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South Florida CEO, Feb, 2003 by Rochelle Broder-Singer

* Perhaps it could only be invented in Miami a place where looking good and lounging around are valued in equal measures. North Bay Village-based Non-Invasive Monitoring Systems (NIMS) recently announced that its AT 101 "passive exercise device" has been approved for sale and use in Japan, and two Japanese medical schools have initiated clinical studies of the device's ability to, well, exercise you.

The AT 101 is a platform, mounted on a hospital gurney-like device, that moves the user back and forth from head to toe. According to NIMS, the motion stimulates the diaphragm and increases blood flow to the heart and brain, leading to "the release of natural substances known to be beneficial to the body." The device's inventor, Dr. Marvin A. Sackner, has a strong medical background. He's a professor of medicine at the University of Miami at Mount Sinai. But his description of the AT101's effectiveness is a bit of an oxymoron. He says it's "the passive equivalent of a brisk walk."