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Surgical shoe for avoiding heel strike and for reducing weight bearing from the heel of a foot

  • US 5,940,992 A
  • Filed: 03/16/1998
  • Issued: 08/24/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a post-operative surgical shoe for supporting a post-operative or otherwise traumatized patient'"'"'s heel, said shoe comprising:

  • an upper assembly secured to a sole assembly, said upper assembly adapted to surround the heel sides and dorsal portions of a foot;

    a forward portion of said upper assembly being divided into left and right side flaps adapted to cover the dorsal region of said foot;

    means detachably interconnecting outer face portions of said left and right flaps;

    said sole assembly comprising at least an insole conforming generally to the plantar aspect of the foot and an outsole having a flat top surface and being integrated to the bottom surface of said insole, the improvement wherein;

    said outsole is of generally wedge shape in side elevation tapering generally towards the toe of the shoe and having a thickest portion of a wedge located under a part of the foot just in front of the heel, defining a rocker edge and an integral, substantially thinner portion extending rearwardly along said flat top surface from said thickest portion and underlying the heel of the foot, elevated from the bottom surface of said thickest portion of said outsole and thereby defining a rearwardly extending recess underlying the heel of the foot, raised above said rocker edge to thereby shift initial ground contact to said rocker edge in front of the heel and proximal to the arch to prevent heel strike and to avoid weight bearing directly under the heel during both ambulation and standing;

    and wherein said insole further comprises a front section overlying said outsole from said thickest portion of said forwardly tapering outsole to said toe end of said shoe of a medium impact material, and a rear section underlying the heel of the foot of a soft conforming material to cradle and protect the heel.

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