Patent ID: 8968349
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A61B,A61H

Abstract:
1. An acupressure appliance comprising: (a) a pair of curved rod-like pressure units for supporting a body part on an installation surface, each pressure unit including a solid or hollow structure in an entire or partial manner, each including a convex-curved segment of a chevron shape curved continuously in an axial direction, each formed in a longitudinal shape in the axial direction and formed in a shape having a curved upper side projected upward in transverse cross section, the pair of curved rod-like pressure units spaced apart from each other in a lateral direction perpendicular to the axial direction; and (b) a connector connecting the pair of curved rod-like pressure units in the lateral direction; wherein at least one of the pair of curved rod-like pressure units is positioned along the connector at a location corresponding approximately to an effective pressure point on the supported body part.