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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2011
Keith Patrick Heaton, Poole Dorset, GB;
Ian James Hardman, Bournemouth, GB;
Keith Patrick Heaton, Poole Dorset, GB;
Ian James Hardman, Bournemouth, GB;
I2R MEDICAL LIMITED, Bournemouth Dorset, GB;
Abstract
A therapeutic hand exercise device includes one or more pliant sleeves () for attachment to one or more digits of a human hand, a chamber () provided in at least a dorsal region of the or each pliant sleeve (), a liquid inlet to the chamber and a pump () for supplying pressurized liquid to the or each chamber. Each pliant sleeve () is movable between a relaxed state and a stiffened state in which the pliant sleeve forms a substantially rigid elongate member for holding a finger disposed within the sleeve in an extended position. A resilient member () is fitted to the palmar side of each pliant sleeve which returns the finger to a state of contracture.