Patent ID: 7299568
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An orthopedic device to compensate for varus or valgus structural abnormalities of a subject's foot, the device comprising a compensatory wedge of a foam material exhibiting a hardness sufficient to accommodate the correction of the subject's structural abnormality, wherein the wedge is placed under the subject's fore foot and under the location of the structural abnormality, wherein the wedge is shaped laterally and/or medially of the foot so as to compensate for either a varus or valgus structural fore foot abnormality, wherein the wedge comprises an outer perimeter which is substantially parallelogram in shape and wherein the wedge is shaped so as to taper from a thickest portion at one edge to a thinnest portion at the opposite edge, wherein the wedge further includes a clipped corner that extends to a point at a location corresponding to a metatarsal phalangeal joint or metatarsal interspace so as to accommodate anatomical structure and/or function of the fore foot, and wherein the foam material of the wedge has a micro-structure comprised of open cells, so as to allow for sufficient air flow and heat dissipation when in use to thereby reduce discomfort.