Abstract:
An apparatus for the treatment of psycho-physical ailments (1) is provided, comprising: stress means (2) of the human body (U), suitable to apply to the human body (U) predetermined stresses, and first measurement means (3), suitable to measure the condition of the stress means (2), second measurement means (4) of the reactance of the human body (U), control means (5), functionally connected to said first and second measurement means (3 and 4), and suitable to correlate values of said second measurement means (4) to values measured at the same moment by said first measurement means (3).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a shoe, and in order to provide a shoe excellent in convenience, easy to put on and take off, inexpensive, light-weight, comfortable to wear, promoting health and exhibiting excellent extensibility, the easily wearable shoe according to the present invention is characterized by the shapes of an outer layer and inner sacs corresponding to various body organs, additionally including a shoe outer layer, sacs of a stretchable material joined mainly inside the outer layer, and an intake inlet/outlet that is formed of a valve that takes in and discharges an air-like gas into/from the sacs, facilitating the insertion of a foot by injecting the gas from the intake inlet/outlet into the sacs and causing the sacs and the shoe outer layer to be flexible, discharging the gas from the intake outlet so as to cause the shoe outer cover and the sacs to contract and come into close contact with the foot, being capable of freely setting an effect from the shoe on a body organ due to the shapes of the outer layer and the inner sacs corresponding to various body organs, and being capable of effectively extending the functions of the shoe.
Abstract:
The following description relates generally to self-heated consumer spa products heated by means of a prolonged exothermic chemical reaction for various therapeutic and/or spa applications for applying heat to portions of a person's body.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus that affect vacuum to massage a volume of the skin and one or more types of skin treatment energies coupled to the massaged volume to treat the skin and subcutaneous adipose tissue and produce a desired treatment effect. The method and apparatus are based on coupling an array or a number of arrays being an assembly of skin treatment units with each skin treatment unit including a hollow cavity and a number of different energy to skin applying elements operative to receive skin treatment energy from a source of such energy and couple or apply the received energy to a treated segment of skin.
Abstract:
A leg foot orthopaedic treatment device assembly (10) includes a leg foot orthopaedic treatment device (11). The device (11) includes a ground or floor engaging support structure (12) which supports an inclined treatment surface (14) on which, in use, a user stands in a treatment position. The treatment surface (14) is inclined at a treatment angle (30) to a ground engaging plane (21) so as to support the feet of the user at the treatment angle (30) relative to the ground engaging plane (21). The treatment surface (30) slopes downwardly and inwardly towards at least one at least notional vertex (32).
Abstract:
The invention concerns a therapeutic device comprising a mechanical orthotic element (2, 3, 4) designed to constitute a contact surface with at least the patient's lower limbs and a neuromuscular stimulation element (33) including at least a pair of electrodes (37, 38) designed to act on the muscle or muscular group concerned of said patient's limb. The orthotic element comprises two orthoses including each three segments (2, 3, 4) designed to co-operate (11, 13; 12, 14; 15) with respectively the patient's thigh, leg and foot. The first segment is connected at one of its ends through a first motorised articulation (9) to an element (10) designed to co-operate with the patient's body at his hips and at its other end through a second motorised articulation (7) to one of the ends of the second segment. The other end of the second segment is linked through a third motorised articulation (8) to the third segment. Each of the articulations (6, 7, 8) is provided with an angular sensor and force and torque sensors, coupled to the control member (31) of the stimulation device so as to enable feedback control by closed loop adjustment of the stimulation device.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a therapeutic device comprising a mechanical orthotic element (2, 3, 4) designed to constitute a contact surface with at least the patient's lower limbs and a neuromuscular stimulation element (33) including at least a pair of electrodes (37, 38) designed to act on the muscle or muscular group concerned of said patient's limb. The orthotic element comprises two orthoses including each three segments (2, 3, 4) designed to co-operate (11, 13; 12, 14; 15) with respectively the patient's thigh, leg and foot. The first segment is connected at one of its ends through a first motorised articulation (9) to an element (10) designed to co-operate with the patient's body at his hips and at its other end through a second motorised articulation (7) to one of the ends of the second segment. The other end of the second segment is linked through a third motorised articulation (8) to the third segment. Each of the articulations (6, 7, 8) is provided with an angular sensor and force and torque sensors, coupled to the control member (31) of the stimulation device so as to enable feedback control by closed loop adjustment of the stimulation device.