Exercise devices – Having specific electrical feature – Equipment control
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-24
2001-08-21
Richmon, Glenn E. (Department: 3764)
Exercise devices
Having specific electrical feature
Equipment control
C601S006000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06277052
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to a method and system for passively exercising a selected portion of a human body and, more particularly, to such a method and system wherein a vacuum pressure is cyclically applied to the selected portion of the human body to stimulate circulation of blood through the selected portion.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many procedures and techniques are available to aid people in acquiring the physical appearance they desire and to provide people with certain therapeutic effects they need for their bodies. For example, it is often desirable to remove excess fat from a body. One way to do remove excess fat is by dieting and exercising. Diet and exercise, however, require much self-discipline and are difficult to sustain over long periods of time. Alternatively, excess fat may be removed surgically through liposuction. Liposuction, however, is very expensive and commonly leaves a person in pain and with bruises.
In another example, women often desire to enhance the size of their breasts. Typically, this is also done using surgical procedures, namely, through silicon implants. Silicon implants, however, have uncertain and potentially dangerous side effects and therefore risky. They are, furthermore, prohibitively expensive for many women.
In still further examples, medicine, surgery, chiropractic therapy, and/or massage therapy is commonly used to remedy other ailments such as sores, wrinkles, back pain, infantilism (e.g., unemerged testicles), and urological problems. Such remedies, however, are invasive, expensive, of questionable value, and/or leave scars.
Accordingly, a continuing search has been directed to the development of methods and systems which can reduce fat without diet, exercise, or surgery, which can enhance the size of breasts without silicon implants, and which can enhance or therapeutically heal other portions of a body without expensive medicine, surgery, or chiropractic or massage therapy.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the present invention, it has been found that fat may be removed, and that selected portions of the body may be enhanced and/or healed by applying a partial vacuum pressure to the selected portion of the human body; maintaining the partial vacuum pressure applied to the selected portion of the human body for a first predetermined period of time; releasing the partial vacuum pressure so that substantially atmospheric pressure is applied to the selected portion of the human body; and maintaining the substantially atmospheric pressure applied to the selected portion of the human body for a second predetermined period of time.
The present invention also provides for a system for passively exercising a selected portion of a human body, wherein the system is comprised of a pump configured for generating a partial vacuum pressure; a first valve connected in fluid communication with an output of the pump; a second valve in fluid communication with atmospheric pressure; a sealing device configured for providing a pressure seal over the selected portion of the human body, the sealing device being connected in fluid communication with the first valve so that when the first valve is open, fluid communication is established between the sealing device and the output of the pump, the sealing device being connected in fluid communication with the second valve so that when the second valve is open, fluid communication is established between the sealing device and atmospheric pressure; and a controller configured for controlling the opening and closing of the first valve and the second valve in response to signals received from a computer.
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Carr & Storm, L.L.P.
Richmon Glenn E.
Stone, Jr. Jack D.
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