Power plants – Pressure fluid source and motor – Cyclically operable reciprocating or oscillating motor or...
Patent
1996-04-30
1999-01-19
Cohen, Lee S.
Power plants
Pressure fluid source and motor
Cyclically operable reciprocating or oscillating motor or...
A61F 700
Patent
active
058610227
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for treating hiccups is disclosed. In the method, a physiological cold block is applied to the neck of a hiccuping individual at the level of the Adam's apple lateral to the sternocleidomastoid muscles near the superficially coursing phrenic nerve and/or medial to the sternocleidomastoid muscles near the superficially coursing vagus nerve. The apparatus provides a means for applying such a physiological cold block.
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Cohen Lee S.
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