The Printed Foot provides medical offices and businesses with the training, software, and equipment needed to produce custom orthotics and orthotic sandals on-site at their location.
ArchSpline SystemsDesigned by a practicing DPM with more than 15 years of clinical and manufacturing experience, ArchSpline Systems makes protocol-driven software for designing and producing custom foot orthotics. Its platform connects exam findings to orthotic geometry, production-ready files, and HCPCS L3000 documentation, allowing podiatry clinics to print in-house or use a verified production marketplace. The company says its system is used in more than 20 clinics and can be started without a printer.
Hersco Ortho LabsSince its New York City beginnings in the late 1930s, Hersco Ortho Labs has served as a lower-extremity central fabrication partner, making custom orthopedic devices to practitioners’ prescriptions. Cathal and Seamus Kennedy have operated the company since 1995, combining hands-on consultation with digital scanning, CAD-CAM and 3D printing; Hersco says most of its functional foot orthotics have been 3D printed since 2020. Its practitioner-focused model extends from carefully inspected Richie Braces and AFOs to custom shoes and prosthetic fabrication, with an education center that provides clinical articles and continuing-education courses.LONG ISLAND CITY, NY
iOrthoticsFounded in Mackay, Queensland, in 2009, iOrthotics makes custom foot orthotics and braces through clinician-led digital design and 3D printing. Now headquartered in Brisbane with manufacturing labs across Australia and the United States, the company combines podiatrists, orthotists, engineers and designers in one team. iOrthotics is also an official HP Multi Jet Fusion partner and holds ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certifications.LONG IS CITY, NY
In Step BiomechanicsIn Step Biomechanics makes custom-molded foot orthotics on site in Albany, with each device designed by the certified pedorthists who evaluate the patient’s gait and biomechanics. Owner William Smith, a certified pedorthist and physical therapist, leads a practice whose orthotics have served patients worldwide, including more than 700 professional athletes. The company also provides on-site adjustments to help patients improve comfort, stability, and mobility.ALBANY, NY