Shalom Y Abboudi

53991346, Mar 21, 1995

Dec 30, 1993

8/176017

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Robert Adley - Madison CT

A63B 2304
A63B 2120

482 52

An exercise apparatus, particularly useful for in-water use, comprises a frame having, at its front end, a pair of side by side inclined tracks. A pair of steps are mounted for movement along respective ones of the tracks. A seating member includes a horizontal seat secured to the frame by a mechanism allowing selective positioning of the seat in front of the steps, whereby a user can operate the steps while seated, or to one side of the steps, whereby the steps are accessible by a user for performing a conventional stair climbing exercise.

58490124, Dec 15, 1998

Mar 11, 1996

8/613486

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ

A61B 1758

606 57

For clamping together two split halves of, for example, a sternum at the conclusion of open heart surgery, two clamping plates are secured to respective halves of the sternum in facing relationship across the meeting surfaces of the two halves. Each plate is secured to a respective half in spaced relation from the meeting surfaces. In one arrangement, each plate is secured by a rearwardly placed hook which extends along a respective side of the sternum and which preferably includes a spike which extends into the sternum through the side surface. In another arrangement, each clamping plate is secured by screws passing directly through the plate and into an underlying bone surface. In use, the jaws of a compressive pliers engage the two facing plates for pressing the two halves together. In one embodiment, while the plates are pressed together, a wire is wound around and between posts mounted on each plate for rigidly securing the plates together for maintaining the compressive force between the two halves. In another embodiment, while the plates are pressed together, a wire is wound through holes in the two facing plates for rigidly securing them together.

54375886, Aug 1, 1995

Dec 30, 1993

8/175737

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Robert Adley - Madison CT

A63B 2202

482 54

A treadmill for use within a pool of water for therapeutic exercise includes an endless track mounted between a pair of side members, a hand rail spaced above and extending parallel to one of the side members, and a vertical post secured to the one side member and providing support for the handrail. A seating member is mounted on the vertical post and is movable with respect to the post for selectively disposing the seating member at various heights above the one side member and either directly overlying the endless track or disposed to one side thereof.

50980858, Mar 24, 1992

Jan 18, 1990

7/466870

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Mark Williams - New Brunswick NJ
Frank Alberino - Hamden CT
Robert Adley - Madison CT

Water Products Research Co. - Metuchen NJ

A63B 2100

272 97

In exercise apparatus for underwater use including an apparatus frame, and movable members mounted on the frame to be moved by a user of the apparatus, flap members, e. g. , flat plates, are mounted on the movable members for movement therewith within the surrounding water. The water resists movement of the flap members, hence provides resistance to movement of the members moved by the user. Disclosed are apparatus which, in use, simulate the movements of a cross-country skier, an ice-skating speed racer, and a rower of a row boat. Stop are also disclosed for selectively varying the resistance to movement provided by the flap members in response to the direction of movement of the movable members. All exercises with with equipment embodying the invention can be performed with all of the user's body and limbs being submerged in water in order to decrease strains on the user's joints and thereby providing an exercise mechanism which incorporates high resistance to the user's muscles with low impact on the user's joints.

52174204, Jun 8, 1993

Dec 27, 1991

7/814359

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Mark Williams - New Brunswick NJ
Frank Alberino - Hamden CT
Robert Adley - Madison CT

Water Products Research Co. - Metuchen NJ

A63B 2304

482 70

In exercise apparatus for underwater use including an apparatus frame, and movable members mounted on the frame to be moved by a user of the apparatus, flap members, e. g. , flat plates, are mounted on the movable members for movement therewith within the surrounding water. The water resists movement of the flap means, hence provides resistance to movement of the members moved by the user. Disclosed are apparatus which, in use, simulate the movements of a cross-country skier, an ice-skating speed racer, and a rower of a row boat. Arrangements are also disclosed for selectively varying the resistance to movement provided by the flap members in response to the direction of movement of the movable members. All exercises with equipment embodying the invention can be performed with all of the user's body and limbs being submerged in water in order to decrease strains on the user's joints, thereby providing an exercise mechanism which incorporates high resistance to the user's muscles with low impact on the user's joints.

62873075, Sep 11, 2001

Jul 31, 2000

9/628487

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ

A61B 1756

606 54

A clamping assembly for clamping together first and second sections of bone having, when so clamped, a common external surface generally perpendicular to contacting surfaces of the first and second bone sections, and each bone section having a side surface generally parallel to the common external surface and transversely joined to the common external surface. The clamping assembly includes first and second plates, each plate having a horizontal section and a vertical section. The first and second plates are aligned and disposed opposite each other with the horizontal section of the first plate being disposed along the common surface of the first bone section and its vertical section disposed along the side surface of the first bone section and the horizontal section of the second plate being disposed along the common surface of the second bone section and its vertical section disposed along the side surface of the second bone section. The horizontal section of each plate is grooved to enable a wire to pass through the groove of the plates and to be wound in a figure of eight configuration for pulling the plates toward each other and for compressing the two bone sections together without the figure-of-8 wire touching the bone section. In one embodiment, an oblique hole is formed in the vertical portions of the plates to enable a second wire to pass underneath the bone sections and through the oblique holes to allow a circumferential wire to pass around the plate so as to also provide a holding and compressive force for the two bone sections.

51236419, Jun 23, 1992

Jan 18, 1990

7/466871

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Mark Williams - New Brunswick NJ
Frank Alberino - Hamden CT
Robert Adley - Madison CT

Water Products Research Co. - Metuchen NJ

A63B 2202

482 54

Underwater exercise apparatus includes at least one paddle, which is coupled to an axle causing the paddle to rotate in response to rotation of the axle. When under water, the paddle produces resistance to the rotation of the axle. In a preferred embodiment, the paddle may be made part of a treadmill for underwater use for varying the resistance to movement of the treadmill belt. In a treadmill embodying the invention, the axle of one of the rollers supporting the belt, which roller is tightly coupled to the belt, extends beyond the side edge of the belt. Directly connected to the extending end of the axle, for rotation therewith, is a paddle. In use, movement of the belt causes rotation of the paddle through the water. The water resists the movement of the paddle which, in turn, resists movement of the belt. The amount of resistance to belt movement is a function of the speed of movement of the belt and the size of the paddle which is designed to be readily changed as desired.

53284232, Jul 12, 1994

Aug 21, 1992

7/934007

Shalom Y. Abboudi - Highland Park NJ
Robert Adley - Madison CT

A63B 21008
A63B 2204

482 53

A stair climbing exercise apparatus for use within a pool of water comprises two steps mounted for reciprocal movement along vertically disposed guides, pulleys disposed at an upper end of the guides, and a cable interconnecting the two steps and extending around the pulleys. Mounted on each of the steps, for movement therewith, is a flap having a relatively large surface disposed perpendicularly to the direction of movements of the steps. In use, when one of the steps is moved downwardly by the foot of a user of the apparatus, the other step is moved upwardly by the interconnecting cable. The water resists movement of the flaps, hence provides resistance to downward movement of the steps.