This invention relates to methods, apparatuses, systems for boosting and stimulating the motion of weaker body parts of a person or animal by harvesting the power or strength of stronger body parts. It describes mechanisms for harvesting, storage and release of energy from one part of the body to another part of the body. A preferred embodiment of the present invention describes harvesting through mechanical means, storage through mechanical means and release through mechanical means to help harness energy from one strong part of the body to boost the muscular power of a weaker part of the body.

Disclosed is a sequential compression massage device using a stacked member which repeatedly applies compression force to a human body (10). The message includes: a driving unit for rotatably supporting a shake rod on an upper plate and a lower plate connected to each other through a guide rod; a pressing unit for maintaining a plurality of pressing plates in a stacked state on the driving unit by positioning the guide rod and the shake rod (34) in the pressing plates; and a control unit for sequentially shaking the pressing plates. Thus, the reliability and durability are improved in such a manner that the plurality of stacked pressing plates cause shake movement without causing a user inconvenience, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of the prevention and alleviation of venous circulation disorder.

A percussive massage device that includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, and a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to reciprocate in response to activation of the motor. The housing includes first, second and third handle portions that cooperate to define a handle opening, wherein the first handle portion defines a first axis, the second handle portion defines a second axis and the third handle portion defines a third axis, and wherein the first, second and third axes cooperate to form a triangle.

A muscle massaging belt assembly is designed to be worn around a person's torso or limbs. A buckle member and latch member of the belt assembly is designed to be coupled or uncoupled. A variable length strap portion of the belt assembly is slidably looped back from the buckle or latch member and is designed to be shortened or lengthened to increase or decrease the circumference of the fastened buckle and latch members. A detachable, laterally extendable or expandable, planar platform is disposed in a substantially middle portion of the belt assembly, a rechargeable battery disposed within. One or more mounting assemblies are disposed on an inner face of the platform. A plurality of detachable knob assemblies is coupled to the mounting assemblies, a battery assembly disposed within, a top of each knob designed to abut the torso or a limb of a user. An electric vibration motor is within each knob assembly.

A massage device includes a base, a drive unit, and a transmission unit. The drive unit is coupled to the base. The transmission unit is disposed at one side of the base. The drive unit includes a drive member to drive a rotary shaft for driving massage members. One end of the rotary shaft is provided with a unidirectional bearing and a first bevel gear. The unidirectional bearing is able to control the rotation of the first bevel gear. The transmission unit includes two positioning blocks and a worm shaft connected between the two positioning blocks. The worm shaft is provided with a second bevel gear and a movable member thereon. The first bevel gear meshes with the second bevel gear. When the first bevel gear is rotated, the second bevel gear is driven to link other parts so that the drive unit can slide on the base.

A massage device includes a housing, a massage head, a vibration motor, a control module, a thermoconductive sheet, a heating pad and a thermistor. The massage head is disposed in and exposed from the housing. The vibration motor is disposed in the housing. The control module is disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the vibration motor. The thermoconductive sheet is disposed in the housing. The heating pad is adhered on the thermoconductive sheet and electrically connected to the control module. The thermistor is adhered on the thermoconductive sheet and electrically connected to the control module. When the heating pad is heated up and a temperature change is non-detected by the thermistor, the control module switches off the heating pad.

A percussive therapy device that includes a housing, an electrical source, a motor positioned in the housing, a switch for activating the motor, a push rod assembly operatively connected to the motor and configured to provide reciprocating motion in response to activation of the motor, and a massage attachment secured to a distal end of the push rod assembly. The reciprocating motion of the push rod assembly has a user-adjustable amplitude.

This document describes an exoskeleton device that includes a cable, a lever that is connected to the cable, a frame comprising a strut that redirects the cable toward the lever, wherein the frame is coupled to the lever by a rotational joint; and a motor that is connected to the cable and configured to cause the cable to provide a torque about the rotational joint, wherein the cable is configured to provide the torque by exerting a first force on the lever and a second force on the frame, and wherein the cable is further configured to provide the torque in a first rotational direction and is prevented from applying the torque in an opposite rotational direction to the first rotational direction.

A finger exerciser includes: a frame on which a palm of a subject to be put; a movable section; a first fixing element; and a second fixing element. The movable is configured to move a first finger group of a subject. The first fixing element is configured to fix a position of the first finger group to the movable section. The second fixing element is configured to fix a position of a second finger group to the frame and has a band-like member including at least two attachment parts apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the band-like member. The band-like member is attached to the frame at the attachment parts and includes a holder whose location to the frame is changeable. The band-like member is configured to hold the second finger group in a state where the band-like member is attached to the frame.

A handheld tool includes a handle; an implement mount configured to detachably accept and to rigidly hold a user-assistive implement; an actuator assembly mounted to the handle to physically manipulate the implement mount relative to the handle; a first sensor disposed to sense an orientation of the handle; a second sensor disposed to sense an orientation of the user-assistive implement; a controller disposed in or on the handle and coupled to the actuator assembly and the first and second sensors; and memory coupled to the controller. The memory stores instructions for identifying a type of the user-assistive implement attached to the implement mount, selecting a behavior routine based upon the type of the user-assistive implement identified, and manipulating the user-assistive implement relative to the handle according to the behavior routine to aid performance of a task with the handheld tool.