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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2014
Vital Motion Inc., Pittsford, NY (US);
Jay M. Eastman, Pittsford, NY (US);
Zachary M. Eastman, Pittsford, NY (US);
Scott R. Grodevant, Avon, NY (US);
VITAL MOTION INC., Cornelius, NC (US);
Abstract
A device for stimulating the Meissner's Corpuscles along the front plantar portion of the foot or feet of a person is provided. The device has a platform disposed upon motion guides for movement up and down with respect to a base. The platform has a shaped surface for ease of placement of at least the front plantar portion of at least one foot of a person seated in front of the device in which the back or heel portion of the foot is disposed away from the device. One or more inertial actuators are attached to the platform underneath its surface. A controller controls operation of the actuator(s), via signals to a driver, to move the platform with respect to the base in a sinusoidally varying motion at a user selectable stimulation level. The stimulation level may be set wirelessly via an external device, or by manually tilting the device.