The Design and Manufacture of Custom Footwear

Custom molded shoes are an essential tool when working with hard-to-fit feet such as patients with severe edema or partial foot amputations. We will look at the process of designing and fabricating molded shoes from start to finish. Learn best practices for serving this challenging group including casting and dispensing tips.

  • Custom molded shoes are an essential tool when working with hard-to-fit feet such as patients with severe edema or partial foot amputations. We will look at the process of designing and fabricating molded shoes from start to finish. Learn best practices for serving this challenging group including casting and dispensing tips.

Seamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed, FAAOP(A)

Certified Pedorthist

Hersco Ortho Labs

Séamus Kennedy has been a Certified Pedorthist since 1996 and is an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists. He originally studied Mechanical Engineering at University College Dublin and worked in industry for 7 years. Seamus and his brother bought Hersco Ortho Labs in 1995 and developed it into a modern central fab for custom foot orthotics, AFO’s, gauntlets. He is also co-owns iOrthotics, a 3D Printing hub.

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