Apparatus and Method for Treating Foot Tissue

• US 20110308540A1
• Filed: 06/18/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Keith A. Naftulin
• Original Assignee: Keith A. Naftulin
• Inventors: Naftulin, Keith A.
• Application Number:
  US12/818,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20110308540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/200
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0045 made at least partially of deodorant means
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/16 Pieced soles with several layers of different material A43B13/12
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/226 the profile being made in the foot facing surface
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/003 characterised by the material made of wood A43B17/12, made of sponge, rubber or plastic materials A43B17/14
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/108 characterised by the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/128 characterised by the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/144 situated under the heel, i.e. the calcaneus bone

Abstract

A footwear apparatus for treating skin of a human foot may include a sole section configured for placement against a sole of a foot of a user during use; a heel section coupled with the sole section and configured for placement against the heel of the foot of the user during use; a reservoir configured for storing a material for use in treating skin of a human foot; and an abrasive surface coupled with the heel section and configured to debride skin of the heel of the user during use.

Claims

1. ) A footwear apparatus for treating skin of a human foot, said apparatus comprising:

a sole section configured for placement against a sole of a foot of a user during use;

a heel section coupled with the sole section and configured for placement against the heel of the foot of the user during use;

a reservoir configured for storing a material for use in treating skin of a human foot;

an abrasive surface coupled with the heel section and configured to debride skin of the heel of the user during use.

2. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the heel portion is configured to extend up the rear portion of the heel to about the margin between the plantar skin and the glabrous skin of the heel of the user.

3. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the sole portion comprises openings for distributing the stored material during use.

4. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reservoir comprises a completely closed bladder.

5. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reservoir is configured for opening to allow the stored material to be removed.

6. ) The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the bladder is configured to be pierced so as to allow the stored material to be removed.

7. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the heel portion contacts the bottom and back of the heel of the user during use.

8. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the abrasive surface is configured to debride fissured skin of the user during use.

9. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the sole section and the heel section are configured as an integrated piece.

10. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the sole section and the heel section are removably coupled with one another.

11. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reservoir is disposed in the heel section.

12. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reservoir is disposed in the sole section.

13. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the abrasive surface is an integral portion of the heel section.

14. ) The apparatus of claim 1 and further comprising a second abrasive surface, the second abrasive surface disposed on the sole section.

15. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the abrasive surface coupled with the heel section is configured to debride skin on the side of the heel during use.

16. ) The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the reservoir configured for storing material for use in treating skin of a human foot stores ointment.

17. ) A footwear apparatus for treating skin of a human foot, said footwear apparatus comprising:

a base section configured for placement against a sole of a foot of a user during use;

an insertable section configured for removable insertion in the base section;

a reservoir disposed in the insertable section and configured for storing a material for use in treating skin of a human foot.

18. ) The apparatus of claim 17 and further comprising an abrasive surface coupled with the insertable section and configured to debride skin of the heel of the user during use.

19. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the insertable section is configured to extend up the rear portion of the heel of the user to about the margin between the plantar skin and the glabrous skin of the heel of the user.

20. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the reservoir comprises a completely closed bladder.

21. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the reservoir is configured for opening to allow stored material to be removed.

22. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the base section is configured to receive the insertable section so that insertion of the insertable section in the base section disposes the insertable section proximate to the heel of the user during use.

23. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the base section is configured to receive the insertable section so that insertion of the insertable section in the base section disposes the insertable section proximate to the ball of the foot of the user during use.

24. ) The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the reservoir is configured for storing ointment as the material for treating skin of a human foot.

25. ) An apparatus for use in treating a human foot, the apparatus comprising:

a reservoir storing a material for use in treating skin of a human foot;

an outer surface defining a shape configured for insertion in a piece of footwear.

26. ) The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the outer surface of the apparatus comprises an abrasive surface configured to debride skin of the foot of a user during use of the piece of footwear.

27. ) The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the reservoir comprises a completely closed bladder.

28. ) The apparatus of claim 27 wherein the reservoir is configured for opening so as to allow the material to be removed.

29. ) The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the reservoir is configured to be opened by piercing.

30. ) A method of treating a foot with a footwear apparatus, the method comprising:

providing a footwear apparatus;

placing a foot into the footwear apparatus;

debriding injured foot tissue with a surface of the footwear apparatus by walking in the footwear apparatus;

dispensing a material from a reservoir within the footwear apparatus by walking in the footwear apparatus;

causing the dispensed material to contact the injured foot tissue by walking in the footwear apparatus.

31. ) The method as claimed in claim 30 and further comprising:

opening the reservoir so as to allow the material to be dispensed.

32. ) The method as claimed in claim 31 wherein said opening comprises piercing a bladder so as to allow the material to be dispensed.