Patent ID: 7431702

Claim:
A device for the examination of the motor system of the human or animal body, through the examination and determination of the ability of the muscular system to function and perform, comprising means for inserting, resting and securing body parts to be examined; means for repeating examinations of the same body parts in a same fixed position; a power source to put weight on muscle; means for stimulating or contracting the muscles or nerves, a rest and securing element with a splint rest or with an arm rest table; a thumb mould with thumb bridge and a thumb lever, in which the thumb lever is connected to a vertically arranged main unit axle, which connects to the power source; means for determining the type of contraction, to automatically limit the power via stopping mechanism, as well as stimulants for stimulation of muscles, nerves or the central nervous system; and means for measuring resulting physiological reactions and including mechanical and electrical/electronic measuring devices selected from the group consisting of dynamometers, acceleration meters, muscle-length meters, sensors for the recording of electrical potential fluctuations, the skin temperature and acoustic signals and vibrations, wherein when using the rest and securing element with the splint rest, it is fitted vertically on a diagonal casing wall of a casing of the device, and on that is an arm rest with connecting hand rest; arranged further to this, at a right angle to the splint rest and the arm rest, are the back of the hand support with the back of the hand cushion and the adjustment bar, which are vertically adjustable through this adjustment bar via an adapted slot of the splint rest; further there is, also at a right angle to the arm rest, an arm rest and on the hand rest is a wrist support, horizontally adjustable via a carrier and adjustment track and attached securely with a fastening screw; a palm of the hand support, in connection with the wrist support, runs on the same level and attached to it is a finger support for the fingers II-V, which is movable; the hand including the wrist is inserted and secured, so that the back of the hand support, including the back of the hand cushion is moved vertically through an electrical motor with an ammeter/cut out via a spindle, into which the adjustment bar with the small adjustment block meshes and that alternatively, the wrist support on the adjustment track is moved horizontally and locked in place with the adjusting screw; the motor and the spindle are arranged on the side of the splint rest away from the arm rest through spindle tracks and that the back of the hand support, with the connection bar, can be swivelled around a vertical axle via a swivel coupling in the area where the spindle meshes; the finger support is moved towards the index finger with the aid of a small adjustment block on an adjustment track and locked in place with the adjusting screws.