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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Thomas Peter Muchisky, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Russel A Nemer, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
A massage unit designed to produce percussive directional stroking for medical purposes such as: to loosen and to mobilize, in a selected direction, bronchial secretions or other congestive material in humans or animals; to improve blood circulation, and; to relax muscles, has a portable housing that houses a motor which transmits rotary power through a swivel coupling assembly attached to the housing through a drive cable to an eccentric weight housed within a palm-sized applicator head having a resilient applicator pad to be applied to the chest, back, arms, legs or other parts of a patient's body. The eccentric weight rotates freely within the head to cause the applicator pad to transmit a percussive directional stroking force to the body. The resultant force transmitted to the body has two components: one perpendicular to the body to loosen congestive material, and one force component parallel to the body to mobilize loosened congestive material in a selected direction. The applicator head is compact and shaped to be easily held with one hand and to allow the patient to lie on it for therapy with minimal discomfort. An arrow on the applicator head indicates the direction of the impulse transmitted to the patient by the eccentric weight, and a belt unit is supplied to support and hold the applicator head firmly against the body to allow an individual patient to self-administer treatments in difficult-to-reach locations on his own body, such as his back or sides. Foam pads which encase the applicator head are also supplied to minimize the transmission of vibration to the user's hand or therapist's hand, and to permit the patient to lie more comfortably on the applicator head during therapy.