6817results about "Devices for pressing relfex points" patented technology

A method and system for auxiliary display of information for a computing device. An auxiliary display is integrated with a computing system to provide an area where notifications can be peripherally presented off-screen. Whenever a background task sends a notification to the main display of the system, the notification may be redirected to appear instead on the auxiliary display. A user may then glance at the notification appearing on the auxiliary display to be informed of the message without interruption from the current task onscreen. Any type of information may be presented on the auxiliary display including incoming communications, meeting reminders, system alerts, and information from Internet subscription services. The auxiliary display may be placed on the central processor chassis or on the monitor border along with LED indicator lights to provide simple peripheral-vision notification. By pressing a button, a user may obtain additional detailed follow-up information.

Described herein are devices, systems and method for treating inflammatory disorders by modulating a subject's inflammatory reflex. The method may include the step of non-invasively stimulating the inflammatory reflex (e.g., the vagus nerve, the splenic nerve, the hepatic nerve, the facial nerve, and the trigeminal nerve) of a subject in a manner which significantly reduces proinflammatory cytokines in the subject and / or provides a therapeutically effective treatment for the subject. Devices for non-invasively stimulating the inflammatory reflex may include a movable tip or actuator that is controlled to mechanically stimulate the ear. The devices may be hand-held or wearable, and may stimulate the cymba conchae region of the subject's ear.

A method, computer readable medium having computer executable instructions, and a computer readable medium having stored thereon a data structure for signing and validating Session Initiation Protocol (“SIP”) routing headers are disclosed. A SIP node may receive a SIP request including a message header. A signature based upon at least a portion of the message header and a SIP node header entry may be generated. The signature may then be inserted into the SIP node header entry.

A turbine element airfoil has a cooling passageway network with a slot extending from a trailing passageway toward the trailing edge. A number of discrete posts span the slot between pressure and suction sidewall portions.

A skin treatment apparatus that includes, a disposable electrode carrier with a plurality of voltage-applying dome-shaped elements protruding from the surface of the electrode carrier. Further, the protruding elements are spaced apart in a pattern. The apparatus operates to apply a voltage to at least some of the protruding elements. The apparatus applies a voltage to the protruding elements with a magnitude that is sufficient to result in an electrical break down of the skin and thereby cause electric current enabling the desired treatment.

A preferably non-electrical nerve communication enhancement tool that sends specific, pre-timed, controlled vibrational and / or acoustical stimulation frequencies to the body to enhance nerve communication for the purpose of assisting in proper function of skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, and facilitating rapid and improved cerebellar timing circuit and related cerebellar learning mechanism pathways such as the inferior olivary-Purkinje-Thalamus cell system and other similar neuronal pools, to improve muscle memory, coordinated functional neuron-musculo-skeletal performance improvement, enhance blood flow, increased range of motion, flexibility, strength and dexterity, neuromuscular re-education, muscle tone recovery, pain modulation, improved eye-hand coordination, gait improvement, balance and stability gains, kinetic chain integration, neurological performance enhancement, sensory dysfunction reduction, and improvement in mental and cognitive function.

An electro-optical device typified by an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, is manufactured by cutting a rubbing process, and in addition, a reduction in the manufacturing cost and an improvement in the yield are realized by reducing the number of process steps to manufacture a TFT. By forming a pixel TFT portion having a reverse stagger type n-channel TFT, and a storage capacitor, by performing three photolithography steps using three photomasks, and in addition, by having a uniform cell gap by forming wall-like spacers by performing one photolithography step, without performing a rubbing process, a multi-domain perpendicular orientation type liquid crystal display device having a wide viewing angle display, and in which a switching direction of the liquid crystal molecules is controlled, can be realized.

The invention provides a device for applying a non-invasive therapeutically reproducible pressure massage to skin and underlying tissues of the animal body. A Continuous Pressure Technique device and fitted attachable accessory components are provided for use with massage therapy on for a variety of target tissues of the patient body. Said accessory components include features allowing the induction of a therapeutically adequate profound pressure with relatively little effort enabling a therapist to treat a number of treatment targets, and a number of patients without excessive fatigue to the therapist. The provided CPT device provides for the capability of remotely determining pressure applied to the patient body simultaneously with use of the device.

A switching system adjunct (120) monitors a call between a calling and a called party and reestablishes the call when one of the parties has been or is being dropped. The reestablishment may be effected to a same or a different phone number of the dropped party, and may be effected via the same or a different medium (e.g., wired or wireless). The call record of the original call is merged into the call record of the reestablished call, thus preserving the context of entities involved in the call that exists at the time that the party is dropped.

A trigger point massage therapy device for well-controlled trigger point therapy, suitable for long-term use by a health practitioner with minimal risk of pain or injury, can include a main body with a handle, rubberized grips, a connection pin, that can connect to a pressure point base with a pressure point tip, whereon can further be installed additional pressure point tips in different sizes; a pressure sensor, a step-vibration component, an electro-motor; and additionally heating, ultra sound, electrical stimulation, infrared, and cold laser light components. The device can further include a control unit, which can be used for programming and controlling the functions of the device. Also described is a method for trigger point massage therapy, including measuring a pressure, adjusting the pressure, holding the pressure, rotating / unwinding, vibrating, and increasing the pressure.

An intelligent mechanical massage method is disclosed, which can simulate the manual massage on the human body. A massage robot for implementing said massage method has an intelligent induction unit for automatically determining the positions of acupoints to massage on acupoints, a massage expert system, and a speech prompting unit.

A method of cleaning a washing tub mounted in a water tub of a washing machine includes supplying water necessary to clean the washing tub to the water tub, and rotating the washing tub while supplying heat to the water tub by means of at least one heat supply device mounted in the washing machine. The washing tub is maintained at high temperature when the washing tub is cleaned, whereby decontamination and disinfection efficiency is improved. Also, water required to clean the washing tube is separately supplied to increase the rotating speed of a washing motor, whereby cleaning efficiency is improved.

An adjustable acupressure device is structured to apply pressure to a specific portion of a user's body, for example, the hegu point located between the user's thumb and forefinger. The device includes an attachment assembly having at least one placement indicator structured to permit accurate placement of the device by the user on his or her body. Further, the device includes a pressure assembly to allow the user to apply a preselected amount of pressure to the specific portion of the user's body. More in particular, the pressure assembly includes a pressure applicator structured to contact the specific point on the user's body when disposed in an operative position.

A medical device is arranged to provide adjustable, user-controlled, perpendicular compression to soft tissues. In a preferred embodiment, the pressure is adjusted by means of a threaded bolt or threaded bolt assembly incorporated into the design of a threaded mounting plate.

A pneumatic system consists of an inflatable / deflatable article, for example, a compression garment (21) connected to a pump (20) by connectors (12 and 11), respectively. The connector (12) attached to the garment (21) carries an RFID transponder (30) and a corresponding radio circuit (31) is located within the pump (20). In use, the transponder (30) transmits and receives information to and from the pump radio circuit (31). The information exchanged is used by the pump control system to activate the pump and to operate the pump to provide the particular operating parameters for that garment, for example, pressure, inflation / deflation cycle, duration of treatment, etc.

An ink-jet printing apparatus and a head position adjustment method which are capable of adjusting respective positions of multiple ink-jet heads in either a simultaneous manner or in an independent manner. The head position adjustment method can be applied to an ink-jet printing apparatus including a movable support table, a first ink-jet head fixedly coupled to the support table and provided with nozzles to eject ink, and a second ink-jet head arranged to be movable with respect to the first ink-jet head and provided with nozzles to eject ink. The head position method can include detecting respective positions of the first and second ink-jet heads, comparing the detected position of the first ink-jet head with a target position of the first ink-jet head, moving the support table to correct the position of the first ink-jet head, comparing the detected position of the second ink-jet head with a target position of the second ink-jet head if the detected position of the first ink-jet head is different from the target position of the first ink-jet head, and moving the second ink-jet head with respect to the first ink-jet head to correct the position of the second ink-jet head if the detected position of the second ink-jet head is different from the target position of the second ink-jet head.

A system for reducing the damaging effects of radiant energy, blast, or concussive events includes applying pressure to at least one jugular vein to reduce the egress of blood from the cranial cavity during or before the incidence of the imparting event. Reducing blood outflow from the cranial cavity increases intracranial volume and / or pressure of the cerebrospinal fluid to reduce the risk of traumatic brain injury and injuries to the spinal column. Reducing blood outflow further increases the intracranial pressure and volume, and thereby increases the pressure and volume of the cochlear fluid, the vitreous humor and the cerebrospinal fluid to thereby reduce the risk of injury to the inner ear, internal structure of the eye and of the spinal column. In addition, increasing intracranial pressure and volume reduces the likelihood of brain injury and any associated loss of olfactory function

A method of forming a liquid crystal display panel is presented. A black matrix is formed on a substrate. A color filter is formed at an area which is divided by the black matrix. An overcoat layer and a spacer formed simultaneously by press-forming a liquid pre-polymer material with a soft mold on the color filter. The liquid pre-polymer material is heated for a predetermined time while the mold is applied. The liquid pre-polymer material contains a basic resin such as polyethylene glycol, a binder such as styrene-acrylic co-monomer and a photo-initiator.

A mobile station capable of being upgraded by a delta file received from a software upgrade server via a wireless network. The mobile station comprises: 1) a memory for storing an original image file and the delta file, wherein the delta file is suitable for upgrading the original image file; and 2) a controller for modifying the original image file according to instructions stored in the delta file to thereby generate an upgraded image file.

The present invention is aimed at providing a chair-like massaging apparatus and a forearm massager for use with the chair-like massaging apparatus, which are capable of massaging a forearm of a user as desired and allow the user to take a free posture because of absence of an arm obstructing part in an upper portion of an armrest when the forearm is not to be massaged. To this end, the massaging apparatus of the present invention is configured such that an arm rest (5) configured to support a forearm of the user is provided with a detachable member (38) that is movable along a guide rail (37) and the detachable member (38) is provided with a fitting groove (39). A forearm massager (7) configured to be capable of giving pressure stimulation to the forearm with the forearm of the user sandwiched between the fix and support portion (46) and the pressing portion (47) is provided with a fitting protrusion (40) fitted in the fitting groove (39). By removably fitting the fitting protrusion (40) into the fitting groove (39), the forearm massager (7) is removably attached to the armrest (5).

A manually operated cylindrical roller is disclosed which facilitates the even application of pressure to the body tissue of a client during massage therapy, including tendons, ligaments, and muscles (e.g. the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, sartorius, plantaris, and the like). Variations of the disclosed tool comprise inflatable and non-inflatable components, as well as foam components. The disclosed invention relieves sore and achy muscles, helps blood circulation, relieving muscle cramps, loosening tight and knotted muscles, and relieving pressure from the massage therapist's hands.

The invention discloses a Chinese massage robot, relating to the field of Chinese massage mechanical and automatic devices. The Chinese massage robot is characterized by comprising a bed body (16), a spatial six degrees of freedom main body mechanism and a massage hand (15) and can realize a palm-rubbing technique, a scrubbing method, a pushing manipulation, a wiping manipulation, a pressing manipulation, a pointing method, a finger-nail pressing method, a clapping method, a striking method, a rebounding method, a rolling method, a palm-kneading method, a finger-kneading method, a tremble manipulation, a shaking manipulation, a holding method, a kneading method, a plucking method, a pushing method, a twisting method, a pulling and turning method, a stretching method and other general single-hand and dual-hand massage methods. The invention has the advantages of simple structure, high rigidity, small size, light weight, low cost, large motion space, sensitive and quick action, favorable decoupling, real-time and dynamic response characteristics of system control, and the like.

An apparatus, for a thermal vacuum therapy by using a suction cup on a skin of a patient, includes a heating unit disposed in the suction cup. The heating unit includes a heat core made of high heat conductive material and a heat retention sleeve made of low heat conductive material, wherein the heat core is wrapped by the heat retention sleeve and is arranged in such a manner that after the heat core rapidly stores heat energy, the heat retention sleeve is adapted for keeping the heat energy at the heat core so as to enable the heat core being gradually released heat within the suction cup during cupping treatment.

An acupressure device with mechanisms for modulating the pressure applied to the user.