Passive mobility exercise and range-of-motion bed apparatus
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61H-001/02
출원번호
US-0410878
(2012-03-02)
등록번호
US-8613715
(2013-12-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Wright, David
Lindsay, Paul
Metzger, Robert
Wright, Ramona
Metzger, Deborah
출원인 / 주소
Wright Wellness Solutions, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Molldrem, Jr., Bernhard P.
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초록▼
A passive exercise therapy station moves a patient's limb or body part through a prescribed range of motion without stress to the patient's limb or associated joints. A frame is formed of a pair of arches joined in parallel to one another, with a pair of overhead horizontal rails. One or more main c
A passive exercise therapy station moves a patient's limb or body part through a prescribed range of motion without stress to the patient's limb or associated joints. A frame is formed of a pair of arches joined in parallel to one another, with a pair of overhead horizontal rails. One or more main cables extend over guide pulleys on the frame and past an adjustable guide carriage that travels along the overhead rails. An actuator positions the guide carriage at a desired location on the overhead rails. An exercise cable descends from the guide carriage to the patient. The exercise cable may be a web attached to the main cable. The exercise therapy station may be wheeled between rooms for therapy of a given patient.
대표청구항▼
1. A passive exercise therapy apparatus for imparting to a patient positioned on a bed a controlled rhythmic repetitive exercise motion, to move a limb or limbs or body part of the patient through a prescribed range of motion without stress to the limbs or associated joints of the patient, the exerc
1. A passive exercise therapy apparatus for imparting to a patient positioned on a bed a controlled rhythmic repetitive exercise motion, to move a limb or limbs or body part of the patient through a prescribed range of motion without stress to the limbs or associated joints of the patient, the exercise therapy apparatus comprising: a frame formed of a pair of arches that are joined in parallel to one another, the frame including a set of horizontally disposed overhead rail members, a pair of risers joined to the overhead rail members at one end thereof, a pair of risers joined to the overhead rail members at their other end, and one or more transverse brace members joining the upper rail members to one another, with the frame defining a patient bed position within the frame in which a patient may be placed for passive exercise;a plurality of guide pulley members disposed at least at upper ends of said risers on said frame;at least one drive cable extending over the guide pulley members on said frame and passing across said overhead rail members above the patient bed position;a drive system positioned on the frame including a gear motor and a drive wheel, the at least one drive cable being attached to and moved by the drive wheel and the at least one drive cable following a loop around the frame through said guide pulley members and connected with the drive wheel to oscillate back and forth as said drive wheel turns;an exercise cable attached onto said at least one drive cable and descending to said patient bed position and adapted to attach to a limb of the patient to move the patient limb through a prescribed passive exercise motion;an adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage movably positioned on the overhead rail members of the frame and said at least one drive cable passing over the adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage as said at least one drive cable follows its loop around the frame, and said adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage carrying at least one guide pulley;said exercise cable passing around said at least one guide pulley of said carriage and descending to said patient bed position; andwherein the drive wheel, the at least one drive cable and the exercise cable being configured so that as the gear motor rotates the drive wheel, the drive wheel imparts a continuous back-and- forth rhythmic motion onto the at least one drive cable traveling over said guide pulley members, with a controlled, rhythmic, repetitive relative motion of the drive cable in respect to the bed so that the exercise cable that is attached to it moves the patient limb through the prescribed range of motion in a controlled rhythmic repetitive fashion. 2. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 comprising at least a pair of lower support rails extend horizontally below said patient bed position and wherein a patient bed frame is supported on said lower rails; and wherein said drive system is mounted on said lower rails beneath said bed frame. 3. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein said drive wheel is oriented horizontally. 4. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein a pair of transverse base rails respectively join lower ends of said pairs of risers, and comprising a set of casters mounted on said transverse base rails. 5. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 4 wherein said frame has a height dimension not exceeding 84 inches and a width dimension not exceeding 39 inches. 6. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein said adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage includes at least one transversely disposed cable carriage having a pair of guide pulleys adapted to receive said exercise cable, and a set of carriage rollers disposed at each end of said cable carriage to contact the overhead rail members, respectively, and permit the cable carriage to be moved horizontally along said overhead rail members. 7. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 6 comprising one or more linear actuators mounted on said frame between said overhead rail members, and having a rod portion attached onto the associated cable carriage for positioning said cable carriage at a selected location over said patient bed position. 8. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 6 said cable carriage further including for each said guide pulley on said carriage an associated spring-loaded cable tensioner holding the exercise cable against the respective guide pulley. 9. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 comprising at least a pair of lower support rails extending horizontally below said patient bed position and wherein a patient bed frame is supported on said lower rails; said patient bed frame including at least one side rail including locking hinges connecting the side rail to the patient bed frame to permit the side rail to be placed in an upward position and in a downward position, each said locking hinge including a hinge member and one or more tongue member that releasably engage a slot defined on said hinge member. 10. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 9 wherein head and foot portions of said bed frame are hinged to permit the head and foot portions to be elevated to a desired patient position. 11. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 10 comprising one or more linear actuators mounted on said frame and having a rod portion connected with an associated one of said head portion and said foot portion for urging the respective portion to a desired patient position. 12. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 9 comprising a support panel of a plastic material supported on each of the head portion and foot portion of said bed frame. 13. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 9 comprising a support panel of a metal material supported on each of the head portion and foot portion of said bed frame. 14. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 said drive system including a protective shroud positioned over said drive wheel. 15. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein said controlled, rhythmic, repetitive relative motion of the exercise cable and the patient limb is carried out automatically by action of the gear motor and said drive wheel. 16. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein said at least one drive cable includes first and second drive cables that reciprocate by action of said drive wheel to effect repeated rhythmic movement of the patient limb over a prescribed range of motion. 17. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 1 wherein the drive system provides a speed of oscillation and amplitude of travel of said at least one drive cable that is controllable over a range. 18. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 17 wherein the speed of oscillation of said drive cable is adjustable up to 20 cycles a minute. 19. A passive exercise therapy apparatus for imparting to a patient positioned on a bed a controlled rhythmic repetitive exercise motion, to move a limb or limbs or body part of the patient through a prescribed range of motion without stress to the limbs or associated joints of the patient, the exercise therapy apparatus comprising: a frame formed of a pair of arches that are joined in parallel to one another, the frame including a set of horizontally disposed overhead rail members, one pair of risers joined to the overhead rail members at one end thereof, another pair of risers joined to the overhead rail members at their other end, and one or more transverse brace members joining the upper rail members to one another, with the frame defining a patient bed position within the frame such that the frame may be placed over a patient bed for carrying out passive exercise;a plurality of guide pulley members disposed on said frame at upper ends of said risers;at least one drive cable extending over said guide pulley members on the overhead rail members of said frame and passing across said overhead rail members above the patient bed position;a drive system positioned on the frame wherein said drive system is mounted on said overhead rail members above said patient position, including a gear motor and a drive wheel, the at least one drive cable being attached to and moved by the drive wheel and the drive cable following a loop around the overhead rail members through said guide pulley members and being connected with the drive wheel;an exercise cable attached onto said at least one drive cable and descending to said patient bed position and adapted to attach to a limb of the patient to move the patient limb through a prescribed passive exercise motion;an adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage movably positioned on the overhead rail members of the frame and said at least one drive cable passing over the adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage as said at least one drive cable follows its loop around the overhead rail members, and said adjustably positionable exercise cable carriage carrying at least one guide pulley;said exercise cable passing around said at least one guide pulley of said carriage and descending to said patient bed position; andwherein the drive wheel, the at least one drive cable and the exercise cable being configured so that as the gear motor rotates the drive wheel, the drive wheel imparts a continuous back-and- forth rhythmic motion onto the at least one drive cable traveling over said guide pulley members, with a controlled, rhythmic, repetitive relative motion of the drive cable in respect to the bed so that the exercise cable that is attached to it moves the patient limb through the prescribed range of motion in a controlled rhythmic repetitive fashion. 20. The passive exercise therapy apparatus of claim 19, wherein said frame has an inside zone defined between said risers that is open and has dimensions of not less than 36 inches by not less than 91 inches so as to permit placing the apparatus over an existing standard hospital bed.
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