Patent ID: 9078735
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An ankle-foot orthotic device for a wearer's lower leg, foot, and ankle, the device having an upper end, a lower end, and posterior side and anterior side, and comprising: a rigid or substantially rigid multiple-piece outer shell having a foot region comprising a heel region at one end and a toe region at an opposite end, and an arch region between the heel and toe regions, and the outer shell further comprising an ankle region and a calf region, wherein the arch region extends anteriorly from the heel region to be forward relative to the ankle region and calf region, wherein the arch region is adapted to extend along the wearer's foot arch and up along sides, and across an upper surface, of the wearer's foot, and wherein the toe region is an anterior extremity of the foot region and is adapted to be near the wearer's toes, the outer shell comprising a medial shell portion and a lateral shell portion, each of the shell portions having a top end, and a bottom end, an anterior edge and a posterior edge; wherein the medial shell portion and lateral shell portion are connected only at their bottom ends and are pivotal relative to each other only on a single bottom longitudinal centerline axis extending between the toe region and the heel region of the outer shell foot region, to distance the top ends of the shell portions to open the outer shell; and at least one fastener adapted to pull the shell portions together to tighten the outer shell by moving the shells together at their posterior edges and at their anterior edges.