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Interrupted drive limb motion apparatus

  • US 4,653,479 A
  • Filed: 01/17/1985
  • Issued: 03/31/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Apparatus for moving a limb of a patient, the apparatus comprising:

  • carriage means for supporting the limb through a range of reciprocal angular movement;

    drive means for providing drive force to cause movement of the carriage means between first and second positions;

    stimulation means for applying electrical stimulation to a muscle of the limb; and

    control means for coordinating operation of the drive means and the stimulation means so that alternating drive and pause periods are produced in which drive force is and is not provided by the drive means to the carriage means, respectively, as the carriage means is moved between the first and second positions, and so that the stimulation means applies electrical stimulation during stimulation periods which have a predetermined temporal relationship to the drive and pause periods.

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