Protective medical boot and orthotic splint
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1. A medical boot, comprising:
- a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of a substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material having a foot portion, an ankle portion; and
a heel opening;
splint means for supporting the limb of a user with his foot disposed in the boot-shaped main body portion comprising;
a substantially rigid insole connected to the foot portion of the main body portion of the boot so as to moveable therewith;
the insole being disposed in the foot portion of the boot;
a substantially rigid splint bar, and means for connecting the splint bar to the ankle portion of the boot;
hinge means for connecting the insole to the splint bar such that the insole is moveable to a selected angular position with respect to the splint bar;
the hinge means comprising an elongated hinge member having one end received in the heel opening and connected to the insole;
pin means connecting the opposite end of the hinge member to the splint bar; and
means for locking the hinge means in said selected angular position, comprising the splint bar having a pair of spaced lugs, said hinge member being received between the lugs, the lugs having pairs of aligned openings, the hinge member having a toe swingeable between the pairs of aligned openings, and locking pin means being received in a selected aligned pair of said openings in the lugs to engage the toe of the hinge in a selected angular position.
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Abstract
A soft medical boot having an articulated splint bar for adjusting the angle of the foot of a patient disposed in a supine position.
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1. A medical boot, comprising:
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a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of a substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material having a foot portion, an ankle portion; and
a heel opening;splint means for supporting the limb of a user with his foot disposed in the boot-shaped main body portion comprising; a substantially rigid insole connected to the foot portion of the main body portion of the boot so as to moveable therewith; the insole being disposed in the foot portion of the boot; a substantially rigid splint bar, and means for connecting the splint bar to the ankle portion of the boot; hinge means for connecting the insole to the splint bar such that the insole is moveable to a selected angular position with respect to the splint bar; the hinge means comprising an elongated hinge member having one end received in the heel opening and connected to the insole; pin means connecting the opposite end of the hinge member to the splint bar; and means for locking the hinge means in said selected angular position, comprising the splint bar having a pair of spaced lugs, said hinge member being received between the lugs, the lugs having pairs of aligned openings, the hinge member having a toe swingeable between the pairs of aligned openings, and locking pin means being received in a selected aligned pair of said openings in the lugs to engage the toe of the hinge in a selected angular position.
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2. A medical boot comprising:
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a substantially boot-shaped main body portion formed primarily of a substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material having a foot portion and an ankle portion; splint means for supporting the limb of a user with his foot disposed in the boot-shaped main body portion, comprising; an elongated substantially rigid insole connected to the foot portion of the main body portion so as to be moveable therewith; an elongated substantially rigid splint bar, and means for connecting the splint bar to the ankle portion of said main body portion; articulated hinge means for connecting one end of the insole to one end of the splint bar, the articulated hinge means including a hinge pin disposed such that the insole is pivotal about the hinge pin to a first selected angular position with respect to the splint bar; and means for locking the hinge means in said selected angular position including a locking pin mounted on the hinge means adjacent the hinge pin, in a position depending upon the selected angle of the insole to the splint bar, the locking pin being removable from the hinge means so as to be repositioned according to a second selected angular position of the insole with respect to the splint bar. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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