Soft Tissue Treatment Instrument
OwnerCarl R. Hansoninventor
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Abstract
A body engaging manipulation instrument for use by a practitioner on body parts of an individual being treated formed of body engaging sections connected to a central gripping panel. A centrally located, raised gripping member extends outwardly from an upper surface of the gripping panel and a recessed gripping member having a shape complementary to the raised gripping member is located on a lower surface of the gripping panel. The body engaging sections are connected to the gripping panel at an angle greater than 90 degrees and are formed with a shaped tissue engaging edge corresponding to the tissue structure of a person being treated.
Claims15
A body engaging manipulation instrument for use by a practitioner for treatment of body parts of an individual comprising:
- at least one body engaging section having a tissue engaging edge corresponding to tissue structure of a person being treated
- a gripping panel generally planar in shape, connected to said body engaging section, said gripping panel having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- said upper surface of said gripping panel including a centrally located, raised gripping member extending outwardly from said upper surface;
- and, said lower surface of said gripping panel further including a recessed gripping member having a shape complementary to the raised gripping member.
A body engaging manipulation instrument for use by a practitioner for treatment of body parts of an individual comprising:
- a central gripping panel connected between said body engaging sections;
- said gripping panel being generally planar in shape and including an upper surface and a lower surface;
- a centrally located, raised gripping member extending outwardly from said upper surface of said gripping panel;
- a recessed gripping member having a shape complementary to the raised gripping member extending into said lower surface of said gripping panel;
- and, said instrument further defined by said two body engaging sections being longitudinally connected to and located on opposite sides of said gripping panel at an angle of at least 135 degrees;
- said body engaging sections each having a tissue engaging edge corresponding to tissue structure of a person being treated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.