US 12,376,565 B2
Equine biomechanical orthotic device and method of use
Micheal L. Steward, McLoud, OK (US)
Filed by Micheal L. Steward, McLoud, OK (US)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,648.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/426,953, filed on Nov. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164346 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A01L 7/02 (2006.01); A01K 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 13/007 (2013.01) [A01L 7/02 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
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1. An equine biomechanical orthotic device for treating a hoof of the equine, the equine biomechanical orthotic device comprising: an upper pad adapted to be arranged below the hoof of the equine; a lower pad arranged below the upper pad; wherein the upper pad forms a contoured contact surface for engaging the lower pad and wherein the lower pad forms a contoured contact surface for engaging the upper pad and wherein the contoured contact surface of the upper pad and the contoured contact surface of the lower pad, when in cooperative engagement, allow the upper pad and the hoof to pitch up to 25 degrees dorsopalmarly and to roll mediolaterally up to five degrees.