US 12,094,360 B1
Apparatuses and methods for practicing a reduction procedure for treating radial head subluxation
Koundinya Kompalli, Tampa, FL (US); Corey Richard Sargent, Dunedin, FL (US); John Todaro, Tarpon Springs, FL (US); Teresa N. Gore, Palm Harbor, FL (US); Sharlene Hope Smith, Clermont, FL (US); and Patricia Cecil, Clermont, FL (US)
Assigned to University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed by University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/987,759.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/883,968, filed on Aug. 7, 2019.
Int. Cl. G09B 23/32 (2006.01)
CPC G09B 23/32 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for practicing a reduction procedure for treating radial head subluxation, the apparatus comprising:
a stand;
a model arm that is pivotally mounted to and supported by the stand, the model arm including an upper member that emulates an upper arm of a human being, a lower member that emulates a lower arm of a human being, and a joint that pivotally connects the upper member and the lower member; and
a feedback mechanism provided within the joint of the model arm, the feedback mechanism being configured to provide initial resistance to downward pivoting of the lower member relative to the upper member, the feedback mechanism being configured to provide an audible and tactile pop when the reduction procedure is successfully performed that emulates the audible and tactile pop that occurs when a human radial head pops back into place during an actual reduction procedure,
wherein the feedback mechanism comprises a shaft, and a first magnetic element and a second magnetic element mounted on the shaft, the second magnetic element being configured to linearly displace along the shaft.