Infrared Eyes

描述（由申请人提供）：Eden Medical，Inc.很高兴提交这一SBIR第一阶段的提案，以开发“红外眼”（iREyes）成像系统，一个负担得起的和强大的移动的健康（mhealth）工具的医疗保健。手持式iREyes系统将采集热成像和可见光谱图像，以通过足部热指数方法量化愈合。iREyes将提供一种用户友好的产品，其成本（<500美元）比当今现有的红外微测辐射热计技术低得多。iREyes还将识别与重复压力相关的热点，以减少溃疡风险。糖尿病足伤口是常见的，复杂的和昂贵的。可能溃疡的足部区域与由于炎症和组织的酶自溶引起的局部皮肤温度升高有关。炎症的特征是主要体征，包括发红、肿胀和发热。iREyes将通过对侧和区域足部指数图像分析直接量化炎症病理生理学，该分析利用了在第2阶段NIDDK资助的SBIR资助编号5 R44 DK 083782 -02糖尿病足部成像扫描仪（DFIS）下开发的工作。这种成像评估将允许伤口护理医生提供更好的慢性糖尿病足伤口评估，改善治疗决策，减少感染伤口和相应截肢的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Eden Medical, Inc. is pleased to submit this Phase 1 SBIR proposal to develop the "Infrared Eyes" (iREyes) imager system, an affordable and powerful mobile health (mhealth) tool for healthcare. The hand-held iREyes system will acquire both thermal and visible spectrum imagery to quantify healing via foot thermal indexing methodology. The iREyes will offer a user-friendly product with a significantly lower cost (<$500) than today's existing infrared microbolometer technology. The iREyes will also identify hot spots associated with repetitive stress to reduce ulceration risk. Diabetic foot wounds are common, complex and costly. Foot areas that are likely to ulcerate are associated with increased local skin temperature due to inflammation and enzymatic autolysis of tissue. Inflammation is characterized by the cardinal signs including redness, swelling, and heat. iREyes will directly quantify inflammation pathophysiology through contralateral and regional foot index image analysis leveraging work being developed under the Phase 2 NIDDK funded SBIR grant no. 5R44DK083782-02 the Diabetic Foot Imaging Scanner (DFIS). Such imaging assessment will allow wound care physicians to provide better assessment of chronic diabetic foot wounds improving treatment decisions and decreasing the number of infected wounds and corresponding amputations.