Patents Assigned to Trestles Healthcare, Inc.
  • Orthotic/electrotherapy for treating contractures due to immobility
    Patent number: 6456884
    Abstract: A therapeutic system comprising an orthotic device adapted to extend the range of angular movement between adjacent first and second skeletal body parts which have been drawn to and involuntarily held in a limited angular range of motion position relative to one another by contraction of muscle fibers and connective tissue due to immobility of one or both of said skeletal body parts and an electrode component positioned to be effective to conduct an electrical current to at least one of said body parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Trestles Healthcare, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. Kenney