Levator upper eyelid muscle training aid

Abstract

This item (reference figure) is a device (levator palpebrae superioris training aid) used to train the levator palpebrae superioris by applying pressure to the frontalis muscle above the eyebrows to inhibit its movement, and is comprised of: A) a rectangular silicone rubber plate adjusted to have viscoelasticity and high resilience equivalent to that of a palm, which is a pressure pad portion 10 that is 5 to 10 mm thick and extends from the center of the forehead toward the temples, covering one-half to two-thirds of the forehead, and B) a latex rubber plate that is at least half the width of the pressure pad portion from top to bottom, and is and a tightening band portion 20 which is a strip of material long enough to wrap around the forehead, the central portion of which is attached to the front of the pressure pad portion, and which extends from the forehead through the temporal region to the occipital region, and which is fastened at both ends with Velcro 21, 22, and whose tensile force presses the pressure pad portion 10 against the forehead with the same pressure as pressing a palm against the forehead, and which is characterized in that it substantially evenly presses more than half and two-thirds of the area of ​​the forehead frontalis muscle, including the area near the eyebrows, and suppresses the action of the frontalis muscle, constricting the levator palpebrae superioris muscle to assist in the exercise of moving the eyelid up and down.

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