US 12,403,059 B1
Systems and methods for knee joint therapy
Ethan Thornton, Boerne, TX (US); Gary Frashier, Boerne, TX (US); Manuel Torres, New Braunfels, TX (US); and Doran Edwards, Crossville, TN (US)
Assigned to XERAS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by Xeras Medical Technologies, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/236,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/399,938, filed on Aug. 22, 2022.
Int. Cl. A61H 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 1/024 (2013.01) [A61H 2201/0119 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0157 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0192 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1238 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1292 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1409 (2013.01); A61H 2201/164 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1676 (2013.01); A61H 2201/169 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5007 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5025 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5035 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5061 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5069 (2013.01); A61H 2201/5071 (2013.01); A61H 2203/045 (2013.01); A61H 2203/0456 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A knee joint rehabilitation system comprising:
a knee joint flexion device, comprising:
a support bar fixedly connected to a height-adjustment bar or configured for removable coupling to said height-adjustment bar, the support bar being further configured for receiving at least one of a plurality of pads so as to provide a padded support bar, the padded support bar being configured to receive a knee joint posterior;
said plurality of pads configured to removably mount to the support bar to adjust an effective outer diameter of the support bar;
a lower leg support connected to the height-adjustment bar using a first joint so as to allow for changes in an angular position between said lower leg support and said height-adjustment bar when the position of the lower leg support is adjusted;
a goniometer configured for indicating the angular position of said lower leg support; and
an actuator configured for extension and retraction so as to adjust the angular position between said lower leg support and said height-adjustment bar, said actuator including a first end and a second end, said actuator being connected to the lower leg support at said first end using a first hinge and connected to the height-adjustment bar at said second end using a second hinge.