Podimetrics, a company founded during the 2011 MIT “Hacker Marathonâ€, is dedicated to foot ulcers, a complication of diabetes that can lead to amputation in severe cases. According to data released by the company, its remote monitoring technology allows most foot ulcers to be discovered before they occur.
A series of factors have led to the development of diabetic foot ulcers, including nerve damage, and patients cannot feel small wounds on their feet. A healthy person will feel the discomfort of the foot in time, adjust his shoes or walking posture, but diabetic patients often have nerve damage, and it is difficult to feel this pain. Repetitive injuries for a certain period of time can lead to ulceration of the foot. If it can be detected early, it can help diabetic patients to control the ulcer from being caused or prevented from getting worse.
The American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend that diabetics perform a complete assessment of the foot each year. Patients with a history of foot ulcers and amputations, patients with plantar deformities or peripheral arterial disease should be examined at each visit.
The American Diabetes Association guidelines recommend that diabetic patients undergo a complete assessment each year. Image source: FierceBiotech
The Podimetrics remote temperature monitoring system is designed to continuously evaluate the patient's foot. It relies on a concept that there is an increase in temperature before tissue damage, says Jonathan Bloom, MD, MD. The patient stands on the surface of the SmartMat for 20 seconds and measures the different temperatures in different parts of the foot. In particular, the software looks for a "hot spot" or a location where the temperature is always higher than the other locations.
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