Apparatus for automatically stretching Achilles' tendon

Details Apparatus for automatically stretching Achilles' tendon Apparatus for automatically stretching Achilles' tendon

1988-06-06

1990-06-26

Crow, Stephen R.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

272 96, A63B 2304, A61H 102

Patent

active

049363000

ABSTRACT:
A compact apparatus automatically forcibly stretches the Achilles' tendon of a person lying in bed without requiring any special exertion by that person. The apparatus includes a pair of pedal plates with which the soles of the feet are placed in contact and a support shaft provided at a predetermined position between the ankle and the heel. The pedal plates are spaced apart by the support shaft to which a driving mechanism is provided for rotating the pedal plates through the support shaft reversibly through a given angle.

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patent: 3318304 (1967-05-01), Gurewich
patent: 3580244 (1971-05-01), Graves
patent: 3695255 (1972-10-01), Rodgers et al.
patent: 3917261 (1975-11-01), Small et al.
patent: 4637379 (1987-01-01), Saringer

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