Medical device for applying cyclic therapeutic action to a subject's foot
US6685661B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61H2201/5002
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
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 traveling compressive wave can be cyclically applied to his foot's underside only.
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