Supports Home Rehabilitation of Hemiplegic Stroke Patients Patented "Rehab Box" for Mirror Therapy

Easy assembly & compact storage, promotes mirror therapy

2024.05.10 09:30

株式会社Transparence

Transparence Co., Ltd. (Head office: Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture; Representative Director: Masato Iwata), a company that provides in-home rehabilitation massage services and manufactures and sells medical equipment, has been granted a patent for a rehabilitation box for mirror therapy (illusion therapy) and stroke rehabilitation that can be easily used at home to help stroke victims suffering from hemiplegia. The box can be easily used at home to help stroke patients suffering from hemiplegia.

Rehab Box for Mirror Therapy

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Rehab Box" for mirror therapy that can be easily used at home

Details of the patent

Patent number: Patent No. 7473218

Patent registration date: April 15, 2024

Title of Invention : Rehabilitation Therapy Box

Patent Holder ：Transparence Inc.

What is Mirror Therapy?

Mirror therapy is a rehabilitation therapy using mirrors. It is a therapy that is expected to improve the function of the paralyzed upper limb by inputting an illusory stimulus to the motor cortex of the brain through vision, as if the paralyzed upper limb was moving.

Features of Rehab Box (Mirror Box)

However, most of them are handmade boxes made of waste cardboard, which are time-consuming to make, fragile, unattractive, and difficult to store, etc. Despite numerous evidences, there are few cases in which they are actually used. Despite the fact that there is a lot of evidence to the contrary, there are few cases of actual use of such boxes.

In order to solve these problems, we have developed the following products,

Use of clean and sturdy white corrugated cardboard. The use of clean and sturdy white cardboard, which looks good and can be used for a long period of time.

Can be used for both left and right-handed paraplegics. A caregiver can assist the user in locomotion.

Easy to assemble and the mirror can be stored compactly when not in use.

The bottom of the box is equipped with a non-slip surface to facilitate rehabilitation.

The mirror can be fixed at an angle for easy viewing.

The large mirror provides a more immersive experience.

The mirror therapy system has been developed to be used by more people who have problems by providing such features at a lower price.