Custom 3D-Printed Foot Orthoses
Premium 3D Printed Orthoses. Your Prescription. No Scanner Required.
Bring custom 3D-printed foot orthoses into your practice with a straightforward foam impression and prescription service.
Choose your prescription, capture the impressions and let Algeos manage the digital manufacturing process.
Order your Algeos 3D Prescription Kit and start prescribing custom 3D-printed foot orthoses.
Product Description
Your prescription.
Our 3D technology.
Custom 3D-printed foot orthoses using familiar foam impressions and a detailed clinician-led prescription. No digital foot scanner required.
Assess your patient, take the impression and tell us how you want the orthoses configured. Algeos manages the digital conversion, design and manufacturing workflow.
From foot impression to finished orthosis
Algeos 3D brings together the familiarity of foam impression techniques and the design flexibility of digital manufacturing. You direct the prescription; our specialist team handles the production workflow.
Order the prescription kit
Receive the deep foam impression box, prescription form, instructions, patient leaflet and prepaid return packaging.
Assess your patient
Review symptoms, foot structure, biomechanics, footwear and the intended purpose of the orthoses.
Take the foam impression
Capture the required foot impression following the supplied practitioner instructions.
Complete the prescription
Choose a condition-based preset or specify shell dimensions, posting, pads, flanges and heel features.
Return to Algeos
Pack the impression and completed form in the Algeos 3D return box using the prepaid return label.
Digital design and manufacture
The impression is converted into digital foot-shape information and the accepted prescription is used to manufacture the orthoses.
Fit and review
Assess the finished orthoses for fit, comfort and suitability before dispensing them to your patient.
Custom 3D orthoses without buying a scanner
You don't need to change your entire clinical workflow to offer custom 3D-printed foot orthoses.
The service starts with a familiar foam impression and a structured prescription form. Impressions are returned to Algeos for digital conversion, design and manufacturing.
You remain responsible for clinical assessment, prescription and fitting. Algeos manages the outsourced production process.
Guided presets or full custom control
Choose a predefined configuration or specify individual orthotic modifications based on your patient's clinical requirements.
Condition-based presets
Start with predefined combinations of orthotic features for selected clinical presentations.
Detailed custom prescription
Select shell geometry, forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot modifications, including left and right selections where available.
Plantar heel pain - accommodative
Standard heel cup with an accommodative heel aperture.
Plantar heel pain - functional
Forefoot and hindfoot wedging with heel posting.
Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction
Medial flange, heel posting, skive and wedging features.
Hallux limitus
Morton's extension with a standard heel cup.
2nd MTP plantar plate injury
Metatarsal extensions, dome and standard heel cup.
Chronic ankle instability
Stable heel post and lateral extrinsic heel wedge.
These are prescription configurations, not automatic treatment recommendations. Clinical suitability must be determined by the prescribing practitioner.
Design flexibility where it matters
Specify orthotic modifications across the forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot, including independent selections for each foot where available.
Forefoot
- Metatarsal extensions (rays 1-5)
- Medial and lateral posting: 3, 5 or 7 mm
- Metatarsal dome: 3, 5 or 7 mm
- Metatarsal pad: 1, 2 or 3 mm
Midfoot
- Medial or lateral flanges
- Arch-height increase: 3, 5 or 7 mm
- Cuboid pad: 3, 5 or 7 mm
- Low, moderate or high selections where offered
Hindfoot
- Standard or stable heel posts
- Shallow, standard or deep heel cup
- Medial and lateral wedges: 3, 5 or 7 mm
- Heel aperture and specified post angles
Choose the shell specification
Available shell thicknesses are 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3 mm and 3.5 mm. The form also supports standard, wide or narrow shell widths.
Many modifications can be prescribed independently for the left and right foot.
Everything needed to start the prescription
The Algeos 3D kit brings together the materials required to capture an impression, document the prescription and return it to Algeos.
- 1 deep single foam impression box (SA0452-1)
- Custom Foot Orthosis Prescription Form
- Algeos 3D cardboard return box
- Prepaid return label
- Patient information leaflet
- Practitioner instruction leaflet
Top covers to suit your prescription
Available prescription form choices include Sport, Care Hindfoot, Care Forefoot, Everyday and Protect alongside a No Cover option.
An optional X-Fix selection is provided for compatible top-cover attachment.
Clinic profitability calculator
Explore the potential contribution from a custom orthotic prescription. Adjust your patient selling price and clinical overhead to see how much your clinic could generate from each pair.
Set your clinic figures
The Algeos cost is an illustrative assumption based on the advertised kit price, not confirmation that the finished orthoses are included. Confirm the full service charge and use figures on a consistent VAT basis.
| Patient selling price | £295 |
|---|---|
| Illustrative Algeos charge | −£125 |
| Clinical time & overhead | −£45 |
| Estimated contribution | £125 |
Calculation: Patient price − Algeos cost − clinical overhead. This is a simplified contribution estimate, not net profit or a guaranteed margin. Other costs and taxes may apply.
Kit and prescription specifications
| SKU | AX2533 |
|---|---|
| Service | Custom foot orthoses via foam impression and clinician-led prescription |
| Intended users | Podiatrists, orthotists and appropriately qualified professionals |
| Impression method | Deep single foam impression box (SA0452-1) |
| Prescription routes | Condition-based presets or full custom specification |
| Shell thickness options | 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3 mm, 3.5 mm |
| Custom modifications | Forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot options with left/right selections where available |
| Return materials | Return box and prepaid label included |
| Top covers | Optional; sold separately |
| Manufacturing | Digital design and 3D production based on the accepted prescription |
Algeos 3D prescription FAQs
Do I need a 3D foot scanner?
No. This service uses a foam impression and the supplied prescription form. Algeos manages the digital conversion and production workflow.
Can I prescribe different features for each foot?
Yes. Many forefoot, midfoot and hindfoot modifications can be selected separately for the left and right foot.
Do I have to use a preset?
No. You can choose a preset or use the Full Custom Control section of the form.
How many impression boxes are included?
One deep single impression box is supplied. An additional box may be required for bilateral impressions.
Is return postage included?
The kit includes a prepaid return label. Follow the supplied return instructions.
Who is responsible for fitting?
The prescribing practitioner is responsible for assessment, prescription and checking the completed orthoses before patient use.
Where do I return the completed kit?
Follow the supplied prepaid return instructions. The Algeos 3D Digital Conversion Team is based at A. Algeo Ltd, Sheridan House, Speke Hall Road, Liverpool, L24 9HB, United Kingdom.
Make custom orthotic prescribing part of your practice.
Order the Algeos 3D prescription kit or contact our team to discuss the service and prescription options.
Professional information only. Custom foot orthoses are prescribed and fitted following individual clinical assessment. Follow supplied instructions.
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