| CPC A43B 3/44 (2022.01) [A43B 3/48 (2022.01); A43B 7/38 (2013.01); A61B 5/112 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A system configured to provide early diagnosis, evaluation, and therapeutic measures for chronic foot maladies and pains, said system comprising:
(a) an insole comprising:
i) a plurality of height adjustment mechanisms deployed thereupon at a plurality of locations; wherein each height adjustment mechanism in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms is provided with a unique identifier; and
ii) a plurality of sensors deployed thereupon at a plurality of locations;
wherein, each sensor in said plurality of sensors is provided with a unique identifier and is configured to provide a data output signal;
(b) a data processor that comprises at least one software algorithm configured to receive said data output signal from at least one sensor in said plurality of sensors; wherein each data output signal from each of said sensors in said plurality of sensors is associated with said unique identifier of said sensor in said plurality of sensors, a physical location within said insole, and temporal information; and to analyze data from said data output signals from said sensors in said plurality of sensors, and provide a response plan; and
(c) the response plan is configured to be compatible with at least one of:
(i) an autonomous implementation module configured to autonomously receive said response plan, to translate said response plan into a bundle of separate implementation signals, wherein each of said separate implementation signals is associated with said unique identifier of each of said height adjustment mechanisms in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms; and to transmit each separate implementation signal of said bundle of separate implementation signals to said height adjustment mechanism in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms that has said unique identifier that is associated with said separate implementation signal;
(ii) a healthcare professional that is trained to receive said response plan, translate said response plan to a plurality of separate implementation signals, wherein each of said separate implementation signals in said bundle of separate implementation signals is associated with said unique identifier of each of said height adjustment mechanisms in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms, to transmit each of said separate implementation signals in said bundle of separate implementation signals to said height adjustment mechanism in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms that has said unique identifier that is associated with said separate implementation signal, and to automatically activate said height adjustment mechanism in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms; and
(iii) a data processor configured to formulate a treatment plan including instructions for adjustment of said height adjustment mechanisms in said plurality of said height adjustment mechanisms and displaying the treatment plan on a screen for manual implementation;
said system characterized in that:
(A) each of said height adjustment mechanisms in said plurality of said height adjustment mechanisms is configured to be activated to increase or decrease its height, thereby changing the height of the insole at the location of said height adjustment mechanism;
(B) activating at least two of said height adjustment mechanisms from said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms alters the surface of said insole thereby enabling off-loading;
(C) said insole is configured to be slipped into everyday use shoes, thereby allowing at least one of: diagnosis, monitoring, training, and treating outpatients in various life settings, in real time; and
(D) said unique identifiers of each of said height adjustment mechanisms in said plurality of height adjustment mechanisms and said unique identifiers of said sensors in said plurality of sensors allow said system to be configured to be integrated with a mobile phone and a remote monitoring platform.
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