Patent ID: 7337680
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: A61B,G01L

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring plantar foot pressure, said device comprising: a measuring device for generating an imprint of a patient's foot, said imprint including a first set of at least two differentiable color density markings, said first set of differentiable density markings each corresponding to a different pressure exerted on said measuring device by different areas of the patient's foot; and a calibration card having an indicia thereon, said indicia including a second set of at least two differentiable color density markings, corresponding to said first set of differentiable density markings with like density markings referring to like pressure exerted on said measuring device, wherein each differentiable density marking in said second set of differentiable density markings on said calibration card has a viewing opening disposed within, such that when said viewing openings in said calibration card are placed over said imprint of said patients foot, the first set of differential density markings from said imprint are viewable through said viewing openings so that they are readily comparable to said second set of differentiable density markings in said indicia on said calibration card, allowing the pressure exerted by the patient's foot on a particular area of said imprint to be determined.