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US 6,656,108 B1Granted
Therapeutic ball
AssigneeLes Appel
InventorsRobert T. Spalding, Jr., Dennis Ogrodowczyk
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Abstract
A therapeutic device for treating a portion of a human body has a rigid outer surface with a magnet therein. The outer surface has a curved shape to provide a pressure point proximate to the location of the magnet so that a patient may be simultaneously treated with pressure point therapy and magnetic therapy. Furthermore, the device may be chilled to treat the patient simultaneously with cryotherapy.
Claims13
A therapeutic device for a portion of a human body comprising:
- a solid structure having a continuously curved dome outer top surface to provide a pressure point at a portion of the human body;
- and
- a magnet located within a top half of the structure to provide a magnetic field at the pressure point.
A method of treating a portion of the human body comprising the steps of:
- (a) applying a therapeutic device having a continuously curved dome solid outer top surface, and a magnet located within a top half of the therapeutic device to a portion of the body to be treated;
- (b) utilizing the continuously curved dome surface to apply a pressure point on the portion of the human body;
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- (c) allowing the magnet to simultaneously perform magnetic therapy to the portion of the body to be treated.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.