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Ankle and foot therapeutic device

  • US 6,350,246 B1
  • Filed: 02/23/2000
  • Issued: 02/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A therapeutic ankle and foot device for a patient, the device comprising:

  • a leg portion, a foot portion and a heel portion, said foot portion being at an angle to said leg portion;

    an interconnecting range of motion assembly being integral with one end of said leg portion, said interconnecting range of motion assembly having an upper ankle support member and a lower ankle support member, said upper and lower ankle support members being pivotally connected to one another at a pivot point being lateral to a patient'"'"'s ankle during use, said ankle support member being integral with and extending upwardly and diagonally from said heel portion, said range of motion assembly having an apertured motion plate with an adjustable stop attached thereto for selective engagement between said lower ankle support member and said upper ankle support member, said apertured motion plate having an arcuate aperture; and

    said heel portion having a configuration to provide a space between the patient'"'"'s heel and said heel portion to prevent the application of pressure to the patient'"'"'s heel, and said heel portion being attached to said foot portion wherein the pivot is inwardly from said heel portion and substantially lateral to the patient'"'"'s ankle during use such that the range of dorsi and plantar flexion between said leg portion and foot portion may be freely adjusted with the interconnecting range of motion assembly.

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