Patent ID: 7175602

Claim:
An apparatus secured to an upper part of an individual's limb and a lower part of said individual's limb for articulating said individual's joint located therebetween through a range of motion providing continuous passive motion to said joint, said apparatus comprising: a proximal sling module defined by first and second rigid parallel spaced apart elongated beams adapted to be secured to said upper portion of said individual's limb; a distal sling module defined by first and second rigid parallel spaced apart elongated rods adapted to be secured to said lower portion of said individual's limb, said elongated rods pivotally connected to one end of said elongated beams, a heel plate is pivotally connected to a second end of said elongated rods, said heel plate having an axle with wheels rotatably mounted on each end of said axle; and an actuator directly attached at the pivotal connection between said proximal sling module and said distal sling module, said actuator having an electric motor juxtapositioned to either one of said elongated beams or rods, said motor including an output shaft having a longitudinal axis positioned substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of either one of said elongated beams or rods, said actuator providing pivotal movement of said modules relative to each other.