Patent ID: 9387113
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A61F

Claim Text:
1. An orthopaedic walker suitable for treating a metatarsal fracture, the walker comprising a compression walker boot and an offloader sole, wherein the compression walker boot comprises a compression inner section and an outer shell, and the offloader sole is externally offloaded and is arranged to promote weight bearing on or towards the heel of the foot of the subject wearing the walker; wherein the offloader sole comprises a tapered portion, the tapered portion comprising a section having a vertically shallow end disposed at or towards the rear end of the sole and increasing in vertical height to a wide end disposed towards the front end of the sole and wherein the tapered portion section does not extend to the end of the front of the sole, thereby offloading pressure, in use, away from the front of the foot.