Appeal No. 96-0926
Application No. 07/995,683
examiner, either on formal grounds or substantive grounds.
THE INVENTION
The claimed invention is directed to a method for
reversing
physiological and psychological human dependency induced by
certain chemicals which method comprises the conjoint use of
acupressure therapy and hypnosis. Appellant alleges to have
discovered that the conjoint, simultaneous use of hypnosis and
acupressure intensifies the effectiveness of the acupressure,
yielding results greater than the sum of the effect of either
treatment alone. Appellant also claims an apparatus for
carrying out his conjoint therapy.
The appealed claims are reproduced below for a more
facile understanding of the claimed invention.
Claim 2. An apparatus for reversing psychological
human dependency induced by chemicals such as
nicotine, alcohol, or drugs comprising:
means for applying acupressure to a
patient in accordance with predetermined body areas
for reducing psychological human dependency; and
means used with said acupressure
means for inducing hypnosis through audio stimuli to
said patient while said patient is being treated
with acupressure to reverse human physiological
dependency based on cigarette smoking, alcohol, or
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