Patents by Inventor Steven J. Daffer

Steven J. Daffer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040260364
    Abstract: A personal therapy or sauna compartment is formed with a base, that has a support bed on the interior of the base in which a person can lie. A cover is provided over the base and covers the body of a person lying in the bed, with the head of the person outside of the cover. The bed is supported above massage shower heads that provide massage water impingement upwardly against the back of the person on the bed. Infrared heaters are placed in the cover, and shower heads in the cover provide for comfort and showering the person lying on the bed. A mist head is provided for adding in liquid forms of vitamins, hormones, and other therapeutic elements capable of being absorbed by the skin. The cover has large translucent side panels for the majority of the sides of the panels, and is supported on a central spine frame pivoted at a foot end to the base, with a hoop at its open or head end. The cover hinges to open and close relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: VISIBELLE DERMA INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, James M. Garrison, Tarmo Koss, Lars Sumberg, Tarvo Aulik, Toomas Kelder
  • Patent number: 6623511
    Abstract: A personalized therapeutic compartment includes a horizontal bed for supporting a person to be treated, and has a shower system with a plurality of shower nozzles arrayed above the bed so that a person can have a therapeutic shower while lying on the bed. The shower system includes a water source which may be colored and coordinated with a light source on the interior of the compartment. A source of aroma is provided that suggests the color used for total therapy treatment. Additional therapeutic steam and dry air can be provided as desired. A method of treatment disclosed includes chromatherapy using coordinated colors and aroma and if desired requested colors for therapy of different portions of the body of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom, Georgios Mertikas
  • Publication number: 20030089370
    Abstract: The invention is a personal therapy compartment with an attached hood. The hood portion has curved nested sections that extend to a closed position to cover a major portion of the space above a user's head and retracts to an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: 6497717
    Abstract: A personal treatment device comprising a personalized capsule that has a bed for a person to lie thereon in a supine position, the capsule has a cover that is openable for access to the bed and closeable to define a chamber in which a person lies. The cover has a divider adjacent a head portion of the bed, such that the head of a user will extend out of the cover. Suitable heaters are provided in the cover to radiate energy onto a person on the bed, and a steam generator is provided for adding steam as desired to the interior of the chamber and also to direct steam toward the face of a user under control of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: 5891186
    Abstract: A personalized capsule used for physical therapy that has an elongated horizontally extending bed on a portable base, which is designed to support a person in a horizontal position. The bed is covered with an overlying cover that encapsulates the person on the bed, while leaving the head exposed, and provides selected heat, bed vibrations, lamps, and heated air to warm the entire body to desired levels for physical therapy purposes. The dry heat provided by the heating system aides in improving circulation, and also temporarily relieves aches and pains as well as relaxing muscles. The cover is provided with window openings covered by transparent windows so that the patient can be observed. The windows pivot open for manipulation or other treatment of the patient without opening the entire cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Roger E. Mitchell, Darren M. Laham
  • Patent number: 5645578
    Abstract: A therapeutic device that provides light therapy in a sauna bed that has a hood that fits over the head of a person lying in a sauna bed. The hood has interior lights providing selected light intensity that simulates outdoor light at mid day and which directs and scatters the light in a manner substantially similar to the direction of light from natural sources onto the head of a user. A strobe light is also provided as well as selectable colored lights to permit the user to select a desired light regime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Sybaritic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Roger E. Mitchell, Mirsaeed Rouzegar
  • Patent number: 5101809
    Abstract: A personalized sauna comprising an elongated, horizontally extending bed which is connected to a supporting pedestal. The bed is positioned at least partially within the pedestal and is designed to an individual in a horizontal position. The sauna also includes a structure for uniformly directing downwardly heated, recirculating air above and over the top of the bed to provide an air shower and a flow of air over a person lying on the bed. The structure includes a cover member, hingedly mounted to the pedestal at the end which extends substantially along the entire length of the bed. An elongated upper chamber is formed within the cover member and extends substantially along the entire length of the cover member. A duct is formed on the cover and has air outlet openings leading from the duct to the chamber for introducing recirculated air into the chamber. A blower is supported on the cover for circulating air from the chamber, which enters through air inlet openings, into the duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Sybaritic, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Ernest J. DeLanghe, William M. Turner
  • Patent number: D451606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: D453834
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: D470944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: D470945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Richard W. Jostrom
  • Patent number: D491669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, James M. Garrison, Tarmo Koss, Lars Sumberg, Tarvo Aulik, Toomas Kelder
  • Patent number: D377530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, Roger E. Mitchell, Darren M. Laham
  • Patent number: D384416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, James M. Garrison, Roger E. Mitchell
  • Patent number: D413388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Visibelle Derma Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven J. Daffer, James M. Garrison