Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
Programmable isometric exercising apparatus comprising: resistance means for resisting a force applied by a patient contracting muscles associated with a limb or body part pressed against the resistance means and a pre-set graphic display rest duration indication means, said rest duration indication means being adapted to issue a "count-down" signal up to a predetermined starting time at which the patient is required to exert force against said resistance means the said limb or body part being pressed against said resistance means without significant movement of motion.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
Programmable isometric exercising apparatus comprising: resistance means for resisting a force applied by a patient contracting muscles associated with a limb or body part pressed against the resistance means and a pre-set graphic display rest duration indication means, said rest duration indication means being adapted to issue a "count-down" signal up to a predetermined starting time at which the patient is required to exert force against said resistance means the said limb or body part being pressed against said resistance means without significant movement of motion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
Programmable isometric exercising apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said rest duration indication means comprises a series of lamps adapted to be illuminated or extinguished in series to provide the "count-down" signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
132 words
Programmable isometric exercising apparatus comprising: resistance means for resisting a force applied by a patient contracting muscles associated with a limb or body part pressed against the resistance means, and a calibrated graphic display device adapted to give an indication of the force applied against said resistance means, means for displaying a pre-setable target force within said graphic display and the said limb or body part being pressed against said resistance means without significant movement or motion, wherein said graphic display comprises a series of indicia each corresponding to a predetermined applied force the value of the predetermined preselected force increasing along the series so that as the applied force is increased through the range of said preselected forces, said indicia are successively activated and deactivated along the length of the series.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
132 words
Programmable isometric exercising apparatus comprising: resistance means for resisting a force applied by a patient contracting muscles associated with a limb or body part pressed against the resistance means, and a calibrated graphic display device adapted to give an indication of the force applied against said resistance means, means for displaying a pre-setable target force within said graphic display and the said limb or body part being pressed against said resistance means without significant movement or motion, wherein said graphic display comprises a series of indicia each corresponding to a predetermined applied force the value of the predetermined preselected force increasing along the series so that as the applied force is increased through the range of said preselected forces, said indicia are successively activated and deactivated along the length of the series.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
Exercising apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said indicia are lamps arranged and controlled to provide a moving dot display, so that, in use, one lamp of the series is activated separately to represent the instant value of the applied force by virtue of the position of the activated lamp with respect to the series of lamps as a whole, any one of which said lamps is capable of activation to indicate the target force.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
Exercising apparatus according to claim 4, wherein there are manually operable means activating a selected indicia to give an indication of a target applied force corresponding to the force required to cause activation of that indicia.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
Exercising apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein there are means for preselecting a number of repetitions, the arrangement being such that the number of repetitions reduces by one each time the applied force at least equals the preselected target force and indicator means for indicating to the patient when the count-down reaches zero.