Patent ID: 9387396
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61H,A63B,A63F

Claim Text:
1. A bilateral upper limb rehabilitation exercise device for bilateral exercising of a user's upper limbs, comprising: an elongate handle member having a length that extends between spaced-apart first and second ends, wherein the elongate handle member is untethered such that it is freely movable in 3D space by a user into any position and orientation; a hand grip provided at or toward the first end of the handle member for gripping by a first hand of the user, the hand grip extending from the handle member at a transverse orientation relative to a longitudinal axis extending between the ends of the handle member; and a mounting system provided at or toward the second end of the handle member that is configured to releasably couple a motion-sensing game controller at or toward the second end of the handle member for gripping by a second hand of the user in use, wherein the mounting system comprises a mounting aperture that is configured to releasably receive and retain a complementary portion of the game controller to couple it to the handle member such that the game controller extends out of the mounting aperture at a substantially transverse orientation relative to the longitudinal axis extending between the ends of the handle member for gripping by the second hand of the user, and wherein the mounting aperture is shaped to retain the complementary portion of the game controller in a plurality of selectable orientations relative to the handle member such that the orientation that the game controller is coupled to the handle member can be selectively adjusted relative to a rotation axis extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis extending between the ends of the handle member, the motion-sensing game controller being configured to generate motion signals representing motion of the game controller in 3D space as the handle member is moved in 3D space, wherein the hand grip and mounting system are spaced-apart on the handle member by approximately a shoulder-width of the user such that the user's first and second hands are linked by the handle member and spaced approximately a shoulder-width apart when gripping the hand grip at the first end of the handle member with their first hand and the game controller coupled at the second end of the handle member with their second hand, and such that the user can perform bilateral upper limb exercises with linked hands via movement of the handle member in 3D space.