Orthopedic footwear with dynamic medial longitudinal arch support
OwnerKourosh Barati, Parnian Shakeri +1inventors
InventorsKOUROSH BARATI, PARNIAN SHAKERI, HOSSEIN NOURI
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Abstract
The various embodiments herein provide an orthopedic footwear for correcting a foot deformity. The orthopedic footwear comprises an upper for covering a user's foot, a sole comprising an anterior part, a posterior part and a medial part, and a plurality of Bowden cables for connecting the posterior part and the anterior part of the sole. The sole configured to receive the user's foot. The Bowden cables are configured to vary a height of the medial part of the sole to provide a dynamic support to a medial-longitudinal arch of the user's foot.
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An orthopedic footwear for correcting a foot deformity comprises:
- an upper configured for covering a user's foot;
- a sole comprising an anterior part, a posterior part and a medial part, and wherein the sole is configured to receive the user's foot, and wherein the posterior part and the medial part of the sole are not configured to be in a direct-contact with each other;
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- a plurality of cables, connected to the posterior part and the anterior part of the sole, and wherein the plurality of cables is configured to vary a height of the medial part of the sole to provide a dynamic support to a medial-longitudinal arch of the user's foot based on a gait phase of a foot movement, and wherein the plurality of cables is Bowden cables, and wherein the plurality of cables is configured to extend in an initial stance of a gait cycle due to a body weight of the user, and wherein the plurality of cables is configured to contracts in a terminal stance of the gait cycle, and wherein the medial part of the sole is configured to be raised by the plurality of cables and configured to provide a dynamic arch support to a medial arch of the user's foot.
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