CA1316055C - Combination of antistasis devices - Google Patents
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Abstract
Abstract Of The Disclosure An exercise device for the feet and legs has:
(a) foot plates for exercising a supine person's feet;
(b) calf squeezers for compressing the calf muscles when the feet are exercized; and (c) a support structure holding the foot plates in a vertical position and the calf squeezers in a horizontal position.
Persons in a supine position exert a rocking movement of the foot plates and this rocking movement makes the calf muscles squeeze against the calf squeezer. This squeezing pump blood out of the deep veins of the calf and prevents stasis of blood and clot formation in the deep veins of the calf.
(a) foot plates for exercising a supine person's feet;
(b) calf squeezers for compressing the calf muscles when the feet are exercized; and (c) a support structure holding the foot plates in a vertical position and the calf squeezers in a horizontal position.
Persons in a supine position exert a rocking movement of the foot plates and this rocking movement makes the calf muscles squeeze against the calf squeezer. This squeezing pump blood out of the deep veins of the calf and prevents stasis of blood and clot formation in the deep veins of the calf.
Description
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IMPROVED COMBINATION OF A~TlST~SIS DEVICES
ckqround Of The Invention' The field of the invention is exerci~ing devices for the foot and leg and the present invention is particuiarly concerned with a combination of antistasis devlces for maintaining circulation in the foot and leg.
Invalids and bedridden people, whose opportuniti~s for leg exercise are severely limited, are subject to an increased risk of thrombophlebitis which is defined as an inflammation of a vein with the formation of a thrombus (blood clot~. Thrombophlebitis can eventually lead to pulmonary embolism.
The most common location for the formation of such clots is found in the deep veins of the legs where pooling and stagnation of blood occurs due to poor circulation as a result of little or hO leg exercise. Exercising of the leg muscles, especially the calf ~uscles, facilitates the movement of blood in the deep veins of the leg, thus lessening the risks of blood clot formation.
It has been cbmmon~practice to massage the legs of invalids and bedridden patients in~order to main~ain leg muscle tone and circulation, which in turn decreases the risk o~ thrombophlebitis. However, due to the shortage of nurses and physic 1 therapists, patients may not receive the necessary routine massages or leg exercises.
Apparatuses for massaging or exercising legs have been too cumbersome and/or expensive to be widely available in most hospitals and are especially not readily available to non-hospitalized patients.
~ owth in ~.S. Patent 4,159,111 discloses a leg e.xercising apparatus which is supposed to approximate a walking motion. The apparatus consists of~two solid, one piece, hinged foot pedals connected to each other through a pivotal point.
As one pedal is pushed down it forces the other pedal to rise.
Since ea~h hinged pedal is a solid unit, without any flexibi'lity, the exerciser's foot does not flex, as in normal walking, unless the heel leaves the foot pedal. Therefore, when using the ~ 3~6~5~
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A second exercising device is disclosed by ~ood in U.S. Patent 1,990,970. ~ere, weights are added to a shoe having rigid sole portions. Again, the ~hoe has a solid unitary body providing no flexibility. This arrangement is useful for people in good physical condition, who want to use the apparatus for strenthening leq muscles. The Wood apparatus, however, is not conducive for use by invalids or hedridden patients who require an apparatus for contracting and stretching leg muscles as opposed to an apparatus which is intended to build muscle mass.
Although the apparatuses of U.S. Patents 1,990,970 and 4,159,111 are supposedly designed to exercise ley muscles, neither apparatus incorporates features, other than movement o~ the foot about the ankle joint, to exercise calf muscles.
A stated above,~ however, in order to facilitate the pumping of blood from deep veins, the calf muscles are contracted and extended. For the non-invalid, such exercises of calf muscles is provided by walking where the foot is flexed about both the ankle joint and about the ball of the foot. For the reasons advanced above, neither of the above described apparatuses provides _n eCficient leg exerciser for preventing thrombophlebitis i~ invalids or bedridden patients.
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Su~mary Of The Invention The present invention is an effi-ient leg exerciser for use by invalids and bedridden patients, which provides a mimicking of the normal walking sequence. In part, this is accomplished by the present invention providing a surface against which the posterior calf muscles are constrained, thus ~squee~ing" the muscLes and facilitating a more efficient pumping action of the blood in the deep veins.
fK~ree elements are combined in the present invention to p~o~s stasis in supine persons. These elements comprise:
1) a support structure:
IMPROVED COMBINATION OF A~TlST~SIS DEVICES
ckqround Of The Invention' The field of the invention is exerci~ing devices for the foot and leg and the present invention is particuiarly concerned with a combination of antistasis devlces for maintaining circulation in the foot and leg.
Invalids and bedridden people, whose opportuniti~s for leg exercise are severely limited, are subject to an increased risk of thrombophlebitis which is defined as an inflammation of a vein with the formation of a thrombus (blood clot~. Thrombophlebitis can eventually lead to pulmonary embolism.
The most common location for the formation of such clots is found in the deep veins of the legs where pooling and stagnation of blood occurs due to poor circulation as a result of little or hO leg exercise. Exercising of the leg muscles, especially the calf ~uscles, facilitates the movement of blood in the deep veins of the leg, thus lessening the risks of blood clot formation.
It has been cbmmon~practice to massage the legs of invalids and bedridden patients in~order to main~ain leg muscle tone and circulation, which in turn decreases the risk o~ thrombophlebitis. However, due to the shortage of nurses and physic 1 therapists, patients may not receive the necessary routine massages or leg exercises.
Apparatuses for massaging or exercising legs have been too cumbersome and/or expensive to be widely available in most hospitals and are especially not readily available to non-hospitalized patients.
~ owth in ~.S. Patent 4,159,111 discloses a leg e.xercising apparatus which is supposed to approximate a walking motion. The apparatus consists of~two solid, one piece, hinged foot pedals connected to each other through a pivotal point.
As one pedal is pushed down it forces the other pedal to rise.
Since ea~h hinged pedal is a solid unit, without any flexibi'lity, the exerciser's foot does not flex, as in normal walking, unless the heel leaves the foot pedal. Therefore, when using the ~ 3~6~5~
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A second exercising device is disclosed by ~ood in U.S. Patent 1,990,970. ~ere, weights are added to a shoe having rigid sole portions. Again, the ~hoe has a solid unitary body providing no flexibility. This arrangement is useful for people in good physical condition, who want to use the apparatus for strenthening leq muscles. The Wood apparatus, however, is not conducive for use by invalids or hedridden patients who require an apparatus for contracting and stretching leg muscles as opposed to an apparatus which is intended to build muscle mass.
Although the apparatuses of U.S. Patents 1,990,970 and 4,159,111 are supposedly designed to exercise ley muscles, neither apparatus incorporates features, other than movement o~ the foot about the ankle joint, to exercise calf muscles.
A stated above,~ however, in order to facilitate the pumping of blood from deep veins, the calf muscles are contracted and extended. For the non-invalid, such exercises of calf muscles is provided by walking where the foot is flexed about both the ankle joint and about the ball of the foot. For the reasons advanced above, neither of the above described apparatuses provides _n eCficient leg exerciser for preventing thrombophlebitis i~ invalids or bedridden patients.
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Su~mary Of The Invention The present invention is an effi-ient leg exerciser for use by invalids and bedridden patients, which provides a mimicking of the normal walking sequence. In part, this is accomplished by the present invention providing a surface against which the posterior calf muscles are constrained, thus ~squee~ing" the muscLes and facilitating a more efficient pumping action of the blood in the deep veins.
fK~ree elements are combined in the present invention to p~o~s stasis in supine persons. These elements comprise:
1) a support structure:
2~ calf squeezers; and 3~ foot plates.
The support structure comprises a horizontal panel and a vertical panel and the vertical panel is hinged to the horizontal panel, there are no grooves on the horizontal panel or vertical panel.
The calf squeezers consist of semirigid foam glued ~ to a rigid, semicircular plastic frame. ~he plastic frame is ;~ rigid and is fitted to the horizontal panel of the support frame by means of screws. The calf squeezers are provided with wraps to wrap the leg snugly around the calf squeezer. The semirigid oam layer is covered with satin or similar material to provide a smooth surface to the calf of the user.
Each of the foot plates consists of a pair of flat pIates that are kept in a spaced apart relationship by means of a hollow metallic tube welded to the lower foot plate made of steel. The welding of the hollow tube to the lower metallic ` plate is slightly below the center. The top foot plate is suitably made of plastic and covered with a soft lining (made of synthetic cloth, such 25 nylon or n~tural cloth, such as silkj. This soft lining~provides comfort to the sole of the user.~ The upper plastic plate is held to the lower me~allic " :~
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plate by ~neans of two elasti~ bands, one at the toe end and the other at the heel end. The lower metallic plate is fixed to the vertical panel by means of screws or magnets. The foot is held attached to the upper plastic plate by means of straps, belts or VELCRO.
There are important dif ferences between the present venti6oqn a~ ~ the ~ ~ istasi,sjdevice"?dis~losed in application , Seria Numbe 632,896~. These differences include:
1) The foot plates and the calf squeezer of the present invention ~with the wrap that goes around the leg~
are not a unitary structure and are not in a unitary relationship. The foot plates that are held in the vertical position against the vertical panel can be removed from the vertical panel independently of the calf squeezer.
2) ~he calf sq~eezer consists of a thick (1~2~ to 1" thick) semiri~id foam glued to a rigid semicircular ` plastic frame. This plastic frame is fixed to the horizon~al panel by a plurality of screws. The semirigid foaln layer is covered with satin or similar material to provide a smooth surface to the calf. The calf squeezer as described above stops just above the ankle ~oint ar:d is not in continuity with the foot plates.
~, 3~ The plastic upper foot plate has a pluralityof magnet$c strips fixed to its toe end and the heel end. These ~, ~aqnetic strips facili,tate the rocking movement of the foot (strapped to the upper plastic plate by VELCR ~1n belts) as the lower,metallic foot plate attracts the horizontal ~nagnetic trips at the toe end and the he 1 end of the upper plastic foot plate. ' ~
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. The prasent invention may best be described by : reference to the appended dra~inqs, wherein:
Figure 1 i9 a right side perspective view of the combination of antistasis devices:
~ Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of one cf the calf i ~ squee~ers of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a right side view of one of the foot : plates of the present invsntion secured to the vertical panel by a ~crew with wing ~ut;
Figure 4 is a riqht side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention in use with the toes of ~he foot depressed;
Figure 5 is a riqht side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention in use with the heel of the foot depressed;
Figure 6 is a right side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention, partially in cross-section, ~ with the ~ottom steel plate secured to the vertica~ panel by :~ magnets; and Pigure 7 is a right side perspective view of one ~ ~ of the calf squeezers shown in an open position.
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With particular reference to Figure 1, the horizontal panel 2 is shown attached to vertical panel 4 by hinges 6.
Calf squee~ers 8 and lG are secured to hoxizontal panel 2 by bolts or screws 12 having wing nuts 14, as shown in Pigure 2.
Each calf squeezer has a rigid semicircular plastic frame 16 with a semirigid foam 18, such as polyurethane, glued therein. The semirigid foam is covered with satin or similar material 20 which provides a smooth surface for the calf of a user. Flaps 24 and Z6 are secured to the semicircalar plastic c frame 16 by a plurality of rive~s 28 and 30.
VELCRO fasteners are suitably mounted on the outside of flap 24 and the inside of 1ap 26 for fitting the calf of a user in the calf squee~er.
~n addition to the vELCRO fasteners, a plurality of straps 31 to 38 are secured at one end by rivets to the semicircular plastic frame and through ~-rings 40-46 at the other end to provide a more sacure retention of the user's calves in the calf squeezers.
Poot plates 48 and 50 are held in place on vertical panel 4 by magnets or bolts 52 with wing nuts 54, as shown in Figures 3 to 5. Each foot plate has a metal bottom plate t56,58) with a hollow metal tube (60,62) welded to the metal plate appro~imately in the middle thereof.
- Plastic foot holders ~64,66) pivo~ about the metal ; tube~ t60,62) and are held at the toe and heel portions by ela~tios 68-74 encircling the plastic foot holders and metal plates.
Straps 76 to 82 secure the feet of the user to the plastic foot holders. These straps 76 to 82 are secured t~
one sid~ of the plastic foGt holders by rivets and on the other end by D-rings 84~and 86.
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Each foot holder has longitudinal ridges 92,94 on each side thereof to maintain the user's feet in longitudinal direction.
The foot holders are covered ~ith a soft lining made from nylon or cloth.
Pigure 4 shows the foot flexed with the toes foreward and the heel to the rear while Figure 5 shows the heel flexed forward and the toes to the rear. The magnets 88,90 and the elastics 70,74 stress the plastic foot holders and add to the amount of effort required by the user to move his feet b~ween the positions shown in Figures 4 and S.
As the feet are rlexed, as shown in Fiqures 4 and S, the c~lf muscles of the user are e~panded and contracted and pressure is applied to the calf muscles by the cal~ squeezers 8 and 10.
Xn Figure 6, the steal plate 58 is held in position on vertical panel 4 by rnagnets 96 and 9~.
Figure 7 shows a calf squeezer of Fi~ures 1 and 2 with covers 24 and 26 open and VELCRO fasteners 100 to 106 exposed. One D-ring 108 and straps 110 to 116 are also shown~
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A patient is placed in a supine position; the fe~
are strapped to the upper plastic foot plates by VELCRO and belts. The legs fit snugly into the calf squeezers and are wrapped around with the leg wraps provid~.
The patient then exerts a rocking movement of the foot plates held against the vertical frame. This rocking movement makes ~he calf muscle squeeze against the semirigid foam layer of the calf squeezer and this squee~ing of the calf muscles pumps tne blood out of the deep veins of the calf and prevents stasis (stagnation) of blood and clot formation ~ ' :
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in the deep veins oF the calf. The currents in the blood flow created by squeezing the calf a~ainst the semiri7id layer of the calf squeezer spread to the proximal veins, namely, Femoral and Ileac veins and prevent stagnation of blood and clot formation in these veins alsc.
The overall effects of the antistasis device is to preven~ pulmonary embolism by preventing stasis and clot ~ormation in the deep veins of the calf and proximal Femoral and lle~C vein~.
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The support structure comprises a horizontal panel and a vertical panel and the vertical panel is hinged to the horizontal panel, there are no grooves on the horizontal panel or vertical panel.
The calf squeezers consist of semirigid foam glued ~ to a rigid, semicircular plastic frame. ~he plastic frame is ;~ rigid and is fitted to the horizontal panel of the support frame by means of screws. The calf squeezers are provided with wraps to wrap the leg snugly around the calf squeezer. The semirigid oam layer is covered with satin or similar material to provide a smooth surface to the calf of the user.
Each of the foot plates consists of a pair of flat pIates that are kept in a spaced apart relationship by means of a hollow metallic tube welded to the lower foot plate made of steel. The welding of the hollow tube to the lower metallic ` plate is slightly below the center. The top foot plate is suitably made of plastic and covered with a soft lining (made of synthetic cloth, such 25 nylon or n~tural cloth, such as silkj. This soft lining~provides comfort to the sole of the user.~ The upper plastic plate is held to the lower me~allic " :~
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plate by ~neans of two elasti~ bands, one at the toe end and the other at the heel end. The lower metallic plate is fixed to the vertical panel by means of screws or magnets. The foot is held attached to the upper plastic plate by means of straps, belts or VELCRO.
There are important dif ferences between the present venti6oqn a~ ~ the ~ ~ istasi,sjdevice"?dis~losed in application , Seria Numbe 632,896~. These differences include:
1) The foot plates and the calf squeezer of the present invention ~with the wrap that goes around the leg~
are not a unitary structure and are not in a unitary relationship. The foot plates that are held in the vertical position against the vertical panel can be removed from the vertical panel independently of the calf squeezer.
2) ~he calf sq~eezer consists of a thick (1~2~ to 1" thick) semiri~id foam glued to a rigid semicircular ` plastic frame. This plastic frame is fixed to the horizon~al panel by a plurality of screws. The semirigid foaln layer is covered with satin or similar material to provide a smooth surface to the calf. The calf squeezer as described above stops just above the ankle ~oint ar:d is not in continuity with the foot plates.
~, 3~ The plastic upper foot plate has a pluralityof magnet$c strips fixed to its toe end and the heel end. These ~, ~aqnetic strips facili,tate the rocking movement of the foot (strapped to the upper plastic plate by VELCR ~1n belts) as the lower,metallic foot plate attracts the horizontal ~nagnetic trips at the toe end and the he 1 end of the upper plastic foot plate. ' ~
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. The prasent invention may best be described by : reference to the appended dra~inqs, wherein:
Figure 1 i9 a right side perspective view of the combination of antistasis devices:
~ Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of one cf the calf i ~ squee~ers of the present invention;
Figure 3 is a right side view of one of the foot : plates of the present invsntion secured to the vertical panel by a ~crew with wing ~ut;
Figure 4 is a riqht side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention in use with the toes of ~he foot depressed;
Figure 5 is a riqht side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention in use with the heel of the foot depressed;
Figure 6 is a right side view of one of the foot plates of the present invention, partially in cross-section, ~ with the ~ottom steel plate secured to the vertica~ panel by :~ magnets; and Pigure 7 is a right side perspective view of one ~ ~ of the calf squeezers shown in an open position.
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With particular reference to Figure 1, the horizontal panel 2 is shown attached to vertical panel 4 by hinges 6.
Calf squee~ers 8 and lG are secured to hoxizontal panel 2 by bolts or screws 12 having wing nuts 14, as shown in Pigure 2.
Each calf squeezer has a rigid semicircular plastic frame 16 with a semirigid foam 18, such as polyurethane, glued therein. The semirigid foam is covered with satin or similar material 20 which provides a smooth surface for the calf of a user. Flaps 24 and Z6 are secured to the semicircalar plastic c frame 16 by a plurality of rive~s 28 and 30.
VELCRO fasteners are suitably mounted on the outside of flap 24 and the inside of 1ap 26 for fitting the calf of a user in the calf squee~er.
~n addition to the vELCRO fasteners, a plurality of straps 31 to 38 are secured at one end by rivets to the semicircular plastic frame and through ~-rings 40-46 at the other end to provide a more sacure retention of the user's calves in the calf squeezers.
Poot plates 48 and 50 are held in place on vertical panel 4 by magnets or bolts 52 with wing nuts 54, as shown in Figures 3 to 5. Each foot plate has a metal bottom plate t56,58) with a hollow metal tube (60,62) welded to the metal plate appro~imately in the middle thereof.
- Plastic foot holders ~64,66) pivo~ about the metal ; tube~ t60,62) and are held at the toe and heel portions by ela~tios 68-74 encircling the plastic foot holders and metal plates.
Straps 76 to 82 secure the feet of the user to the plastic foot holders. These straps 76 to 82 are secured t~
one sid~ of the plastic foGt holders by rivets and on the other end by D-rings 84~and 86.
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Each foot holder has longitudinal ridges 92,94 on each side thereof to maintain the user's feet in longitudinal direction.
The foot holders are covered ~ith a soft lining made from nylon or cloth.
Pigure 4 shows the foot flexed with the toes foreward and the heel to the rear while Figure 5 shows the heel flexed forward and the toes to the rear. The magnets 88,90 and the elastics 70,74 stress the plastic foot holders and add to the amount of effort required by the user to move his feet b~ween the positions shown in Figures 4 and S.
As the feet are rlexed, as shown in Fiqures 4 and S, the c~lf muscles of the user are e~panded and contracted and pressure is applied to the calf muscles by the cal~ squeezers 8 and 10.
Xn Figure 6, the steal plate 58 is held in position on vertical panel 4 by rnagnets 96 and 9~.
Figure 7 shows a calf squeezer of Fi~ures 1 and 2 with covers 24 and 26 open and VELCRO fasteners 100 to 106 exposed. One D-ring 108 and straps 110 to 116 are also shown~
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A patient is placed in a supine position; the fe~
are strapped to the upper plastic foot plates by VELCRO and belts. The legs fit snugly into the calf squeezers and are wrapped around with the leg wraps provid~.
The patient then exerts a rocking movement of the foot plates held against the vertical frame. This rocking movement makes ~he calf muscle squeeze against the semirigid foam layer of the calf squeezer and this squee~ing of the calf muscles pumps tne blood out of the deep veins of the calf and prevents stasis (stagnation) of blood and clot formation ~ ' :
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in the deep veins oF the calf. The currents in the blood flow created by squeezing the calf a~ainst the semiri7id layer of the calf squeezer spread to the proximal veins, namely, Femoral and Ileac veins and prevent stagnation of blood and clot formation in these veins alsc.
The overall effects of the antistasis device is to preven~ pulmonary embolism by preventing stasis and clot ~ormation in the deep veins of the calf and proximal Femoral and lle~C vein~.
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Claims (13)
1. An antistasis device for use in the supine position comprising:
(a) a horizontal panel and a vertical panel attached to each other to form a frame apparatus, (b) means for squeezing the user's calf in-cluding resilient means conforming to the calf of the user and means for securing the calf of the user a-gainst the resilient means, said means for squeezing the user's calf being removably attached to said hori-zontal panel; and, (c) means for flexing the user's foot in-cluding a base plate removably secured to said verti-cal panel, a metal tube secured to said base plate, and a foot holding plate, formed of a non-magnetic material, held in pivotable relationship about said tube.
(a) a horizontal panel and a vertical panel attached to each other to form a frame apparatus, (b) means for squeezing the user's calf in-cluding resilient means conforming to the calf of the user and means for securing the calf of the user a-gainst the resilient means, said means for squeezing the user's calf being removably attached to said hori-zontal panel; and, (c) means for flexing the user's foot in-cluding a base plate removably secured to said verti-cal panel, a metal tube secured to said base plate, and a foot holding plate, formed of a non-magnetic material, held in pivotable relationship about said tube.
2. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said means for squeezing the user's calf comprises a rigid semicircular plastic frame, a semirigid foam attached to the inside of said plastic frame, covers attached to both sides of said plastic frame and means for securing said covers over the leg of a user.
3. The antistasis device of claim 2, where-in said covers are secured to one another by hook and loop fasteners.
4. The antistasis device of claim 2, where-in said covers are secured to one another by straps.
5. The antistasis device of claim 2, where-in said plastic foam has a smooth surface thereover.
6. The antistasis device of claim l, where-in said foot holding plate is comprised of plastic having magnets at both ends thereof and said pivotable relationship is accomplished by elastics passing a-round the forward ends and rear ends of said base plate and said foot holding plate.
7. The antistasis device of claim 6, where-in said foot holding plate has longitudinal ridges there-on.
8. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said horizontal panel is attached to said vertical panel by hinges.
9. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said tube is hollow.
10. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said metal base plate is secured to said vertical panel by magnets in said vertical panel.
11. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said metal base plate is secured to said vertical panel by bolts.
12. The antistasis device of claim 1, where-in said means for squeezing the user's calf is secured to said horizontal panel by bolts.
13. An antistasis device for use in the supine position comprising:
(a) a horizontal panel and a vertical panel attached to each other to form a frame apparatus;
(b) means for squeezing the user's calf including a pair of resilient means conforming to the calf of the user and means for securing a calf of the user against each of the resilient means, said means for squeezing the user's calf being removably attached to said horizontal panel; and, (c) means for flexing the user's foot includ-ing a pair of base plates removably secured to said verti-cal panel, each base plate having a metal tube secured to said base plate, and a foot holding plate, formed of a non-magnetic material, held in pivotable relationship about said tube.
(a) a horizontal panel and a vertical panel attached to each other to form a frame apparatus;
(b) means for squeezing the user's calf including a pair of resilient means conforming to the calf of the user and means for securing a calf of the user against each of the resilient means, said means for squeezing the user's calf being removably attached to said horizontal panel; and, (c) means for flexing the user's foot includ-ing a pair of base plates removably secured to said verti-cal panel, each base plate having a metal tube secured to said base plate, and a foot holding plate, formed of a non-magnetic material, held in pivotable relationship about said tube.
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