Surgery – Instruments – External pressure applicator
Patent
1998-10-22
2000-02-29
Buiz, Michael
Surgery
Instruments
External pressure applicator
606189, A61B 1700
Patent
active
060304081
ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses an acupressure device for use on a selected skin surface portion of a human body. The device comprises a thin flexible base sheet having a first side, a second side and a margin. The margin has at least a portion of its length shaped as an orienting margin, wherein the orienting margin is shaped to correspond to a shape on, or adjacent to, the selected skin surface portion when the base sheet is placed on the selected body surface. An adhesive layer is on the first side of the base sheet that is suitable for attaching the base sheet to the selected skin surface portion. There is at least one bead on the adhesive layer suitable for positioning against the selected body surface that will provide acupressure to at least a portion of the selected body surface when the acupressure patch is placed against the selected body surface.
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Buiz Michael
East West Medical LLP
Goldberg Jonathan D.
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