Patients with diabetes must guard against nerve damage disorders that can numb feeling in their extremities. Engineering students developed a device to help patients with diabetes easily monitor their feet for cuts or other injuries.
Engineering students developed a device to help patients with diabetes easily monitor their feet for cuts or other injuries.
A simple device developed by Rice University students can help this population detect early signs of foot ulceration that, left untreated, could endanger their health and lead to amputation.The inspection device is likened to a foot stand one might see in a shoe store but with the addition of a clear plastic top, cameras, lights, a mirror and electronics that allow people to easily examine their feet.
The initial design attached a camera on a gooseneck to the end of a telescoping stick that patients could manipulate to manually inspect their feet … read more