Iran-Made Flexible Orthopedic Shoes Able to Correct Lower Limb Abnormalities
The product can help correct lower limb abnormalities such as shortness of one leg, shortness of the Achilles tendon, rotated femur, as well as parenthesis and crossed knees.
Mehdi Qiami-Rad, the managing director of the company, told ANA that abnormalities of the lower limbs are unfavorable conditions caused by environmental factors, lack of movement, and improper functioning of muscles and joints.
Qiami-Rad went on to say that some injuries, such as meniscus tears, knee and ankle ligaments, or ankle sprains, cause asymmetric pressure in the lower limb while standing and walking, and even change the shape of the gait.
The shoes allow complete flexibility to match the deformity or related injury of the lower limb in the heel and toe area, he added.
The settings are designed so that a person can easily make gradual changes with a simple screwdriver in the range of 1 mm to 6 mm without the need for referring to medical centers, he concluded.
A total of 227 knowledge-based firms are supplying medical equipment for health centers across the country, according to the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
Iranian companies producing medical equipment export their products to 54 countries across the world.
Nearly 45 percent of the country’s requirements in the field of medical, dentistry, laboratory, clinical, hospital equipment, and related industries are produced inside the country in line with the policy of reducing imports, Director-General of the IFDA for Medical Equipment Affairs Rouhollah Mazinani has earlier said.
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