Abstract: An adaptor for connecting a drug delivery device to a needleless access device having a straight external thread, including engagement means for mounting said adaptor on the drug delivery device, and an internal thread intended to cooperate with said external thread on a determined length, said internal thread showing on a distal part of said length a first major diameter mating that of said straight external thread, wherein said internal thread shows on a proximal part of said length a second major diameter, where the second major diameter is strictly smaller than the first major diameter, said internal thread further including a tapered portion linking said proximal part to said distal part.

Abstract: A facial skin care device and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The facial skin care device comprises an oral insertion module configured to have a structure inserted in an oral cavity and include one or more oral electrodes contacted with a skin in the oral cavity, and a main body configured to include a main electrode connected electrically to at least one of the oral electrode on an outer surface of a facial skin and a current generation unit which is connected to the main electrode and generates current for applying electrical stimulation to the facial skin.

Abstract: Devices and implantation methods utilizing subcutaneous placement into a patient are disclosed for the insertion, advancement and positioning of a subcutaneous implantable medical device (SIMD) such as a medical electrical lead. The device for implanting the SIMD is configured having a pre-biased distal curve for creating a pathway to an implant location within a substernal space.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lead insertion tool for inserting a lead connector end of an implantable lead into a lead receptacle of a header of an implantable pulse generator, the implantable lead including a lead body extending distally from the lead connector end. The tool includes a lead pathway and an engagement mechanism. The lead pathway extends through the tool and is configured to receive the implantable lead. The engagement mechanism includes an engaged state and a self-biasing non-engaged state. When the engagement mechanism is self-biased into the non-engaged state, the implantable lead is free to displace along the lead pathway. When the engagement mechanism is forced into the engaged state, the lead cannot displace along the lead pathway.

Abstract: An anchor device is described that is adapted to support one or more conductors extending out of an opening in an outer surface of an eye, from a device implanted in the eye to a communications interface. The anchor device comprises a conductor receiving portion including a channel, the conductors being positionable through the channel; and a fixation portion connected to the conductor receiving portion, the fixation portion being adapted to be secured to the outer surface of the eye. The conductor receiving portion is configured to allow movement of the channel and/or conductors relative to the fixation portion. A visual prosthesis comprising the anchor device is also described, along with apparatus and methods for positioning the visual prosthesis or other types of implantable electrical apparatus.

Abstract: One aspect relates to a production method for a ring electrode, to a ring electrode, and to an electrode system. One method for the ring electrode includes providing an outer element, including an outer tube, providing a first inner element, including a first inner tube having a first core of a sacrificial material, providing a second inner element, including a second core of a sacrificial material, forming a composite tube by arranging the first inner element and the second inner element inside the outer element, the first inner element and the second inner element being arranged off-center with respect to one another, drawing the composite tube in a longitudinal direction of the composite tube, separating a composite tube disk from the composite tube, removing the sacrificial material of the first core, and removing the sacrificial material of the second core in order to obtain a contacting opening in the ring electrode.

Abstract: A pain management system includes a spinal stabilization device and a neuromodulation device. The spinal stabilization device includes a rod, a plurality of pedicle screws each having a screw-head defining a screw-head cavity configured to receive a portion of the rod, and a corresponding plurality of inserts configured to engage with the inner wall of the cavity to secure the rod in place in the cavity. The neuromodulation device includes a therapy module comprising electronics packaged within a housing. The housing has a form factor having at least one feature configured to mate with a corresponding feature of the screw-head of one of the plurality of pedicle screws. The respective features mate in a manner that enables the therapy module to mechanically couple to and subsequently decouple from the screw-head of the pedicle screw.

Abstract: An assembly includes a medical device provided with an anchoring member adapted to penetrate tissue of a cavity of the heart. The assembly further includes an implantation accessory including an elongated tubular element provided with a fastening mechanism for handling and guiding the medical device to an implantation site. The fastening mechanism includes an elastic deformable component cooperating with a rigid component, that is able to disconnect the medical device from the tubular element under the effect of a rotation exerted to the tubular element. The elastic deformable component cooperates with the rigid component such that the elastic deformable component exerts on the latter a radial constriction effect, and the elastic component and the rigid component being disconnected under the combined effect of a torsion torque and a traction exerted to the elastic deformable component, to thereby reduce the radial constriction until release of the rigid component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for strengthening pelvic floor muscles which can be used even when a user wears clothes and thus can be used comfortably without psychological burden; can be cleanly used without the remains of foreign matter around the urethra and the anus or on the exterior of the apparatus after use; can perform treatment in a state in which an electrode portion is pressed in close contact with the bladder and the pelvic floor muscles through a height adjustment means; and can perform both an active exercise through low-frequency pulses and a passive exercise through a muscular strength sensing means.

Abstract: The inventive concept refers to a system, a method, and a computer program for providing training for pain improvement. According to an exemplary embodiment, a training providing method for pain improvement includes requesting, by a computer, a temperature providing device to provide a first temperature to a first body point, requesting, by the computer, the temperature providing device to provide a second temperature to a second body point, requesting a user to select a temperature matched with a specific condition among the first temperature and the second temperature, and calculating a correct answer rate after performing a trial of distinguishing between the first temperature and the second temperature by a predetermined number.

Abstract: A power control circuit for use with devices that will be placed in a flammable sterilizing gas includes a bi-stable switch that is configured to produce an output to place the circuitry of a connected device in a run state or a sleep state. The bi-stable switch controls one or more transistors to drain energy from energy storage devices in the circuitry of the connected device to a level below an ignition level of a sterilizing gas. A remotely actuatable switch can be actuated from outside of a packaging in which the power control circuit is placed to cause the bi-stable switch to produce an output that puts the circuitry in the run state without removing the power control circuit from the packaging.

Abstract: Systems and methods for performing non-obtrusive, automatic adjustment of an auditory prosthesis are disclosed. A control expression can be detected during a conversation. Upon detection of the control expression, an audio setting adjustment can be selected and applied to the auditory prosthesis. Multiple adjustments can be made in response to identifying multiple control expressions during a conversation.

Abstract: Methods for electrical modulation of inflammation or serum TNF levels in a subject.

Abstract: A method, comprising detecting, in at least a first brain region of a patient, an electrical activity relating to an epileptic activity; determining a first regularity index of said electrical activity; and applying at least one first electrical stimulation to at least one neural target of said patient for treating said epileptic event, in response to said first regularity index being within a first range. A non-transitive, computer-readable storage device for storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform the method. A medical device system suitable for use in the method.

Abstract: Techniques for therapy delivery are described. A processing circuit may adjust a first therapy parameter from a first level to a second level, and responsive to the adjustment of the first therapy parameter, compare a level of an evoked compound action potential (ECAP) generated from therapy delivery based on the adjusted first therapy parameter to an ECAP threshold. The processing circuit may adjust a second therapy parameter from a third level to a fourth level based on the comparison. The second therapy parameter is different than the first therapy parameter. The processing circuit may cause therapy delivery with the first therapy parameter at the second level and the second therapy parameter at the fourth level.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for treating neurological disorders by electro-stimulation. The apparatus for treating neurological disorders includes at least one electrode implantable in the brain of a patient, and a processing and stimulation device connected to the at least one electrode. The processing and stimulation device may include a stimulation module configured to generate a stimulation signal to be sent to the at least one electrode, and an acquisition module that measures cerebral activity coming from the brain of the patient. The acquisition module may have a front-end block configured to amplify the potential difference of its input signals (V1a, V2a) and to filter a stimulus artifact and may include a multi-stage fully-differential switched capacitor circuit (e.g., an integrated circuit) configured for discrete-time signal processing.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and technique selectively eliminates the noxious signal components in a neuronal signal by creating an interfering electrical signal that is tuned to a given frequency corresponding to the oscillatory pattern of the noxious signal, resulting in a modified neuronal signal that substantially reproduces a normal, no-pain neuronal signal. The disclosed system and technique of pain relief is based on the hypothesis that the temporal profile of pain signals encodes particular components that oscillate at unique and quantifiable frequencies, which are responsible for pain processing in the brain.

Abstract: An implantable medical device for implantation into a patient may include a housing, a pulse generation circuit disposed at least partially within the housing, a plurality of electrodes electrically coupled to the pulse generation circuit, the plurality of electrodes being exposed external to the housing, and a controller operatively coupled to the pulse generation circuit. The controller may be configured to command the pulse generation circuit to deliver a phasic conducted communication pulse via at least two of the plurality of electrodes. Additionally, the phasic conducted communication pulse may comprise a first phase having a first polarity followed by a second phase having an opposite second polarity, wherein the second phase may have a duration of less than 60 microseconds, and wherein the first phase having may have a duration of between five percent and eighty percent of the duration of the second phase.

Abstract: A method of preventing infection resulting from implanting a medical device. The method includes installing a polymer device at least substantially within a subcutaneous pocket formed to contain a housing of the medical device, and installing the medical device housing in the subcutaneous pocket. The polymer device includes a bioresorbable polymer structure and an antimicrobial agent configured to elute from the polymer structure. The polymer device covers less than about 20% of the surface area of the medical device housing.

Abstract: A lead assembly and associated process include a lead and an integrated feature that facilitates extraction of the lead from the associated body passage. The integrated feature in one embodiment is a sheath received between the associated body passage and received over the lead. The sheath has a first portion extending from adjacent the proximal end to adjacent the distal end of the lead, where the first portion has an inner surface facing with the lead outer surface and the first portion having an outer surface facing radially outward from the lead outer surface. A second portion of the sheath extends from adjacent the distal end to adjacent the proximal end of the lead. The second portion has an inner surface received over the outer surface of the first portion, and the second portion further having an outer surface abutting an inner surface of the associated body passage that receives the lead therein. The integrated feature is alternatively a wire, band, or spoke assembly.

Abstract: Implantable systems are described that include a stimulation device positionable in vivo and configured to communicatively couple to electrodes configured to stimulate or block body tissue and an auxiliary device positionable in vivo and including one or more coils configured to wirelessly couple, in vivo, to the stimulation device and to wirelessly couple to an ex vivo device. The auxiliary device may include a coil driver and a power source controlled by a processor and memory for storing data instructions for the coil driver and for storing data received from the stimulation device. The auxiliary device may also include a radio transceiver and an antenna. The stimulation device may include a housing, a coil, a power source and an integrated circuit for controlling the electrodes. The stimulation device may be coupled to a cuff via a lead and physically coupled to the auxiliary device.

Abstract: A medical equipment management system is described that includes a database including status and software information for medical equipment, a user interface configured to display at least one summary level indicator comprising a summary level status indicator for at least one group of the medical equipment, wherein the group of medical equipment corresponds to a user-defined geographic region, and a computer located remotely from the medical equipment and communicatively coupled to the user interface and the database, the computer configured to establish a communicative connection with the medical equipment, receive status updates from the medical equipment, update the status information in the database based on the status updates, receive a request to access the database, and provide the updated status information for the group of medical equipment to the user interface, wherein the summary level status indicator at the user interface is based on the updated status information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method for aesthetic skin treatment. The system includes an array of RF electrodes assembled on a flexible or rigid substrate. A plurality of RF voltage generators configured to address individually each of the RF electrodes of the array and supply to each pair of RF electrodes RF voltage. The amplitude of the RF voltage applied to inner pair of RF electrodes is lower than the RF voltage applied to outer pair of RF electrodes.

Abstract: Systems and devices for pulsed heating of the ST36 acupoint and/or other acupoint(s) by noninvasive transcutaneous magnetic induction heating towards (1) ameliorating cognitive impairment arising, for example, from head-injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's; (2) helping to prevent neurodegenerative diseases; (3) preventing and treating age-related cognitive decline; and (4) preventing and treating depression manifesting, for example, as Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, or Adjustment Disorder with Depressed Mood.

Abstract: The present application relates to a medical light diffusion implant and, more specifically, to a functional implant to emit medical lights so as to induce rapid recovery after an implantation. According to the present invention, A medical light diffusion implant, comprising a socket including a space therein, capable of being fixed to a living body and a crown coupled with the socket so as to seal the socket, wherein the socket is transmittable by lights, and comprises a light source unit included at an inner space of the socket and the crown coupled to each other, to emit the lights.

Abstract: A wearable for providing light therapy to a wearer includes at least one fabric panel having an inner surface that when the wearable is worn is configured to face a wearer's skin and an outer surface opposite the inner surface and at least one side-emitting optical fiber affixed to at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface. The side-emitting optical fiber is optically connectable with an optical fiber light source and configured to project light having a therapeutic wavelength toward a wearer of the wearable. The wearable can include at least one non-optical fiber light source affixed to the fabric panel so as to project light toward a wearer of the wearable. The non-optical fiber light source can have a respective side-emitting optical fiber of the at least one side-emitting optical fiber on opposite sides of the at respective non-optical fiber light source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a delivery assistance device for assisting in a brachytherapy procedure. The invention provides for an output of an optimized treatment plan, taking into considering the portions of the procedure already carried out. The invention provides for an update of the sequence and the dosing after, for example, each needle insertion. The sequence of the treatment plan is determined such that, for example, steps of the procedure in which an error may have a larger impact, which needs to be corrected by modifying later steps, are provided earlier than steps in which an error is less likely and/or may have a lesser impact.

Abstract: A source guide apparatus for brachytherapy application, wherein the source guide apparatus is provided with a source capsule, a guidewire for moving the source capsule through a catheter, a mechanical connection between the guidewire and the source capsule, wherein the source guide apparatus is provided with a sleeve which is attached on the capsule, wherein the sleeve envelops at least a part of the mechanical connection.

Abstract: A multi-leaf collimator includes two leaf sets disposed opposite to each other, a plurality of drive devices, a U-shaped optoelectronic switching system, and a first processor. Each leaf set includes a plurality of leaves; each leaf is configured to move under driving of the corresponding drive device; one or more U-shaped optoelectronic switches in the U-shaped optoelectronic switching system are disposed at a side of the upper end surface and/or a side of the lower end surface of a leaf; the U-shaped optoelectronic switch includes a U-shaped groove, a transmitter and a receiver; the U-shaped optoelectronic switch system generates pulse signals when the leaf is configured to move in the U-shaped groove; the first processor is configured to process pulse signals output by the U-shaped optoelectronic switch system to obtain a quantized value of the state of motion of a leaf.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a system and method for adapt a treatment plan. The method may include: obtaining an initial treatment plan of a region of interest, wherein the initial treatment plan includes a first initial treatment fraction and a second initial treatment fraction; causing a radiation treatment device to deliver the first initial treatment fraction; obtaining a treatment record related to the first initial treatment fraction; and generating an updated second treatment fraction based on the second initial treatment fraction and the treatment record.

Abstract: The disclosed calibration method includes a calibration phantom positioned on an adjustable table on the surface of a mechanical couch, with the phantom's centre at an estimated location for the iso-centre of a radio therapy treatment apparatus. The calibration phantom is then irradiated using the apparatus, and the relative location of the center of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus is determined by analyzing images of the irradiation of the calibration phantom. The calibration phantom is then repositioned by the mechanical couch applying an offset corresponding to the determined relative location of the centre of the calibration phantom and the iso-centre of the apparatus to the calibration phantom. Images of the relocated calibration phantom are obtained, to which the offset has been applied, and the obtained images are processed to set the co-ordinate system of a stereoscopic camera system relative to the iso-centre of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention, in some embodiments thereof, relates to a devices and methods for intravascular denervation and assessment thereof and, more particularly, but not exclusively, to devices and methods for renal denervation. Some embodiments of the invention relate to an intravascular catheter configured for ultrasonic ablation of the tissue, comprising a plurality of piezoelectric transceivers. In some embodiments, an intravascular distancing device is provided, the device adapted for obtaining at least a minimal distance between an ultrasound emitting element and a tissue, such as the blood vessel wall. Some embodiments of the invention relate to assessment of renal sympathetic denervation (RSD) treatment effectiveness. Some embodiments of the invention relate to processing echo of signals, such as processing of signals to characterize physical and/or mechanical properties of the blood vessel.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is related to a harness system including a waist member and a leg loop member. The two leg loop members are configured to encircle the legs of the user and are coupled to the waist member. The leg loop members each comprise a net-leg region, a waist coupling region, and two net-waist transition regions. The net-leg region comprises a load bearing net structure having a plurality of independent recesses defined by an intercoupled mesh material. The waist member may also include a similar net-waist region, leg coupling region, and two net-leg transition regions. The net-leg and net-waist regions may include at least one of edge tape, shape mesh, proximal fabric, and distal fabric. The net-waist transition regions and the net-leg transition regions may comprise either a non-stitch transition or a stitch coupling to the waist and leg coupling regions respectively.

Abstract: A body belt for use by linemen and others engaged in operations on poles or similar structures having a secondary set of D-rings, typically disposed slightly rearward of the primary D-rings on the belt or an auxiliary belt or attachment above or below the primary D-ring of the belt. The secondary D-rings which may differ in size from the primary D-rings, allow a wearer to separate devices that are normally attached to the primary D-rings. This allows less crowding of the primary D-rings, thereby making detachment and reattachment of one or more ancillary safety devices from the body belt as a lineman encounters an obstacle during his or her work on a pole or other elevated structure, thereby improving safety. An add-on D-ring assembly is provided for retrofitting body belts of the prior art. In another embodiment of the invention, an auxiliary body belt is detachably connected to the primary body belt, the auxiliary body belt having its own set of D-rings.

Abstract: An oxygen-reducing installation and method include a compressed gas storage having a container for storing a compressed gas, which can be an oxygen-reduced gas mixture or an inert gas, and having a fluid connection to an enclosed area via a line system to feed at least a portion of the compressed gas to the enclosed area. A gas separation system provides an oxygen-reduced gas mixture and includes an outlet for delivery of the oxygen-reduced gas mixture produced in the gas separation system to the compressed gas storage and/or to the enclosed area as required.

Abstract: Provided are an energy storage system (ESS) capable of increasing precision of a fire control system to accurately determine and extinguish a fire, and a fire control method of the ESS. The ESS according to the present disclosure includes a container, a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, and a fire control system, wherein the fire control system includes a fire extinguisher and a control panel, a smoke detector, a heat detector, and a flame detector mounted in the container, and a duct smoke detector mounted in a duct of the HVAC system, and wherein the control panel has a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when all of the smoke detector, the heat detector, and the flame detector detect a fire, a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when the duct smoke detector detects a fire, and a mode for operating the fire extinguisher when a manipulation button is operated.

Abstract: The portable fire safety enclosure system comprises a backpack, a protective cover, an extinguisher, and a breathing apparatus. The backpack may be adapted to be worn by a user to protect the user while the user exits from a burning building. The protective cover may comprise a flame retardant umbrella coupled to a clear flame retardant curtain. The protective cover may be deployed from within the backpack to surround the user and to prevent contact with burning materials. The extinguisher may be activated to spray a fire-suppressing substance from a nozzle located on the top of the protective cover. The extinguisher may extinguish flames that prevent exit from the burning building. The breathing apparatus may be adapted to provide a breathable gas to the user.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an Ambient Mist Sprinkler head for extinguishing fires that comprises a plurality of mist nozzles attached to a head. The Ambient Mist nozzles are arranged spatially on the head at various angles. The number of mist nozzles, the spatial arrangement and the angular placement of the mist nozzles can vary, depending on the area of coverage required. The angular placement of the mist nozzles on the head is effected so that the mist nozzles stream emerging from one mist nozzle does not impinge on a mist stream emerging from another mist nozzle while providing a maximal amount of mist production, and minimizes the occurrence of streams of water droplets. The present invention relates to Ambient Mist Technology and relates to tools that employ Ambient Technology in combating fire, smoke and airborne pollutants. They do not require gravity to work and can be used at any angle required.

Abstract: An assembly of a mounting bracket configured and arranged for mounting upon a vertical surface, and a consolidated dry sprinkler compressor unit configured and arranged for hanging engagement upon the mounting bracket after the mounting bracket has been mounted upon a vertical surface. The consolidated dry sprinkler compressor unit including a mounting rail, an air compressor mounted on the rail, a pressure tank mounted on the rail and in fluid communication with the air compressor for receiving air pressurized by the air compressor, a pressure sensor in fluid communication with compressed air in the pressure tank for generating a low pressure signal when the pressure in the pressure tank falls below a threshold value, and a pressure switch in electrical communication with the pressure sensor and the air compressor for activating the air compressor upon receipt of the low pressure signal from the pressure sensor so as to supply the pressure tank with additional pressurized air.

Abstract: A flexible dry sprinkler includes an inlet, an inlet seal assembly having a spring seal that compresses in response to a longitudinal load, and an inlet release unit. A flexible tube has an inlet end and an outlet end, and a flexible linkage extends through the flexible tube, and is connected to the inlet release unit. An outlet release unit is connected to the outlet end of the flexible tube and to an outlet end of the flexible linkage, and displaces the outlet end of the flexible linkage upon activation of the flexible dry fire protection sprinkler. A sprinkler body is connected to the outlet release unit, and has an outlet orifice sealed by an outlet seal assembly until ambient temperature reaches a predetermined temperature. When the ambient temperature reaches the predetermined temperature, translation of the flexible linkage in an outlet direction causes release of the inlet seal assembly.

Abstract: A suppression unit includes a nozzle, a casing, and a biasing device. The nozzle includes an exterior surface, an interior bore extending along a longitudinal axis, and a plurality of discharge orifices passing from the interior bore to the exterior surface. The casing includes an interior surface and an exterior surface. The nozzle is disposed within the casing. The discharge orifices are covered by the casing in a biased passive condition of the nozzle, and the discharge orifices are moved longitudinally out of the casing in an active condition of the nozzle. The biasing device is disposed in a spring chamber between the nozzle and the casing. The spring chamber is fluidically isolated from the nozzle in the active and passive conditions.

Abstract: A temperature-sensing and automatic on and off extinguishing device includes: a valve body (1), a sealing auxiliary member (2), a sealing pad (3), a magnetic ring (4), a lower magnetic ring sleeve (5), an upper magnetic ring sleeve(6), a first temperature-sensing element (7), a bi-directional spacer (8), a large reset spring (9), a valve cover (17), a second temperature-sensing element (13), an actuating sleeve (12), a small reset spring (14), a connecting element (10), a sealing sleeve (18), a screw (11), a magnetic core rod (21) and a sealing cap (22). When a fire occurs, the first temperature-sensing element (7), affected by the rise of the surrounding environmental temperature, pushes the bi-directional spacer (8) to move upward.

Abstract: A system includes a handle with a hinge mechanism at a first end, the hinge mechanism including a lower hinge portion and an upper hinge portion rotatably coupled together. The handle also includes a rotary mechanism positioned at the first end and coupled to the lower hinge portion to enable circumferential movement of the lower end portion about a longitudinal axis of the handle. Additionally, a sensor arrangement is positioned within a body of the handle, the sensor arrangement measuring a number of rotations of the rotary mechanism about the longitudinal axis of the handle.

Abstract: The inventive concept presented is a fitness training system featuring a plurality of different-sized containers having a detachable, water-tight sealing cap by which each container may be filled with a determinable quantity of a liquid, constituting a specific volume. The volume of the inserted liquid equates to a weight in pounds, facilitating the use of each container for exercise and fitness training. In the preferred embodiment, the liquid utilized is ordinary tap water. In this manner, a user may choose from a selection of variously-dimensioned containers, and proceed to fill an appropriate volume of water for creating the desired weight of one or more containers. By use of a handle grip and a handle stabilizer attached to the exterior surface of each container, the user exercises and strengthens a particular muscle or grouping of muscles, including the associated stabilizer muscles.

Abstract: A physical training system includes a weight device having a weight retainer which receives one or more weight rods. The weight rods are selectively and removably retained within the weight retainer. A platform receives the weight device and carries one or more weight rods not selected and retained within the weight retainer. A software application is provided in communication with the platform or weight device and configured to drive selection and retention of the number of weight rods to be retained within the weight retainer. A database of selectable workout segments is also provided, wherein the software application selects and executes a selectable workout segment from the database of selectable workout segments simultaneously with the selection of one or more weight rods which are retained by the weight device.

Abstract: A stationary exercise apparatus includes two connecting members each having an upper end guided to move along a circular path and a lower end coupled to a swing member, so that when the upper end moves along the circular path, the lower end moves along an arc-shaped path. Two supporting members are configured to support a user's feet, which are coupled between the upper end and the lower end of the respective connecting members and movable along a closed path. Two control members each is arranged between the corresponding supporting member and the corresponding swing member for guiding the second portion of the corresponding supporting member along a predetermined path, so that an angle formed between each supporting member and the corresponding connecting member varies as the corresponding swing member moves along the arc-shaped path between a first endpoint and a second endpoint.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are drawn to an exercise device generally having a strap, a brace, and a ring. The brace includes four finger straps and a thumb strap for looping around and gripping a user's fingers and thumbs, respectively. When the exercise device is used while exercising, the force applied to the brace is evenly distributed to stretch and strengthen the user's hands. A key benefit of the exercise device is activating stabilizing muscles of the hands and arms. This promotes better form and technique during lifting, which translates into heavier weight lifted and fewer injuries.

Abstract: A power push exercise apparatus comprises a frame assembly to house a weight system of selectable stacked weights. A foot assembly is provided in a workout space, such that a user may provide a downward force on the foot assembly to engage the weight system and perform exercises targeting the gluteus maximus.

Abstract: A training guidance instrument 200 includes a pressor part 2091, a heel placing part 2092A, and a control unit including rotary members 210 and 214, support members 211 and 215, rotary parts 202A and 202B, support members 212 and 216, and telescopic members 219 and 220. The control unit is configured to move the heel placing part 2092A toward the ground in response to application of a force Pw2 toward the ground which is stronger than upward force applied on the heel placing part 2092A when the heel placing part 2092A is positioned above and away from the ground and move the heel placing part 2092A upward in response to application of weaker force toward the ground than the force Pw2 on the heel placing part 2092A, while the second joint and third joints of the toes of the trainee are pressed by the pressor part 2091 and the heel is placed on the heel placing part 2092A.

Abstract: An elongate mat has a surface upon which are located a plurality of indicia for guiding placement of one or more parts of a user's body when performing a plurality of yoga postures thereon. The anatomical measurements of the parts of the user's body determine the location of the plurality of indicia on the mat. There is also provided a method of performing exercises upon the mat, a method of forming a plurality of indicia on or in the mat, and a computerized system for manufacture of a mat.