Patent ID: 7341565

Claim:
A continuous passive motion apparatus, said apparatus comprising: a main support assembly for supporting at least part of the body of a user of the apparatus and including a first support member for, in one mode of use of the apparatus, providing a substantially horizontal support surface defining a plane and a second support member, for, in one mode of use of the apparatus, providing a substantially horizontal support surface disposed in said plane, said second support member being pivotable relative to said first support member such that pivoting movement of the second support member in said plane with respect to the first support member provides passive bending movement of a part of the body of a user supported by said second support member relative to a part of the body supported by said first support member, said second support member having a central, longitudinally extending axis and further being rotatable about said central axis to provide rotational movement of a part of the body supported by said second support member; and motorized drive means for, when activated, selectively providing said pivoting movement of said second support member relative to said first support member on a continuous, cyclically repeated basis to provide continuous passive bending movement of the part of the body supported by said second support member and selectively providing rotational movement of said second support member about said longitudinally extending axis on a continuous cyclically repeated basis to provide continuous passive rotational movement of the part of the body supported by said second support member.