Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1978-03-31
1980-09-02
Trapp, Lawrence W.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
5108, A61H 100
Patent
active
042201438
ABSTRACT:
A therapeutic apparatus for the prevention of ischemic ulcers and treatment for the soreness and stiffness of joints of patients suffering from arthritis, Parkinson's disease and the like. In the apparatus a patient rests on a surface such as that provided by a conventional mattress and bed which surface is oscillated through an included angle in the range of about 2 to 6 degrees in a generally vertical plane extending generally parallel to the longitude of the patient at a rate of about 15 to 150 seconds per each sweep through the included angle.
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Cummins James M.
Pierfelice Gilbert E.
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