A VacuumAssisted Continuous Joint Movement Device

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A Vacuum-Assisted Continuous Joint Movement
Device
U.S. Patent Pending
Hand is resting At neutral position (no vacuum
applied)
Vacuum deflates device, Flexing hand through
the Attached glove
Vacuum tube
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A Vacuum-Assisted Continuous Joint Movement
Device
U.S. Patent Pending
Another View
Hand is resting at neutral position (no vacuum
applied)
Vacuum deflates device, Flexing hand through
the Attached glove
Vacuum tube
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A Vacuum-Assisted Continuous Joint Movement
Device
Summary Information

• Design can be adapted to exercise any joint.
• Can provide full flexion or extension.
• Can be modified to fit the patients changing
  needs as therapy progresses.
• Easy to operate, inexpensive, and easily
  transportable.
• Therapy can continue in the comfort of the
  patients home, unsupervised.

Contact Information Dean Stell Office of
Technology Asset Management Wake Forest
University Health Sciences 391 Technology Way,
Suite 199 Winston-Salem, NC 27157 336-716-3729,
dstell_at_wfubmc.edu