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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2014
Applicants:
Marvin Sackner, Miami, FL (US);
Jose Antonio Adams, Miami, FL (US);
Inventors:
Marvin Sackner, Miami, FL (US);
Jose Antonio Adams, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/02 (2006.01); A61H 1/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 1/0266 (2013.01); A61H 1/005 (2013.01); A61H 23/006 (2013.01); A61H 1/006 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0126 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1215 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1418 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1676 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0406 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0456 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motorized machine for passively applying a tapping force to the bottoms of a user's feet includes a motor, a pedal rocking mechanism, at least one pedal and at least one bumper configured so as to cooperate to, during operation of the motor, cause the bottom portion of the at least one pedal to tap against the at least one bumper so as to provide pulsatile acceleration to the bottom of the user's foot. The pulsatile acceleration has a force sufficient to increase pulsatile shear stress to the endothelium, of sufficient magnitude to cause the release of beneficial mediators.