Patent ID: 6962570
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A knee extension therapy apparatus for use by a patient in a recumbent position with his foot elevated to a level above the surface upon which the patient user is resting, said apparatus comprising a base having a user distal portion and a patient user proximal portion with surface for supporting the patient user's hip; an ankle support member mounted on the user distal portion of the base, said ankle support member being height adjustable and being pivotally mounted for positioning between an upright patient ankle support position and a folded storage position; a pulley system for translating a force applied by the patient toward the patient proximal end of the base and having a major vector component generally parallel to the surface of the base to a force having a major vector component substantially orthogonal to the surface of the base, said pulley system including pulley means for maintaining a patient predetermined force setting, absent continued patient interaction; and a force transmitting element for engaging both knee proximal and knee distal portions of the patient's elevated leg, said element having at least one connector for attaching said element to the pulley system for applying the translated base-orthogonal force to the top of the patient's leg toward said base.