Apparatus for evaluating and improving manual dexterity
OwnerJulie J. Corbettinventor
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Abstract
A manual dexterity device has a base and a lid. The base includes a bottom and three side walls that form an open top. The lid is received on said base at the top opening and is movable between a closed position in which the lid closes the top opening and an opened position in which the top opening is open. A plurality of slots are arranged on the lid in rows and columns. The slots are configured to receive test or control objects that test the manual dexterity of a user. Test objects passing through any of said one or more slots are received in the base.
Claims7
A method of clinically evaluating and improving manual dexterity of a user, specifically unilateral in-hand manipulation of predetermined plurality of like-shaped control objects, comprising:
- providing the plurality of like-shaped control objects to be held in a single hand of the user;
- providing a clinical manual dexterity instrument with a lid having a plurality of like-shaped openings aligned in rows and columns, the like-shaped openings configured to a size and shape of each of the plurality of control objects and angled in relation to each other 45-90 degrees to clinically measure and/or improve manual dexterity of the user using palm-to-finger tip translation, shift and rotation of one of the plurality of control objects while simultaneously stabilizing other ones of the plurality of control objects in the ulnar palm to accurately insert the one of the plurality of control objects into one of the plurality of like-shaped openings;
- and,
- raising the lid off of a surface to enable the control object to pass through the plurality of like-shaped openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.