Skin stimulus arrangements are described for creating a stimulus in the skin in the vicinity of a treatment or wound site to alleviate the perception of pain. First and second textured surfaces are provided for making contact with the skin, with the surfaces being moved to create a stimulus which alleviates the perception of pain. The movement may be linear, rotary or a combination of both, and just a single textured surface may be provided.

A method of treating osteoarthritis includes an implantable stimulator generating stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05 and applying the stimulation sessions by way of the central electrode and the annular electrode to a location within a patient that includes at least one of an acupoint labeled ST35, an acupoint labeled EX-LE-4, or a location on a line that intersects the acupoints labeled ST35 and EX-LE-4.

A device and method are provided for therapy and treatment of biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, and ligament tissue, by use of a device and method in which therapeutic vibrational frequency resonance patterns are transmitted to tissues of a patient. The resonance frequencies originate from many resonance domains, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and fatty acids. Each domain includes therapeutic frequency resonance patterns. These resonance patterns may be passively excited and transmitted to a patient to enhance tissue function, to decrease the normal rehabilitation time of damaged tissue, and provide therapeutic benefits for muscle tissue dysfunction. Therapeutic frequency resonance patterns may also be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the therapeutic frequency resonance patterns to the patients for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits.

A device and method are provided for therapy and treatment of biological tissue such as muscle, tendon, and ligament tissue, by use of a device and method in which therapeutic vibrational frequency resonance patterns are transmitted to tissues of a patient. The resonance frequencies originate from many resonance domains, including vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, and fatty acids. Each domain includes therapeutic frequency resonance patterns. These resonance patterns may be passively excited and transmitted to a patient to enhance tissue function, to decrease the normal rehabilitation time of damaged tissue, and provide therapeutic benefits for muscle tissue dysfunction. Therapeutic frequency resonance patterns may also be actively excited by a delivery mechanism that uses electromagnetic or mechanical waves to interact with the device. The actively excited device transmits the therapeutic frequency resonance patterns to the patients for similar enhancements and therapeutic benefits.

A multi-functional airbag comprises a main body, a front side of the main body is provided with an opening, a rear side of the main body opposite to the opening is provided with a functional cavity to install a functional assembly, a left air chamber and a right air chamber communicated with each other are symmetrically configured at two sides of the main body, and the functional assembly is installed in the functional cavity. While in use, the air chambers are inflated, as a result the main body is inflated to enable to clamp two sides of the human neck; while not in use, the air chambers are deflated to reduce the volume to make it portable. Meanwhile, massage functioning members are configured to massage the acupuncture points by vibration therapy, pulse therapy, heat therapy, infrared light therapy, and/or magnet therapy, and the therapy effect is obvious.

Provided is an press needles with an alignment structure having a conductor and multiple needles. The conductor having two opposite ends has an acupuncture area and a holding area. The acupuncture area is located at one end of the conductor, and the holding area is located at the other end of the conductor. The needles are sequentially aligned at a side of the conductor. Therefore, the alignment structure offers the patient better treatments and decreasing the period of treatment.

An apparatus for treatment of a patient using vibrotactile multi-channel stimulation includes: (1) multiple vibratory stimulators; (2) multiple fastening mechanisms to secure respective ones of the vibratory stimulators to respective parts of a hand of the patient; and (3) a controller connected to the vibratory stimulators to direct operation of the vibratory stimulators.

An intramuscular stimulation needling device for chronic pain relief. The needling device can include a stepper motor, a needle, and a control unit. The needle can poke an affected muscle tissue and driven by a stepper motor in reciprocating manner. In each cycle, the needle moves a pre-determined distance forwardly in a first half cycle and retracts to original position in a second half cycle. The control unit can accelerate of the needle one or more times in the first half cycle at spaced intervals and decrease the velocity in the reverse pattern in the second half cycle.

A system for improving blood circulation, the system comprising a control unit comprising a processor and at least one article of footwear wherein one or more of the at least one articles of footwear together or alone comprise: one or more actuators coupled to and controlled by the control unit; one or more electrically-conductive paths; one or more sensors integrated into the at least one article of footwear and coupled to the processor, for providing measurement signals to the control unit; and the system further comprising an electrical power supply for supplying electrical power to the one or more sensors by means of the one or more electrically-conductive paths.

An apparatus for treating tinnitus through stimulating multiple acupoints with a multi-electrode electric pulse. A control terminal controls a first MCU micro-control module and the second MCU micro-control module to allow the second MCU micro-control module to output a variety of different pulse signals, and the different pulse signals are respectively output to an electric-pulse output circuit and an electric-pulse conversion circuit. The pulse signal output to the electric-pulse output circuit is a carrier signal. The pulse signal output to the electric-pulse conversion circuit is converted to a modulating wave by the electric-pulse conversion circuit. The modulating wave and the carrier signal are both output to the electrical-pulse output circuit. After a modulation, a transcutaneous electric-pulse stimulation signal is output by an output port, and is transmitted to an electrode sheet attached to the corresponding acupoint on human body through an electrode wire to stimulate the acupoint.