US 11,744,763 B2
Apparatus and/or method for positioning a hand for rehabilitation
Stephen Lawrence, Watertown, MA (US); and Taya Hamilton, Watertown, MA (US)
Assigned to Bionik, Inc., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed by Bionik, Inc., Watertown, MA (US)
Filed on Dec. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/719,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,975, filed on Dec. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0368095 A1, Nov. 26, 2020
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/0285 (2013.01) [B25J 5/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1638 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1659 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand and arm support assembly for use by a user to rehabilitate a hand, including optimizing the position of a thumb and one or more fingers of the user and stabilizing a forearm of the user, the assembly comprising:
a hand actuator assembly to accommodate the hand of the user comprising:
a support,
a finger holder adapted to receive the one or more fingers of the user,
a thumb holder adapted to receive the thumb of the user,
a hand engagement assembly mounted on the support comprising
a housing defining at least one slot,
one or more rod engagement members projecting upwardly from the housing and adapted to receive one or more of the finger holder and the thumb holder and travel within the at least one slot based on movement of the hand,
wherein the housing is rotatable about a rotational axis to accommodate a resting position of the hand of the user, and
a forearm rest assembly associated with the hand actuator assembly, the forearm rest assembly comprising a carriage adapted to receive the forearm of the user.