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US 2022/0265010 A1Published application
Mobility assist device including exercising components, and systems and methods thereof
AssigneeTherex Corp.
InventorColin Lloyd CAMPBELL
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Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate generally to apparatuses and methods relating to mobility assist devices including, for example, walking canes. In some embodiments, a mobility assist device can include a wrist stabilizer and one or more exercising elements for enabling a user to perform torsion, rotation, grip, and/or other exercises.
Claims27
An apparatus, comprising:
- a shaft assembly including first and second shafts that are adjustable relative to one another;
- a handle coupled to one end of the shaft assembly;
- a wrist stabilizer including a wrist support and a forearm support, the wrist stabilizer coupled to the handle such that the wrist stabilizer can provide support in flexion or extension to a user when the user rests a forearm of the user on the forearm support and a wrist of the user on the wrist support while gripping the handle with a hand of the user;
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- a base coupled to the opposite end of the shaft assembly.
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A method, comprising:
- inserting a hand of a user through a forearm support of a wrist stabilizer to apply pressure to an anterior side of a forearm or a posterior side of the forearm;
- inserting the hand through a wrist support of the wrist stabilizer to apply pressure to a posterior side of a wrist or an anterior side of the wrist;
- grasping a handle coupled to the wrist stabilizer to apply lateral pressure to the handle;
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- applying a load to mobility assist device coupled to the handle.
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A kit, comprising:
- a shaft assembly including first and second shafts that are adjustable relative to one another;
- a handle coupleable to one end of the shaft assembly;
- a wrist stabilizer including a wrist support and a forearm support, the wrist stabilizer coupleable to the handle such that the wrist stabilizer can provide support in flexion or extension to a user when the user rests a forearm of the user on the forearm support and a wrist of the user on the wrist support while gripping the handle with a hand of the user;
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- a base coupleable to the opposite end of the shaft assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.