Hand therapy device

Abstract

A therapy device includes a device body having one or more holes to engage the fingers of a first hand. A pulling member coupled with the device body is adapted to be grasped by a second hand and adapted to extend or flex, the first hand.

1 . A wrist therapy device comprising: 
 a first device body having a first set of one or more holes adapted to engage one or more fingers of a first hand; and    a pulling member coupled with the first device body adapted to be grasped and pulled by a second hand in order to extend or flex the first hand generally in the region of a first wrist.    
   
   
       2 . The wrist therapy device according to  claim 1  wherein the pulling member includes a handle.  
   
   
       3 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the pulling member includes a second device body having a second set of one or more holes adapted to engage the fingers of the second hand, and wherein the first device body is adapted to be grasped and pulled by the first hand in order to extend or flex the second hand generally in the region of a second wrist.  
   
   
       4 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the pulling member includes an opening adapted to fit one or more fingers of the second hand.  
   
   
       5 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the pulling member includes a middle portion having sides adapted to taper inwardly toward a device center line.  
   
   
       6 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the device body includes a pulling hole adapted to fit one or more fingers of the second hand.  
   
   
       7 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  further comprising stitching disposed on all or part of an annulus of the holes.  
   
   
       8 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 3  further comprising a coupling member adapted to couple the first device body with the second device body.  
   
   
       9 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 8  wherein the coupling member is adapted to twist, and the respective first and second device bodies are adapted to be alternately pulled and effective to extend or flex the respective second and first wrist.  
   
   
       10 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 9  wherein the coupling member is adapted to count the number of alternating repetitions conducted by a user of the device.  
   
   
       11 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the one or more holes are four holes in a line, the line forming an angle with a center line of the handle.  
   
   
       12 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 2  wherein the pulling member is at east partially made from a flexible material.  
   
   
       13 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 12  wherein the handle includes a rigid cylinder completely or partially enclosed in the flexible material.  
   
   
       14 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the device body is made from a flexible material.  
   
   
       15 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  wherein the pulling member includes a strap connected to a handle, a clearance on opposite sides of the strap adapted to position fingers of the second hand.  
   
   
       16 . The wrist therapy device of  claim 1  further comprising finger engaging elements adapted to fit over the fingers in the first hand, the one or more holes adapted to fit over the finger engaging elements.  
   
   
       17 . A method comprising: 
 slipping a first set of holes of a first device body over the fingers of a first hand and engaging the fingers of the first hand;    grasping a pulling member with a second hand, the pulling member coupled with the device body; and    extending and/or flexing the first hand by pulling the pulling member.    
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  further comprising positioning one or more fingers in an opening in one of the pulling member or the device body while grasping the handle.  
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 17  further comprising: 
 slipping a second set of holes of a second device body over the fingers of the second hand and engaging the fingers of the second hand, the second device body being coupled with the first device body;    alternately grasping and pulling each of the first device body and the second device body; and    respectively extending and/or flexing either the first hand or the second hand by pulling with the opposite hand.    
   
   
       20 . An apparatus comprising: 
 a first device body having holes adapted to fit over the fingers of a first hand; and    a handle coupled with the device body and adapted to be pulled and to extend and/or flex the first hand.    
   
   
       21 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the handle is part of a pulling member, the pulling member having an opening disposed to receive one or more fingers of a second hand while pulling the handle.  
   
   
       22 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the first device body has a pulling hole disposed to receive one or more fingers of a second hand while pulling the handle.  
   
   
       23 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the handle is a second device body configured similar to the first device body having additional holes adapted to fit over the fingers of the second hand.  
   
   
       24 . The apparatus of  claim 20  wherein the holes in the device body are reinforced with stitching.