JOHN M AQUINO
Podiatry at Clearwater Dr, Amherst, NY
License number
Florida 1748
Issued Date
Sep 5, 1986
Effective Date
Mar 25, 2002
Expiration Date
Feb 28, 2000
Category
Health Care
Type
Podiatric Physician
Address
Address
39 Clearwater Dr, Amherst, NY 14228
Professional information
Device Used To Realign Hammertoe Deformities
US Patent:
2013007, Mar 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar 12, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/417911
Inventors:
John Michael Aquino - Amherst NY, US
International Classification:
A61F 5/00
US Classification:
602 30
Abstract:
A device for the realignment of hammer toe deformities comprising a dorsal piece and a plantar piece parallel thereto. The dorsal piece and the plantar piece are held together by a first and a second connecting arm. The device being of a resilient material and of a unitary construction is suitably sized and shaped to fit around the wearer's foot, within the wearer's shoe in a position wherein the dorsal piece rests across the bases of at least two of the central three toes of the wearer's foot and the plantar piece is tapered laterally and is comma shaped to fit in the sulci formed by the central three toes of the wearer's foot. The first connecting arm extends through the interspace between the hallux and the second toe and the second connecting arm extends through the interspace between the third toe and the fourth toe.