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US 5,848,981 AGranted
Method and apparatus for headache relief
OwnerLarry W. Herbransoninventor
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Abstract
A cold pressure apparatus for relieving headache pain including an elongate member constrictively engagable about a head, and a cooling material carried by the elongate member for compressive and cooling engagement with the head.
Claims6
An apparatus for relieving headache pain, comprising:
- an elongate member constrictively engagable about a head to encircle the head and having an inner surface;
- a plurality of permanently substantially rigid elements fabricated from cold retaining materials fixed to said inner surface in substantially linear and evenly spaced-apart relation along substantially the entire length said elongate member, each one of said elements having,
- a non-engagement surface coupled to said inner surface of said elongate member, and
- an engagement surface engagable with said head, said engagement surface defining a substantially non-compliant contact surface.
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A method of treating a headache comprising the steps of:
- providing an an elongate member for constrictive engagement about a head to encircle the head and having an inner surface, a predetermined length and width;
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- providing a plurality of substantially evenly spaced-apart permanently substantially rigid elements fabricated from cold retaining materials, each of said elements having a non-engagement surface coupled to said inner surface of said elongate member along substantially the entire length of said elongate member, and an engagement surface engagable with said head, said engagement surface defining a substantially non-compliant contact surface;
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- securing said apparatus member about a head of an individual suffering from a headache with said substantially non-compliant contact surface of said stones in compressing engagement with said head, said apparatus restricting blood flow to said head.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.