ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,422, issued on May 20, was assigned to Forefoot Defender LLC (Miami).
"Forefoot orthotic device" was invented by Jason R. Hanft (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forefoot orthotic device has multiple regions configured so that impact, propulsive or standing forces experienced by the forefoot of the user are accelerated, decelerated, shifted. transferred, or lessened, so as to promote pain reduction or otherwise address or treat conditions of the forefoot. In one implementation, the device includes expanded areas adapted to underlie the first and fifth metatarsal heads and cushion or offload forces therefrom. In still other vari...