The Amputation Alternative. Sensoria Health Announces Footwear as a Service (FAAS) Platform.

At the DFCon 2024Conference Symposium in Los Angeles, Anderson Medical Supplies, AlexiGen, Defender and Sensoria Health Inc. announced that they are joining forces on a groundbreaking partnership aimed at delivering the Alternative to Amputation: Footwear as a Service (FAAS): A Remote Patient Monitoring Artificial Intelligence Platform.

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a serious and chronic condition affecting millions of individuals within the diabetic population. According to the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), a leading authority on foot and ankle health, approximately 15% of people with diabetes will develop foot ulcers. The risks for diabetic patients are substantial, as DFUs are the leading cause of lower extremity amputations in the U.S.

Reducing amputation requires teamwork, innovation, and commitment to holistic patient care. This partnership brings together advanced technology, biologics, and clinical expertise to offer a more comprehensive solution for diabetic foot ulcer management—one that could fundamentally shift outcomes for those at risk.

“Reducing amputations requires a multidisciplinary effort. We joined forces and worked for many years to achieve this goal. Our new Footwear as a Service remote patient monitoring platform is available now. We are seeking visionary early adopters: clinicians, podiatry and wound care clinics and organizations that would like to join us in this new holistic approach to treating Diabetic foot ulcers.” says Davide Vigano, CEO and cofounder of Sensoria Health Inc.

The Defender smart boot, equipped with Sensoria Health’s innovative Sensoria Core and Smart Watch sensor and software technology, is being validated thanks to a new NIH R01 funded clinical study conducted by the University of Southern California (USC) Keck School of Medicine and Baylor College of Medicine. The system is already collecting remote patient data, and it demonstrates great promise.

As evidenced by the DFCon2024 conference UCLA summary slide below our preliminary study results demonstrate the efficacy of the Sensoria Smartboot Removable Cast Walker (sRCW) in improving wound care outcomes, showing superior results compared to both the original RCW (oRCW) and the non-removable device (iTCC). The findings clearly highlight the positive impact of integrating smart technology with offloading devices for wound healing.

You can read more about this solution on Defender’s blog page on their website footdefender.com

The Smartwatch Patient Mobile App and Clinician Web Dashboard are designed to empower the whole circle of care by enabling remote assessment of adherence levels to offloading and physical activity (PA).

This novel platform facilitates personalized education and the potential customization of wound care strategies, leveraging individual patient data for informed patient-clinician interaction and better clinical and therapeutic decision-making.

The Sensoria Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) mobile plus cloud software platform enables clinicians to track patients' adherence to their prescribed treatment plans in near real-time. The resulting improved compliance ensures the optimal performance of AlexiGen’s skin substitute products, significantly increasing the likelihood of positive outcomes for patients.

Reducing amputation requires teamwork, innovation, and commitment to holistic patient care. This partnership brings together advanced technology, biologics, and clinical expertise to offer a more comprehensive solution for diabetic foot ulcer management—one that could fundamentally shift outcomes for those at risk.

As part of this partnership, Anderson Medical Supplies will offer dedicated patient monitoring clinical services, AlexiGen will offer its skin graft products, Defender and Sensoria will offer their Smart Boot and remote patient monitoring services.

In conclusion, we seek to improve patient outcomes by reducing risk of amputation and offering a more patient centric, sustainable, technology-driven approach to footcare, reducing the risk of amputations and enhancing mobility. This initiative reflects a growing trend in healthcare, where technology is leveraged to create more accessible, preventative solutions. Learn more at www.sensoriahealth.com/diabetic-foot-ulcer-boot and https://footdefender.com/pages/smart-boot