Shoe orthosis or shoe orthosis parts
OwnerAlfred Dieterichinventor
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Abstract
A shoe orthosis device for corrective treatment of foot deformities such as flat-foot, bent foot, splay-foot, hammer toes, hallux valgus, and others, comprising a sole member having a force transmitting mechanism and a foot pressure plate mounted thereon so that downward force at the heel during walking will be transmitted to the forefoot region to rotate and/or transversely move the forefoot, and great toe, and press the toes downwardly to correct the deformities.
Claims19
A shoe orthosis device for corrective treatment of foot deformities wherein the pressure of the posterior part of the foot on the device is transmitted to the part of the foot which is to be treated in an intermittently acting force, comprising a sole member, means within said sole member which are adapted to be operated by said pressure to rotate the forefoot around the longitudinal axis of the foot and/or move it substantially transversely to said longitudinal axis substantially about an axis perpendicular to the sole, whereby said means act on the inner side of the forefoot to lower it, thus rotating said forefoot.
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