This posted to Keck Medicine of USC HSC News Researchers publish first successful “smart boot” study regarding diabetes-related wounds David Armstrong, PhD, DPM (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco) As part of its partnership with Center to Stream Healthcare in Place (C2SHIP), Keck Medicine of USC has developed a new, interactive smart boot to help diabetic patients recover from dangerous... Continue Reading →
Smart Offloading Boot System for Remote Patient Monitoring: Toward Adherence Reinforcement + Proper Physical Activity Prescription for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Patients @NIDDK @NIH #ActAgainstAmputation @USC @KeckMedUSC @bcmsurgery @sensoriainc
This just published in JDST highlights the first ever smart boot system designed to explore the boundaries of boosting adherence to care in people with diabetic foot ulcers. Catherine Park 1 2 3, Ramkinker Mishra 1, Davide Vigano 4, Maurizio Macagno 4, Stefano Rossotti 4, Karen D'Huyvetter 5, Jason Garcia 5, David G Armstrong 5 6, Bijan Najafi 1 Background: A critical factor in healing diabetic foot ulcers is patient adherence to offloading devices. We tested... Continue Reading →
Team from tech, prosthetics and @KeckMedUSC become first to win Innovation Award for “Smart Boot” @CES
A trio of experts from tech, prosthetics and academic medicine were acknowledged with an Innovation Award at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (#CES2019) in Las Vegas Nevada this week for their work in developing a "Smart Boot" to heal diabetic wounds. "It is a great privilege to be given this award for the SBi Motus... Continue Reading →