An apparatus for stretching comprises a body holder for connecting to a support device. The body holder includes a body support panel for receiving an upper portion of a torso of a user, a left arm holder for receiving a left arm, and a right arm holder for receiving a right arm, and a body holder closing device. The left arm holder and the right arm holder are pivotally connected to the body support panel. The body support panel can have a curved surface to approximate a part of the torso. The left arm holder can have a flat or curved surface to approximate a left side of the torso and at least a portion of left arm. The right arm holder can have a flat or curved surface to approximate at least a right side of the torso and at least a portion of right arm.

A brace for retaining an organ in an expanded state configured to adhere and substantially conform to an external surface of the organ includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and at least one sheet of thin malleable material forming a middle layer between the inner layer and outer layer, the at least one sheet being enclosed and configured to rigidify and maintain the organ in an expanded state upon application of a vacuum. The brace can be incorporated into a brassiere.

Provided is a massager having a body, a massage attachment and at least two triggers for operation. The massage attachment may be removeably coupled to the massager and easily changed. The first trigger may allow a user to operate the massager in a first orientation and the second trigger may allow a user to operate the massager in a second orientation. A gripping surface may allow the user to effectively grip the massager in either the first or the second orientation while also allowing the user to operate one of the first or second triggers.

A human interface device is configured to be coupled to a trunk of a person and comprises a frame, a fabric coupled to said frame configurable to be under tensile forces, and a belt configured to be coupled to two side edges of said frame wherein when said belt is worn by said person, an area of said fabric will be pushed against the person's lower back conforming to the shape of the lower back of said person. In operation when said human interface device is worn by said person, the weight of any load coupled to or supported by said frame will be partially supported by the friction force between the area of said fabric which is pushed against the person's lower back, and the person's lower back allowing said person to carry said load.

A therapeutic apparatus and a method for providing parallel mobilization treatment of a muscle or a tendon in a limb utilizing the therapeutic apparatus.

The therapeutic apparatus includes a driven endless belt which travels along a path, with a plurality of contact elements projecting from and spaced along the machine direction of the endless belt. The apparatus can provide parallel mobilization treatment to a tender location by releasably securing the therapeutic apparatus to a limb overlaying the tender location, and activating the therapeutic apparatus to drive the contact elements along a path wherein the contact elements contact and effect parallel mobilization of a muscle or a tendon at the tender location as the contact elements travel along an interaction segment of the path.

A garment for providing circulatory-related disorder therapy includes a skin contacting layer, a backing layer, and a coupling. The backing layer is coupled to the skin contacting layer such that the skin contacting layer and the backing layer form a plurality of macro-chambers. A first one of the plurality of macro-chambers is partitioned into a plurality of micro-chambers. Each of the plurality of micro-chambers is in direct fluid communication with at least one other of the plurality of micro-chambers. The coupling is coupled to the backing layer and is configured to supply pressurized air directly into the first macro-chamber such that the pressurized air is delivered to a first one of the plurality of micro-chambers of the first macro-chamber.

A therapeutic system may include a triangular prism-shaped body, the triangular prism-shaped body including a first rectangle plane; a second triangular plane placed at a 90° angle relative to a first side of the first plane; a third plane rectangular placed at a 30° angle relative to a second side of the first plane; a fourth triangular plane placed at a 90° angle relative to a third side of the first plan; and a fifth rectangular plane place at a 60° angle relative to a fourth side of the first plane; a heel placement depression formed in the first rectangle plane; and a foot placement identifier formed on the third rectangular plane originating at the joint of the first rectangular plane and third rectangular plane and extending into the third rectangular plane.

Disclosed herein is a device that compresses the testicles between two ergonomically-shaped plates in order to produce a sexual response. The plates are ergonomically sculpted to fit flush against the contours of the wearer's crotch, thereby reducing negative affects of the device on the wearer's mobility and comfort.

The ergonomic plates are connected together to form the testicle vice by means of an integrated quick-disconnect hinge. The hinge is a slip-joint style hinge whose components are incorporated into the design of the plates, i.e. no additional hardware is required to form the hinge.

The plates are compressed together by means of a single tensioner. The tensioner is an adjustment screw which is threaded into a pivoting nut on the base plate (also referred to herein as the “stationary jaw”). The head of the screw acts as the latch, which is secured onto the top plate (also referred to herein as the “moveable jaw”) by means of a catch plate. The adjustment screw acts as the vise's slide, whereto the moveable jaw travels along the slide's axis. The screw can pivot around the pivoting nut's axis, retracting away from the latch's receptacle (herein referred to as the “catch plate”), thereby allowing a quick release of the vice's pressure.

An orifice in the base plate is large enough to insert both the penis and testicles. A smaller orifice in the top place prevents insertion of the testicles but allows insertion of the penis, thereby isolating the testicles within the vice's jaws. A vertical ridge in the middle of the stationary jaw divides the testicles into two separate compartments (also referred to herein as “testicle cups”), aligning the testes parallel to the vice's jaws.

An exemplary method of identifying a source of chest compressions administered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) includes receiving, at a processor, signals indicative of pressure exerted during the chest compressions from at least one sensor communicatively coupled to the processor and disposed at a location on the victim's chest away from an indicated compression point for manual chest compressions, generating a compression waveform based on the received signals, detecting compression waveform features representative of the chest compressions based on the compression waveform, comparing the detected compression waveform features to a pre-determined criterion to discriminate between chest compressions from an automated compression device and manual chest compressions, determining whether the chest compressions are from the automated compression device or the manual chest compressions based on the comparison, and generating an output based on whether the chest compressions are determined to be from the automated compression device or the manual chest compressions.

A foot wrap (10) has a generally non-stretchable, flexible binding (11), a generally stretchable panel (12) coupled to the binding, an expandable, rotatable bladder (14), and a support pad (16) coupled to the binding opposite the bladder (14). The binding has a central portion (19) straddled by a first wing (21), a second wing (22), and an elastic heel band (23). The bladder measures approximately 3 inches by 3 inches and is designed to increase in height approximately 1½ to 1¾ inches with its inflation.