WO2007060500A2 - Plantar for reflexological stimulation - Google Patents
Plantar for reflexological stimulation Download PDFInfo
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- WO2007060500A2 WO2007060500A2 PCT/IB2005/053870 IB2005053870W WO2007060500A2 WO 2007060500 A2 WO2007060500 A2 WO 2007060500A2 IB 2005053870 W IB2005053870 W IB 2005053870W WO 2007060500 A2 WO2007060500 A2 WO 2007060500A2
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- insole
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
- A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
- A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
- A43B7/1455—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties
- A43B7/146—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties provided with acupressure points or means for foot massage
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
- A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
- A43B13/18—Resilient soles
- A43B13/181—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
- A43B13/182—Helicoidal springs
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
- A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
- A43B13/18—Resilient soles
- A43B13/181—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
- A43B13/186—Differential cushioning region, e.g. cushioning located under the ball of the foot
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B17/00—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined
- A43B17/02—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined wedge-like or resilient
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B17/00—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined
- A43B17/06—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined with metal springs
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
- A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
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- the present invention refers to an insole of a type apt to be employed for reflexological stimulation of the sole of the foot in order to perform a vertical pressure stimulation thereof.
- insoles insertable into shoes or incorporated therein, aiming at stimulating selected zones of the sole of the foot for reflexological purposes, e.g. for improving or correcting a subject's walking or posture.
- known insoles generally perform an undifferentiated stimulation of the various areas of the sole of the foot, and therefore are not selective with respect to the specific stimulation that can be more indicated for each single reflexological area or area portion. Therefore, the known insoles are less than satisfactory in terms of attainable therapeutic results.
- the technical problem set and solved by the present invention is to provide an insole for reflexological stimulation overcoming the drawbacks mentioned above with reference to the known art.
- the present invention provides several relevant advantages.
- the main advantage lies in that the insole of the invention, by having elastic elements of different rigidity and/or height in different zones of the sole of the foot, allows to attain a specific and selective stimulation and support.
- FIG. 1 shows a partially sectional perspective view of an embodiment of the insole according to the present invention when inserted in a sports shoe and worn on by a user;
- Figure 2 shows a top plan view of the insole of Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the insole, taken along line A-A of Figure 2.
- an insole for reflexological stimulation of the sole of the foot is generally denoted by 1.
- the insole 1 is of a type apt to be removably extracted and inserted into a shoe.
- the insole 1 comprises a bottom layer 2 apt to contact the shoe insole and a top layer 3 apt to contact the subject's sole of the foot.
- a plurality of elastic elements generally denoted by 4, extending in a direction substantially orthogonal to the sole of the foot and arranged at selected reflexological areas thereof to perform said stimulation.
- the bottom layer 2 is made of flexible PVC and has a thickness of about 1 mm.
- the top layer 3 is made of a material soft to the touch.
- the bottom layer 2 and the top layer 3 are fixed therebetween, e.g., glued, at the periphery of the insole.
- the perimeter of the insole 1 may also be reinforced by linear seams.
- a fixing between the two layers of the insole, by glueing lines and/or perimeter seams, may be provided also at the periphery of each reflexological area at which the elastic elements are arranged, as schematically shown in Figure 2, so as to provide a containment casing or cell for the elastic elements 4 arranged in said area.
- an additional intermediate layer 6, made e.g. of Para rubber, to improve the comfort of the subject wearing the insole 1.
- the elastic elements 4 are helical compression springs, each having a first end 41 fixed onto the bottom layer 2 and a second end 42 apt to act onto the sole of the foot.
- each elastic element has a coupling means 5 for coupling to the sole of the foot, which in the present embodiment is implemented by an element substantially hemisphere- dome- or drop-shaped preferably made of an elastic material like, e.g., silicone, Indian rubber (caoutchouc) or Para rubber.
- the coupling means 5 has a height comprised in a range of about 1 - 1.5 mm and a plan width equal to about (2x2) mm.
- the coupling means 4 makes the resting of the sole of the foot onto the insole comfortable, and propagates the pressure wave to an area of the reflexological zones of the sole of the foot without creating decubitus ulcers or irritations.
- the main body of the elastic elements comprised between the two ends 41 and 42 is made of an elastic fiber material, like, e.g. carbon fiber or tempered steel having controlled deflection, i.e., specific for the weight to which it has to be subjected and therefore for the patient's anthropometric characteristics.
- the elastic elements 4 are arranged in sets at reflexological areas corresponding to the adductor hallucis, the flexor hallucis brevis, the flexor digiti minimi brevis pedis, the abductor digiti minimi brevis pedis, the supinator wedge, the pronator wedge and the abductor hallucis.
- insole reflexology consists in the stimulation of determined points of the sole of the foot, basically corresponding to the muscle insertions of the so-called intrinsic muscles maintaining the foot arches, with which it is possible to influence the general physiology of human body for therapeutic purposes. In particular, a therapeutic correction of the ascending postural anomalies is possible.
- the elastic elements 4 are apt to perform a proprioceptive, exteroceptive, pressoceptive and/or reflex triggering stimulation for correcting musculoskeletal, myofascial and/or vascular disorders; for this purpose, they are arranged in correspondence of exteroceptors, proprioceptors, pressoceptors and/or any other reflexological point of the sole of the foot.
- Said proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptors and reflexological points, of superficial, articular and deep type, are basically located at the muscle insertions of the sole of the foot.
- variant embodiments could provide elastic elements arranged in correspondence of any other point of exteroceptive, pressoceptive and reflex triggering stimulation of the sole of the foot, in association or not in association with the seven proprioceptive points indicated above.
- the rigidity and/or the height of the elastic elements 4 is differentiated in different zones of the sole of the foot, hi particular, Figure 2 shows an exemplary map of the distribution of the elastic elements 4 in said selected areas.
- the elastic elements depicted as darker and denoted by 401 in said figure have a height and rigidity greater than the elements depicted as lighter and denoted by 402; this in order to act also as support in the various reflexological points of the sole of the foot.
- the height and the rigidity of the elastic elements 4 are greater at the centre of each of said selected reflexological areas of the sole of the foot.
- the shape, the height and the elasticity of each elastic element may be selected so as to attain a correct reflexotherapic stimulation of the proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptors and reflexological points in general of the sole of the foot in each specific patient and for each specific pathology. Said parameters are selected on the basis of therapeutic indications referring to the patient who should wear on the insole 1.
- the rigidity of the elastic elements 4, or of at least part thereof is such that those, under the maximum load exerted by the subject, reduce their height of about 1/3 or of about 1/2.
- the insole 1 provides not only a pressure stimulation, but, by virtue of the spring-like implementation of the elastic elements, also a vibratory stimulation, above all when the elastic elements are made of metal; hence, the stimulation actually is a two-fold one.
- the insole of the invention is susceptible of several embodiments alternative to the one described hereto. E.g., it may be permanently incorporated into a shoe instead of being removable with respect thereto.
- the elastic elements could provide an embodiment different from the above-illustrated one, e.g. by replacing, in some or all of the elements, the helical springs with spiral compression springs.
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Priority Applications (5)
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US12/094,603 US20080301975A1 (en) | 2005-11-22 | 2005-11-22 | Plantar For Reflexological Stimulation |
AU2005338576A AU2005338576A1 (en) | 2005-11-22 | 2005-11-22 | Plantar for reflexological stimulation |
CA002630631A CA2630631A1 (en) | 2005-11-22 | 2005-11-22 | Plantar for reflexological stimulation |
EP05819059A EP1954153A2 (en) | 2005-11-22 | 2005-11-22 | Plantar for reflexological stimulation |
PCT/IB2005/053870 WO2007060500A2 (en) | 2005-11-22 | 2005-11-22 | Plantar for reflexological stimulation |
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CH661846A5 (en) * | 1984-01-17 | 1987-08-31 | Frede Ladefoged | Sandal |
US5860229A (en) * | 1994-02-24 | 1999-01-19 | Prodomo S.A. | Inlay sole with massaging knobs |
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