Surgery – Truss – Perineal
Patent
1984-10-03
1986-09-23
Crowder, Clifford D.
Surgery
Truss
Perineal
128 80F, 128 88, A61F 500
Patent
active
046129197
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus is provided for adjustably orienting the forearm and upper arm of a human patient in a variety of angular relationships to therapeutically treat the contracted muscles in the patient's arm. The apparatus includes an exoskeletal frame having a rearward frame member and a forward frame member. The apparatus includes first, second, and third receptacle means pivotally mounted on the frame for positioning the arm in a selected therapeutic position, and orientation means for adjusting the angular displacement between the forward and rearward frame members to progressively and incrementally transport the arm among a variety of therapeutic positions. The first receptacle means includes a pair of cradles which cooperate to embrace the underside of the patient's elbow. The second receptacle means includes a forward saddle for embracing the topside of the patient's forearm. The third receptacle means includes a rearward saddle for embracing the topside of the patient's upper arm. The receptacle means cooperate through the exoskeletal frame to position the articulated human arm in a selected therapeutic arrrangement.
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