EP3557986A1 - Chaussure d'animal, notamment chaussure orthopédique pour des pieds d'animaux, destinée à soulager des artiodactyles boiteux, et semelage et trousse pour ladite chaussure d'animal - Google Patents

Chaussure d'animal, notamment chaussure orthopédique pour des pieds d'animaux, destinée à soulager des artiodactyles boiteux, et semelage et trousse pour ladite chaussure d'animal

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EP3557986A1
EP3557986A1 EP17816870.4A EP17816870A EP3557986A1 EP 3557986 A1 EP3557986 A1 EP 3557986A1 EP 17816870 A EP17816870 A EP 17816870A EP 3557986 A1 EP3557986 A1 EP 3557986A1
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shoe
outsole
insole
claw
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Jan-Michael Steils
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01L—SHOEING OF ANIMALS
    • A01L9/00—Shoes for other animals, e.g. oxen
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01L—SHOEING OF ANIMALS
    • A01L3/00—Horseshoes fastened by means other than nails, with or without additional fastening by nailing

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  • Animal shoe in particular orthopedic shoe for animal feet for relieving lame mating hoofs and shoe bottom and kit for such an animal shoe
  • the invention relates to an animal shoe, in particular an orthopedic shoe for animal feet for relieving lame Paarhufern, such as cattle.
  • the present invention further relates to a shoe bottom for an animal shoe, in particular for an orthopedic shoe for animal feet for relieving lame Paarhufern and a kit for such an animal shoe comprising this shoe bottom.
  • the housing, nutrition and breeding programs (breeding goals) of domestic and farm animals often lead to the animals on their (skeletal system) limbs and feet, in the case of Paarhufern claws, for example, fall ill.
  • the result is often lameness, which means disturbing the gait pattern in animals.
  • Lameness not only reduces animal welfare, but also reduces the economic viability of the animals. For example, lame dairy cows have a lower milk yield. The result of lameness may even be an early departure for slaughter and thus a reduced useful life. This is uneconomical because the animals thereby excrete from the operation and thus the milk production. In addition, lame animals cause increased costs through medication and veterinary costs, as well as increased working hours for their care. In addition, claw diseases are very painful and reduce animal welfare.
  • the causes of lameness are a disease of the distal limbs of the animals.
  • These diseases In couple and Unparhufern called these diseases as claw diseases.
  • the cause of the clinical picture of lameness is infectious and non-infectious hoof disease.
  • Non-infectious claw diseases arise, for example, from overloading and inadequate feeding.
  • the attitude of the animals - are in usual dairy cattle sheds and run the animals on planbeorienten or slatted floors - cause of these diseases.
  • Infectious claw diseases are usually caused by inadequate hygiene in the stables. Often, infectious and non-infectious hoof disorders occur together.
  • the blood in the capillaries is squeezed out by the resulting pressure in the bale pad, and when it is relieved, arterial blood flows.
  • the pad is therefore essential for the health of peripheral extremities. In the state it comes by a constant load to a deteriorated blood transport, therefore, long service life on hard surfaces are negative for the claw health.
  • a claw disease occurs, then usually only one of the claws of a limb is affected. Slightly infectious foot or claw diseases are treated with an antibiotic spray. Middle and higher-grade diseases are usually systemically treated with antibiotics. For this purpose, a protective bandage can be created, which is protected by Hufteer or tape from contamination and water. Often, especially in Paarhufern, the diseased claw is removed from the movement by the healthy claw is provided with a claw block. To accelerate the healing process and to relieve the diseased claw, a so-called claw block is glued to the healthy claw. As a result, the diseased claw is lifted and removed from the movement / load.
  • Klauenklötze as they are known for example from DE 100 33 822 A1, increase the healthy claw and thereby relieve the diseased claw. The relief causes pain reduction and faster wound healing.
  • Known block systems consist of a wooden or plastic block, which is glued to the underside of the claw.
  • the existing systems are disadvantageous for a variety of reasons. They are difficult to handle. Inexperienced users can not install them on their own, as a rule-compliant claw cut must first be made. This requires a veterinarian or claw carer.
  • Claw blocks made of wood are hard and do not support the physiological movement of the claws. In known claw blocks, there is an unphysiological footing with serious changes in the load pressure on the claw.
  • a claw block also inhibits the function of the bale pad and prevents the natural cushioning properties of the bale because the bale must be recessed when applying the adhesive. In the worst case, this leads to the fact that the healthy claw is overloaded and damaged.
  • Adhesive blocks must be made to fit accurately, otherwise they will cause pressure marks or adversely affect the pressure distribution.
  • One possible consequence of using existing padding systems is the disease of the healthy claw. Although plastic blocks are less hard, they still have to be glued on. The adhesives used are harmful to health and pose a risk in human and animal use. There is a risk that microparticles may enter the food chain as these substances are applied to a food-giving animal. Residual amounts of the adhesive are to be disposed of as special waste. In addition, the adhesives first have to harden, so that existing claw block systems are time-consuming and labor-intensive. Finally, glued blocks can be removed only with great effort.
  • an animal shoe in particular an orthopedic shoe for animal feet for relieving lame Paarhufern, comprising a shoe bottom having an outsole and an outsole opposite insole, and a customizable to the animal foot attachment shaft for fixing to the animal's foot.
  • the absence of an adhesive component by using a customizable to the animal foot attachment shaft improves user-friendliness and reduces the time required for fixing and applying the animal shoe.
  • An adhesive component is not required.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention can be quickly and easily removed again from the animal's foot, for example, a claw of a paralyzed Paarhufers.
  • no expertise on the animal foot health is required.
  • the attachment shaft is slipped over at least part of the animal's foot and then fixed.
  • the attachment shaft conforms snugly to the animal's foot, without causing injury to soft tissues on which the attachment shaft is applied, and that the blood circulation in the animal's foot is not adversely affected.
  • no or at most negligible tensile forces act on the animal's foot, ie on the middle of the claw, so that the horn formation of the claws does not adversely affect it
  • all of these lashing forces exert their lashings towards the middle of the claw.
  • the attachment shaft is adaptable, that is changeable in its shape, it can create a form-fitting animal-specific, regardless of width, height, length of the animal's foot.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention can be further improved by various embodiments, each of which is advantageous and can be combined with one another as desired. These embodiments and the advantages associated with them will be discussed below.
  • the animal shoe can be an orthopedic shoe for relief, so a relief relief for the feet of lame animals.
  • the animal shoe may be an orthopedic relief aid for a hoof-claw claw, for example, a paired hoof, whose shoe bottom is placed on a single toe of the animal's foot.
  • the other toes of the multiple or Paarhufers can be increased and do not come into contact with the shoe bottom.
  • the fastening shaft can be designed as a fastening neck, fastening sock or circumferentially completely closed collar. This embodiment facilitates the fixation on the animal's foot.
  • the animal shoe can thus be simply put over the animal foot like a sock in order to put it on and fix it.
  • the attachment shaft may have a mounting portion that can be slipped over the animal foot or a part of the animal's foot, for fixing to the animal's foot. Opposite the attachment portion, the attachment shaft may have a connection area for connection to the shoe bottom.
  • the attachment shaft can be designed for fixing to a toe horn.
  • the length of the attachment shaft from its attachment area on the shoe bottom to the opposite end of the attachment portion may be the size of the toe, e.g. correspond to a claw, for which the animal shoe is designed.
  • the attachment shaft of an animal shoe designed for cloven-hoofed animals can end in particular at the level of the individual claw and especially below the anal claws. Thus, in this embodiment, there is no attachment of the animal shoe above the anal claws.
  • the attachment shaft consists of a shrinkable material.
  • shrinkable material is meant a material that its reduced spatial expansions when activated.
  • the activation can be carried out in various ways, for example by a temperature change, irradiation with light of a certain wavelength or addition of an activating agent.
  • Well-suited and easy to handle are shrinkable materials that are activated by the action of heat, preferably at temperatures below 80 ° C, preferably from 50 ° -75 ° C, which can be easily achieved by means of conventional blown or hot air blower. At these temperatures, the skin and hair are spared.
  • the advantage of a shrinkable material is that it can be quickly and easily customized, so it fits accurately and animal-specific to the appropriate animal foot can be adjusted after it has been placed over the animal's foot.
  • This allows a positive fit of the attachment shaft on the animal's foot, without the risk of unwanted tissue injury or constriction of the blood circulation.
  • the attachment shaft can be configured for example as a shrink tube.
  • Such heat shrink tubing are inexpensive to manufacture. They can be easily manufactured in the desired dimensions, which allow coating over the animal foot on the one hand and on the other hand have a sufficient shrinkage ratio to tailor it to the animal foot on subsequent activation, which fixes the animal shoe to the foot.
  • the attachment shaft may be made of plastic, preferably a shrinkable, which simplifies its design and reduces costs.
  • a plastic that complies with an ISO standard of the food industry is harmless.
  • polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, or polyethylene terephthalate, polytetrafluoroethylene, polyvinyl chloride or an elastomer may be used.
  • rubber or silicone can be used as a material for a shrinkable attachment shank.
  • the attachment shaft can be made of a recycled plastic, which is particularly resource and climate-friendly.
  • the attachment shaft can be made of a petrochemical and / or biodegradable plastic, such as a cellulose-based plastic, polylactic acid or other biopolymer.
  • the attachment shaft can be integrally connected to the shoe bottom, which simplifies the handling and also allows untrained personnel to quickly and easily adopt the application of an animal shoe according to the invention.
  • the shoe bottom of the animal shoe according to the invention in the connection region of the attachment shaft may be connected to the same.
  • the connection can be made by any joining method. It is possible, for example, a connection by textile joining, such as sewing, by gluing, welding, vulcanizing or Um- to shape.
  • the attachment shaft and the shoe bottom may be welded together.
  • attachment shaft and shoe bottom can be interconnected by means of lamination. Lamination refers to a cohesive, thermal joining process without aids.
  • the attachment shank can be designed Y-shaped.
  • the attachment shaft has a trunk and two legs branching off the trunk.
  • the trunk of the Y-shaped attachment shaft can form the attachment portion, with which the fixation is made above the claws of Paarhufers on animal leg.
  • Each of the two branches off the trunk serves to receive one of the two claws.
  • a Y-shaped fastening shaft is ideally designed for use with cloven-hoofed animals.
  • Uncruhufern with, for example, three claws
  • a suitably modified attachment shaft can be used, depart from the trunk as many legs as claws are to enclose.
  • At least one of the legs of a branched attachment shaft may have a connection area for connection to the shoe bottom.
  • the shoe bottom can be arranged on one of the legs, which is assigned to the claw, to which the shoe bottom is to be fixed.
  • a plurality of shoe bottoms can be present, which are arranged on several or all thighs of a branched attachment shaft.
  • the stable floor is very rough. This leads to a massive Hornabrieb on the claw sole of Paarhufern. Massive horn abrasion can lead to lame animals. This can prevent this form of performance in which a shoe bottom can be attached to all claws.
  • the goal is to protect the claw horn. This version also protects against particularly aggressive floors and heavy loads.
  • the animals in this embodiment almost on a soft ground, the shoe bottom. Due to a mycotoxin uptake via the feed or spread of endotoxins in the bloodstream, animals, especially cows, can show generalized inflammatory symptoms. These inflammations are also found in all limbs and thus also in the suspension apparatus of the claws. The result is that the animals are in pain and paralyzed. hen. Such pain can alleviate this embodiment with a shoe bottom for each claw.
  • a plurality of individual shoe bottoms with attachment portions may be preventively attached to the individual claws of a limb which are attached to the claw horn.
  • the limbs of animals are adapted to soft resilient substrates.
  • Soft soils enable the cows to distribute the load pressure to the largest possible claw surface and to the weight-bearing horn parts.
  • the animals stand and walk on flat or slatted floors, as no adaptation can take place on such soils, weighting forces are concentrated on small claw areas.
  • care is taken not to require the healthy claw to support the entire weight of a limb.
  • the shoe bottom of the invention is instrumental in relieving the injured animal foot. To increase the wearing comfort of the animal shoe, the shoe bottom can be made of a material that has a damping effect.
  • the cushioning shoe bottom allows a natural movement and a physiological power transmission to the supporting parts of the animal extremities.
  • the cushioning shoe is also designed to carry the weight of both claws, so twice the weight and thus to dampen the double weight.
  • the shoe bottom particularly in an embodiment for cloven-hoofed animals, may be configured to receive twice the weight of what with a natural movement on the appropriate animal foot loads.
  • the shoe bottom can in particular form a support of the body's own cushioning pad and thus maintain the physiological movement sequence and the weight distribution of the animal feet. Overloads caused by the increased load on the healthy claw can be avoided by the cushioning properties of the shoe bottom.
  • the material of the insole of the shoe bottom is softer than the material of the outsole.
  • a soft insole serves to cushion and protect against friction and is able to adapt to the animal-specific anatomy. It is specifically designed to compensate for bumps caused by an irregular claw sole, for example. Possibilities to make the insole accordingly, for example, the formation of the insole of a gel layer or a foam layer or the inclusion of a gel layer or a foam layer in the insole.
  • the material of the insole may be movable or deformable relative to the material of the outsole.
  • the outsole of this embodiment is not rigidly connected to the insole, allowing the animal's foot to replicate the natural rotation and spread of the claws / toes occurring during the footing process.
  • the insole especially in the sole region which comes into contact with the animal's foot, may be formed from an open-pore material, for example an open-pored plastic or other open-pored foam.
  • an open-pore material for example an open-pore plastic foam, compensates for unevenness.
  • unevenness on a claw sole can be compensated reliably, which makes a previous claw cut, as it is required when using the known from the prior art claw pads, no longer necessary.
  • the outsole of the shoe bottom preferably also has damping properties and thus supports the natural cushioning properties of the bale pad, which is present in the animal's foot as fatty tissue and serves to support the claw bone.
  • the outsole can be formed from a closed-pore material, for example a closed-cell plastic or other closed-pore foam. It has been found that such a closed pore material, for example a closed cell plastic foam, has the desired cushioning properties and at the same time provides a barrier which prevents soiling from getting through the outsole to the sole surface of the shoe bottom. Despite sufficient damping properties such closed-cell polymers are in usually strong enough to absorb the initial footing pressure and support the healthy claw in the extra load.
  • a closed-pore material for example a closed-cell plastic or other closed-pore foam. It has been found that such a closed pore material, for example a closed cell plastic foam, has the desired cushioning properties and at the same time provides a barrier which prevents soiling from getting through the outsole to the sole surface of the shoe bottom. Despite sufficient damping properties such closed-cell polymers are in usually strong enough to absorb the initial footing pressure and support the healthy claw in the extra load.
  • the tread of the outsole may be provided with anti-slip elements, which ensure a safe footing of the animal even on slippery surfaces.
  • the tread or a part of the tread may for example be provided with a profile.
  • the outsole and / or the insole may be reinforced with a support zone (or reinforcement zone).
  • the reinforcing zone may be formed in the regions of the insole corresponding to the wearing edge of the claw, i. lie in the areas on which the supporting edge of the animal claw touches down.
  • the sole in the area, which is assigned to the supporting edge of the claw, specially worked out and adapted to the physiological natural weight distribution of the animals.
  • the running or insole can be compressed, that is harder. As a result, it is achieved that weight-bearing claw parts arise on a harder but preferably still dampening region of the sole.
  • the outsole may consist of a hard component that is harder than the insole, which may be made of a soft component. It is also possible to manufacture the reinforcement zone of a sole of a hard component and the remainder of the sole (running and / or insole) of a softer soft component in comparison.
  • the outsole may have, as a reinforcement zone, preferably in the edge regions of its profile, a support profile projecting out of the tread.
  • the design of such a profile is specifically intended for ungulates that do not uniformly hooves or hooves. Respectively. for animals whose body weight is increasingly carried only by certain parts of the limb, as for example in cattle, where the main part of the claw is the so-called carrying edge. Due to the design of the outsole with a profiled tread, which is reinforced in the region of the supporting edge, the weight of the cow is focused on the physiological parts of the claw.
  • the shoe bottom supports the natural movement and the physiological power transmission of the corresponding animal extremity, which avoids an undesirable overloading of normally not excessively loaded parts, for example a central claw surface, due to an unnatural movement sequence.
  • the shoe bottom, in particular its outsole can thus have a sole-carrying edge.
  • the sole-carrying edge is the area that is reinforced with a support zone, which, for example, by the sole outstanding material or a material can be achieved with respect to other areas of the sole higher strength.
  • the hardness of the sole in the support zone corresponds to the hardness of the horn of a claw, and takes into account the double burden of additionally supporting the diseased claw.
  • the support zone may be located in the areas of the shoe bottom that are assigned to the claw part of the animal's foot.
  • the reinforced support zone may be formed at edge regions of the shoe sole. The comparatively softer and more elastic, central region of the shoe bottom or the sole is thereby less stressed. This protects the central parts of the claw from overloading.
  • the material of the support zone can absorb the stress during the footing phase, where high forces occur, while the more elastic regions distribute the forces evenly throughout the shoe bottom during the support phase of the claw and provide the limbs with a level support for safe performance.
  • the shoe bottom in hardness and elasticity may correspond to the claw portion of the ball pad of a claw.
  • the bale pad can fulfill its function as a circulation cushion, which ensures a two-phase blood circulation above the claw when loading and unloading. The pumping function of the bale pad and the physiological footing are thus preserved.
  • the shoe bottom can be constructed in two layers and have an outsole component and an insole component.
  • the outsole component and the insole component may be mutually displaceable.
  • the outsole component and the insole component can also be fixedly connected to one another, for example welded together. The welding can be done for example by lamination.
  • the boundary layer between the insole component and the outsole component is preferably planar, so that there is a plane surface for the transmission of force.
  • Exemplary materials from which the shoe bottom, in particular its outsole component and / or its insole component can be made are foamable substances, for example plastics such as, inter alia, polylactic acid, polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate, or also rubber, gels and silicones.
  • the outsole component and the insole component may be made of different or the same materials.
  • the material of the shoe bottom can be petrochemical and / or biodegradable.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention may consist of multicomponent material using hard and soft components.
  • the insole may be formed of a soft component and the outsole of a hard component. It is also possible to form a defined area within the outsole and / or the insole from a hard component and other defined area from a soft component.
  • a support zone may be formed from a hard component.
  • thermoplastics hard component
  • thermoplastic elastomers soft component
  • These components can be mechanically anchored together (breakthrough, undercut) and / or connected by adhesion (cohesion, adhesion).
  • adhesion bonding the surface of the hard component can be softened by overspraying with a soft component, so that diffusion of the molecules from the boundary layer can take place.
  • the insole component and / or the outsole component consists of extruded plastic, for example polyethylene or polyethylene terephthalate. If the two sole components consist of the same material, coextrusion with simultaneous connection of the two components is possible in a particularly simple manner.
  • the production of the insole made of plastic or as foam padding also makes it possible to selectively remove individual areas of the upholstery foam in a simple manner.
  • a sole surface may be provided which is individually tailored to a lesion of the injured claw such that the lesion is associated with the recess of the sole material.
  • the shoe bottom can be made of the same material as the attachment shaft, which enables production in a cast or simplifies the connection of the shoe bottom and attachment shaft.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention can be produced in SD printing technology.
  • the running surface of the outsole may be bent at its front caudal or at its cranial end upwards, in the direction of the insole. This bend increases the claw surface, which serves as a force-transmitting surface when walking and running. As a result, the surface is increased, which absorbs the initially large reaction forces.
  • the running surface is designed in such a way that the animal is able to absorb the tread upwards in a particularly effective manner.
  • the tread of the outsole is bent upwards both at its forward caudal end and at its cranial posterior end.
  • the same animal shoe can be used for the front and rear extremities of the same side.
  • the thickness of the shoe bottom tapers.
  • the insole component and / or the outer sole component can be tapered in order to realize the desired bending in this area.
  • the outsole may be shaped to match.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention may have a ball guard.
  • a bale protection is a cushion to understand that covers a protective soft tissue and avoids unwanted irritation.
  • the bale pad In the case of cloven-hoofed animals such as cattle, the bale pad must be relieved, which protects the hoof bone when it hits the ground during the loading phase.
  • the deformation of the natural bale padding is important to absorb and dampen pressure forces in the natural movement sequence.
  • the blood circulation in the claw is maintained by the loading and unloading phases of the bale pad, so that unwanted irritation of the same are to be prevented as possible, which can be achieved according to the invention by a ball guard.
  • the insole may form the ball guard.
  • the insole can be thickened, for example, in their areas adjacent to the bale or designed to be particularly dampening. In Paarhufern the bale pad is unprotected in the heel area. If the shoe bottom is designed to be longer than the foot length of the animal, measured from the tip of the foot to the "heel" or bale, then the shape of the shoe bottom is adjusted so that the ball protection is slightly curved and fits the bale.
  • the outsole may also rest against the bale pad, separated by the insole It is possible for an embodiment in which the insole forms the bale pad by the caudal part of the insole protruding beyond the caudal end of the outsole According to a further embodiment, the bale protector forms a base for the attachment shaft, which prevents the attachment shaft from undesirably lying directly against sensitive tissue parts.
  • the animal shoe according to the invention can be used in principle for any species. Although it is particularly suitable for Paarhufer, especially cattle, however, is equally usable for other Paarhufer, such as pigs, goats or sheep. A use in pigs is advantageous because they can not be equipped due to their anatomy with the commercial claw blocks. Even with ungulates or small animals of the animal shoe according to the invention can be used in an advantageous orthopedic manner to relieve extremities or injured animal feet.
  • the present invention further relates to a shoe bottom for an animal shoe, in particular for an orthopedic shoe for animal feet for relieving lame Paarhufern, according to the invention comprises an outsole and the outsole opposite insole, wherein the outsole is formed of a closed-pore material and the Insole is made of an open-pored material.
  • the outsole and insole may advantageously be designed as described above with regard to the animal shoe according to the invention.
  • the present invention further comprises an inventive kit for an animal shoe, in particular for an orthopedic shoe for relieving lame Paarhufern having a shoe bottom according to the invention and a customizable to the animal foot attachment shaft, said attachment shaft has a mounting portion for fixing the shoe bottom to the animal foot and a Having connection area for connection to the shoe bottom.
  • Shoe bottom and attachment shaft can be configured advantageously as described above with regard to the animal shoe according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 is an anatomical side view of an animal's foot using the example of a cattle claw
  • Figure 2 is an anatomical view of a cow claw from behind.
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of an animal shoe according to the invention in a tightened but unfixed state according to a first embodiment
  • FIG. 4 shows the first embodiment of the animal shoe according to the invention of FIG. 3 in its fixed configuration
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of an animal shoe according to another embodiment viewed from below;
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic side view of the animal shoe of the second embodiment of FIG. 5 in its fixed configuration in a perspective side view;
  • FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of an animal shoe according to the invention in a tightened but unfixed state according to a third embodiment
  • Fig. 8 shows the embodiment of the animal shoe according to the invention of Fig. 7 in its fixed configuration.
  • Cattle are so-called Paarhufer 3.
  • At each of their limbs or animal feet 2 are two toes, which are referred to as claws 4.
  • the claw consists of a horn capsule comprising a sole horn 5 and a wall horn 6, wherein the point at which sole horn 5 and wall horn 6 meet is designated as white line 7.
  • the bone, which is suspended in the horn capsule, the so-called claw bone 8, has as a natural cushioning protection the bale pad 9, which consists of the bale under skin with fatty tissue pads.
  • the bale pad 9 protects the claw leg 8 when it hits the ground in the loading phase. Due to its proportion of fatty tissue it deforms under load, which deformity mung is essential to compressive forces of body load, which are symbolized in Fig. 2 by downward arrows, absorb and damp.
  • the outer claw occurs during the movement first, because the associated bone projection 10 is longer by a few millimeters. Thereafter, the weight is first transmitted to the inner claw more, until finally distributed evenly on both claws 4.
  • the animal shoe 1 of the first embodiment according to the invention represents an orthopedic shoe for the animal foot 2 for relieving lame Paarhufern 3.
  • the animal shoe comprises a shoe bottom 11 and a fastening shaft 12 for fixing the shoe bottom 11 to the animal foot 2.
  • the shoe bottom 11 has an outsole 13 and an outsole 13 opposite insole 14.
  • the outsole 13 is the part of the shoe bottom 11 facing away from the animal foot 2, which comes into contact with the ground.
  • the insole 14 is the part of the shoe bottom 11 which comes into contact with the animal's foot 2 and in contact therewith.
  • the attachment shaft 12 is in the illustrated embodiment hose-like manner of a neck or stocking designed and can be placed over the healthy claw 4 in a simple manner to the healthy claw 4 by attaching the shoe bottom 11 (which in the embodiment shown also as a claw block can denote) and relieve the injured claw.
  • the attachment shaft 12 has a fastening section 15 for fixing the shoe bottom 11 to the claw 4 of the animal's foot 2.
  • the attachment portion 15 is in the exemplified embodiment of the shoe bottom 11 opposite region of the attachment shaft 12. It has an access opening 16 through which the claw 4 can be inserted into the interior of the attachment shaft 12.
  • connection shaft 12 has a connection portion 16 for connection to the shoe bottom 11.
  • This connection region 16 can be connected to the shoe bottom 11, for example welded, by means of Preferably by means of lamination, so that the animal shoe 1 according to the invention with its attachment shaft 12 and his shoe bottom 11 is handled in one piece.
  • the attachment shaft 12 is formed of a shrinkable material, such as a shrink tube, such as a heat shrink tube.
  • a shrinkable material such as a shrink tube, such as a heat shrink tube.
  • a material is characterized by the fact that it shrinks when heated, so contracts and thereby adapts to the animal's feet tailor-made. While the dimensions of the interior of the animal shoe enclosed by the attachment shank 12 before shrinkage are dimensioned so that the male part of the animal foot 2, in the embodiment shown a claw 4, can be placed therein (FIG. 3), after fixation (see FIG Fig. 4) of the attachment shank 12 with a precise fit, that is, a form-fitting manner on the claw 4, whereby the animal shoe 1 according to the invention is fixed to the animal foot 2.
  • the embodiment of the animal shoe 1 according to the invention with its attachment shaft 12 enables a secure and reliable fit of the animal shoe 1 on the animal foot 2, without having to use adhesives, which often contain harmful ingredients, and which are problematic in their handling.
  • the shoe bottom 11 which may for example consist of one or more extruded plastics, such as plastic foams, supports the fatty tissue in the bale pad 9 and provides better damping, which attenuates the pressure forces acting on the claw 4.
  • the material of the insole 14 is softer than the material of the outsole 13.
  • the softer layer of the insole 14 serves to protect against friction on the sole of the animal's foot 2 and also makes the insole 14 an adaptive layer. This adaptability enables the animal shoe 1 according to the invention to adapt to the animal-specific anatomy and, for example, to compensate for unevenness caused by the irregular claw sole.
  • the outsole 13 also has damping properties in the embodiment shown, which support the damping properties of the bale pad 9.
  • the tread 17 of the outsole 13 is the contact surface of the animal shoe 1 to the ground.
  • a higher degree of strength compared to the insole 14 is more advantageous in that it makes the outsole 13 more resistant to wear.
  • the outsole 13 can be formed of a closed-cell foam 18 and the insole 14 of an open-pore foam 19.
  • An open-pored foam 19, for example an open-pored plastic foam, can simultaneously serve as moisture protection, because unwanted liquid can penetrate into the pores.
  • a closed-cell foam 18 prevents impurities from undesirably reaching the interior of the animal shoe 1 via the shoe bottom 11.
  • the shoe bottom 11 is constructed in two layers. It comprises an outsole component 20, which represents a first damping element, and an insole component 21, which constitutes a second damping element.
  • the outsole component 20 and the insole component 21 are interconnected in the exemplary embodiment of the shoe bottom 11. For this purpose, they are welded at their boundary surface 22, which in the embodiment shown is designed flat on account of the planar surfaces of the sole components 20, 21. For example, they can be interconnected by means of medium lamination.
  • the profile 23 serves on the one hand for a better grip and also compensates for irregularities in the ground.
  • a profile 23 on the running surface 17 can also be configured in such a way that the outsole 13 has a reinforcing zone 36 on its supporting edge 24.
  • the outsole may either be hardened, ie harder than the rest of the outsole 13, or may protrude from the tread 17. In this way, the geometry of the outsole 13 is adapted to the anatomy of the claw of a cow.
  • the animal shoe 1 according to the invention thus simulates the natural supporting components and allows the natural movement of cattle.
  • the reinforcement zone 36 supports the body's own Damping pad and serves to maintain a physiological movement process, as well as weight distribution of the animal feet.
  • the foot phases of cattle differ in the front and rear limbs.
  • the reason for this is the different position of these limbs.
  • the front claws first occur with the claw or toe 25a pointing in the cranial direction.
  • cattle first occur with the ball of the foot 25b at the caudal end.
  • the tread 17 at its front caudal end 27 is bent upwards.
  • the tread 17 is bent at its cranial end 26 upwards, as can be seen particularly well in Fig. 6.
  • the curves 28 and 29, as well as the curves 26 at the cranial and 27 at the caudal end allow the animal, when using one and the same animal shoe 1 with both its front and rear limbs on a larger force-transmitting surface, namely the curves 28, 29 to perform.
  • the animals can be adjusted in a pressure-optimized manner, according to their natural course of motion, on the tread 17 and the weight distributed evenly over the entire claw, which is indicated by the curved arrows in FIG.
  • the weight distribution corresponds to the physiological distribution when running on a soft surface.
  • the curves 28, 29 are formed by the thickness of the shoe bottom 11 tapers towards the cranial end 26 and the caudal end 27.
  • the thickness of the outsole 13 tapers which in the middle, for example, where it is thickest, may have a thickness in the range of 10-45 mm.
  • FIG. 6 shows that a flat boundary surface 22 is formed between outsole component 20 and insole component 21 of the illustrated embodiment, which enables good force transmission between the two components 20, 21.
  • the insole 14 with exemplary 3-15 mm in the embodiment shown is thinner than the thickness of the outsole 13, with one exception, which will now be discussed in greater detail.
  • the animal shoe 1 according to the invention of the second embodiment has a ball guard 30.
  • the ball guard 30 covers the not surrounded by a horny layer sensitive tissue part of the ball pad 9, which lies at the caudal end of the animal's foot 2 from.
  • the ball guard 30 protects the area of the football and forms a base 31 for the attachment shaft 12, so that it does not directly contact the bale pad 30 in contact.
  • the bale guard 30 particularly protects special parts of the animal's foot 2 which are arranged inside the animal shoe 1 according to the invention.
  • the insole 14 forms the ball guard 30.
  • the insole 14 is thickened in the area of the bale protector 30 and also protrudes beyond the outsole 13 at the caudal end 27. It is conspicuous that in the inventive animal shoe 1 of the exemplary embodiment shown in Figures 5 and 6, the length of the animal shoe 1 measured from its tip at the cranial end 26 to its caudal end 27 is longer than the foot length of the animal , This makes it possible to apply the portion of the animal shoe 1 located at the caudal end 27 to the bale pad 9 as a ball guard 30 between the attachment shaft 12 and the heel of the animal's foot. Under certain circumstances, the outsole 13 will also enclose the bale protection 30 formed from the insole 14 for protection against contamination.
  • the insole 14 can be continued at soft horn locations, for example, between the claws.
  • the shoe bottom 11 of the animal shoe 1 of the third exemplary embodiment corresponds to the shoe bottom of one of the previous embodiments.
  • the animal shoe 1 of the third embodiment has a fixing shaft 12 which is configured Y-shaped. Due to the Y-shape of the attachment shaft 12 comprises a trunk 33 which is arranged substantially in the upper region or above the jaws and, for example, cover a dressing material 32 at least partially and / or fixed.
  • the trunk may include a mounting portion 15.
  • the fastening shaft 12 of the Y-shaped embodiment further comprises two attachment legs 34, 35 branching off from the trunk 33, in each of which a claw 4 can be accommodated.
  • the specially designed attachment shaft 12 of the embodiment of Figures 7 and 8 it is possible to fix the shoe bottom 11 on the healthy claw, as described in the previous embodiments. At the same time the injured claw can be accommodated in one of the mounting legs 34.
  • This accommodation allows to protect the injured claw against external influences.
  • the injured claw bandaged and the bandage housed in the mounting leg 34 and fixed by this.

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L'invention concerne une chaussure d'animal (1), notamment une chaussure orthopédique pour des pieds d'animaux (2), destinée à soulager des artiodactyles boiteux (3), et un semelage (11) et une trousse pour ladite chaussure d'animal (1). Afin de permettre le soulagement de zones lésées d'animaux boiteux tels que des artiodactyles d'une façon peu onéreuse, sûre, rapide et simple, même par un personnel inexpérimenté, la chaussure d'animal (1) selon l'invention comprend un semelage (11) comportant une semelle extérieure (13) et une semelle intérieure (14) située en regard de la semelle extérieure (13), et une tige de fixation (12) adaptable au pied de l'animal (2) conformément aux dimensions destinée à être fixée au pied de l'animal (2). Le semelage (11) selon l'invention comprend une semelle extérieure (13), qui est constituée d'une mousse à pores fermés (18), et une semelle intérieure (14) située en regard de la semelle extérieure (13). La trousse selon l'invention comprend le semelage (11) selon l'invention et une tige de fixation (12) adaptable au pied de l'animal (2) conformément aux dimensions, comportant une partie de fixation (15) destinée à être fixée au pied de l'animal (2) et une zone de connexion (16) destinée à être liée au semelage (11).
EP17816870.4A 2016-12-20 2017-12-19 Chaussure d'animal, notamment chaussure orthopédique pour des pieds d'animaux, destinée à soulager des artiodactyles boiteux, et semelage et trousse pour ladite chaussure d'animal Withdrawn EP3557986A1 (fr)

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