Abstract: A surgical sock for covering a bandaged foot. The sock includes a forefoot region, a foot region, and an ankle region. The forefoot region, the foot region, or a combination of the two has a dimension greater than that of the ankle region in order to accommodate a bandaged foot without undue constriction or excessive wrinkling. The ankle region may have greater elasticity than the other regions so that it expands enough to accept the bandaged foot while retaining enough grasping strength to keep it in place about the ankle. The sock is fabricated with a hydrophobic fiber, a bacteriostatic fabric, or both to aid in moisture wicking, to minimize the chance of post-operative infection, and to minimize overheating.

Abstract: A marking tape for transferring information written thereon to a film when the film is exposed to x-rays. The tape is a laminate of an upper film, a radiopaque emulsion, and a lower film. The top surface of the upper film is partially coated with a writable ink, and the ink coating positioned directly over the radiopaque emulsion. Pressure exerted by the user while writing on the ink surface causes the underlying emulsion to part. When the marking tape is affixed to a film cassette, x-rays penetrate the marking tape in those areas where the emulsion has been parted, the underlying film is exposed, and the information entered on the marking tape is thereby transferred to the film. The marking tape can be made in different sizes and radiopacities that can be distinguished by color-coding the writable surface.

Abstract: A system and method for making an impression of a foot, an ankle, and a lower leg to be used in the fabrication of custom-made shoes. The system has a molding component made of a compressible foam or a combination of compressible foams made into prefabricated pieces, and a protective component made of plastic, cardboard, or other disposable material enclosing the molding component. The protective component may be securely affixed to the molding component and is designed to be used for mailing or storing the foot-ankle-lower leg impression.

Abstract: A device for marking cutaneous landmarks as a means of identifying under x-radiography pathological deep structures of the small bones of the foot that comprises affixing a radiopaque material to an adhesive tape and placing the radiopaque material over a cutaneous landmark on a patient's foot and then x-raying the highlighted area. The radiopaque material is formed into any one of a variety of shapes, such as a circle, triangle or square, so as to provide a marker that completely encompasses the cutaneous landmark. A series of such markers is affixed to a roll of tape with an adhesive backing, or provided in pre-cut form, for ease of dispensation and attachment to the patient's foot.