Abstract: A removable insole for insertion into footwear, includes a forefoot portion extending at least to metatarsals of a foot, the forefoot portion including a combination layer formed from a bottom layer of a resilient foam material which provides a shock absorption cushioning function, and a top layer of a slow recovery material which absorbs shear forces applied to the second layer at pressure points and spreads out the shear forces along the forefoot portion, the top layer being of substantially the same dimensions as the bottom layer and superposed therewith, the bottom and top layers having the same thickness and outer dimensions; a cupped heel portion formed by a relatively flat central portion and a sloped side wall; a mid-foot portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion, the mid-foot portion including a medial arch portion and being connected to the forefoot portion at the medial arch portion, the heel portion and mid-foot portion together being formed by a unitary layer of resili

Abstract: A removable insole for insertion into footwear, includes a forefoot portion for extending at least to metatarsals of a foot; a cupped heel portion having a varus of approximately 7 degrees for the left foot and approximately 5 degrees for the right foot, which slopes from a medial side of the insole to a lateral side of the insole; a medial arch portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion, and which extends forwardly to approximately a first metatarsal of a foot supported thereby, and extends rearwardly of a front section of the heel portion; an upper surface extending along the forefoot, arch and heel portions, and having a downward inclination from the heel portion to a front section of the arch portion of approximately 2 degrees; and a lateral flange extending around a periphery of at least the heel portion and extending forwardly at least to a midfoot portion of the insole to prevent abduction of a foot supported thereby.

Abstract: A device comprising an article coated with paralyne wherein an adhesive is adhered to said parylene coating is claimed. The adhesive can be a pressure sensitive adhesive or a non-pressure sensitive adhesive. The device, which has improved stay-on time, can be useful for applications to the body, such as sheet padding, a finger pad, a corn pad, a callus pad, a blister pad, a heel pad or a toe pad.

Abstract: An insole is described having a deep heel cup, and high medial and lateral flanges extending from said heel cup, wherein said heel cup cups the calcaneous of a foot in approximately a neutral degree of varus so that the insole does not induce locking of the midtarsal joint, and said high medial and lateral flanges extend continuously high along the medial and lateral sides of the insole substantially to the first and fifth metatarsal necks of the foot. The insole is useful for individuals with a high arch or supinated foot type.

Abstract: An article comprising a soft, polysiloxane elastomer having a hardness of 5-55 durometer units (Shore 00), the elastomer having a pressure sensitive adhesive on at least one of its surfaces is described. A process for bonding a pressure sensitive adhesive to the soft polysiloxane elastomeric is also described.