Patent ID: 11903890
Assignee: MOTUS X, PLLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 19:
20. A method of increasing range of motion of a leg of a human, wherein the human's leg has a knee, a thigh, a foot, a front side and a rear side, the method comprising the steps of:
a) providing a knee rehabilitation device comprising:
i) a left post having a left post top end, a left post bottom end configured to rest on the ground, and a left post height extending from the left post top end to the left post bottom end;
ii) a right post having a right post top end, a right post bottom end configured to rest on the ground, and a right post height extending from the right post top end to the right post bottom end, the right post height generally parallel to the left post height;
iii) an upper transverse bar extending between the left post and the right post, the upper transverse bar comprising a foam pad configured to rest against the rear side of the user's leg behind the knee, the upper transverse bar slideably attached to the left post and the right post and configured to slide along at least a segment of the left post height and the right post height, the upper transverse bar comprising an upper transverse bar left end, an upper transverse bar right end, and an upper transverse bar length extending from the upper transverse bar left end to the upper transverse bar right end, the upper transverse bar length transverse to the left post height and the right post height;
iv) a lower transverse bar located below the upper transverse bar and above the left post bottom end and the right post bottom end and extending between the left post and the right post, the lower transverse bar comprising a foam pad configured to rest against the front side of the user's leg below the knee, the lower transverse bar slideably attached to the left post and the right post and configured to slide along at least a segment of the left post height and the right post height, the lower transverse bar comprising a lower transverse bar left end, a lower transverse bar right end, and a lower transverse bar length extending from the lower transverse bar left end to the lower transverse bar right end, the lower transverse bar length transverse to the left post height and the right post height, wherein the lower transverse bar and upper transverse bar are independently movable,, wherein the left post top end is not attached to the right post top end, and further wherein the left post bottom end is not attached to the right post bottom end;
b) positioning the foam pad of the upper transverse bar against the thigh on the rear side of the human's leg behind the knee, positioning the foam pad of the lower transverse bar against the front side of the human's leg below the knee and above the foot so that the user's leg is in a slightly bent position, and positioning the bottom ends of the left and right posts on the ground; and
c) moving the top ends of the left and right posts so that the user's leg becomes further bent,, wherein, during steps a)-c), the upper transverse bar and lower transverse bar are not locked into place along the left post or right post heights, and further wherein the upper and lower tranverse bars are perpendicular to the left and right post.