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US 11,833,098 B1Granted
System and method for knee rehabilitation
OwnerDarren Keiserinventor
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Abstract
The invention may be embodied in a physical therapy or health maintenance stretching system including a frame configured for engaging a treated leg of a user at or near the popliteal space of the treated leg to allow a knee of the treated leg to bend inwards in response to gravitational force affecting a lower portion of the treated leg. The frame may be further configured to allow a knee of the treated leg to bend inwards in response to a user force directly or indirectly applied to the lower portion of the treated leg.
Claims15
A system for knee rehabilitation, comprising:
- a rigid frame consisting of a top member and two reinforced side members including a left side member and a right side member, wherein each of the side members terminate in a base and each base terminates in a free end,
- each side member extending in a straight linear fashion between a first end and its respective base, the side members connected solely by the top member extending in a straight linear fashion between the first ends, the top member arranged in a same plane with, and substantially perpendicular to, the two side members;
- the top member at least partially covered by a padded portion attached thereto, the padded portion configured to engage a treated leg of a user in a seated position above a floor at or near a rear popliteal space to support a knee of the treated leg in a raised position;
- and
- wherein each side member includes a transition between the top member and each first end of each side member, each transition including a rubberized grip, each grip being configured for allowing the user to stabilize or position the frame relative to the floor using a hand;
- the bases configured to:
- 1) Provide traction between the side members and the floor;
- 2) Pivot the side members through a plurality of angles relative to the floor;
- and
- 3) position the side members substantially perpendicular to a thigh of the treated leg;
- thus enabling the frame to induce the knee to bend inwards or outwards in response to one or more of gravitational force, user-assisted force, or user-directed force affecting a lower portion of the treated leg.
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A method for improving knee mobility, comprising:
- supporting a user proximate to a flat surface in a seated position above the flat surface, the seated position associated with alleviating pressure on a spine of the user;
- providing a rigid frame to support a thigh of a treated leg of the user, the rigid frame consisting of:
- a top member and two reinforced side members including a left side member and a right side member, wherein each of the side members terminate in a base and each base terminates in a free end,
- each side member extending in a straight linear fashion between a first end and its respective base, the side members connected solely by the top member extending in a straight linear fashion between the first ends, the top member arranged in a same plane with, and substantially perpendicular to, the two side members,
- the top member at least partially covered by a padded portion configured to engage the treated leg at or near a popliteal space to support a knee of the treated leg in a raised position,
- the bases being configured to provide traction between the side members and the flat surface and to allow the side members to pivot through a plurality of angles relative to the flat surface;
- and
- wherein each side member includes a transition between the top member and each first end of each side member, each transition including a rubberized grip, each grip being configured for allowing the user to stabilize or position the frame relative to the flat surface using a hand;
- positioning the side members substantially perpendicular to a thigh of the treated leg;
- engaging the treated leg at or near the popliteal space via the padded portion;
- and
- facilitating utilization of one or more of gravitational force, user-assisted force, or user-directed force to actuate at least one lower portion of the treated leg to bend the knee inwards through a range of motion.
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A method for improving knee mobility, comprising:
- supporting a user proximate to a flat surface in a seated position above the flat surface, the seated position associated with alleviating pressure on a spine of the user;
- providing a rigid frame to support a thigh of a treated leg of the user, the rigid frame consisting of:
- a top member and two reinforced side members including a left side member and a right side member, wherein each of the side members terminate in a base and each base terminates in a free end, each side member extending in a straight linear fashion between a first end and its respective base, the side members connected solely by the top member extending in a straight linear fashion between the first ends, the top member arranged in a same plane with, and substantially perpendicular to, the two side members,
- the top member at least partially covered by a padded portion configured to engage the treated leg at or near an ankle,
- the bases being configured to provide traction between the side members and the flat surface and to allow the side members to pivot through a plurality of angles relative to the flat surface;
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- wherein each side member includes a transition between the top member and each first end of each side member, each transition including a rubberized grip, each grip being configured for allowing the user to stabilize or position the frame relative to the flat surface using a hand;
- positioning the side members substantially perpendicular to a thigh of the treated leg;
- engaging the treated leg at or near the ankle via the padded portion;
- and
- facilitating utilization of one or more of gravitational force, user-assisted force, user-directed force to induce extension of a knee of the treated leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.