GB2441503A - Foot-drop aid - Google Patents

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GB2441503A
GB2441503A GB0617815A GB0617815A GB2441503A GB 2441503 A GB2441503 A GB 2441503A GB 0617815 A GB0617815 A GB 0617815A GB 0617815 A GB0617815 A GB 0617815A GB 2441503 A GB2441503 A GB 2441503A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces
    • A61F5/0102—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations
    • A61F5/0104—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation
    • A61F5/0111—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation for the feet or ankles
    • A61F5/0113—Drop-foot appliances

Abstract

A foot drop aid which is adjustable, comfortable to wear and virtually undetectable under trousers. Preferably the device comprises two strips of hook and loop tape 1 which encircle the ankle and overlap 4 to allow adjustment. The ankle strap is attached to a length of elastic 2 which terminates in a hook 3 which may be fastened to the shoe laces or a central catch sewn onto the shoe. The device may lift and support the foot to prevent the user from tripping and falling and may also aid the elasticity of the ankle joint.

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FOOT-DROP AID
Many people suffer from a medical problem which disables them from the ability to tilt their foot up-wards from the ankle -a condition from which I suffer and which can be caused by the severe "pinching" of the sciatic nerve in the lower back.
Having tried many various orthotic aid recommendations with little suc-cess I decided to devise my own contraption to help prevent my regular falls from tripping.
The fairly simple device, which is made up with two over-lapping strips of 5cm velcro material (1) which encircle the anlde, is attached by sewn-on round elastic (2) and a hook (3) to tightened parallel shoe laces or, in the case of slip-on shoes, to a central catch especially sewn onto the footwear.
As can be seen from the following illustrations the device is simply adjusted by releasing, slackening/tightening and re-aligning the overlap-ping velcro (4) and this has the effect of lifting the semi-disabled foot just enough to prevent the sufferer from catching a foot and taking a tumble.

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  1. FOOT-DROP AID
    The invention which I wish to protect is simple and easy to manufacture.
    It was devised by myself following neurosurgery to my back and subse-quent visits to hospital orthotics department where various clumsy devices proved unable to comfortably improve my own problem with a "dropped" foot.
    This device is comfortable to wear and is easily adjustable without neces-sarily being removed from the wearer's ankle nor does it require footwear necessarily to be taken off.
    It can be adjusted to conform to most male and female footwear and can, with colour adaptation, be virtually camouflaged under trousers.
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Cited By (1)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102010029099A1 (en) * 2010-05-19 2011-11-24 Christoph Protte Foot lifter orthosis comprises stretched foot counteractive spring element, where sleeve is mounted at leg in lower leg area of orthosis carrier in detached manner

Citations (5)

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GB753694A (en) * 1954-04-13 1956-07-25 Albert Edward Frederick Dudley Improvements in and relating to surgical appliances
FR2586907A3 (en) * 1985-09-09 1987-03-13 Juvigny Apae Crf Device for compensating for functional disabilities of the foot
US4817589A (en) * 1987-08-27 1989-04-04 Wertz Larry W Foot support device for improved ambulation
WO2003092560A1 (en) * 2002-05-06 2003-11-13 Somas Groep B.V. Drop foot device
WO2006056868A1 (en) * 2004-11-26 2006-06-01 Didier Boue Device for retaining a person's foot in a flexed position

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB753694A (en) * 1954-04-13 1956-07-25 Albert Edward Frederick Dudley Improvements in and relating to surgical appliances
FR2586907A3 (en) * 1985-09-09 1987-03-13 Juvigny Apae Crf Device for compensating for functional disabilities of the foot
US4817589A (en) * 1987-08-27 1989-04-04 Wertz Larry W Foot support device for improved ambulation
WO2003092560A1 (en) * 2002-05-06 2003-11-13 Somas Groep B.V. Drop foot device
WO2006056868A1 (en) * 2004-11-26 2006-06-01 Didier Boue Device for retaining a person's foot in a flexed position

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102010029099A1 (en) * 2010-05-19 2011-11-24 Christoph Protte Foot lifter orthosis comprises stretched foot counteractive spring element, where sleeve is mounted at leg in lower leg area of orthosis carrier in detached manner

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