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

Avriel International总部位于加拿大，是一家正在成长的专业鞋类制造公司，生产各种矫形鞋，糖尿病鞋和舞蹈鞋。为了扩大他们的产品范围，Avriel正在开发一款内置传感器的医疗糖尿病鞋，这将提高患者对脚部感觉减退的认识。当记录的数据超出“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疾病的能力，并避免因意识到即将到来的危险而导致截肢。Avriel希望将这项技术应用于任何鞋子的智能鞋垫。最初，Avriel与马尼托巴大学（University of Manitoba）合作进行这项创新，进行基础研究，其中将基本电子设备和传感器集成在鞋子上并进行测试。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础，电子设备和传感器缺乏集成到鞋垫原型的小规模要求。作为创新商业化的第一步，Avriel与我们在红河学院（RRC）的航空航天和制造技术访问中心（TACAM）合作，通过NSERC的EngageGrant，设计，开发和实施一个完全集成的智能鞋垫原型。项目的第一阶段满足了所有目标，成功开发了智能鞋垫原型。Avriel打算在这个拟议的第二阶段中，通过提高产品的技术准备水平（TRL）并将其带入预商业化，以先前的成功为基础。第二阶段的目标是提高集成鞋垫的可制造性，扩大产品的业务和可靠性，以及完善用户体验。柔性线路板将取代目前的刚性线路板，鞋垫材料将被重新制造以获得舒适性，而电流

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