US 12,090,280 B2
Apparatus for administering bilateral tactile stimulation to a human subject
Cindy Ann Jones, Cedar City, UT (US); Hayley B. Taylor, St. George, UT (US); Martin Robert Johnson, Draper, UT (US); Jeremy Paul Willden, Pleasant Grove, UT (US); Helaman David Pratt Ferguson, Orem, UT (US); and Phillip Wayne Dietz, St. George, UT (US)
Assigned to NI-Tapp, Inc., St. George, UT (US)
Filed by Bi-Tapp, Inc., St. George, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/187,602.
Application 18/187,602 is a continuation of application No. 17/087,322, filed on Nov. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,607,521, issued on Mar. 21, 2023.
Application 17/087,322 is a continuation of application No. 15/970,870, filed on May 3, 2018, granted, now 10,821,261, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/501,736, filed on May 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277801 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 21/02 (2006.01); A61M 21/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)
CPC A61M 21/02 (2013.01) [A61M 2021/0022 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3553 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3584 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3592 (2013.01); A61M 2205/505 (2013.01); A61M 2205/583 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); A61M 2209/088 (2013.01); A61M 2230/04 (2013.01); A61M 2230/10 (2013.01); A61M 2230/205 (2013.01); A61M 2230/42 (2013.01); A61M 2230/432 (2013.01); A61M 2230/50 (2013.01); A61M 2230/60 (2013.01); A61M 2230/65 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01)] 3 Claims
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1. A method of eliciting a calming effect on a human subject by using bilateral tactile stimulation, the method comprising:
placing a tactile stimulation module in contact with the human subject, the tactile stimulation module powered by a battery and comprising an electric motor,
wherein torque used to rotationally accelerate an output shaft of the electric motor generates an opposite and equal reverse torque that is applied to the tactile stimulation module and is perceived as a tap by the human subject; and
activating the electric motor to apply the tap at a desired rate until the human subject is calmed.