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US 6,582,449 B2Granted
Automatically modulating acupressure device
AssigneeWoodside Biomedical, Inc.
InventorsThomas L. Grey, Robert J. Duffy
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Abstract
An acupressure device with mechanisms for modulating the pressure applied to the user.
Claims6
A device for providing variable pressure to a point on the body of a person, said device comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom portion and a top portion, said bottom portion adapted be placed in apposition to the point and to rest on the body in proximity to the point, said bottom portion having an aperture positioned so as to overly the point when the bottom is placed in apposition to the point;
- a strap for attaching the housing to the body, said strap adapted to be secured on the body and hold the housing to the body;
- a nodule disposed within the housing, said nodule adapted to slide inwardly and outwardly from the housing through the aperture, said nodule sized and dimensioned to impinge upon an acupuncture point on a wrist without substantially impinging on adjacent areas of the wrist;
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- a gear mechanism disposed within the housing and operably connected to a cam, said cam operatively engaging the nodule, wherein the cam is capable of driving the nodule inwardly and outwardly from the aperture when the gear mechanism drives the cam.
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A device for providing variable pressure to a point on the body of a person, said device comprising:
- a housing comprising a bottom portion and a top portion, said bottom portion adapted be placed in apposition to the point and to rest on the body in proximity to the point, said bottom portion having an aperture positioned so as to overly the point when the bottom is placed in apposition to the point;
- a strap for attaching the housing to the body, said strap adapted to be secured on the body and hold the housing to the body;
- a nodule disposed within the housing, said nodule adapted to slide inwardly and outwardly from the housing through the aperture, said nodule sized and dimensioned to impinge upon an acupuncture point on a wrist without substantially impinging on adjacent areas of the wrist;
- a spring disposed in the housing and operatively attached to the nodule, the spring being further disposed such that the nodule is biased outwardly through the aperture;
- a solenoid disposed in the housing and operably engaging the nodule, wherein the solenoid is capable of lifting the nodule inwardly;
- a power supply disposed within the housing, said power supply operably connected to the solenoid;
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- a controller disposed within the housing, said controller programmed to operate the solenoid to move the nodule through the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.