US 11,865,395 B2
Movement therapy apparatus
Dimitris Athanasiou, London (GB); Guillem Singla Buxarrais, London (GB); Federico Casarini, London (GB); and Etienne Burdet, London (GB)
Assigned to Neurofenix Limited, Stratford-Upon-Avon (GB)
Appl. No. 16/956,508
Filed by Neurofenix Limited, Stratford-Upon-Avon (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/GB2018/053703
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 19, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/122885, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 20170100582 (GR), filed on Dec. 19, 2017; application No. 1800910 (GB), filed on Jan. 19, 2018; application No. 1807643 (GB), filed on May 10, 2018; and application No. 1816507 (GB), filed on Oct. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008410 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A63B 23/16 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/02 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 23/16 (2013.01) [A63B 21/028 (2013.01); A63B 21/4019 (2015.10); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 2220/20 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2220/802 (2013.01); A63B 2220/805 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for training hand movement, comprising:
a base arranged to support a hand of a user from a palm side of the hand;
at least one finger support provided on the base, each finger support comprising a support joint corresponding to a finger joint of a respective finger of the hand of the user, the support joint enabling bending of said each finger support over a range of motion that mimics a range of motion of the finger joint of the respective finger;
a finger and/or hand restraint having one or more discrete openings, the guide formed from a rigid or semi-rigid material, wherein each of the one or more discrete openings is positioned in alignment with each of the at least one finger support;
at least one sensor configured to measure, for the at least one finger support, an initial position of the support joint and a final position of the support joint during a training movement; and
a controller configured to determine one or more metrics corresponding to a range of motion of the finger joint for at least one finger of the user based on the initial position and the final position of the support joint for a corresponding finger support;
wherein the at least one finger support is independently movable at the support joint as a result of applying pressure to the at least one finger support by the respective finger of the hand.