Abstract: An appliance for therapeutic pressure application, the appliance comprising at least one protuberance each having a base end anchored to a resilient medium and a point end for applying pressure to tissue, the medium having resilient, flexible and insulating properties to absorb in part s the pressure between the point ends and the tissue so as to prevent pain, cut or penetration of the tissue by the point ends and to retain the heat generated by the tissue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 1997
Date of Patent:
August 17, 1999
Assignee:
Sierra Self Healing Products, Inc.
Inventors:
Neil T. Lynch, Neil C. Lynch, Vladimir Dorojinsky