Patent ID: 9205016
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A therapy apparatus for restoring range of motion of a limb about a joint, the limb having a proximal segment on one side of the joint that connects the joint to a body of a user and a distal segment on another side of the joint that is movable in relation to the joint, with an extremity at a distal end of the distal segment of the limb, the apparatus comprising: an elongated beam having a proximal end and a distal end, a top and a bottom, a length, and an inside, the bottom being flat; a joint rest located on the top of the beam, configured to receive a joint of a user; a limb segment rest formed on the top of the beam at a location proximal to the joint rest; a limb strap mounted with the limb segment rest having a size long enough to engage and immobilize a proximal segment of a limb in the limb segment rest; a cord having a thickness, a proximal end and a distal end, the cord slidably disposed within the beam, the cord extending through the beam with its distal end extending beyond the distal end of the beam, the cord having a length that is greater than the length of the elongated beam such that at the same time that the cord's distal end extends beyond the distal end of the elongated beam, the proximal end of the cord also extends beyond the proximal end of the beam; an extremity-securing device attached to the distal end of the cord that moves with the cord towards and away from the distal end of the beam, the extremity-securing device configured to engage an extremity of a user that is part of a limb having a joint in the joint rest so that the engaged extremity is pulled towards the distal end of the elongated beam by pulling the cord in a proximal direction; and a ratchet clamp forming a part of the beam and configured to clamp the cord in a selected position in relation to the beam to thereby hold the extremity-securing device and an extremity engaging that device in a selected position under tension.