1. A method for testing and preventing the onset of symptoms of nerve pathology, improving discovery of cancer mass and reducing inflammation, the method comprising the steps of: A) identifying the subject’s nerve pathology by diagnostic tests; B) identifying the subject’s base line physical condition by inspection or examination tests; C) conducting the base line physical condition tests; D) providing the subject a tool; E) selecting exercises as uses of the tool to maximize inflammation in the structures adjacent to the nerve; F) instructing the subject on a use of the tool to maximize inflammation in the structures adjacent to the nerve; G) instructing the subject on self reporting of pain, tingling, decrease or change of feeling; H) instructing the subject to perform the self reporting; I) the subject performs the self reporting; J) instructing the subject on exercises of the tool to maximize inflammation; K) instructing the subject to perform the exercise of the tool to maximize inflammation; L) the subject performs the exercise; M) repeat steps C, H and I; N) adjourning the testing while awaiting the return of the subject to the base line physical conditions in step B; O) selecting exercises as uses of the tool to minimize inflammation in the structures adjacent to the nerve; P) repeat steps C, H and 1; Q) instructing the subject on a use of the tool to minimize inflammation in the structures adjacent to the nerve; R) instructing the subject to perform the exercise of the tool to minimize inflammation; S) the subject performs the exercise; T) repeat steps C, H and I; U) identify number of tests to conduct to obtain statistically reliable and reproducible results; V) identify number of subjects to test to obtain statistically reliable and reproducible results; W) alternate between steps E to M and O to T to blind the results; X) conduct, preserve, protect and record all steps as necessary with sufficient tests, subjects, and alternates to obtain meaningful data; Y) establish end points for the data; and Z) calculate the statistical deviations necessary to compare the end points tools, wherein the data is used to establish an effectiveness of the tool at minimizing inflammation in the structures adjacent to the nerve.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic tests are chosen from any or all: Tinel’s sign, Phalen’s test, carpel compression test, Durkam’s sign, flick test, tourniquet test, cotton ball finger stroke test, two-point discrimination test, palpation test, Semmen-Weinstein monofilanient test, cervical spine x-ray, nerve conduction study, doppler ultramonography, magnetic resonance imaging, corticosteroid injection, wrist squareness ratio, wrist splint at night test, nerve face electroneurometer, vibration test, grip and pinch strength, dynamometer, pinch gauge, visual analog scale pain assessment, hand volume water displacement test, thermography, finger wrinkling, long finger III abduction and adduction, thumb I abduction opposition, pinky finger V flexion, middle finger III flexion, profundus tendon test, sharp pin impale finger test, loss of drag, index finger abduction, pinky finger abduction, Electro mylo gram, middle finger flexion, nerve stimulation, electrodiagnosis, flexor carpi ulnaris palpation, palmaris longus palpation, extensor digitorum communis palpation, finger whistle, thumb bending, spread hand palpation, dorsal interossei spread fingers, fingernail pressure, hypertrophy tendon, blindfold test, comparison of abnormal and normal limb, Linburg’s sign, wrist radiograph, Finkelstein’s test, dorsiflex wrist, extensor carpi ulnaris palpation, oblique retinacular ligament tightness test, grind test, arterial patency finger press test, tape measure, caliper, infusion catheter, and distal sensory latency test.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the exercises and use of the tool, includes any or all: 1) to increase inflammation requires maximum repetitive flexion use, that is extension and flexion of the fingers; 2) to increase inflammation includes typing on the QWERTY layout keyboard or typewriter, or on any keyboard wherein the majority of usage of letters is away from the home row, the ball or track mouse data entry peripheral and the one hand finger pad arrangement of numerals 0through 9; 3) to prolong the increase of inflammation or decrease inflammation requires minimum repetitive flexion use; 4) to prolong the increase of inflammation or decrease inflammation includes typing on the AslnRedHot, Dvorak, keyboard or any efficient keyboard with the letter E on the home row, use of a drafting board, internal consumption of aspirin or any anti-inflammatory drug or medicine, section of the transverse carpal ligament, or any exercise; wherein the tools includes a wrist brace, a chair, a table, a typewriter, a light, a video display terminal, or any similar binding, sitting, supporting, communicating, illuminating, and displaying equipment.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the nerve pathology is median nerve entrapment, ulnar nerve entrapment, or any neuropathy or neuritis.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the nerve comprises the median nerve and the structures adjacent to the nerve include the nine flexor tendons next to the median nerve.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein work of any or all of the nine flexor muscles next to the median nerve is shifted to the lumbricals of the fingers, the dorsal interossei of the hand, and the volar interossei muscles.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the base line physical condition by inspection or examination tests include, any or all: 1) water displacement, caliper or tape measure of hand volume; 2) self report upper extremity assessment battery, sensory evaluation palmar and dorsal views of hand; 3) self report visual analogue scale for pain; 4) self report verbal rating scale for pain; 5) daily activity and medication log and pain level scale report; and 6) turn key in lock.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the base line physical condition by inspection or examination tests includes any or all, identifying the patient’s name, address, phone, age, referring Health Care Professional, Health History, background data on carpal tunnel syndrome or cancer, gender, prior diagnosis, handsfingers night tingle or pain, braces or special support on hands or arm, pain relievers, prior nerve conduction velocity study, heart trouble, chest pain, fainting or dizziness, hand or finger therapy, bonejoint problem, arthritis, physical reason to avoid exertion, number of fingers used in activities, prior surgery, prior hospitalization, high blood pressure, swelling or any vascular disease, asthmabronchitis, abnormal blood lipid or sugar levels, medications, allergy drugs, pain relievers, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, steroids, anti-inflammatories, Prednisone, pills, caffeine, alcohol, tobacco, multi-vitamins, dietary supplements, coronary disease, sudden death, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, pregnancy, menstruation, steroid injection, metabolic rate of discharge of drugs, with provisions to update the answers if they change, and instructions to avoid any pain relievers for times before each typing activity.
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The method according to claim 1 wherein the method further comprises the step of the patient selecting for treatment of symptoms of any or all of the physical disabilities of: aberrant anatomy, acidosis, acromegalic arthritis, acromegaly, acrosclerosis, acute wasting paralysis, acute ascending paralysis, acute anterior poliomyelitis, adenohypophysis, aerobic exercise, aging, alcoholism, amyloidosis, anemia, aneurysms, angina, apoplexy, arachnodactyly, arteriolar disease, arteriosclerosis, arteriovenous malformation, artery, arthritis of rheumatic fever, arthritis, atrophic arthritis, atrophy, backward cardiac failure, baseball finger, Bence-Jones protein, benign tumor, birth, birth palsy, blood vessel, bone marrow, bony ankylosis, brachial plexus, brachial birth palsy, brachial paralysis, brachialgia, brain, brain abscess, Buerger’s disease, bulbar apoplexy, burn, bursitis, calcinosis, calcium, calcium deposits, callus, canal volume increased, canal volume decreased, capillary walls, cardiac failure, carpal bones, carpal tunnel syndrome, carpometacarpal joint arthritis, cartilage, cataract, central nervous system, cerebral vessels, cerebral palsy, cervical adenitis, cervical spine arthritis, cervical radiculopathy, cervical radiculopathy, Charcot’s arthritis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, chorionitis, chronic arthritis, cigarette smoking, clubbed finger, collagen, coma, congestive, connective tissue, consciousness, contraceptive pills, cretinism, cyst of joint capsule, cyst of semi-lunar cartilage, cystic tumor of tendon sheath, cystic, dactylitis syphilitica, debility, deep palmar retroflexor space abscess, deformity, degenerative joint disease, degenerative conditions, deltoid, demineralization, dermatosclerosis, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, diabetic polyneuropathy, digital neuropathies individual, digital arteries, digits, disuse osteoporosis, dolichostenomelia, dropsy, drumstick finger, dyspnea, dystrophia myotonica, ear, edema, embolism, endocrine organs, eosinophilic cells, epicondylitis, epidemic paralysis, epidermis, Erb-Duchenne syndrome, erythroid myeloma, extracranial lesions, extravasation, fascia, fibromyalgia syndrome, flaccid paralysis, fracture, ganglion, gastric, gastrointestinal, glycosuria, gonococcus, gonorrheal arthritis, gout, gouty tophus, gouty arthritis, granulation, gumma, hammer finger, Haversian spaces, head injury, heart failure, heart, Heberdens arthritis, Heine-Medin’s disease, hematogenous arthritis, hematoma, hemic myeloma, hemodialysis, hemolytic streptococcus, hemophilic arthritis, hemorrhage, hereditary conditions, high blood pressure, Hippocratic finger, hunger, hydrostatic pressure, hypercalcemla, hyperemia, hyperesthesia, hyperfunction, hypergiobulinemia, hyperglycemia, hypermotility, hyperplasia, hypertension, hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy, hypertropyhic reaction, hypothyroidism, incoordination, infantile paralysis, infection, infectious arthritis, infectious conditions, inflanimation, inflammatory conditions, insulin, intracranial lesions, ischemic paralysis, joint capsule, joint surface, Kahler’s disease, ketosis, Klumpke palsy, knuckle, lead palsy, leprosy, lesion, leukocytosis, lipoma, lock finger, luxation, lymph, lymphocytic myeloma, lymphoid myeloma, malignant, mallet finger, malnutrition osteoporosis, Marfan’s syndrome, marrow, mass lesion, medulla oblongata, men, menopausal arthritis, menopause, menstruation, metabolic, migraines, mucoid hyaluronic acid, mucopolysaccharidosis, multiple sclerosis, muscle spasms, muscle tenderness, muscular dystrophy, myelocytic sarcoma, myeloid myeloma, myeloid tumor, myeloma, myeloma multiple, myofascial dysfunction, myoselerosis, myotonia dystrophica, myotonic dystrophy, myxedema, neoplastic conditions, neuritis, neurological, neurons, neuropathic arthritis, neuropathies individual, neurotrophic arthritis, obesity, obstetric paralysis, osmotic pressure, ossification, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, palsy, paralysis, paralytic poliomyelitis, phalangectomy, phalangitis, phalangitis syphilitica, phalangization, phalangophalangeal amputation, phalanx, phosphatase, phosphorus, plasma, plasma cell myeloma, plasmacytes, plasmacytic myeloma, plasmacytic sarcoma, plasmacytoma, plasmocytic sarcoma, plasmocytic myeloma, plasmocytoma, plasmona, pneumococcus, polio, poliomyelitis, polyneuritis, pons, postinjury, postmenopausal osteoporosis, power grip, pregnancy, prenatal syphilis, printer’s palsy, proliferative arthritis, pronator syndrome, protein concentration, proximal lumbrical insertion, proximal median neuropathy, psychosis of hysterical numbness and clenched-fist syndrome, pulmonary, punctiform, Quervain’s disease, Quinquaud’s phenomenon, radiation neuritis, radiohumeral articulation, radiohumeral bursitis, radiohumeral epicondylitis, Raynaud’s syndrome, Recklinghausen’s disease, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, renal failure, respiratory, reticular fibers, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid tenosynovitis, ruptured disk, sanguineous apoplexy, scarlatinal synovitis, scarlatinal arthritis, scarlet fever, scleriasis, scleroderma, seal finger, seizures idiopathic peripheral causes, senile, osteoporosis, senility, skeleton, sodium urate, spastic diplegia, spider finger, spinal nerves, spinal cord, spinal cord lesions, splanchnomegaly, sprain fracture, springfinger, steinert’s disease, steilate cells, stroke, subchondral spaces, subdural hematoma, sugar tolerance, swallow, swelling, symmetrical synovitis, syndactyly, synovectomy, synovial, synovial tissues, synovial distention, synovial proliferation nonspecific, synovitis, synovium nonspecific fibrosis, syphilitic arthritis, syringomyelia, systemic disease, tabes dorsalis, tactile anesthesia, tendinitis, tendon sheath, tendons, tendovaginitis stenosans, tenosynovitis, thirst, thoracic outlet syndrome, thrombosed, thrombosis, thyroid hormone, thyroid conditions, tongue, tophaceous gout, trabeculae, transient ischemic attacks, trauma, traumatic conditions, tremors, trigger finger, tuberculosis, tuberculous tenosynovitis, tuberous sclerosis, tumor, tumor benign, ulnar nerve neuropathy, uremia, uric acid, urine, vascular spasm, vascular conditions, vasculitis, vasomotor disturbances, viscera, Volkmann’s paralysis, weakness, webbed fingers, weeping sinew, weight, white-finger syndrome, women, or wrist malalignment.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for use in mounting a movable door leaf on an overhead track comprising
a door leaf mounted assembly having a hanging member and a mounting bracket disposed on a bottom extremity of said hanging member and capable of being mounted on an upper edge of said door leaf; and
a carriage assembly having a support bracket and a moving mechanism assembled on said support bracket, wherein said support bracket is constructed and arranged with a channel forming into predetermined shape at a side opening thereof allowing said hanging member to pass through and a slot extending downwardly from said channel wherein a width and a length of said slot are substantially smaller with respect to said channel; the channel includes a first portion substantially connected to said slot having a longitudinal depth and a second portion partially connected to said slot having a relatively larger depth with respect to said first portion; and a shoulder is formed therein between said first portion and said second portion;
wherein said hanging member passes through from said first portion of said channel and said slot to reach said second portion of said channel via said shoulder thereof to rest against one end portion of said slot in the vicinity to said second portion, and an upper margin of said hanging member vertically extending downwardly to rest against said shoulder and a bottom extremity of said support bracket thereof attaching said hanging member upon said support bracket.
2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said mounting bracket is fixedly mounted with screws upon said hanging member.
3. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein said hanging member further comprises a prescrewed nut, and both said hanging member and said mounting bracket are fixedly screwed together, effecting said nut to firmly press against said mounting bracket in place.
4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a manually actuated releasing member having a stopper partially passes through said channel and being capable of moving therein between a first position and a second position; when said manually actuated releasing member moves to the first position, said stopper limits the movement of said hanging member therein between said second portion and said shoulder thereof preventing said hanging member from inadvertently moving out of said side opening; when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said second position, said stopper is located away from said hanging member, allowing said hanging member to move freely.
5. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, further comprising a manually actuated releasing member having a stopper partially passes through said channel and being capable of moving therein between a first position and a second position, when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said first position, said stopper limits the movement of said hanging member therein between said first portion and said second portion thereof preventing said hanging member from inadvertently moving out of said side opening; when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said second position, said stopper is located away from said hanging member, allowing said hanging member to move freely.
6. The apparatus as defined in claim 5, wherein the manually actuated releasing member is a moon-round shaped bar, movably rotating between said first position and said second position therein, and said stopper of said manually actuated releasing member is a body in the form of half of a circle of said manually actuated releasing member.
7. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said first position is an inoperative position.
8. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein said second position is a releasing position.
9. An apparatus for use in mounting a movable door leaf on an overhead track comprising:
a door leaf mounted assembly having a hanging member and a mounting bracket disposed on a bottom extremity of said hanging member and capable of being mounted on an upper edge of said door leaf;
a carriage assembly having a support bracket and a moving mechanism assembled on said support bracket, wherein said support bracket is constructed and arranged with a channel forming into predetermined shape at a side opening thereof allowing said hanging member to pass through and a slot extending downwardly from said channel wherein a width and a length of said slot are substantially smaller with respect to said channel; and said slot has a releasing end adjacent to said side opening and a closing end away from said side opening; and
a manually actuated releasing member having a stopper partially passes through said channel and being capable of moving therein between a first position and a second position;
wherein said hanging member passes through both said channel and said slot to rest against said closing end of said slot; when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said first position, said stopper limits the movement of said hanging member therein between said releasing end and said closing end as to prevent said hanging member from moving out of said releasing end; and when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said second position, said stopper is kept away from said hanging member, allowing said hanging member to move freely.
10. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein said mounting bracket is fixedly mounted with screws upon said hanging member.
11. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the hanging member further comprises a prescrewed nut, and both said hanging member and said mounting bracket are fixedly screwed together, effecting said nut to firmly press against said mounting bracket in place.
12. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein the manually actuated releasing member is a moon-round shaped bar, movably rotating therein between said first position and said second position, and said stopper of said manually actuated releasing member is a body in the form of half of a circle of said manually actuated releasing member.
13. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein said first position is an inoperative position.
14. The apparatus as defined in claim 9, wherein said second position is a releasing position.
15. An apparatus for use in mounting a movable door leaf on an overhead track comprising
an overhead track, having a predetermined length;
a carriage assembly comprising a moving mechanism assembled upon a longitudinal axis of said overhead track wherein a support bracket having a slot opened downwardly is constructed and arranged beneath said moving mechanism, and said slot is connected to a first portion and a second portion;
a door leaf mounted assembly comprising a hanging member wherein the upper marginal edge of said hanging member being capable of moving traversely within said slot and being rotated about its own longitudinal axis, and said axis is perpendicular to the orientation of the longitudinal axis of said overhead track, when said hanging member moves to the second portion allowing the vertically upward and downward motion about its own axis;
a mounting bracket disposed on a lower margin of said hanging member and mounted on a predetermined edge of said door leaf; and
a manually actuated releasing member is constructed and arranged upon said support bracket passing through a stopper of said slot and being rotatable about its own axis between a first position and a second position, said pivotally rotating axis is perpendicular with respect to both the longitudinal axis of said overhead track and the axis of said hanging member;
wherein when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said first position thereof, said stopper limits the movement of the upper marginal edge of said hanging member inadvertently moving away from said second position towards said first position thereof within said slot, when said manually actuated releasing member moves to said second position, allowing said hanging member to freely move therein.
16. The apparatus as defined in claim 15 wherein said manually actuated releasing member is provided with a handle having a predetermined length and is exposed at exterior of said support bracket as to adjust the alternate position of said manually actuated releasing member, and the orientation of the longitudinal axis of said handle is perpendicular with respect to the pivotally rotating axis of said manually actuated releasing member.
17. The apparatus as defined in claim 15 wherein a facing is provided at the front wall surface of said overhead track forming into a predetermined width so that bottom margin of said facing is substantially lower than the bottommost edge of said track.
18. The apparatus as defined in claim 15 comprising two panels of door leafs having an apparatus respectively mounted upon each of said two door leafs, and at least a hinge is pivotally mounted thereon to the edge margin of the adjacent portion of said two door leafs.
19. The apparatus as defined in claim 15, wherein said first position is an inoperative position.