Device for passive-motion treatment of the human body
OwnerStephan Tomacinventor
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Abstract
A device for passive-motion treatment of the human body comprises a body support platform that has a foot end and a head end and including a base section and a back support section which is movable relative to the base section along a longitudinal axis (L) extending between the foot end and the head end of the body support platform. The back support section or at least one subsection thereof is resiliently movable relative to the base section and connected with a vibrator by which the subsection is caused to vibrate in one or more directions. The body support platform exposes the spine of the human body to simultaneous longitudinal waves and a cyclical tilting motion so that the spine is moved in a cyclical helical path.
Claims7
A method of passive-motion treating a patient having a pelvis and a spine including a first, second and third vertebra extending along a longitudinal axis thereof, the method comprising:
- providing an elongate support member movable relative to a base member, the support member having a longitudinal axis and being supported by a first and a second resilient member, the support member having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion, a hard limitor attached to the base member for limiting vibrational movement of the first end portion of the support member and a soft limitor attached to the base member for limiting vibrational movement of the second opposite end portion of the support member, the soft limitor being softer than the hard limitor, the hard limitor and the soft limitor being in operative engagement with the support member;
- with a first vibrator attached to a first side portion at the second end portion of the support member, vibrating the second end portion of the support member about a transverse axis at the hard limitor to generate vibrational waves in the support member that travel in a longitudinal direction along the support member;
- the first vibrator tilting the support member about the longitudinal axis of the support member in a cyclical motion to create a cyclical tilting motion moving in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- simultaneously exposing the spine to the waves moving in the longitudinal direction and the cyclical tilting motion moving in the transverse direction;
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- the waves and the cyclical tilting motion of the support member moving the spine along a helical path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.