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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Christer Busch, Uppsala, SE;
Stepit System AB, Saltsjöbaden, SE;
Abstract
Device for stimulating venous return in the lower limbs including a frame ( ) intended to rest with a supporting surface against a foundation such as a floor, a bed head, a wall etc. The device is distinguished in that a foot plate ( ) is arranged to tilt on frame ( ) from an starting position that is angled in relation to the floor and thus frame ( ) around an axle ( ), that foot plate ( ) is provided with a leaf spring ( ) acting between a section ( ) of the frame and the underside of foot plate ( ), that the section ( ) has such a form that when foot plate ( ) pivots from the said starting position, leaf spring ( ), by being progressively tensioned by the interaction of the frame with the section of the spring, increases the resistance against the pivoting of foot plate.