Adjustable pneumatic cell foot orthosis

Abstract

A device that can be inserted into footwear, or used as part of footwear that is designed to correct foot and ankle pathologies through user adjustable, strategically located fluid chamber or chambers.

1 . An orthotic device including one or more chambers structured to minimize fluid connection between the chambers. 
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  further including a system pockets for the chambers comprising hook and loop positioned to allow adjustment of the position of the air chambers within the dimension of the orthosis. 
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the chambers are permanently secured above a bottom layer, below a top layer or sandwiched between a bottom and top layer. 
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the chambers are temporarily secured in pockets of variable sizes in a bottom layer, in a top layer, or between a top and bottom layer, so as to allow the chambers to be repositioned by the wearer. 
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein at least one of said chambers is independently filled or exhausted. 
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 1  wherein a span or extension of said chambers is less than across the entire dimension of the orthotic, and wherein said chambers are positioned based on a medical condition being treated. 
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said chambers do not simultaneously span high pressure and low pressure areas, and wherein said chambers are positioned to support and maintain pressure and contour in strategic mechanical position based on a medical condition being treated. 
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein said chambers are structured and arranged to correct and treat medical conditions of the foot by providing realignment and support of the foot and ankle in multiple planes. 
   
   
       9 . The device of  claim 1  being structured and arranged to be a removable corrective or accommodative orthosis rather than a cushioned shoe insole. 
   
   
       10 . The device of  claim 1  including chambers structured and arranged to corrective provide correction for orthosis for medical conditions rather than a cushioning, comforting insole, wherein the medical conditions include: flat feet, fallen arches, painful feet, metatarsalgia, high arches, low arches, tendonitis, corns and calluses, neuroma, neuropathy, skin conditions, impingement syndromes, fasciitis, malalignment, stress fractures, bursitis, arthritis, ulcers, knee pain, hip pain, and back pain, and arch fatigue. 
   
   
       11 . The device of  claim 1  being structured and arranged to provide at least one of correction and accommodation by including one or more individual chambers that are not in substantial fluid communication so as to target certain regions of the foot and thereby specific pathologic conditions. 
   
   
       12 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the chambers are structured to minimize fluid flow from one chamber to another. 
   
   
       13 . The device of  claim 1  wherein there is one or more singular self-contained fluid-filled or fluid filled chambers, rather than an interconnected plurality of fluid flow chambers. 
   
   
       14 . The device of  claim 1  including at least one inflatable, adjustable, corrective and supportive fluid chamber structured to allow manual customization of the volume of said chamber. 
   
   
       15 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the chambers are permanently secured above a bottom layer, below a top layer or sandwiched between a bottom and top layer. 
   
   
       16 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the chambers are temporarily secured in pockets of variable sizes in a bottom layer, in a top layer, or between a top and bottom layer, thus allowing the chambers to be repositioned by the wearer. 
   
   
       17 . The device of  claim 1  being a corrective or accommodative medical orthotic system using one or more individual chambers but not interconnected chambers to target certain regions of the foot and thereby specific pathologic conditions.