Patent ID: 9123256
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61H,G09B

Abstract:
1. A device for controlling of movement of the wrists of the upper limbs of a user in a substantially mirror symmetrical manner, a user's wrists being held in position via support arms, the device comprising: a bar adapted to move about a point of rotation, the bar having a first end and a second end, the ends separated by the point of rotation, a first support arm operatively coupled towards one end of the bar and a second support arm operatively coupled towards a different end of the bar, wherein the first and second support arms are adapted to substantially support or hold the wrists of a user of the device, the first and second support arms and the bar configured such that, in use, as the bar rotates the user's wrists are supported or held by the support arms to move in a substantially tandem mirror symmetrical synchronized manner with respect to each other for cycling between a flexion and an extension of the user's wrists, and wherein the movement of the bar and operatively coupled support arms provide for a continued repetitious cycling between a flexion and an extension of the user's wrists, the movement facilitated by initiating or maintaining of rotational movement of the bar about the point of rotation.