Medical device for applying cyclic therapeutic action to a subject's foot
US6319215A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2201/5002
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A medical device for applying a cyclic therapeutic action to a subject's foot, the device including a platform with at least three independently actuable inflatable bladders staggered therealong to solely underlie the subject's heel, his plantar arch and his foot's front portion including its metatarsals and its toes, respectively, whereby a travelling compressive wave can be cyclically applied to his foot's underside only.
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