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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110061664 | STOCKING FOR FEET WITH BUNIONS Stockings for feet with Bunions, the stocking including two sections, the first section being a cavity in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped shape for inserting the big toe or hallux, and the second section being a truncated pyramid-shaped cavity for inserting the... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20100307515 | Foot Fulcrum The foot fulcrum orthotic includes a semi-compressible ring and attachment method to the foot. When worn around the midfoot, said semi-compressible ring forms a fulcrum to raise the ball of the foot up off the mattress and provides compression relief to the ball of the ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100168632 | Bunion reliever and method of treatment A bunion reliever apparatus utilizes a rigid, concave, and tapered brace to place counter-pressure directly on the bunion. Pain relief is immediate as the big toe is urged back into its natural alignment. A stabilizing strap secures the brace along the side of the foot ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100024247 | PROTECTIVE APPLIANCE FOR FLIP-FLOP TYPE FOOTWEAR A protective appliance for the space between the toes of a wearer of flip-flop sandals or other such footwear. The appliance has a generally hollow, generally elongated cylindrical shape and is fabricated from a relatively light weight, soft and compressible material. I... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20090044815 | FOOT AND HEEL SKIN SHIELD SYSTEM A foot and heel skin shield system for preventing and treating pressure sores on a person's foot and calf and for managing discharged body fluids from the person's foot and calf is disclosed. The system has two main components, a heel lift and a lubricated disposable ca... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20080208097 | Protective device against frictional irritation due to wearing thong-type sandals and other footwear A device is provided which gives protection from frictional injury to the web space between toes due to the wearing of thong-type sandals or other similar footwear. The device is comprised of a flat, flexible, medically inert, and preferably transparent plastic material... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20070051376 | Composition for cushions, wounds dressings and other skin-contacting products A skin-contacting adhesive composition is described which has improved initial tack, long-term adhesion, water uptake and translucency characteristics and may be prepared by melt extrusion. Uses of these compositions are also described, for example, their use in wound d... | 03/08/2007 |
