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Streifeneder ortho.production GmbH offers a diverse selection of therapeutic shoes, including long-term surgical shoes, post-surgical shoes, and partial foot decompression shoes. These shoes are designed to cater to various needs, whether for use at home, in outpatient settings, or during inpatient care. Depending on the specific indication, our wound care shoes serve different purposes.
Product Description
Wound care footwear is the primary option for safely mobilizing patients. It alleviates foot wounds, addresses leg length discrepancies, and enhances walking patterns. Each model ensures a comfortable fit and maximum safety.
Indications for Use
- Wounds in the foot and ankle area caused by diabetes mellitus
- Peripheral artery occlusive disease (PAOD)
- Other indication independent wound formation in the foot and ankle area
- Postoperative and trauma
- Gait unsteadiness (dizziness, visual impairment)
Sizing Guide
- Features a rigid, slightly ascending outsole towards the front (negative heel)
- Pressure relief and pressure distribution during walking
- Benefits the healing process of wounds in the forefoot area
- Encompasses the entire foot and ankle area with a softly padded upper
- Hook and loop fasteners at the wide flap prevent slipping within the shoe
- Cubical cushioning sole for selective pressure relief
- The flap can be opened widely and together with the adjustable hook and loop fasteners, it provides sufficient space for bandaged feet
- Improved slip protection by integrated anti-slip nubs
- Anti-bacterial inner lining and cover fabric of the padded insole
Intended use
- main feature of the the Post-Surgical Shoe is a rigid, slightly ascending outsole towards the front (negative heel)
- pressure relief and pressure distribution during the walking cycle
- benefits the healing process of wounds in the forefoot area
- the Post-Surgical Shoe encompasses the entire foot and ankle area with a softly padded upper
- Hook- and loop fasteners at the wide flap prevent slipping within the shoe
- Cube cushion sole for selective pressure relief
- the flap can be opened widely and together with the individually adjustable hook- and loop fasteners, it provides sufficient space for bandaged feet
- improved slip protection by integrated anti-slip nubs
- Inner lining fabric of the shoe as well as cover fabric of the padded insole are anti-bacterially equipped based on ammonium-silane-compound; this limits colonisation of the material with certain bacterial strains (e.g. Staphylokokkus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae)
Contraindication
- Do not use for the above indications if sufficient pressure relief cannot be achieved through the application.
- do not wear directly on injured, irritated or damaged skin (Protective bandage, sock)
- do not use for unstable or fracture prone diabetic neuro-osteoarthropathic foot syndromes, DNOAP (e.g. florid Charcot foot).
- use only with walking supports
- weight limit: 120 kg