FOOTWEAR SYSTEM FOR ULCER OR PRE-ULCER DETECTION

FOOTWEAR SYSTEM FOR ULCER OR PRE-ULCER DETECTION

A footwear system having a plurality of temperature sensors determines the emergence of an ulcer or pre-ulcer on a person's foot. After the plurality of temperature sensors generate a plurality of discrete temperature data values, the system and method form a temperature map representing substa...

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Hauptverfasser: LINDERS, David, R, BLOOM, Jonathan, D, PETERSEN, Brian, J, PETERSEN, Daniel, J
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR
DIAGNOSIS
FOOTWEAR
HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS
MEASURING
MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT
MEASURING TEMPERATURE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
PHYSICS
SURGERY
TESTING
THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:A footwear system having a plurality of temperature sensors determines the emergence of an ulcer or pre-ulcer on a person's foot. After the plurality of temperature sensors generate a plurality of discrete temperature data values, the system and method form a temperature map representing substantially the actual geometric shape of at least a portion of the foot, and the distribution of temperatures of the at least a portion of the foot. Next, the method and system determine whether the temperature map presents at least one of a plurality of prescribed patterns, and produces output information indicating an emergence of an ulcer or a pre-ulcer on a given portion on the foot. The output information is produced as a function of whether the temperature map is determined to present the at least one of the plurality of prescribed patterns.