MUMBAI, India, Oct. 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411022354 A) filed by Chandigarh University; and Chandigarh University Technology Business Incubator, Mohali, Punjab, on March 22, 2024, for 'wearable walking assistive device for heel footwear.'
Inventor(s) include Venu G.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 24, under issue no. 43/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A wearable walking assistive device for heel footwear, comprising a rectangular body 1 constructed with plurality of plates 2, suction cup configured on first portion of body 1 for securing body 1 with sole portion of a user's feet, a curved-shaped member 3 is configured with the body 1 via an telescopically operated link 4 to be positioned in contact with heel portion of user's foot to prevent shoe bite, plurality of hinges 5 configured between the plates 2 for tilting the plates 2 towards/away from each other, an angle sensor positioned on the body 1 for detecting inclination angle of the body 1 with respect to the footwear while the user is walking, plurality of pneumatic pins 6 installed at a second portion of the body 1 for maintaining an optimum inclination angle of the user's foot, thus prevent the user's foot from twisting."
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