Patent ID: 9549866
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A61H,A63B

Claim:
1. A forearm pronation-supination rehabilitative trainer that is configured to operate in a first mode in which the trainer enables a patient to pronate and supinate a forearm of an unaffected first arm in order to facilitate a same movement in a forearm of an affected second arm, and a second mode in which the trainer enables the patient to pronate or supinate the unaffected arm in order to facilitate an opposite movement in the affected arm, comprising: a housing having a hollow interior; a first splint configured to receive the first arm and prevent a wrist of the first arm from flexing and extending while permitting pronation and supination of the forearm; a second splint configured to receive the second arm and prevent a wrist of the first arm from flexing and extending while permitting pronation and supination of the forearm, wherein the first and second splints are arranged side-by-side but spaced from one another; and a mechanism disposed within the hollow interior, the first and second splints being operatively coupled to the mechanism, the mechanism being configured to perform the first and second modes since the mechanism is configured to translate movement of the first splint into movement of the second splint.