DR. WILLIAM BRADFORD PRIESTER, M.D.
Medical Practice at Skyline Dr, Jackson, TN

2013015, Jun 13, 2013

May 23, 2012

13/478890

William B. Priester - Jackson TN, US
Richard E. May - Birmingham AL, US
C. Bryan Dawson - Jackson TN, US
David A. Ward - Jackson TN, US

A63B 21/06, A63B 24/00, A63B 69/36

473219, 482 92, 482 8, 482110

The invention is directed to a muscle trainer and methods for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement. If the opposing muscles were of appropriate strength, the opposing muscles would apply forces in opposite directions to the implement to assist in maintaining an ideal movement of the implement. The methods train the opposing muscles to consistently move the implement in an ideal way to accomplish the function. The methods include: (a) moving the muscle trainer through an actual motion; (b) determining a difference between the actual motion and an ideal motion, the difference indicating a dominating force direction in which the dominating muscles urge the muscle trainer; (c) applying an external force to the muscle trainer to urge the muscle trainer in the dominating force direction; and (d) using the non-dominating muscles to urge the muscle trainer against the external force to thereby exercise the non-dominating muscles.

7027239, Apr 11, 2006

Mar 13, 2002

10/098018

William B. Priester - Memphis TN, US
Michael J. Twigg - Knoxville TN, US

G11B 5/00

360 6, 360 32

A data acquisition apparatus acquires an analog input signal from an analog sensor, and generates digital data based on the analog input signal for processing by a personal computing apparatus. The analog input signal generated by the analog sensor has a voltage component which varies according to a condition sensed by the analog sensor. The data acquisition apparatus includes a first conversion circuit, such as a voltage-to-frequency converter, coupled to the analog sensor which receives the analog input signal and generates an analog information transfer signal having a signal component which varies in relation to the voltage component of the analog input signal. A signal transfer device, such as a portable audio record/playback device, records the analog information transfer signal and transfers it to a first audio input of the personal computing apparatus. A second conversion circuit, such as a computer sound card in the personal computing apparatus, generates a digital information signal based upon the analog information transfer signal. A processor in the personal computing apparatus operates on the digital information signal to generate an information output signal based upon the signal component, where the information output signal varies in relation to the voltage component of the analog input signal.

7351157, Apr 1, 2008

Oct 9, 2003

10/681971

William B. Priester - Jackson TN, US
Richard E. May - Birmingham AL, US

A63B 69/36

473228, 473226

The invention is directed to a muscle trainer and method for exercising a weaker of two opposing muscle groups of a person swinging an implement, such as a golf club, wherein, if the two opposing muscle groups were of appropriate strength, the two muscle groups would desirably apply forces in opposite directions to the implement to assist in maintaining the implement in an ideal club shaft plane. The contemplated muscle trainer of this invention includes a body having a grip surface located thereon, and a force generator positioned at a prescribed location on the body, which is spaced from the grip surface, for urging the prescribed location of the body in a direction away from a force direction which the weaker muscle would normally apply to the implement in the swinging thereof by the person. The invention further contemplates a method exercising at least a dominated muscle of two opposing muscles typically used by the golfer when attempting to swing a golf club in an ideal club shaft plane, where the dominated muscle applies a first swing force to the golf club in a non-dominating swing force direction, and a dominating muscle applies a second swing force in a dominating swing force direction to the golf club which is opposite the direction, and exceeds the force, of the non-dominating swing force.

5568209, Oct 22, 1996

Apr 17, 1995

8/424153

William B. Priester - Memphis TN
Maxwell Cutler - Memphis TN

A61B 302

351243

A lightweight, pocket-sized, hand-held near vision test apparatus that selectively retroilluminates different near vision test objects located on an interchangeable near vision test card, or alternatively, selectively displays near vision test objects on a flat panel display screen. The apparatus allows the examiner to electronically direct the patient's attention to selected near vision test objects, while providing a baseline amount of contrast illumination.

8597133, Dec 3, 2013

Mar 16, 2006

11/376974

William B. Priester - Jackson TN, US

A63B 53/06, A63B 53/16, A63F 9/24, A63F 13/00, G06F 17/00, G06F 19/00

473257, 2733172, 463 3, 473131

The invention is directed to a motion trainer for improving a person's movement of an implement by allowing the person to visualize the path of the implement during the movement. The motion trainer comprises an implement having a plurality of motion characteristic sensors located thereon for determining, among other things, the direction of the movement and the orientation of the implement during the movement. Biofeedback devices provide the person information regarding the positioning of the implement during the movement.

7766760, Aug 3, 2010

Sep 18, 2007

11/857049

William B. Priester - Jackson TN, US
Richard E. May - Birmingham AL, US

A63B 69/36

473228, 473226

The invention is directed to a muscle trainer for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement, such as a golf club, wherein, if the opposing muscles were of appropriate strength, the opposing muscles would desirably apply forces in opposite directions to the implement to assist in maintaining an ideal movement of the implement. The contemplated muscle trainer of this invention includes a body and a force generator positioned at a prescribed location on the body for urging the body in a direction away from a force direction which a weaker set of the opposing muscles would normally apply to the implement in the movement of the implement by the person.

2013000, Jan 3, 2013

Sep 4, 2012

13/602842

William B. Priester - Jackson TN, US
Richard E. May - Helena AL, US
C. Bryan Dawson - Jackson TN, US
David A. Ward - Jackson TN, US
Georg Pingen - Jackson TN, US

A63B 69/36

473223, 473409

A reversibly attachable muscle trainer includes a multi-arm structure with motion sensors and force generators for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement so as to maintain an ideal movement. When attached to the implement, the muscle trainer trains the opposing muscles to consistently move the implement in an ideal way. While the person moves the implement with the muscle trainer attached, a processor receives signals from the motion sensors and determines differences between the actual implement motion and an ideal implement motion. The difference indicates a dominating force direction in which the dominating muscles urge the implement. The processor activates the force generators to apply external forces to the implement to urge the implement in various types of training force directions.