Abstract: Use of a device to reduce risk of thrombosis and osteoporosis, which uses a pressure transducer to measure the forefoot force generated by a person with their forefoot, and generates a signal so that the person can recognize whether their forefoot force has reached a minimum value.

Abstract: Use of a device to reduce risk of thrombosis and osteoporosis, which uses a pressure transducer to measure the forefoot force generated by a person with their forefoot, and generates a signal so that the person can recognize whether their forefoot force has reached a minimum value.

Abstract: A method for alleviating the sensation of pain, particularly pain arising from, or sensed in, bone-proximate soft tissue regions, includes the step of charging the painful region with acoustic shockwaves.

Abstract: A wound covering for burns, extensive skin wounds, skin lesions or the like, which are subject to contamination by germs, including fungi, and may then become slow healing septic wounds which require a special wound covering and wound treatment. The wound covering may either comprise a plurality of individual elements connected by connecting members into a network, and having, at least on the surface, a layer of ceramic or glass, or it may comprise a base, particularly a mat, web or fabric, provided with glass or ceramic layer. The wound coverings according to the invention are permeable to oxygen and liquids, biocompatible and may also be bioactive.