Table Mounted Blood Circulation Enhancement Apparatus

Abstract

This invention pertains to therapeutic or medical devices to improve healing, performance, or aesthetics by enhancing blood circulation to regions of the body. Blood circulation is enhanced using gravity by gradually raising and lowering the body member slowly and repeatedly from a level below the heart to a level above the heart.

Recovery from injuries can be a slow and time consuming process, requiring many hours over many days for the injury to heal. After recovery, ongoing treatment may be recommended to improve the overall health of the body part. Therefore, in order to be convenient and non-invasive, the therapeutic or medical device must not be too cumbersome or too invasive to be practical for regular use in a patient's home environment. The more cumbersome and/or invasive the device, the less likely the device will be employed and the less effective it will be in treating an injury.

This invention pertains to a blood circulation enhancement apparatus designed to be contained within a table, such as a living room coffee table, in order to provide convenience, ease-of-use, lateral stability, safety, quietness, and an unobtrusive and noninvasive storage location.

Claims

1. An apparatus to repeatedly raise and lower a body member from an elevation above the heart to an elevation below the heart to enhance blood circulation in order to improve healing, performance, and aesthetics, in addition to other medical and health benefits.

2. An apparatus as in claim 1, comprising: a sling to support the body member; a lift apparatus to suspend the sling incorporated into a household table.

Description

DRAWINGS

[0009] FIG. 1 is a side view of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus

[0010] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the apparatus integrated into a typical living room coffee table.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0011] Turning to the drawings, there is illustrated in FIG. 1 an apparatus in accordance with the invention which comprises telescoping sling support rods 1, supported by a cradle 2. The cradle is affixed to the top of a motorized scissor lift assembly 3. The scissor lift assembly is actuated by a linear actuator 4 to provide the mechanical force to raise/lower the patient's limb in the cradle.

[0012] FIG. 2 provides an illustration of a Blood Circulation Enhancement Apparatus integrated into the design of a typical home living room coffee table 2. The drawing illustrates how the sling 1 extends in the direction towards the patient's body to support a greater portion of the patient's limb. Also illustrated in the drawing is the guarding material 3 surrounding the scissor lift to prevent injury or damage.

REFERENCES CITED

U.S. Patent Documents

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TABLE-US-00001   5207216 October 5, 1992 Sweeny 20180255838 November 2, 2017 Suriff   9108080 August 18, 2015 Cataldi/Hagen   4546763 October 18, 1985 Coutts 20180333328 November 22, 2018 Lurie

Classifications

United States Classification: 600/16

International Classification: A61H 100