Patent ID: 6460275
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An orthotic device for inserting within a heel portion of a shoe of a user for inhibiting excessive pronation or excessive supination of a user's foot, and for comforting associated pain by cushioning a heel of the foot, the orthotic device comprising:a wedge member having an upper surface, an opposite lower surface, a front end, a heel end, a pair of opposite sides, and a cutout extending between the upper surface and the lower surface, the upper surface of the wedge member being sloped between the opposite sides to define a substantially constant angle of from about negative 15 degrees to about 15 degrees to counteract the tendency of the foot to either excessively supinate or to excessively pronate; and a cup member positionable over the wedge member, the cup member comprising a first soft silicone material having an upper substantially continuous surface, an opposite lower substantially continuous surface, a front end, a heel end, a pair of opposite sides, and a shallow blind bore adjacent the lower surface of the cup member and extending toward the upper surface of the cup member and located so as to substantially overlie the cutout of the wedge member when the cup member is positioned adjacent the wedge member, the bore being substantially filled with a second soft silicone material.