44 results about "Orthotic Insoles" patented technology

An intelligent insole for generating time sensitive information about the pressure on the foot. The insole includes a custom-made, semi-custom or generically sized orthotic component. The orthotic is laminated with a top cover and an intermediate pressure sensor having an array of capacitive pressure sensors. Signal processing equipment may be embedded in the insole or placed locally with the insole as on the side of a shoe. The processor also can connect to a wireless transmitter for relaying the information to a remote site.

An orthotic insole assembly including a semi-rigid cradle extending forward from the metatarsal region of the foot to the heel, wherein medial and lateral sidewalls extend upward from the cradle. The cradle includes an aperture in the area of heel impact wherein a heel plug is disposed within the aperture. A resilient, foam, cushioning layer overlies the cradle and the heel plug. A riser is connected to the cushioning layer to provide an elevated region in the area of the first metatarsal.

An intelligent insole for generating time sensitive information about the pressure on the foot. The insole includes a custom-made, semi-custom or generically sized orthotic component. The orthotic is laminated with a top cover and an intermediate pressure sensor having an array of capacitive pressure sensors. Signal processing equipment may be embedded in the insole or placed locally with the insole as on the side of a shoe. The processor also can connect to a wireless transmitter for relaying the information to a remote site.

An intelligent insole for generating time sensitive information about the pressure on the foot. The insole includes a custom-made, semi-custom, or generically sized orthotic component. The orthotic is laminated with a top cover and an intermediate pressure sensor having an array of capacitive pressure sensors. Signal processing equipment may be embedded in the insole or placed locally with the insole as on the side of a shoe. The processor also can connect to a wireless transmitter for relaying the information to a remote site.

A method system of custom forming orthotic shoe inserts adapted for use in multiple shoe types. The method steps to fit, form and fabricate custom inserts directed to individual patient requirements using heat malleable synthetic resin material in combination with removably secured overlying foot engagement pad and selective secured remedial arch pad directing the so-formed orthotic support.

An adjustable orthotic insole and a unique method of implementation has a shell and a sole lifter that is to correct malalignment of lower extremities and other functions such as cushioning, massage, etc are not anticipated. The distribution of ground reaction force is changed due to the orthotic effect of the sole lifter. A user adjusts position and thickness of the sole lifter incessantly until malalignment of lower extremities is restored to optimal alignment symmetrically. The present invention employs a unique method that the sole lifter is always opposite to rear foot lifter. Once the malalignment of lower extremities is corrected by the orthotic insole, the user would be able to maintain good posture and ambulate in ideal gait. Therefore, symmetric and coordinated movements are harmonious with balanced muscle function. The musculoskeletal system would be protected from overuse injury.

An orthotic insole usable in an article for footwear for aligning a foot with its lower leg to provide balance and support having a support base, an expandable rail section moveable between a receiving position and a grabbed position around an outer edge of the foot, and an expandable rail section moveable from the receiving position to the grabbed position when the foot is placed in the article of footwear.

The present invention is a system and method for measuring and generating a customized foot orthotic insole that may be inserted into footwear, to reposition the foot to that referenced neutral position or as close to that position as the individual can tolerate. The present invention can scan, manufacture, and dispense the custom insole at an integrated station that can be located in a specialist's office, but also in retail space, malls, airports, etc. The invention allows a customer to have his or her foot scanned using different types of three dimensional scanning or pressure scanning devices, whereupon the information from the scan(s) is / are fed to a semi-automatic design system, where computer programs and specialized AI algorithms create a custom insole design.

An orthotic shoe sole assembly and an orthotic insole are disclosed herein. The orthotic shoe assembly includes a shoe sole having an exposed surface and at least one exposed cavity accessible via the exposed surface. The at least one exposed cavity includes a central region and a plurality of channels extending from the central region. A resilient member is removably positioned within the central region of the exposed cavity. The resilient member is configured to resiliently expand into at least one of the plurality of channels of the exposed cavity. The orthotic insole is removably positioned to selectively conceal the exposed cavity of the shoe sole and the resilient member. The orthotic insole includes a central axis member for supporting a foot along its central axis.

An orthotic insole with a contoured support surface to conform to the underside of a foot. An arch support is provided by an inflatable bladder located within the insole and having a pump in the heel region of the insole to allow adjustment of the bladder. A valve is provided at the side of the bladder to release air from the bladder.

A turf toe terminator is an insole which is made up of a semi flexible orthotic insole which is inserted into the cleat or sneaker or is created as part of the sneaker or cleat to help prevent injury due to hyperextension of the great toe (turf toe).

The present invention is a system and method for measuring and generating a customized foot orthotic insole that may be inserted into footwear, to reposition the foot to that referenced neutral position or as close to that position as the individual can tolerate. The present invention can scan, manufacture, and dispense the custom insole at an integrated station that can be located in a specialist's office, but also in retail space, malls, airports, etc. The invention allows a customer to have his or her foot scanned using different types of three dimensional scanning or pressure scanning devices, whereupon the information from the scan(s) is / are fed to a semi-automatic design system, where computer programs and specialized AI algorithms create a custom insole design.

A women's high-heel shoe and a non-removable insole to be incorporated therein, the insole having an arch fill, a 3-degree rearfoot post and a layer of a closed-cell foam material, such as ethylene vinyl acetate. The arch support extends below the arch and may be positioned along an inside edge of the insole. The 3-degree rearfoot post is configured to extend below an outside edge of a user's foot. The rearfoot post may be integral to the bottom layer of the insole and have a durometer of approximately 55. The rearfoot post may extend the full length of the insole but may have a width that is substantially smaller than the width of the insole. The insole may extend varying lengths, including the full length of the sole of the shoe or to a location adjacent a user's digital sulcus.

A personalized customized orthopaedic insole is provided, comprises an arch support, a heel cup, a decompression hole and a patch, wherein the heel cup is positioned behind the arch support, the decompression hole is positioned on the arch support, the decompression hole corresponds to the position of the affected part, the patch is positioned above the arch support and the heel cup, and furthermore, the decompression hole is of circular or elliptical structure. According to the foot scanning model and plantar pressure distribution of different people, the orthopaedic insole was designed and made, Through 3D printing technology, it can compensate the shortening of lower limbs or foot defects, correct abnormal walking posture, alleviate foot pain, maintain foot stability, adjust foot biomechanics to return to normal standard state, and realize the treatment of high efficiency, fast, scientific, digital and personalized.

A therapeutic insole, comprising: at least a plantar channel running onto the upper surface of the therapeutic insole for providing support to a user's foot structure; a section of outside ribbing adapted to secure the therapeutic insole into a user's shoe; a plurality of support ribs running underneath the therapeutic insole to aid providing support to a user's foot structure while maintaining the therapeutic insole's shape; and a heel cup working with the at least a plantar channel to prevent undesired changes in a user's plantar fascia and heel tissue.

The invention discloses a foot orthopedic insole sewing system. The foot orthopedic insole sewing system comprises a first position sensor, a second position sensor, signal amplifier and a controller, wherein the first position sensor is connected with one of the signal amplifiers and then connected with the controller; the second position sensor is connected with the other signal amplifier and then connected with the controller; and the controller is connected with a sewing unit for communication. According to the foot orthopedic insole sewing system, owing to the two position sensors, the positions of edges in the sewing process can be effectively determined, so that the sewing accuracy is improved.

Filamentous bodies which are longitudinally extended and other film-like constructions are made by combining liquid silicone-containing precursors with air and extruding them. Distinct types or grades of fibers, strands, and other film-like constructions are produced which have a multiplicity of useful applications and indications for use owing to their inherent memory, compactability, tensile strength and density. Processes for making the novel enhanced filamentous bodies and products by the same can be optimized for uses ranging from safe and effective (“leak-free”) prosthetics to cushions, inserts, membranes, in a plurality of fields from consumer electronics to medical devices, and athletic or orthopedic shoe inserts.

The invention provides an orthotic insole with a function of balancing foot pressure. By the design of a shock pad at the heel of the insole, a support structure at a foot arch, a convex acupuncture point, a protrusion at the foot arch and an externally-wrapping wall, a functional insole capable of balancing and correcting foot pressure, exercising the brain, shaping the body and keeping safe and health is realized.

The invention relates to an orthotic insole capable of being transformed into a custom insole rapidly and a transformation method. The orthotic insole comprises a buffer layer and a thermoplastic layer located below the buffer layer, wherein the thermoplastic layer is made of a low-temperature thermoplastic material with softening temperature being 50-90 DEG C and has peak-shaped fluctuation at the arch part, and the buffer layer is made of a flexible material. The orthotic insole has beneficial effects that customization equipment is low in cost; the field is not limited, and the orthotic insole is low in cost and high in quality; prefabricated insoles are produced in a factory on a large scale, so that the cost is much lower than that of common custom insoles which are made manually in alaboratory, and quality of the batch-fabricated insoles is higher than that of single insoles obtained by attachment preparation.

An orthotic insole usable in an article for footwear for aligning a foot with its lower leg to provide balance and support having a support base, an expandable rail section moveable between a receiving position and a grabbed position around an outer edge of the foot, and an expandable rail section moveable from the receiving position to the grabbed position when the foot is placed in the article of footwear.

The invention discloses a foot orthotics insole and a preparation method thereof. The foot orthotics insole comprises an insole base, a reinforcing portion, a filling portion and an orthotics portion, wherein the insole base is made of starch-base antibacterial foam composite materials and provided with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface acts on a sole of a human body, and the second surface contacts with the inner bottom of a shoe. The insole base wraps the reinforcing portion and the filling portion, and the filling portion closely fits with the upper portion of the reinforcing portion. The smoothly projecting orthotics portion is arranged on the first surface, acts on a foot arch and fits with the foot bottom at the position of the foot arch. As the orthotics insole base is made of the starch-base antibacterial foam composite materials, the insole has comfortable hardness and excellent buffer performance and durability, and orthotics treatment effects are improved.

The invention discloses a manufacturing method of an orthopedic insole based on lower limb biomechanical parameter evaluation, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: S1, evaluating lower limb biomechanical parameters of a user; s2, sole mechanical analysis scanning is carried out, and dynamic and static test data of foot pressure are obtained; s3, lower limb biomechanical parameters and static and dynamic data of foot pressure are collected, and the orthopedic insole is manufactured based on 3D printing equipment. The lower limb biomechanical parameter evaluation system is high in integrity and pertinence and is used for customizing orthopedic insoles and enhancing the orthopedic effect.

The invention relates to the field of insole processing, and concretely relates to a 3D orthopedic insole customization method. The method comprises the following steps: 1, generating a three-dimensional model of a foot according to an imaging examination result of an ankle, and determining an insole curved surface and a three-dimensional model of an insole; 2, importing the three-dimensional model of the insole into a 3D printer; 3, cutting the sheet material into gaskets; 4, coating the gaskets with a hot melt adhesive, after the hot melt adhesive is solidified, attaching the gaskets to the insole, enabling the upper end of the blocking barrel to slide upwards to the position above a first piston, and covering the blocking barrel with a sealing cover; and 5, heating the gaskets, pushing the first piston upwards after the hot melt adhesive is melted until the insole is pressed on the sealing cover by the first piston, then taking out the insole, and cutting the redundant gaskets. According to the 3D orthopedic insole customization method, a hygroscopic cushion layer can be fixed to the insole, and the comfort level of the insole is improved.

The invention discloses a customized orthopedic insole processing device, and belongs to the technical field of insole processing. The customized orthopedic insole processing device comprises a foot detection and analysis device, wherein a heating softening box is arranged on one side of the foot detection and analysis device; a mold pressing device is arranged on the other side of the heating softening box; and an insole baking and pressing machine is arranged on the other side of the mold pressing device. A user stands on a transparent plate, a bottom camera is aligned to the transparent plate, sole detection is carried out, a sliding seat slides along a sliding track, side cameras at two ends of a fixing rack at the upper end of the sliding seat move, the side cameras move to detect side ankles, and sole data can be detected accurately without posture adjustment. When the insole baking and pressing machine stops using and the temperature in the insole baking and pressing machine is high, a water pump pumps liquid in a water tank, a heat collecting fin collects heat and conducts the heat to a heat absorbing tube, then the liquid in the heat absorbing tube collects heat, the liquid with the collected heat is conveyed into the water tank through a water inlet tube, and thus, heat recycling is improved.

The orthopedic shoe comprises a vamp, an orthopedic insole and a shoe sole, and is characterized in that a reinforcing supporting structure is arranged on the inner edge of the foot arch of the inner side of the shoe sole, a door-shaped reinforcing support is arranged on the foot arch of the outer side of the shoe sole, and the door-shaped reinforcing support is arranged on the inner edge of the foot arch of the outer side of the shoe sole. The starting point of the door-shaped reinforcing support is the fifth metatarsal bone on the outer side of the foot, the stopping point of the door-shaped reinforcing support is the most protruding position on the outer side of the heel bone, and the reinforcing support structure, the door-shaped reinforcing support and the shoe sole are of an integrally-formed structure. The reinforcing support structure of the orthopedic shoe, the door-shaped reinforcing support and the sole below the door-shaped reinforcing support form three force bearing points, and under the condition that the force bearing direction of one point is opposite to the force bearing directions of the other two points, the force bearing direction of the door-shaped reinforcing support is adjusted according to the acting force, the counter-acting force, the force decomposition law and the lever balance principle. The foot correcting effect is generated through the interaction of the three-point force principle, posture balance is achieved in biomechanics, and the foot massager is convenient to wear, does not affect daily activities and even can participate in physical exercises.

The invention discloses an intelligent orthopedic insole system, which comprises an insole, a power management circuit, a central control circuit, a pressure acquisition circuit, a sole muscle stimulation circuit and an upper computer, and is characterized in that the pressure acquisition circuit comprises a flexible circuit board, a pressure sensor group, a passive filter and a data output interface; the sole muscle stimulation circuit comprises a booster circuit, a switching circuit and an electrode plate. According to the intelligent orthopedic insole system, the technical problem of monitoring plantar pressure in real time when a human body walks is solved, and detection data can be sent to the upper computer through a Bluetooth module; when the plantar pressure distribution is abnormal, a central processing unit sends a control signal to the boosting circuit and the switching circuit, a boosting chip boosts the output voltage, and when the switching circuit is switched on, the electrode slice outputs stimulation voltage to the plantar pressure abnormal part, so that a patient is informed of which part of the plantar is abnormal in pressure; and the patient is timely reminded to adjust the standing or walking posture.

The invention discloses a modular orthotic insole which comprises an insole body, the insole body further comprises an upper-layer base body and a lower-layer insole body, the thickness of the side wall of the edge of the top end, corresponding to the area from the heel to the front end of the sole of a human body, of the upper-layer base body is gradually reduced from the outer side to the inner side, and a protruding part is arranged in the arch area of the upper-layer base body; the hardness of the lower-layer pad body is larger than that of the upper-layer base body, and the end, away from the heel, of the lower-layer pad body extends to the front end of the sole. According to the insole, the softness and comfort of the insole after wearing can be further improved, the hardness of the upper-layer base body is smaller than that of the lower-layer insole body, the whole insole is soft to hard from top to bottom after wearing, meanwhile, the thickness of the edge side wall of the upper-layer base body is gradually decreased from the outer side to the inner side, the insole better fits the contour of the foot sole of the human body, and meanwhile the bending softness of the insole is not affected; the breathable and soft magic hair is matched, so that the softness and comfort of the shoe pad after wearing can be further improved.