Surgery – Instruments – External pressure applicator
Patent
1992-06-23
1996-03-26
Pellegrino, Stephen C.
Surgery
Instruments
External pressure applicator
A61B 1700
Patent
active
055016979
ABSTRACT:
A removeably attachable wrist band device for use in helping an addicted cigarette smoker permanently quit smoking. The device comprises an elastic section, a hook fastener section, a loop fastener section, and an acupressure stimulator. The device is placed on a user's wrist such that the acupressure stimulator is positioned proximal to the L-7 acupuncture point and the elastic section of the wrist band is positioned on top of the user's wrist. The elastic section of the wrist band is designed to limit the maximal energy that the user can transfer to a unit area of skin when the band is snapped against the wrist. This is so that snapping the wrist band will not be perceived as aversive to the user. The disclosed wrist band has the dual functions of providing a non-aversive behavioral modification device together with providing continuous and differential stimulation of the L-7 acupuncture point, which has therapeutic value in treatment of smoking addiction.
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Bissell Henry M.
Lewis William W.
Pellegrino Stephen C.
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