US 6,981,856 B2
Orthopedic casting slipper kit and method
Peter M. Graf, 566 11th Ave., San Francisco, Calif. 94118 (US); and Richard M. Stess, 36 Dutch Valley La., San Anselmo, Calif. 94960 (US)
Filed on Oct. 02, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/678,917.
Prior Publication US 2005/0073073 A1, Apr. 07, 2005
Int. Cl. B29D 31/50 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 425—2 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An orthopedic casting slipper kit for custom molding of a foot impression comprising:
(a) a low-cut resilient fabric impression slipper shaped to extend upwardly on a patient's foot from a plantar surface of the foot to an open end sufficiently low to enable removal of the hardened slipper without cutting, the fabric of the impression slipper being sufficiently resilient to substantially conform to the patient's foot, and a longitudinally resiliently extensible band being provided on the impression slipper proximate the open end, the band being formed to hold the open end of the impression slipper snugly against the patient's dorsum and heel; and
(b) a quantity of curable resin sufficient to harden the impression slipper into a cast foot impression, the resin being provided in one of: a container separate from the impression slipper, and impregnated into the fabric of the impression slipper.