US 12,083,382 B2
Mirror therapy device
David Roberts, Sligo (IE); Kenneth Monaghan, Sligo (IE); Monika Ehrensberger, Tubbercurry (IE); and Daniel Simpson, Carney (IE)
Assigned to Atlantic Technological University, Sligo (IE)
Appl. No. 17/632,355
Filed by Institute of Technology Sligo, Ballinode (IE)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071737
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023677, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1911092 (GB), filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288449 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 23/035 (2006.01); A61F 2/50 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 21/04 (2006.01); A63B 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 23/03508 (2013.01) [A63B 21/00058 (2013.01); A63B 21/00178 (2013.01); A63B 21/0057 (2013.01); A63B 21/0058 (2013.01); A63B 21/0442 (2013.01); A63B 21/16 (2013.01); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A61F 2002/5064 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1635 (2013.01); A63B 2220/16 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01); A63B 2225/09 (2013.01); A63B 2225/12 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable mirror therapy device for use in a limb rehabilitation of a patient, the device comprising:
a divider panel;
a base unit to support the divider panel in an upright position to define two adjacent limb receiving spaces at opposite sides of the divider panel;
a mirror on one face of the divider panel;
an attachment device for rigidly securing the base unit to a support,
an exercise apparatus which includes a limb engaging member at a mirror side of the divider panel,
the exercise apparatus comprising a resistance load training system,
the resistance load training system comprising a load cord extending from the limb engaging member to a resistance element, wherein the load cord is articulated through an aperture in the divider panel, the resistance element being mounted on an opposite side of the divider panel to the mirror.