Orthopedic device

US6283932A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Thomas Münch · Hemau, DE
• Meinald Settner · Ratingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 4, 2001
• Expiry date: May 7, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F5/0111
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An orthopedic device comprises a shaft capable of at least partially encircling at least a lower part of a leg, a foot part, a cup-shaped heel part connecting the foot part to the shaft, a continuous bearing surface arranged between the front end of the foot part and the heel part, the bearing surface constituting a lower closure of the orthopedic device and having a side facing the interior of the orthopedic device, which is flat and symmetrical with respect to a central longitudinal axis, and an arch support affixable to said bearing surface side. A portion of the arch support running along an outside of a foot capable of being supported by the arch support extends substantially horizontally, and a portion of the arch support running along an inside of the foot has a shape of a rising arc, a flank of the arc near the heel rising substantially perpendicularly from the bearing surface to an apex and extending from the apex to the foot part.