Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Achilles stretching devices and methods performed therewith
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Application No.: US14337670Application Date: 2014-07-22
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Publication No.: US09682003B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Prasad Gourineni
- Applicant: Prasad Gourineni
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: A61F5/14
- IPC: A61F5/14 ; A61H1/00 ; A63B23/08 ; A61H1/02 ; A43B7/14 ; A43B7/22 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B17/02 ; A61H39/04

Abstract:
Therapeutic devices and methods stretching the Achilles tendon. Each device includes base and wedge portions. The wedge portion has heel and toe ends, inside-foot and outside-foot edges, and an upper surface that includes a planar surface portion that lies in a wedge plane and an arcuate surface portion defined by a projection that extends out of the wedge plane. The wedge plane has a nonuniform elevation relative to the base portion as a result of the wedge portion having a fore-aft taper in the fore-aft direction and a lateral taper in the lateral direction. The fore-aft taper and the lateral taper are sufficient so that placement of a user's foot on the upper surface of the wedge portion causes supination and locking of the foot and enables stretching of the Achilles complex, while the arch of the user's foot is against and supported by the arcuate surface portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140336012A1 ACHILLES STRETCHING DEVICES AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2014-11-13
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