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Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

May. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Michael Bailey Van Kuren, Hamilton, OH (US);

Donna Scarborough, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Michael Bailey Van Kuren, Hamilton, OH (US);

Donna Scarborough, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Assignee:

Miami University, Oxford, OH (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61H 39/04 (2006.01); A61H 39/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/132 (2006.01); A61H 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 39/04 (2013.01); A61H 39/00 (2013.01); A61B 17/1325 (2013.01); A61H 7/001 (2013.01); A61H 2205/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and device for reducing gag reflex by applying pressure to a pressure point in the palm of the hand. A splint that holds the hand relatively immobile has a rigid member and an actuating pressure system, such as a solenoid, at the pressure point. The rigid member at least partially immobilizes the human user's palm and fingers. The actuating pressure system is mounted at an inner side of the volar side of the enclosure adjacent to a pressure region of the palm. A power supply is connected to the actuating pressure system to apply an electrical current to the pressure system, which exerts pressure to the pressure region of the user's palm in order to diminish or normalize the user's gag reflex response.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Van Kuren, Michael. (2014). Hand pressure device to diminish gag reflex response (U.S. Patent No. 8808324). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8808324

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