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Portable real time, dry mechanical relaxation and physical therapy device simulating application of massage and wet hydrotherapy for limbs

  • US 6,607,499 B1
  • Filed: 04/19/2000
  • Issued: 08/19/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A massage simulating station for treating at least one limb of a user, comprising:

  • a limb accommodating base housing having a limb resting surface for accommodating at least one limb of a user therein, a frame having a plurality of pairs of longitudinally extending, sequentially positioned massage grippers connected to and extending generally upward therefrom;

    said pairs of massage grippers comprising complementary elongated jaw members projecting generally upward from said frame;

    each elongated jaw member further comprising a plurality of adjacent soft massage contact pads positioned from a proximal end of each said elongated jaw member to a distal outer end of each said elongated jaw member, said complementary elongated jaw members of said massage grippers being capable of moving reciprocally between an open and a closed position, said closed position cradling and contacting the limb of a user at multiple skin contact points thereof, said massage grippers having motive means for producing movement between said open and said closed positions;

    each said massage gripper elongated jaw member respectively having attached thereon said plurality of soft massage contact pads for contacting and massaging the limb of a user, at said multiple skin contact points.

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