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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1997
William A Smith, New Paltz, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus for enabling the patient himself or herself to engage the skin on his or her back to locate and treat trigger points thereunder, using a source of pulsed voltage. The apparatus includes a wand having a generally rigid and electrically-conductive arcuate handle of about an arm's length or less in length, a spade-shaped electrically-conductive extension with a free end formed with tapering straight edges merging in a rounded point and welded on its other end to the handle, and a cable secured on the other end of the handle to connect to connect the extension electrically to the source of pulsed voltage. A somewhat comparably-shaped sponge is fixed to the extension. A grip at the other end of the handle facilitates moving the wand so that a tapering straight edge and/or the rounded point of the spade-shaped extension glides over the back's skin when searching for trigger points, and for holding the rounded point there when a trigger point is located to enable precise electrically stimulation of the tissue near the trigger point.