289 results about "Muscle tension" patented technology

The invention is directed to topical formulations and methods of treating a migraines and / or cluster headaches, muscle sprains, muscle spasms, spasticity, tension headaches, tension related migraines and related conditions associated with muscle tension and pain with a therapeutically effective amount of an ergot alkaloid, skeletal muscle relaxant, serotonin agonist, combinations thereof, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, prodrugs thereof or derivative thereof.

The present invention provides a method capable of acquiring a physically and physiologically valid muscular strength from motion data based on a musculoskeletal model. The present invention relates to a method for obtaining muscular tension by performing inverse dynamics calculation of a musculoskeletal model. The method comprises a step for optimizing a contact force τC received from an environment using acquired floor reaction force data and a step for optimizing the muscle tension ƒ using acquired motion data, acquired myogenic potential data, and optimized contact force. The motion data, reaction force data and myogenic potential data can be measured at the same time by a behavior capture system.

This invention provides methods for treating a variety of disorders using localized electromagnetic radiation directed at excitable tissues, including nerves, muscles and blood vessels. By controlling the wavelength, the wavelength bandpass, pulse duration, intensity, pulse frequency, and / or variations of those characteristics over time, and by selecting sites of exposure to electromagnetic radiation, improvements in the function of different tissues and organs can be provided. By monitoring physiological variables such as muscle tone and activity, temperature gradients, surface electromyography, blood flow and others, the practitioner can optimize a therapeutic regimen suited for the individual patient.

This invention provides methods for treating a variety of disorders using electromagnetic radiation directed at excitable tissues, including nerves, muscles and blood vessels. By controlling the wavelength, the wavelength bandpass, pulse duration, intensity, pulse frequency, and / or variations of those characteristics over time, and by selecting sites of exposure to electromagnetic radiation, improvements in the function of different tissues and organs can be provided. By monitoring physiological variables such as muscle tone and activity, temperature gradients, surface electromyography, blood flow and others, the practitioner can optimize a therapeutic regimen suited for the individual patient.

A muscle tension strap including a pair of elongated flat bands each formed of substantially non-resilient material. The pair of flat bands are affixed together at a plurality of intermediate points therealong to form a plurality of tandem loops. The plurality of intermediate points at which the pair of elongated flat bands are affixed together are in a range of four to seven. Portions of each flat band adjacent each end are affixed together in overlying relationship to form a final loop with a handle therein and the pair of flat bands have a length in a range of five feet to seven feet.

A hand-operated cooling device for cryotherapy for treating pain, inflammations, muscle tensions or the like, includes a main body and a receptacle, which can be inserted at least partially into the main body, for the exchangeable accommodation and insertion of a gas pressure vessel. The main body includes a gas outlet actuation arrangement, which can effect, by manual actuation, the outflow of a gas from the gas pressure vessel when the receptacle is inserted, and the receptacle includes a cooling surface, which can be cooled by the outflowing gas and by the gas pressure vessel jacket, wherein the gas can be conducted inside the main body and inside the receptacle by a gas conducting arrangement and can exit at the receptacle adjacent to the cooling surface. Commercially available gas pressure vessels, in particular cream dispensing capsules, can be inserted into the cooling device, so that a simple and cost-effective use of therapeutic OT medical cryotherapy having a pleasant cooling effect is made possible.

The present invention provides soles, platforms, or inserts incorporated into footwear, preferably athletic footwear, designed to promote a more efficient running technique by an energy-translating sole comprising one or more angular displacement members, balance-thrust members, and counterbalance as well as conventional features. Systems and methods of the present invention promote more efficient running technique by facilitating foot-strike to occur at a point under and behind the runner's center of gravity. This may be accomplished, for example, by a foot-strike member, angular displacement member and balance-thrust member working cooperatively to displace the runner's center of gravity and translate gravitational, inertial and ground reaction forces, as well as muscular tension forces, into linear momentum.

Muscle toner is a progressive resistance fitness device to simultaneously activate muscle groups in arms, shoulders, upper chest, upper back, and neck areas. It strengthens muscle fibers, removes muscle tension, and restores motion to joints. Exercising with muscle toner is effective in the prevention and treatment of snoring, tension headaches, neck, and shoulder pains.

The invention discloses a muscle tension sensor and a muscle tension detecting method. The muscle tension sensor is characterized in that: a box body and a bottom end cover form a cylindrical shell; in the cylindrical shell, a pressure sensor is adhered with the top plate of the box body, a 'T'-shaped probe is pressed against the bottom end face of the pressure sensor by the top end face, a raisecylinder on the 'T'-shaped probe runs through a central hole in the bottom end cover and protrudes to the outside of the cylindrical shell; outside the cylindrical shell, a piezoelectric membrane resistor serving as a piezoelectric device is adhered with the top plate of the box body; above the box body, another 'T'-shaped top cover is pressed against the piezoelectric membrane resistor by the bottom end face; and above the top cover, a pressure plate and a top cover form a clamp plate, and a band is clamped in the clamp plate formed by the pressure plate and the top cover. When the sensor and the method are used, muscle tension parameters can be acquired stably and used for evaluating the recovery state of muscle after rehabilitation of a human body.

A patient monitoring system for the real-time detection of epileptic seizures suffered by a user of the monitoring system. The system comprises control means for receiving measuring signals and, conditional upon the measuring signals, generating an alarm signal, at least one hart rate sensor for measuring the heart rate of the user and, subject to the measurement, generating a heart rate signal, and at least one muscular tension sensor for measuring the change and the intensity of the contraction of at least one muscle of the user and, subject to the measurement, generating a muscle contraction signal. The control means are designed for, subject to both the heart signal and the muscle contraction signal, generating an alarm signal when the user suffers an epileptic seizure.

The present invention relates to apparatuses, methods, and systems for simulating low and / or high intensity exercise. More particularly, the present invention relates to an exercise mimetic device for simulating low and / or high intensity exercise using low intensity electrical stimulation to generate low intensity muscle contractions such as a wearable garment that preferably imitates exercise by eliciting low grade muscle contractions in several of the larger skeletal muscle groups in the body. The apparatus of various embodiments of the present invention is a neuromuscular electrostimulation (NMES) device / garment with a control unit that is wirelessly connected to and controls a stimulator unit that generates and transmits a low intensity electrical stimulation within certain unique parameters. In various embodiments, the NMES device / garment is for treating conditions including but not limited to obesity, obesity related conditions such as diabetes, muscle toning, and / or other conditions benefitted by exercise. In various embodiments, the NMES device / garment is an over the counter (OTC) NMES device / garment.

Mobile systems and devices can employ surface electromyography (sEMG) technology and other sensing technologies for measuring muscle tension and managing chronic pain conditions. These systems and devices can sense and quantify excessive muscle tension and can facilitate management of excessive muscle tension and chronic pain through cognitive behavioral therapy, pharmacologic intervention, or a combination of both.

The present invention discloses a horizontal perspective workstation comprising at least two display surfaces, one being substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images, and one being substantially vertical for text or conventional images such as 2D images, or central perspective images. The horizontal display surface is typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° angle looking. The vertical display surface is also positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. The present invention prefers a stereoscopic polarized horizontal perspective display, together with a polarized vertical display, thus the two images of the stereoscopic horizontal perspective display are mutually exclusive so that each image can be seen by the only corresponding eye, and the image of the vertical display is halfway polarized to be seen by both eyes. The horizontal perspective workstation can further comprise a binaural or 3D audio system to provide realistic sound simulation. The horizontal perspective workstation can also comprise various biofeedback devices such as brain wave, blood pressure, heart beat, respiration, perspiration, skin conductance, body temperature, muscle tension measurements and simulators for inputs and output with the users.

The invention discloses an intelligent anaesthesia system. The intelligent anaesthesia system comprises an intelligent control end, a vital sign detecting end, an anesthetic injecting end, an indoor environment monitoring end, an electronic medical information end, a breathing machine and a monitoring display screen, wherein the vital sign detecting end, the anesthetic injecting end, the indoor environment monitoring end, the electronic medical information end, the breathing machine and the monitoring display screen are connected with the intelligent control end; the vital sign detecting end comprises a brain wave scanner, an artery systolic pressure measuring equipment, body temperature detection equipment, pulse detection equipment, muscle tension detection equipment and pain sense detection equipment; the electronic medical information end comprises a data acquiring module, an information input module, a data decoding module, a wireless data transmitting module, an outpatient service receiving end module, a leaving information module and a central server. In the intelligent anaesthesia system disclosed by the invention, the intelligent control end is used for receiving the information from the vital sign detecting end, the indoor environment monitoring end, the electronic medical information end and the breathing machine and controlling the anesthetic injecting end to perform quantitative dosing so as to feed back the physical condition of a patient in real time, reduce occurrence of medical accidents and alleviating the workload of an anesthetist.

Compounds of structural formula I are modulators of the androgen receptor (AR) in a tissue selective manner. These compounds are useful in the enhancement of weakened muscle tone and the treatment of conditions caused by androgen deficiency or which can be ameliorated by androgen administration, including osteoporosis, osteopenia, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, periodontal disease, bone fracture, bone damage following bone reconstructive surgery, sarcopenia, frailty, aging skin, male hypogonadism, postmenopausal symptoms in women, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, aplastic anemia and other hematopoietic disorders, inflammatory arthritis and joint repair, HIV-wasting, prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), abdominal adiposity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, cancer cachexia, Alzheimer's disease, muscular dystrophies, cognitive decline, sexual dysfunction, sleep apnea, depression, premature ovarian failure, and autoimmune disease, alone or in combination with other active agents.

The present invention relates to an improved extract of Scutellaria lateriflora, a method of preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition prepared from the present extract suitable for treating anxiety, insomnia, convulsions, muscle tension and spasm, and related manifestations and disorders in humans and other mammals.The invention also relates to an improved method of treating anxiety, insomnia, convulsions, muscle tension and spasm, and related manifestations and disorders in humans and other mammals by administering the improved extract of Scutellaria lateriflora.

The orthopedic procedures training simulator (100) is a mannequin (102) having an internal skeletal structure (104) for simulating orthopedic injuries. The interior skeletal structure (104) includes a plurality of skeletal structures, each movable between a first position simulating normal and healthy skeletal structure and a second position simulating an orthopedic injury. Motor tensionable cables joining larger joint structures allow for simulating muscular tension affecting the ability to reduce a dislocation of the joint. Force and positional sensors are disposed within the skeletal structures, and provide information to a computer system (700) to perform and monitor simulation. A computer program reads the sensors, and controls the motor tensionable cables to simulate orthopedic injuries and responses to applied corrective procedures and medications. The program generates pre-procedural x-ray images based on a desired simulation, and post-procedural x-ray images based on information obtained from the sensors both during and after the performance of a procedure.

The present invention discloses a horizontal perspective workstation comprising at least two display surfaces, one being substantially horizontal for displaying 3D horizontal perspective images, and one being substantially vertical for text or conventional images such as 2D images, or central perspective images. The horizontal display surface is typically positioned directly in front of the user, and at a height of about a desktop surface so that the user can have about a 45° angle looking. The vertical display surface is also positioned in front of the user and preferably behind and above the horizontal display surface. The present invention prefers a stereoscopic polarized horizontal perspective display, together with a polarized vertical display, thus the two images of the stereoscopic horizontal perspective display are mutually exclusive so that each image can be seen by the only corresponding eye, and the image of the vertical display is halfway polarized to be seen by both eyes. The horizontal perspective workstation can further comprise a binaural or 3D audio system to provide realistic sound simulation. The horizontal perspective workstation can also comprise various biofeedback devices such as brain wave, blood pressure, heart beat, respiration, perspiration, skin conductance, body temperature, muscle tension measurements and simulators for inputs and output with the users.

Devices, systems and methods are provided for directly stimulating tissues, particularly muscle tissues, to modulate muscle contractions (i.e. provide reanimation of the muscle or to suppress undesired muscle contractions). Reanimation of muscles may be desired when damage to the brain, nervous system or neuromuscular junctions have occurred, causing a muscle tissue to lack sufficient motor control. Suppression of muscle contractions may be desired in situations of pathologically hyperactive muscles, such as in conditions of muscle spasm (e.g. blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm) or muscle dystonia. Direct stimulation is achieved by delivering a chemical agent directly to the muscle tissue, particularly the motor end plate, bypassing the nerves and neuromuscular junctions which may be damaged or diseased. Implanted hybrid chemical and electromagnetic stimulation devices can modulate muscle contraction in response to signals from a controller.

The invention discloses an exoskeleton robot which comprises an exoskeleton robot body, a sensing system, a control system and a drive system. The exoskeleton robot body comprises an upper part support structure, a hip rod piece, thigh rod pieces, shank rod pieces, foot components, a hip joint, knee joints and ankle joints; the sensing system comprises a thin film strain gage sensor for detectingthe sole pressure, an encoder for detecting a joint angle, a force sensor for detecting a force / moment of the joint part, an attitude sensor for detecting the kinematic velocity / the accelerated speed,a capacitance-type sensor for detecting the muscle tension, and a connecting buckle fastener; the capacitance-type sensor non-contacting with a human skin is fixed onto the connecting buckle fastenerand comprises at least one electrode patch; and the control system comprises a full-communication network computing module formed based on a CNN machine learning algorithm, is connected with the sensing system and can receive data acquired by the sensing system, and is connected with the drive system capable of driving the exoskeleton robot body to move.

Musculoskeletal repositioning devices are described. The devices are worn in the mouth and cause the lower jaw of the wearer to move into an active optimal position that relieves stress on the temporomandibular joint, causing increased muscular strength and decreased muscular tension. The devices have ramps on their upper surfaces which contact the upper posterior teeth and lingual anatomy and cause the jaw to reposition from a passive bite position to an active optimal bite position. A casting device for forming a musculoskeletal repositioning device and a method for using the casting device are also described.

A thermal garment is tight fitting, often known as a compression shirt, and has a raw or composition rubber sleeve portion, which can be applied to either or both shoulder parts of the garment and / or to either or both elbow parts of the garment, with said rubber portion being covered in fabric and being attached to the garment and replacing that original portion of said garment. The garment with a composition sleeve portion is designed to avoid injury due to extreme playing conditions or improper muscle tension incurred by athletes, by insuring heat and compression to the shoulder joint or to the elbows. The garment also uses heat from the thermal portion of the garment to help in healing the area covered by way of thermotherapy (the use of heat on muscles, joints, tendons, and ligaments which increases blood flow to expedite the healing process).

The present invention provides a self-contained electronic musculoskeletal stimulation apparatus that is a battery operated device that applies electronic stimulation to a human with a pre-programmed treatment stimulation protocol to introduce pain relieving electronic stimulation to the body for immediate, symptomatic relief of minor, chronic and acute musculoskeletal aches and pains and mild muscle tension. This invention also provides a method of using a self-contained electronic musculoskeletal stimulation apparatus whereby pain relieving electronic stimulation is applied to the body on predetermined, sequential stimulation points with electronic stimulation being activated at each consecutive stimulation point. Further, this invention provides a method of applying pain relieving electronic stimulation to a body using a self-contained reusable electronic musculoskeletal stimulation bandage with a preprogrammed treatment stimulation protocol. Also provided is a stimulation apparatus that transmits apparatus and patient information by a wireless signal, so the number of times the apparatus was used and intensity level for each use of the apparatus can be determined.

The invention discloses a movable anesthesia operating table which comprises a foldable wheelchair bed body device, an intelligent control end, a vital sign detecting end, a narcotic injection end, an electronic medical information end, a breathing machine, a monitoring display screen and a remote diagnosis end. The vital sign detecting end comprises a brain wave scanner, a systolic arterial pressure measuring device, a body temperature detecting device, a pulse detecting device, a muscle tension detecting device and a pain sense detecting device. An intelligent terminal and a central server are arranged in the electronic medical information end. By receiving information of the vital sign detecting end, the electronic medical information end and the breathing machine through the intelligent control end, the narcotic injection end is controlled to feed medicine quantitatively, the monitoring display screen can feed back physical conditions of a patient in real time, the remote consultation can be achieved through the remote diagnosis end, medical accidents are reduced, the movable anesthesia operating table can be folded into a bed or a wheelchair for use due to the foldable wheelchair bed body device and is flexible and convenient to use, and the workloads of anesthetists are reduced.

The invention discloses a device for measuring skin muscle tension. The device comprises a pressure sensor, a spring, a differential transformer, an internal upper supporting plate, an internal upper linear bearing, an internal lower linear bearing, a sealed bottom cover, a handheld outer cover, a measuring rod, a hand pressed handle and a pedestal, wherein the pressure sensor is used for measuring the pressure born by a muscle; the spring is used for restoring the primary position of the measuring rod; the differential transformer is used for measuring a compression displacement value of the muscle under the pressure; the internal upper supporting plate, the internal upper linear bearing, the internal lower linear bearing and the sealed bottom cover are used for ensuring that the measuring rod linearly moves; the measuring rod is used for applying a pressure value to the muscle; the hand pressed handle is used for applying an action force to the measuring rod; the pedestal is a standard of the moving displacement of the measured muscle under the action of the pressure; and the handheld outer cover is a frame of the device. The displacement value and the pressure value of the movement of the pressed muscle are measured through the differential transformer and the pressure sensor; and the tension degree of the muscle is measured quantitively according to the slope of a curve of the ratio of the pressure value to the displacement value.

The invention discloses a tension optimizing and compensating method for adjusting rolling force, and relates to control equipment or a method specially suitable for a metal rolling mill or other processed products, in particular to a tension optimizing and compensating method for adjusting rolling force according to an iron powder concentration of rolling lubrication emulsion. The method comprises the following steps: (A) a today emulsion iron powder monitoring concentration is obtained from a cold continuous rolling set control system; and frictional coefficients corresponding to all frames are calculated according to the today emulsion iron powder monitoring concentration; and (B) the obtained frictional coefficients are calculated according to an actual tension sum of all sections of strip steel to adjust the set tension of each section of the strip steel; slip factors of all the frames are calculated according to the set tensions and the rolling force of all the frames; and the set tensions are optimized and compensated with the smallest slip generation rate as target function. The method realizes the reduction of the generation rate of the increment of production cost and the plate shape defect caused by abnormal rise of the iron powder concentration to the greatest extent through optimizing the set tensions so as to guarantee the stability of rolling process.