Patent ID: 6491654
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A medical boot, comprising:a substantially boot-shaped main body (12) formed primarily of a substantially soft flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material, the boot body having a heel section and a leg-supporting section with a first fastener-receiving opening: a rigid unitary splint formed separately from said boot body, said splint having a foot-support section, an elongated leg support section, and a heel section, the leg support section having a second fastener-receiving opening; said splint being installable on the boot body so that the foot-support section of the splint is located within the boot body; a cushion (16) receivable in the boot body for supporting the limb of a user, comprising: an outer covering of substantially soft, flexible, compressible, shape-retaining material defining a main cushion portion; an easily deformable, fluid-containing container disposed within the main cushion portion; and fastener means for releasably connecting the cushion (16) to the leg support section of the splint and the leg-supporting section of the main boot body (12) at such times as the fastener-receiving opening in the splint is aligned with the fastener-receiving opening in the leg-supporting section of the boot, at least one of said fastener-receiving openings comprising a slot parallel to the length of the leg-support section of the splint, said fastener means being disposed in said first fastener-receiving opening and the second fastener-receiving opening whereby the cushion is fastened an adjusted distance from the heel section of the boot body depending upon the longitudinal position of the fastener means in said slot.