Ligament End-Feel Simulator
AssigneeSteven W. Wilson
InventorSteven Walter Wilson
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Abstract
The [Ligament End Feel Simulator] has the sole purpose of teaching athletic training students and other medical professionals what laxity of the anterior cruciate ligament feels like without the need for a live injured patient to be present. The novelty of the present invention comes from the non-existence of the present invention in the athletic training profession. Although a person not knowledgeable in the art can look at the present invention and recognize it as being a knee; the average person and even most medical professionals will not know that the device is meant to be used in conjunction with the Lachman manual special test.
Claims6
A Ligament End Feel Simulator for teaching injury evaluation techniques for the anterior cruciate ligament including the Lachman special test, comprising in combination:
- A simulated human form including the knee, said knee containing a base, stationary arm, internal box, internal elevator, and movement arm, said stationary arm is mounted to the internal box and base of the device by two separate screws, one which inserts at the rear of the stationary arm which mounts the stationary arm to the base, and the other which inserts at the rear of the internal box and fastens into the front of the stationary arm, said internal elevator is fastened to the internal box by a pair of rails and guides, said internal elevator is fastened to the movement arm by a hinge mounted to the bottom of the internal elevator, said movement arm is mounted to the base by a separate hinge located at the front of the base.
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