Patent ID: 7862525
Filing Date: 2011-01-04
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A portable and remotely programmable automated massage therapy device for biomechanical rehabilitation massage of smooth muscles and their related myofascia of a cerebral palsy patient, said device comprising at least one inflatable bladder for pressure application to said patient, said at least one inflatable bladder having a single inflation/deflation port, wherein the at least one inflatable bladder is adapted to be temporarily fixed to the patient at a therapeutically predetermined massage location by an adjustable belt and has a shape adapted to meet the contour of said therapeutically predetermined massage location, a pressurizing pump for controlled and gradual inflation of the at least one bladder over a first plurality of seconds to a first therapeutically effective pressure, a needle orifice for maintaining said first therapeutically effective pressure for a second plurality of seconds, a vacuum pump for controlled and gradual deflation of the at least one bladder over a third plurality of seconds to a second therapeutically effective pressure, said needle orifice for maintaining said second therapeutically effective pressure for a fourth plurality of seconds, a remotely programmable controller for applying said automated massage therapy, said controller having a data port for receiving digital programming for a treatment protocol prescribed by a remote medical professional wherein said digital programming is delivered to the patient by communication means, downloaded to the device by said data port and executed by the controller, the digital programming rendering the device inoperative upon completion of said prescribed treatment protocol in order to prevent over treatment of the patient and a control consol for displaying a plurality of operating parameters and operating instructions to a care-giver for execution of the treatment protocol.