544results about "Physical therapy involving specific reflex points" patented technology

An apparatus and method in which the portions of the labyrinth associated with the labyrinthine sense and/or the nerves associated therewith are stimulated to perform at least one of the following functions: augment or control a patient's respiratory function, open the patient's airway, induce sleep, and/or counteract vertigo. In one embodiment, the vestibular stimulating system of the present invention includes 1) a stimulation element that performs the actual stimulation of the tissue, 2) a sensor to detect a physiological condition of the patient, and 3) a power/control unit that receives the signals provided by the sensor and causes stimulation energy to be provided to the stimulation element at an appropriate timing, level, pattern, and/or frequency to achieve the desired function. However, the present invention also contemplates eliminating the sensor in favor of applying a predetermined pattern of stimulation to the patient.

A treatment device which uses cold red and infrared radiation for the photodynamic stimulation of cells, especially cells of human tissue. The described device produces a constant energy radiation by the use of semiconductor and/or laser diodes, which furthermore radiate light in several separate wavelengths due to a special operation mode. With help of sensors the advanced controller system is able to test the patients for the needed radiation doses in order to avoid overstimulation. Furthermore the radiation openings in the applicators are advantageously covered with a polarization filter, whereby the absorption in the irradiated tissue is increased. The basic equipment consists of a standpillar, with which machine applicators are connected with a jointed arm. The machine applicators are adapted for the treatment of large area tissues, for example, the back of humans. The standpillar is freely movable on wheels and includes a control mechanism, whereby the various parameters for therapy can be adjusted and switched ON and OFF. The standpillar is also connected to a hand applicator designed for the treatment of small tissue areas, e.g., acupuncture points. Another version of the hand applicator is especially devised for dental treatment, whereby the head piece of the hand applicator can be connected with an expander containing an optical fiber. Photodynamic substances are introduced into tissue to be treated, which enhances the effects of light irradiation by the inventive device.

A sliding/folding-type portable apparatus includes a body housing; a sliding housing adapted to travel along the longitudinal direction of the body housing while continuously facing it to expose or hide the top surface of the body housing; a folding housing adapted to rotate about a first hinge axis to fold on or unfold from the sliding housing and to rotate about a second hinge axis, which is perpendicular to the first hinge axis, to reverse the top and bottom surfaces thereof; and a dual-axis hinge sliding module connected between the sliding housing and the folding housing to provide the folding housing with the first and second hinge axes.

A device for muscle stimulation, including: two exoskeletal shells, each including an outer member including an at least semi-rigid material, the shells being configured to at least partly, surround a limb portion of a user, and kinematic connection means connecting the shells and providing the shells with at least one degree of freedom in translation, so as to enable the shells to move in a substantially linear movement with respect to each other.

A device for volitional swallowing with a substitute sensory system comprises a band 101 wrapped around the neck with a vibrator 102 positioned over the larynx. Upon activation by a button 103 on a spoon 104 held by an operator, such as the subject 105, the vibrator 102 moves and vibrates the larynx. The patient 105 initiates the sensory stimulation immediately prior to the patient's own initiation of a swallow by viewing on a display screen 106 a movement feedback signal 107, possibly from a piezo-electric sensor 108 also contained in the band 101 which will also be displayed on the display screen 106. The signal 109 from the switch device initiating sensory stimulation will be presented on the same display screen 106 for the patient 105 and trainer to observe when the button or switch 103 is activated for sensory stimulation in relation to the onset of the swallow.

In a skin needle manufacturing apparatus 10, a material melted in a syringe 45 is discharged from a fine hole 47a of a pin member 47 and is caused to adhere to a base 48. A computer 50 causes a drive mechanism 48 to separate the pin member 47 from the base 48. Then, the material 80 having adhered to the pin member 47 and the base 48 is drawn out. A projection portion 48b formed of a part of the material 80, which has adhered to the base 48, is formed into a skin needle 81. Consequently, a skin needle can relatively easily be manufactured without requiring excessive time, effort, and cost.

A pair of health-caring glasses consists of two lenses, a bridge and two temples. The bridge is fixed between the lenses by screws, provided with two nose pads respectively inlaid with a loadstone. The temples are respectively positioned at an outer portion of the lenses, provided with a rubber sleeve made of far infrared material, and a plurality of massage projections closely spread on the rubber sleeve. By means of resonance created by the loadstone, far infrared released by the rubber sleeves and massage projections to massage acupuncture points about head, a user wearing the glasses can ease eyes fatigue, has his or her face beautified and brain stimulated.

The present invention has been made to reduce manufacturing cost of a liquid crystal display apparatus. The present invention provides a backlight apparatus including an LED chip substrate on which a plurality of red-LED (Light Emitting Diode) chips that emit red light, green-LED chips that emit green light, and blue-LED chips that emit blue light are arranged in a given manner, a diffusion section that is provided above the LED chip substrate and diffuses respective color lights emitted from the LED chips, a light amount detection section that detects the amount of the light emitted from the LED chip substrate, and an adjustment section that adjusts the amount of the current to be supplied to the LED chip substrate based on the light amount detected by the light amount detection section.

Methods and devices for the regulation of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in cartilage cells via the application of fields generated by specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals in the treatment of diseased or injured articular cartilage. By gene expression is meant the up-regulation or down-regulation of the process whereby specific portions (genes) of the human genome (DNA) are transcribed into mRNA and subsequently translated into protein. Methods and devices are provided for the targeted treatment of injured or diseased cartilage tissue that include generating specific and selective electric and electromagnetic signals that generate fields optimized for reduction of matrix metalloproteinase gene expression and exposing cartilage tissue to the fields generated by specific and selective signals so as to regulate matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in such cartilage tissue. The resulting methods and devices are useful for the targeted treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cartilage injury, cartilage defects, and tumor metastasis.

The invention pertains to the field of pharmaceutical technology, which more particularly relates to an elastic nano-vesicle carrier which can transport the active ingredients of the drug to penetrate the natural permeability barrier or pores (such as skin, mucosa, and organs, etc.) and the preparation method, as well as the usage. The vesicle has lipid double molecular layers for transporting one or more active ingredients to penetrate the natural barrier. The vesicle at least contains three dressing components of phospholipid, membrane softener and alcohol, and the three have different physical and chemical properties. The diameter of the typical nano-vesicle is less than 200nm. The vesicle carrier containing the active ingredients of the drug can be applied in the injection, spray and the transdermal preparation.

The present invention provides one comprehensive system with integrated sound, light, electric, magnetic, heat, massage, medicine ion penetrating and audio and video treatment and combining several kinds of energy and technology with environment, acceptor and his consciousness and can stimulate the latent energy and immunity of the acceptor himself. Based on the features of the acceptor, the said items of treatment may be selected simultaneously or partially, statically or dynamically for amendment, induction and treatment until all the meridians are dredged. The present invention can reach the functions of strengthening body physically and mentally, especially for those with nervousness and athletes. The present invention promises to take active role in treating cardiac and cerebral vascular diseases, tumor, drug addiction, AIDS, etc.

Provided is a color light therapy device. The color light therapy device includes: a body that is used by being attached to a color light therapy portion of a human body by using a double-sided adhesive tape, a hydrogel pad, or an air suction plate, and includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that supplies driving power to a light source that emits color light in a given wavelength range to perform color light therapy on the human body; and a power jack that is connected to the PCB of the body through an electric wire. Since a user may use the color light therapy device by connecting the power jack to a mobile phone, a PC, a laptop, a tablet PC, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a vehicle, or a socket at home while carrying the color light therapy device, anyone may conveniently use the color light therapy device to perform color light therapy on the human body without exchanging or charging a battery.

The invention relates to a music plug-in card type multifunctional physiotherapy instrument and a method for manufacturing a storage card, in particular to a music plug-in card type multifunctional physiotherapy instrument formed by adopting a prescription music, physiotherapy waveform and control program storage card to match and connect different external therapy functional modules and a method for manufacturing the prescription music, physiotherapy waveform and control program storage card. The method comprises the following steps: preparing all prescription music and physiotherapy waveforms in advance and storing the prescription music and physiotherapy waveforms into sorting memories according to functional categories, and selecting and operating the allopathic prescription music and the physiotherapy waveform during therapy. The method accurately synthesizes all waveform prescriptions and sound prescriptions through special instruments or computer control programs, and compresses and stores the waveform prescriptions and sound prescriptions into storage cards; and a player plays the prescription music and the physiotherapy waveforms which are amplified and then used for therapy. Therefore, the instrument (hardware) and dozens of prescription music and physiotherapy waveforms (software) become dozens of instruments.

Medicated thread for acupoint catgut embedding therapy, wherein the catgut is undergone soup immersion treatment. The invention also provides the method for preparing the medicated thread for acupoint catgut embedding therapy, the medicinal thread is immersed by medical alcohol containing four Chinese medicinal herbs of coptis root, baikal skullcap root, Siberian solomonseal rhizome, and rhubarb horsetails with the same dosages. The medical alcohol has a concentration of 75, the weight ratio of the medical alcohol and the Chinese medicinal herbs is 3:1-3:2.

The present invention discloses a laser acupuncture therapeutic equipment based on PID control. It is characterized by that the light-sensing diode can be used for converting output power of semiconductor laser into equiproportional current signal, after the current signal is passed through light power monitoring circuit, said current signal is converted into equiproportional voltage signal, then the voltage signal can be transferred into A/D convertor to make A/D conversion; the converted digital signal and specified value are formed into control deviation, a chip computer is used to make PID control operation to form a control quantity; after the digital signal is passed through the D/A convertor, it can be used for controlling drive current of LD so as to control laser power to implement reinforcing and reducing by lifting and thrusting the needle of acupuncture therapy.

A porous acupuncture needle includes a needle portion for puncturing the outer skin of human body, and an operation portion for being held and handled by a user. The needle portion includes a needle body, a porous layer formed by a plurality of micropores on the surface of the needle body, and a charge layer covering on the surface of the porous layer. When performing acupuncture, the affinity provided by the charge layer makes the human tissues to attach to the needle portion more easily. Moreover, during twirling the needle, the porous layer also increases the capability to affect the surrounding tissues and therefore the stimulation to the acupuncture point.

The invention relates to a full-brain develop learning brain tonic machine, which comprises an electric frame whose two sides are symmetry arranged with arc pin plates, wherein the inner side of the arc fin plate is provided with a plurality of finger-type massage heads, the top of the massage head is provided with a strong magnetic sheet, the electric frame includes a circuit main board mounted with a brain tonic signal control circuit which comprises a voice integrate circuit, the pin 8 of the voice integrate circuit is electrically connected with a volume adjusting inputting circuit, while the pin 12 is connected electrically with the pin GP5 of a single chip, the pin GP3 of the single chip is electrically connected with a power control circuit, while the pin GP4 is electrically connected with an electric switch, the pin GP0 of the single chip is electrically connected with a control end of a vibration circuit while the pin GP1 is electrically connected with a vibration type selecting circuit, and the pin GP2 of the single chip is electrically connected with a music play control circuit.

The present invention relates to clothing, and in particular, to clothing emitting treatment medium such as laser, vibration, frequency, electricity, and fragrance, etc. to treatment points of the human body.