US20090188129A1 - Plantar For Vertical Proprioceptive, Exteroceptive, Pressoceptive And/Or Reflexogen Stimulation - Google Patents

Plantar For Vertical Proprioceptive, Exteroceptive, Pressoceptive And/Or Reflexogen Stimulation Download PDF

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US20090188129A1
US20090188129A1 US11/791,431 US79143105A US2009188129A1 US 20090188129 A1 US20090188129 A1 US 20090188129A1 US 79143105 A US79143105 A US 79143105A US 2009188129 A1 US2009188129 A1 US 2009188129A1
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  • the present invention relates to a plantar of the kind suitable to be used for the proprioceptive, exteroceptive, pressoceptive and/or reflexogen stimulation of the foot sole for correcting muscle-skeletal, myo-facial and/or vascular disturbances.
  • the plantar reflexotherapy consists in stimulating determined points of the foot sole, substantially corresponding to the muscle insertions of the so-called intrinsic muscles for maintaining the plantar archs, with which stimulation it is possible affecting the general physiology of the human body for therapeutic purposes.
  • the therapeutic correction of the ascending postural anomalies is possible.
  • the known plantars generally have stimulation members, such as for example swellings, all of the same kind and therefore they are apt to exert a single and undifferentiated action onto the various areas and sub-areas of the foot sole, thus not resulting to be selective with respect to the kind of specific stimulation which can be more suitable for each single area or area portion of the foot sole and for each patient. Due to this, the known plantars do not result to be wholly satisfying in terms of obtainable therapeutic results.
  • the technical problem posed and solved by the present invention is to provide a plantar for proprioceptive, exteroceptive, pressoceptive and/or reflexogen stimulation of the foot sole allowing to overcome to the drawbacks mentioned above with reference to the lnown art.
  • the present invention provides some important advantages.
  • the main advantage consists in that the plantar of the invention, having at least two kinds of different stimulating elastic members placed at the same stimulation area—and possibly combined therein—or at different areas, allows obtaining a specific and selective stimulation and support.
  • substantially different stimulation members it is to be meant that such members have different elastic deformability and/or stimulation properties.
  • the plantar exerts a pressure always in vertical direction so as to be able to act onto the tone of the antigravitational system of the whole organism.
  • FIG. 1 shows a plan view of a first embodiment of the plantar according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the plantar of FIG. 1 , carried out according to the line X-X of the latter figure;
  • FIG. 3 shows a plan view of a second embodiment of the plantar according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the plantar of FIG. 3 , carried out according to line X-X of the latter figure;
  • FIG. 4A shows an enlarged detail of the plantar of FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view of a third embodiment of the plantar according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows a plan view of a fourth embodiment of the plantar according to the present invention.
  • a plantar for the stimulation of the foot sole is globally designated with 1 .
  • the plantar 1 is of the kind apt to be removably extracted and introduced into a shoe.
  • the plantar 1 is implemented so as to be able to perform a proprioceptive, exteroceptive, pressoceptive and/or reflexogen stimulation for correcting the muscle-skeletal, myo-facial and/or vascular disturbances of the person.
  • the plantar 1 preferably comprises a first lower layer 2 apt to contact the inner sole of the shoe and a second upper layer 3 apt to contact the person's foot sole, which layers 2 and 3 have the same shape and sizes and they are arranged overlapped and coupled.
  • the first layer 2 is preferably made of non-toxic rubber and substantially not allergenic material, having long-lasting appropriate peculiarities.
  • rubber material a material with natural origin and in particular Para rubber or regenerated and elastized natural leather is preferred.
  • synthetic rubbers for example silicone rubbers, could be used.
  • the second layer 3 is made of a material soft to the touch suitable for the foot sole, in particular of the kind which to the touch can be assimilated to the chamois. Also in this case a tissue of natural origin, and in particular alcantara, is preferred. Embodiment variants can then provide the use of a tissue or a laminated sheet of a material suitable to guarantee the foot transpiration and a sufficient contact comfort.
  • the first layer 2 and the second layer 3 are glued therebetween at appropriate areas, as it will be better explained hereinafter.
  • the structure of the plantar 1 is reinforced by a peripheral seam 4 , continuous along the edge 5 of the plantar 1 .
  • the plantar 1 then includes a plurality of stimulation members placed at proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptors and reflexological points of the foot sole.
  • proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptors and reflexological points are substantially located at the muscle insertions of the foot sole.
  • the stimulation members are of two substantially different kinds.
  • a first kind of stimulation members consists in elastically deformable swellings formed between the first and the second layer 2 and 3 .
  • the plantar 1 is equipped with a plurality of cells 6 at which the first and the second layer 2 and 3 have not the adhesive keeping them together.
  • the periphery of the cells 6 can be defined and reinforced by respective linear seams 7 .
  • each cell 6 is filled-up or apt to be filled up with elastic discreet particles 8 having a substantially irregular shape with facets and edges and implemented in substantially not allergenic rubber.
  • the particles 8 which can be produced by properly cutting in small cubes the same sheet of Pará rubber utilized for packing the first layer 2 of the plantar 1 , preferably each one has cross sizes (thickness) of about 1 mm.
  • the filling material of the cells is of the kind known under the commercial name of Biotens®.
  • they can be filled up with natural caoutchouc.
  • the cells 6 filled-up with particles 8 implement the swellings mentioned above.
  • each cell 6 has an opening 9 , arranged near the respective linear seam, to allow its filling-up by means of a cannula or analogous device.
  • the openings 9 can be then closed again once the filling thereof has ended.
  • the cells 6 can remain empty until, based upon medical prescriptions, they are filled-up with an adequate quantity of elastic particles 8 . Subsequently, the openings 9 can be closed again to prevent the particles 8 from going out of their seat.
  • each swelling which is implemented due to the filling up with the particles and to the natural elasticity of the alcantara and of the rubber, is preferably about 3 mm.
  • each cell 6 can be filled-up with any other kind of elastic material, for example a material like gel, which results easy to be manipulated and inserted into the cells, or with silicone foils, preferably with a thickness of about 2-3 mm, or still with silicone or other elastic granulated material with regular or irregular shape.
  • elastic material for example a material like gel, which results easy to be manipulated and inserted into the cells, or with silicone foils, preferably with a thickness of about 2-3 mm, or still with silicone or other elastic granulated material with regular or irregular shape.
  • each swelling is pre-determined for a correct reflexotherapeutic stress of the proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptors and reflexological points in general of the foot sole.
  • the filling-up of the cells 7 is carried out based upon therapeutic indications related to the patient who has to wear the plantar 1 .
  • each plantar 1 has six elastic swellings, with different shape according to the position thereof, corresponding to respective proprioceptive and pressoceptive areas of the foot sole, in particular a first elastic swelling 11 at the big toe's adductor, a second swelling 12 for the big toe's short flexor, a third swelling 13 for the short flexor of the fifth toe, a fourth swelling 15 for the supinator wedge, a fifth swelling 16 for the pronator wedge and a sixth swelling 17 for the big toe's adductor/adductor of the 5th toe.
  • the second type of stimulation members consists in one or more compression helical springs 18 which in the present example are arranged at the adductor of the fifth toe and extend in the direction substantially orthogonal to the foot sole.
  • Such springs are represented very schematically in FIG. 1 and in greater detail in FIG. 2 .
  • a fastening between the two layers of the plantar, by means of gluing lines and/or peripheral seams, can be provided only at the periphery of such area at which the helical springs are arranged, as schematically shown in FIG. 1 , so as to provide a containment casing or cell for the elastic members 18 arranged in such area.
  • Each spring 18 has a first end 41 fastened onto the lower layer 2 and a second end 42 apt to act onto the foot sole.
  • each elastic member has means 19 for coupling with the foot sole, which in the present embodiment is implemented by means of a member substantially shaped like a half-sphere, a dome or a drop and preferably made of an elastic material such as, for example, silicone, caoutchouc or Para rubber.
  • the contact between the means 19 and the foot sole will be mediated by the upper layer 3 of the plantar 1 .
  • the coupling means 19 has a height comprised in a range of about 1-1.5 mm and a plan width of about (2 ⁇ 2) mm.
  • the coupling means 19 makes comfortable the rest of the foot sole onto the plantar and it allows the pressure wave to propagate to an area of the proprioceptive, exteroceptive, pressoceptive and/or reflexogen areas of the foot sole without creating decubiti or irritations.
  • the main body of the elastic members comprised between the two ends 41 and 42 is made of a fibro-elastic material such as, for example, carbon fibre or hardened steel with controlled deflection, that is specific for the weight thereto it has to be subjected and then for the anthropometric features of the patient.
  • a fibro-elastic material such as, for example, carbon fibre or hardened steel with controlled deflection, that is specific for the weight thereto it has to be subjected and then for the anthropometric features of the patient.
  • the stiffness and/or the height of the elastic members 18 can also be differentiated in different areas of the foot sole. In particular, it can be provided that the height and the stiffness of the elastic members 18 be greater at the centre of said corresponding area of the adductor of the fifth toe.
  • each elastic member 18 can be selected so as to obtain a correct reflexotherapic stress of the proprioceptors, exteroceptors, pressoceptor and reflexological points in general of the foot sole in each specific patient and for each specific pathology. Such parameters are selected based upon therapeutical indications and stimulating needs related to the patient which has to wear the plantar 1 .
  • Embodiment variants can then provide cells and springs arranged in positions corresponding to any other point of exteroceptive, pressoceptive and reflexological stimulation of the foot sole, in association or not with the seven proprioceptive points mentioned above. Furthermore, the position of the helicoidal springs and of the swellings could be exchanged to meet specific stimulating needs.
  • the plantar 1 according to the present invention can be manufactured in various sizes.
  • the stiffness of the elastic members 18 is such that, under the maximum load exerted by the person, they reduce their height by about 1 ⁇ 3 or about 1 ⁇ 2.
  • the plantar of the invention is subject to several embodiments alternative to the one described sofar, some thereof will be described hereinafter by referring to the single elements differentiating them from what sofar illustrated.
  • the plantar can be permanently incorporated in a shoe instead of being removable with respect thereto.
  • the elastic members 18 can provide a different implementation with respect to the one illustrated above, for example by replacing, in all or in some members, the helicoidal springs with spiral compression springs.
  • the different stimulation members are present simultaneously in one or more areas to be stimulated.
  • a swelling 110 is provided, containing both the particles mentioned above with irregular shape 8 and the helicoidal springs 18 .
  • the stimulation of intrinsic muscles not only of the elastic kind, but also of the elasto-pressing kind with vertical course from the bottom to the top, such as the one provided by means of the springs 18 , is necessary. This is dictated by the vault-like particular structure of our feet, which should have three archs and keep them also in the erect posture.
  • the three archs are: a front transverse arch going from the metatarsal-phalangeal articulation of the first toe to the metatarsal-phalangeal articulation of the fifth toe, a longitudinal medial arch going from the metatarsal-phalangeal articulation of the first toe to the lower tubercle of the heel bone and a longitudinal side arch going from the metatarsal-phalangeal articulation of the fifth toe to the lower tubercle of the heel bone.
  • additional stimulating areas arranged under the toes are provided, for example for the therapy of the mallet or griff-like toes or for the realignment.
  • three additional stimulation members designated with 20 , 21 and 22 , respectively, are provided which indeed carry out a stimulation and a support of the toes.
  • such three stimulation members are swellings of the already described kind, filled-up with an elastic material preferably as discreet particles with irregular shape, as already illustrated.
  • FIG. 6 shows an additional embodiment, similar to the preceding one, but wherein the stimulation member arranged at the big toe, here designated with 201 , has a substantially drop-like elongated shape.
  • the stimulation member arranged at the big toe here designated with 201
  • the stimulation member arranged at the big toe has a substantially drop-like elongated shape.
  • such member 201 does not stimulate the big toe's short flexor muscle any more, as in the previous embodiment, on the contrary the tendon of the big toe's long flexor, which is an extrinsic muscle of the foot (in fact, in the foot only the tendon of such muscle is inserted in the metatarso-phalangeal articulation of the first toe and for the whole length of the foot sole).
  • the member 201 has the substantially drop-like elongated shape mentioned above, by extending proximally with respect to the big toe itself at the tip side of the drop itself, that is indeed by thinning proximally with respect to the toes.
  • the member 201 as shown in FIG. 6 , preferably extends in substantially longitudinal direction with respect to the foot itself.
  • Additional embodiment variants can provide in a same plantar any combination of the stimulation members provided in the different embodiments illustrated sofar.
  • different cells filled-up with different materials can be provided, in case in association with additional stimulation members based upon compression springs, or, even in a same cell or at a same stimulating area, a combination of different filling materials and/or of compression springs with different deformation properties and/or a combination of one or more filling materials with one or more springs.
  • the plantar of the invention is able to provide to the patient an optimum reflexotherapic stimulation. Such stimulation can be kept unaltered for a long period of time even longer the life year.
  • the plantar does not suffer from particular wear and it is always comfortable to wear. Furthermore, it can be washed and it is easy to be used and maintained.
  • the materials therewith it is constituted guarantee the not allergenicness and the non-toxicity of the plantar.
  • the plantar 1 guarantees a great comfort for a long period of time, without reducing the therapeutic properties with its continuous use.

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