An armrest portion of a chair-type massager includes a side wall disposed generally upright at either of the left and right sides of a seat portion. An air bag configured to press the thighs of a treated person is provided on a seat side face which is the side face of the armrest portion facing the seat portion along the left-right axis. The seat side face includes a side face of the side wall facing the seat portion and an installation face. The installation face, at least when the air bag is inflated, inclines the further to the seat portion side along the left-right axis the higher up. At least part of the air bag is provided on the installation face.

This disclosure relates to device for providing continuous negative abdominal pressure (CNAP) which selectively recruits (inflates) the dorsal (spinal region) collapsed areas of the lung, while enabling the patient to remain in the supine (usual) position. The CNAP device includes a rigid frame configured to have a shape and size to envelop a patient's lower chest and abdominal area while in a supine position with the frame having opposed edges which sit on a surface on which the supine patient is resting. A series of panels are mounted in the frame such that the series of panels extend around the patient's lower chest and abdominal area. A flexible sheet wrapped around the outside of the panels and is long enough to extend up to the patient's upper chest and down to the patient's thighs and wide enough to envelop the supine patient's lower chest and abdominal area. Sealing members are to seal the flexible sheet over the frame and panels and around the patient's lower chest and pelvis, wherein a chamber is formed between the patient and said device when the patient is enveloped by the device. An air inlet coupling extends through one of the panels and is attachable to a suction source which is configured to generate negative pressure of between about −5 to about −10 cm H.sub.2O inside the chamber.

This disclosure relates to device for providing continuous negative abdominal pressure (CNAP) which selectively recruits (inflates) the dorsal (spinal region) collapsed areas of the lung, while enabling the patient to remain in the supine (usual) position. The CNAP device includes a rigid frame configured to have a shape and size to envelop a patient's lower chest and abdominal area while in a supine position with the frame having opposed edges which sit on a surface on which the supine patient is resting. A pressure sensor is mounted to the frame for measuring a pressure inside the chamber and is connected to a display for displaying the pressure inside the chamber. An active pressure controller is connected to the pressure sensor, and a vacuum pump is in flow communication with inside the chamber and connected to the active pressure controller. The device includes a top up pump in flow communication with inside the chamber and connected to the active pressure controller which is programmed to instruct the vacuum pump to provide negative pressure in the chamber to start decompressing the chamber, and to instruct the top up pump to maintain the negative pressure in the chamber.

In a chair-type massager, a backrest portion includes a back frame, a pair of arm treatment portions, a support frame having a pair of support portions and a beam portion, and an actuator moving the support frame. The support portions are provided on the left and right sides, respectively, of the back frame and supports the arm treatment portions respectively. The beam portion extends from upper end parts of the support portions toward the back frame along the left-right axis. The actuator has a rod portion and a drive portion. The rod portion is connected to one of the back frame or the beam portion of the support frame, on the other of which the drive portion is pivotably supported. The drive portion is configured to move up and down the rod portion.

An inflatable massage pool comprises a pool body defining an inflatable cavity and a water receiving cavity. A water inlet assembly, located in the inflatable cavity, is configured to provide one of a filtered water flow or a massage water flow to the water receiving cavity. The water inlet assembly includes a water inlet pipe and a water flow guiding device. The water inlet pipe has a water inlet passage in fluid communication with the water flow guiding device for delivering one of the filtered water flow or the massage water flow to the water receiving cavity. The water inlet passage and the water flow guiding device delivers the massage water flow and the filtered water flow into the water receiving cavity in different paths or the same path, thereby reducing welding points on a pool wall, lowering the manufacturing cost, and reducing the difficulty in pipeline arrangement.

A system is disclosed. The system has a tipping module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a processor, and a user device. The tipping module, the processor, and the user device are configured to display one or more multimedia content pages on a user interface of the user device, the one or more multimedia content pages associated with one or more live broadcast platforms, display one or more tipping graphical elements on the user interface of the user device, the one or more tipping graphical elements associated with the one or more multimedia content pages, and execute at least one tip operation on the one or more live broadcast platforms, the at least one tip operation associated with the one or more tipping graphical elements and responsive to a trigger instruction of any of the one or more tipping graphical elements.

A portable cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) system includes a first module hub housing, an inflation actuated soft gripper configured to receive an inflation gas, and in response, to change form to a deployed grip state that accommodates and grips a human torso. Features of the portable CPR system include modularity for in-the-field reconfigurability, in which a second module hub housing attaches to the first module hub housing, carrying a CPR pressure applicator configured to receive an actuator power and a CPR control signal causing, concurrent with the deployed grip state, cyclic extension and retraction of the CPR pressure applicator along an axis aligned with a sternum of the human torso.

A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes elevating the heart of an individual to a first height relative to a lower body of the individual. The lower body may be in a substantially horizontal plane. The method may also include elevating the head of the individual to a second height relative to the lower body of the individual. The second height may be greater than the first height. The method may further include performing one or more of a type of CPR or a type of intrathoracic pressure regulation while elevating the heart and the head. The first height and the second height may be determined based on one or both of the type of CPR or the type of intrathoracic pressure regulation.

Air microfluidics and minifluidics enabled active compression apparel enhances mobility and quality of life for individuals by minimizing risks of injuries, enhancing rehabilitation, and maximizing comfort. Balloon actuators, integrated with a garment, provide active compression and augmenting forces to anatomical portions of the human body. The balloon actuators are actuated by fluidic pressurization hardware. The air microfluidics and minifluidics system miniaturizes fluidic pressurization hardware and makes it wearable, ultra lightweight, and ultra formfitting. The air microfluidics and minifluidics system includes micro and mini channels of various lengths, cross-sectional areas, and functions via principles of equivalent hydraulic resistance allowing for fluidic transportation, passive delay in pressurization of the balloon actuators, and digital soft fluidic actuation where the compression force is based on the number of inflated balloon actuators instead of their pressure.

A portable automated life-saving system, comprising one or more sensors utilized for collecting data related to a patient's current medical condition and to transmit the collected data to a main computer; a main computer adapted with suitable hardware and software to process data, received from the one or more sensors, with respect to predefined medical conditions and corresponding life-saving treatment protocols, thereby to determine an initial life-saving treatment protocol to be delivered to the patient, and accordingly to operate a main controller configured to activates corresponding life-saving devices; a main controller adapted to be operated by the main computer, for controllably activating fastening means, and for controllably activating one or more life-saving devices for delivering life-saving treatment to the patient; two or more fastening means, controllably activated by the main controller for obtaining a firm attachment of the automated life-saving system to a patient; one or more life-saving devices controllably activated by the main controller for delivering life-saving treatment to the patient; one or more batteries. The portable automated life-saving system continuously monitors the evolving medical condition of a patient, and correspondingly adapts the given treatment, namely, the operation of the one or more life-saving devices.