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US 11,452,664 B2Granted
Limb rehabilitation device
AssigneeKusu Inc.
InventorsPeter Anthony Turner, Dino Gradilone
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Abstract
A limb rehabilitation device has a plurality of rollers with cups. The rollers are mounted on spring mounts. The forearm or another limb may be placed between the rollers for therapeutic massage of the limb and the soft tissue thereon. The cups of the rollers aim to produce compression, shearing, and lifting of the tissue.
Claims25
A limb rehabilitation device comprising:
- a base for demountably engaging a surface, the base defining a front side and a rear side along the surface, and an upward direction perpendicular to the surface;
- a first frame having a front portion directly extending upwardly from about the front side of the base and a rear portion directly extending upwardly from about the rear side of the base, the first frame comprising at least one first therapeutic component rotatably supported on the front portion thereof and rotatable about a first rotational axis;
- a second frame having a front portion about the front side of the base and a rear portion about the rear side of the base with the rear portion thereof rotatably coupled to a pivot point at the rear portion of the first frame, the second frame comprising at least one second therapeutic component rotatably supported on the front portion thereof and rotatable about a second rotational axis, said at least one second therapeutic component being in a vertical arrangement with respect to said at least one first therapeutic component;
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- at least one elastic member elastically coupling the front portion of the first frame to the front portion of the second frame;
- wherein the first rotational axis of the at least one first therapeutic component is further away from a horizontal plane defined by the base than the pivot point of the first frame from the horizontal plane.
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A limb rehabilitation device comprising:
- a base for demountably engaging a surface;
- a supporting structure having a first frame having a front portion directly extending upwardly from about a front side of the base and a rear portion directly extending upwardly from about a rear side of the base and a second frame rotatably coupled to the first frame at a pivot point thereof;
- at least one first therapeutic component rotatably coupled to said first frame at a location longitudinally spaced from the pivot point and further away from a horizontal plane defined by the base than the pivot point of the first frame from the horizontal plane;
- at least one second therapeutic component rotatably coupled to said second frame, said at least one second therapeutic component being in a vertical arrangement with respect to said at least one first therapeutic component;
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- at least one elastic member coupled to the first and the second frames for elastically maintaining a minimum distance (D) between the at least one second therapeutic component and the at least one first therapeutic component;
- wherein the at least one second therapeutic component is movable relative to the at least one first therapeutic component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.