle tuning position;
- and
- (c) fixing said posterior protuberance and said anterior protuberance to said support member thereby tuning a lower limb skeletal muscle in a subject in need thereof.
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A method of treating a subject suffering from a lower limb pathology comprising the step of tuning a lower limb skeletal muscle in said subject, wherein said tuning a lower limb skeletal muscle comprises the steps of:
- (a) Securing a device to a subject's foot, whereby said device comprises a foot securing mean, a support member operably attached to said securing mean, and a moveable anterior protuberance and a moveable posterior protuberance;
- (b) calibrating said posterior protuberance and said anterior protuberance to:
- (1) a balanced position, said balanced position comprises a position whereby said device provides a reduced inversion or a reduced eversion to said subject's foot during the stance phases;
- and (2) a muscle tuning position;
- and
- (c) fixing said posterior protuberance and said anterior protuberance to said support member thereby treating a subject suffering from a lower limb pathology.
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