US 12,076,483 B2
Portable apparatus for providing chest therapy
Brett Gene Smith, Canby, OR (US); Erica Renae Cusumano, Kansas City, MO (US); Christian Scott Moore, Las Vegas, NV (US); and David Warner, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to Exemplar Medical LLC, Olathe, KS (US)
Filed by Brett Gene Smith, Canby, OR (US); and Exemplar Medical LLC, Olathe, KS (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/215,779.
Application 17/215,779 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/872,459, filed on Jan. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,959,912.
Application 15/872,459 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/563,644, filed on Dec. 8, 2014, granted, now 9,901,510, issued on Feb. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/913,409, filed on Dec. 9, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213216 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0006 (2014.02) [A61H 23/0263 (2013.01); A61H 2205/084 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first elongated band comprising a first terminal end, a second terminal end opposite the first terminal end, a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a plurality of openings extending through the top surface and the bottom surface of the first elongated band;
a plurality of moveable vibrating elements coupled to the first elongated band at the plurality of openings of the first elongated band;
a plurality of moveable covers coupled to the first elongated band, each of the plurality of moveable covers enclosing an internal cavity configured to receive one or more moveable vibrating elements of the plurality of moveable vibrating elements of the first elongated band;
a releasable connection assembly comprising a first terminal-end connector coupled to the first terminal end and a second terminal-end connector coupled to the second terminal end of the first elongated band, wherein the second terminal-end connector is releasably connectable to the first terminal-end connector; and
wherein each of the plurality of moveable vibrating elements comprises a motor moving a mass via a shaft that extends through an opening of the plurality of openings of the first elongated band.