Hand Therapy Kit
AssigneeISOS Solutions LLC
InventorsDimitrios Christoforou, Vipul Patel
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Abstract
A hand therapy kit includes a housing having a lid that is expandable from a folded position to an unfolded position to expose a working surface on an inside of the lid. An elastic cord is attached at two or more anchor points on the working surface to define at least one gap for receiving a finger. The finger can be therapeutically exercised by moving from a first position proximal to the working surface to a second position distal to the working surface. The hand therapy kit can also include removable hand therapy modules.
Claims16
A hand therapy kit comprising:
- a housing that includes a lid, wherein said lid is expandable from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration to expose a substantially planar working surface on an inside of said lid;
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- an elastic cord attached to said substantially planar working surface, said elastic cord defining a first gap between a first anchor point and a second anchor point on said substantially planar working surface, said first gap sized to receive a first finger, said elastic cord defining a second gap between a third anchor point and a fourth anchor point on said substantially planar working surface, said second gap sized to receive a second finger, wherein said elastic cord is configured to provide a first positive resistance as said first finger moves from a first position proximal to said substantially planar working surface to a second position distal to said substantially planar working surface and said elastic cord is configured to provide a second positive resistance as said second finger moves from said first position to said second position.
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An apparatus for providing home-based physical therapy to a hand, said apparatus comprising:
- a rigid platform having a substantially planar exposed surface;
- an elastic cord attached to said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform, said elastic cord defining a first gap between a first anchor point and a second anchor point on said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform, said first gap sized to receive a first finger, said elastic cord defining a second gap between a third anchor point and a fourth anchor point on said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform, said second gap sized to receive a second finger, wherein said elastic cord is configured to provide a first positive resistance as said first finger moves from a first position proximal to said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform to a second position distal to said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform and said elastic cord is configured to provide a second positive resistance as said second finger moves from said first position to said second position.
The hand therapy kit of claim 11 wherein said first gap is configured to receive said first finger in said first position such that a finger nail of said first finger is adjacent to said substantially planar exposed surface of said rigid platform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.