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Supinator/pronator therapy system to bring mobility to wrist, forearm and/or elbow

  • US 6,506,172 B1
  • Filed: 10/10/2000
  • Issued: 01/14/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A passive therapy device for use by a patient to bring mobility to the wrist, forearm and/or elbow, wherein selective alternate supination and pronation therapies may be applied to the patients wrist, comprising a frame adapted to surround the patient'"'"'s wrist and at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s forearm radially thereof;

  • a subframe pivotably mounted within the frame for rotatable movement about a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to the patient'"'"'s wrist, means for adjustably positioning the patient'"'"'s wrist within the pivotably-mounted subframe, means for limiting the degree of circumferential movement of the subframe within the frame, and means for applying an adjustable force to the rotatable movement of the subframe and wherein the frame comprises a pair of diametrically-opposite longitudinally-disposed tubular struts, a strut adjustably mounted within each of the tubular struts, longitudinally thereof, and a first pair of circular rings secured to the tubular struts, one at each end of the tubular struts.

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