Design and Prototyping of a Smart Medicare Diabetic Shoe - Phase II

智能医疗糖尿病鞋的设计和原型制作 - 第二阶段

• 批准号: 560397-2020
• 负责人: Potter, Simon
• 金额: $ 5.46万
• 依托单位: Red River College Polytechnic
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=723881
• 关键词: Design; Prototyping; Smart; Medicare; Diabetic

Avriel International, based in Canada, is a growing specialty footwear manufacturing company that producesvarieties of orthotic, diabetic and dancing shoes. In an effort to expand their product offerings, Avriel isdeveloping a Medicare Diabetic Shoe with embedded sensors that will improve patients' awareness ofdiminished sensations in their feet. The sensors will give an alarm notification and valuable data to the patientand clinicians when data being logged is outside a "safe" zone. The innovative technology is expected toimprove patients' ability to manage chronic conditions and avoid amputation that could result fromunawareness of impending dangers. Avriel would like to implement this technology as intelligent insoles thatcan be used with any shoe.Initially, Avriel worked on this innovation with the University of Manitoba to perform fundamental researchstudy, in which basic electronics and sensors were integrated and tested with a shoe. This initial researchprovided useful information on the "Smart Shoe" concept. The developed solution was quite basic, with theelectronics and sensors lacking the small-scale requirement for integration into an insole as a prototype. As afirst step towards commercialization of the innovation, Avriel collaborated with us at the Technology AccessCentre for Aerospace and Manufacturing (TACAM) at Red River College (RRC), through an NSERC EngageGrant, to design, develop and implement a completely integrated smart insole prototype. The first phase of theproject met all the objectives with a smart insole prototype successfully developed. Avriel intends on buildingon this previous success, in this proposed Phase II, by progressing the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ofthe product and bring it to pre-commercialization.This second phase is aimed at improving the manufacturability of the integrated insole, expanding therobustness and reliability of the product, as well as to refine the user experience. Flexible circuits board willreplace the current rigid circuit boards, the insole materials will be remanufactured for comfort, and the current

总部位于加拿大的Avriel International是一家成长中的专业鞋类制造公司，生产各种矫形鞋、糖尿病鞋和舞鞋。为了扩大他们的产品供应，Avriel正在开发一种嵌入传感器的Medicare糖尿病鞋，它将提高患者对脚部感觉减弱的意识。当记录的数据不在“安全”区域时，传感器将向患者和临床医生发出警报通知和有价值的数据。这项创新技术有望提高患者管理慢性病的能力，并避免因意识到即将到来的危险而截肢。Avriel希望将这项技术实现为可以在任何鞋子上使用的智能鞋垫。最初，Avriel与马尼托巴大学合作进行这项创新以进行基础研究，其中基础电子和传感器被集成在一起，并在鞋子上进行测试。这项初步研究为“智能鞋”概念提供了有用的信息。开发的解决方案非常基本，电子和传感器缺乏作为原型集成到鞋垫中的小规模要求。作为创新商业化的第一步，Avriel通过NSERC EngageGrant与我们在红河学院(RRC)的航空航天与制造技术接入中心(TACAM)合作，设计、开发和实施了一个完全集成的智能鞋垫原型。该项目的第一阶段达到了所有的目标，成功地开发了一款智能鞋垫原型。Avriel打算在之前成功的基础上，在这个拟议的第二阶段，通过提高产品的技术准备水平(TRL)并将其投入预商业化。第二阶段旨在改善集成鞋垫的可制造性，扩大产品的热稳定性和可靠性，以及优化用户体验。柔性电路板将取代目前的刚性电路板，鞋垫材料将重新制造舒适，电流