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Portable intelligent stretching device

US6599255B2 · kind B2 · utility

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42Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 31, 2001
Grant dateJul 29, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61H2230/60
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable intelligent stretching device for use by patients suffering from spastic and contractured joints and limbs. The intelligent stretching device has a motor and a motor shaft for rotating the joint or limb. The variable velocity and stretch distance of the device is determined by a torque sensor on the joint or limb that communicates information to a controller which subsequently instructs the motor as to the variable velocity and stretch distance.

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