Exercise devices – Having specific electrical feature – Equipment control
Patent
1993-10-01
1996-01-16
Apley, Richard J.
Exercise devices
Having specific electrical feature
Equipment control
7337901, 482 5, 601 23, A63B 2100
Patent
active
054843553
ABSTRACT:
Computer exercise system including at least two exercise devices coupled to a computer through a serial mouse port. These devices provide on/off signals to the computer indicating when the devices have been fully compressed or extended. The computer runs a program that responds to these inputs by requesting activation of the devices for a predetermined number of repetitions and a predetermined number of sets, with a preselected amount of delay between repetitions and sets. Alternatively, a game program is provided that requires patient input from one exercise device in order to perform a first function and requires patient input from the other exercise device to perform a second function. At the start of the game program, it is selected which exercise device is to provide the more frequently needed function.
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Basaj Barbara L.
King, II Theodore I.
Apley Richard J.
Richman Glenn E.
Smith & Nephew Roylan, Inc.
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