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MerchSource, LLC

MerchSource, LLC, surprisingly, shows an emerging focus in medical devices, with Physical Therapy Apparatus patents representing 10.1% of its portfolio and experiencing a significant 500.0% year-over-year growth in 2024, despite a subsequent decline in 2025. This contrasts with a shifting priority away from Implants & Prosthetics, which saw a 100.0% decline so far in 2026, and Tables & Desks, also declining by 100.0% in 2026, indicating a strategic pivot towards specific medical technology areas.

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89 US filings (since 2023) · 3 categories · 4 themes

Therapeutic Massage & Vibration

Apparatus designed to deliver localized massage, percussive action, vibration, or combined thermal therapy to muscles and soft tissues for pain relief, circulation improvement, or muscle recovery.

Physical Therapy Apparatus
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7since 2023
-80.0%YoY
Implantable Bio-Stimulation & Sensingfiltered

Implantable devices that deliver electrical, optical, or other forms of energy to stimulate tissues or nerves, or sense physiological parameters for therapeutic purposes.

Implants & Prosthetics
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2since 2023
0.0%YoY
Orthopedic Support & Joint Manipulation

Devices providing mechanical support, alignment, traction, or targeted compression to specific body parts, often focusing on joints, spine, or limbs, for therapeutic or corrective purposes.

Physical Therapy Apparatus
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1since 2023
new
Motorized Rehabilitation Systems

Devices that use motors, actuators, and control systems to provide active assistance, resistance, or repetitive motion for physical therapy, limb rehabilitation, or circulation enhancement.

Physical Therapy Apparatus
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1since 2023
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Patents

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Implantable Bio-Stimulation & Sensing
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US 12220375 B2GRANTED
A61H23/02

Cooling and heating massager

Filed:2024-01-22Pub:2025-02-11
Applicant:ThreeSixty Sourcing Limited

A system to provide physical therapy in the form of heating, cooling and/or percussion, comprising: a device that contains a battery, a motor, and a switch to turn the device on or off or put the device in heating mode or put the device in cooling mode or put the device in percussion mode; wherein the device contains a motor and a pushing rod that supply the movement that results in percussion of a removable heating/cooling attachment and a removable percussion attachment; wherein the front of the device connects to the removable heating/cooling attachment that contains an electronic component to control heating or cooling and a cooling fan; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be used for heating or cooling; wherein a housing shell for the heating/cooling attachment is made of plastic, foam, or metal, or any combination of plastic, foam and metal; wherein the front part of the heating/cooling attachment is made of metal that has the capability to be in contact with human skin in order to provide either heating or cooling at fixed or adjusted degrees that are optimal for physical therapy and/or blood circulation; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be replaced by the removable percussion attachment that is used for percussion; wherein the removable percussion attachment can be placed on the skin of a user in order to provide percussion at fixed or adjusted speeds that are optimal for physical therapy.

US 12109166 B2GRANTED
A61H23/02

Cooling and heating massager

Filed:2022-11-07Pub:2024-10-08
Applicant:ThreeSixty Sourcing Limited

A system to provide physical therapy in the form of heating, cooling and/or percussion, comprising: a device that contains a battery, a motor, and a switch to turn the device on or off or put the device in heating mode or put the device in cooling mode or put the device in percussion mode; wherein the device contains a motor and a pushing rod that supply the movement that results in percussion of a removable heating/cooling attachment and a removable percussion attachment; wherein the front of the device connects to the removable heating/cooling attachment that contains an electronic component to control heating or cooling and a cooling fan; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be used for heating or cooling; wherein a housing shell for the heating/cooling attachment is made of plastic, foam, or metal, or any combination of plastic, foam and metal; wherein the front part of the heating/cooling attachment is made of metal that has the capability to be in contact with human skin in order to provide either heating or cooling at fixed or adjusted degrees that are optimal for physical therapy and/or blood circulation; wherein the removable heating/cooling attachment can be replaced by the removable percussion attachment that is used for percussion; wherein the removable percussion attachment can be placed on the skin of a user in order to provide percussion at fixed or adjusted speeds that are optimal for physical therapy.

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