RU2173118C2 - Corrector of toes - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: medicine, particularly, orthopedics; applicable in prophylaxis and treatment of curvatures of toes. SUBSTANCE: corrector consists of insole cemented of two layers of flexible material. Insole has a glued-in semirigid plate and longitudinal parallel slots. Pulled through these slots is a rubber band whose one end is sewn to insole. EFFECT: provision of ambulant therapy and under household conditions without limiting patient's mobility and professional activity. 2 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to medicine, namely orthopedics, and can be used in the prevention and treatment of curvature of the toes.

 Known dressing applied to injured toes, consisting of a gypsum tape and gauze pilots (see, for example, G. S. Yumashev "Traumatology and Orthopedics", M., "Medicine", pp. 374-376, 1983) .

 According to the authors, this dressing is the closest analogue of the proposed corrector.

 However, the known dressing after hardening becomes stiff, which eliminates the possibility of regulating the magnitude of its corrective directional pressure. In addition, the bandage does not allow the wearing of standard shoes and exercise professional-natural mobility of the patient.

 The purpose of the invention is the implementation of soft and directed corrective pressure on injured or pathologically bent toes.

 This goal is achieved in that a flat knitted elastic band mounted on a foot insole is taken as a tape.

 The essence of the invention lies in the fact that the tape at one end is mounted on a foot insole made of elastic material of a flat-oval shape having a semi-rigid gasket in the front part with through slots for the tape.

 In FIG. 1 shows the corrector in two projections.

 In FIG. 2 - the same corrector on the foot of the patient.

 The toe corrector consists of a foot insole 1 of a flat oval shape glued from two layers 2 and 3 of elastic material. The lower layer 2 by 5 mm protrudes from under the upper layer 3 along its entire perimeter.

 In the front narrower part of the insole 1, a semi-rigid plate 4 is glued between layers 2 and 3, through which several through longitudinal-parallel slots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are cut through the layers 2 and 3, corresponding to the location of the toes of the foot. Through these slots, a rubber band 10 is pierced, one end of which is seam 11 attached to the insole 1.

 The shape of the insole 1 varies depending on the number and location of corrected fingers.

 The corrector is used as follows.

 Through slots 5-9, the belt 10 is pulled so that loops 12, 13, 14 and 15 are formed on both sides of the insole 1.

 Place the insole 1 under the forefoot so that the front of the insole (semi-rigid) 1 is under the fingers, and the fingers to be corrected are included in the loops 14 and 15.

 The back of the insole is located under the arch of the foot, at the level of the metatarsal bones.

 Then, alternately pulling the tape 10 for the loops 12-15, they ensure that the fingers stuck in the loops 14 and 15 are pulled to the insole 1, take and retain their natural (physiological) shape. Moreover, the tension of the tape 10 in size is taken so that the correction of the fingers takes place, but at the same time their pain is excluded.

 In the process of rehabilitation, the tension of the tape 10 may vary depending on its results.

 After installing the corrector on the leg, a sock and ordinary shoes are worn, allowing the patient to move freely.

 A clinical example of the use of the proposed corrector of the toes.

 Patient G., 76 years old, complained to the deformation of the toes of the feet, pain in the foot, and the inability to wear regular shoes contacted the advisory clinic of the City Clinical Hospital No. 59, Moscow on 05/14/97.

 After a clinical and radiological examination, the diagnosis was established: transverse flattening of the forefoot of the third degree, hallux valgus deformation of the first toe and milky-like deformation of the II toes of both feet. The patient refused surgical intervention due to the presence of concomitant diseases. Conservative treatment was prescribed. In order to normalize the position of the second toes of the feet, the patient dressed and began to constantly use the proposed corrector according to the method described above. After 5-6 days, the position of the II fingers in the metatarsophalangeal joint improved significantly, and after 14 days it practically returned to normal. The patient was able to wear her regular shoes painlessly. When examined on November 27, 1997, the position of the fingers is held by the corrector without difficulty, although the patient increased the load on the legs (began to walk more). I am satisfied with the result of the treatment using the corrector.

 The corrector is intended for the treatment of pathological curvature of the toes.

 Its use allows for treatment on an outpatient basis and at home without limiting the patient's mobility and his professional activities.

Claims (1)

 Corrector of the toes, made in the form of a rubber band, characterized in that it contains a foot insole with a flat oval shape glued from two layers of elastic material, the lower layer of which protrudes from under the upper layer along its entire perimeter, in the front narrower part of the insole, between with its layers, a semi-rigid plate is pasted, through which several longitudinal longitudinally parallel slots are cut through the insole layers, through which a rubber band is pierced, one end of which is seam attached to the insole.

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