Biomedical apparatus particularly for detecting and evaluating t

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1997-09-11

1999-08-31

Apley, Richard J.

Surgery: splint, brace, or bandage

Orthopedic bandage

Splint or brace

600592, A61F 500, A61B 5103

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059446765

ABSTRACT:
A biomedical apparatus, particularly for detecting and evaluating the posture of the rear part of the feet (heels). The apparatus comprises a resting base provided with a flat upper surface on which, in the operating configuration, the feet of the patient being evaluated rest, and on which two removable reference heel units for the heel region of the feet are conveniently associated, so as to provide positioning of the feet. The surface has reference graduations in order to measure the gait angle or walking angle of the foot. The apparatus comprises a slider which is slidingly coupled to the base and is suitable to support and move a camera along a preset circular arc located to the rear of the heels of the patient, at a preset focal distance. The camera can be moved so as to photographically detect the resting of the heels on the ground along the median lines of the corresponding feet; the apparatus further comprises device for the comparative evaluation of the photographs taken by the camera and for calculating the thickness of a corrective wedge required to straighten a foot having a postural defect.

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