Patent ID: 6732457
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A43B,A61F

Abstract:
A rehabilitative insole device comprising:a substantially dome-shaped catalyst for interfacing with the plantar aspect of a human foot; said catalyst having an apex for aligning with a target area within said foot, said target area defined by the point of articulation of the lateral cuneiform, cuboid and navicular bones of the foot, to permit uninhibited triplanar pivoting of said foot about said target area; said catalyst having a maximum height at said apex of from 1% to 5% of the length of said foot, wherein the length of said foot corresponds substantially to the length of said rehabilitative insole device; said catalyst being resiliently deformable to apply an upwardly directed pressure to stimulate the Golgi tendon organ in said foot in response to downward pressure on said catalyst by said foot; said resilient member having a resilient deformability allowing said catalyst to deflect from between 40% and 100% of said maximum height in response to vertical forces of a person standing at rest being applied to said catalyst.