Surgery – Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants – Restrainers and immobilizers
Patent
1997-01-31
1998-09-01
Brown, Micheal A.
Surgery
Body protecting or restraining devices for patients or infants
Restrainers and immobilizers
602 27, A61F 537
Patent
active
057996598
ABSTRACT:
A low cost orthosis for the treatment of foot and ankle conditions including plantar fasciitis and tendonitis, the orthosis is a rigid, molded shell manufactured in a variety of incremental sizes, having a generally U-shaped cross-sectional configuration and a flat foot bed, covered by a soft fabric covering, and using a removable and interchangeable foot bed wedge insert permitting the angle of dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion and eversion to be varied.
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Brown Micheal A.
Dykas Frank J.
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