Orthopedic night foot splint
CA 2439998 C · Owner: F.L.A. Orthopedics, Inc. · Inventors: Machin, Rhonda; Slautterback, Gerald E.; Bozza, Daniel J.
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A foot splint for the prevention and rehabilitation of plantar fasciitis by maintaining a wearer's foot and hence, his/her plantar fascia, in a preselected amount of dorsiflexion. The foot splint includes a footplate for supporting the wearer's foot a lateral strut extending along the lower leg of the wearer and having a strap for releasably attaching the strut to the wearer's leg and a wrap for wrapping around the foot of the wearer. A soft insole may be provided to cushion the wearer's foot from the footplate. The wrap insole and footplate provide a comfortable "slipper-like" feel for the wearer. Moreover the foot splint is particularly suited for use during sleep since it is light- …
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- Filed September 4, 2003 and granted November 15, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 4, 2023.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 4, 2025.
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