Motion Sensor Application for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Compliance Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for managing diabetic foot ulcers lack insight into user lifestyle and compliance with offloading devices, leading to delayed or worsened healing of pressure ulcers.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a non-transitory computer readable medium with an application that receives motion data from a motion sensor, determines the appropriate time to request contextual information, and adjusts the graphical user interface based on user engagement metrics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If continuous monitoring and user engagement are implemented, then insight into user lifestyle and compliance is improved, but user burden and system complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting motion data continuously in the background and pre-processing it to identify compliance events before actively engaging the user. The application determines ahead of time when contextual information should be requested based on motion pattern analysis, rather than continuously prompting the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by using automated motion sensor data to trigger engagement only when compliance issues are detected. The application independently analyzes motion patterns, determines when contextual information is needed, and requests information selectively, reducing the need for continuous user intervention or complex manual monitoring.
2Measurement precision
If contextual information is requested frequently, then compliance monitoring accuracy is improved, but user engagement burden increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by requesting contextual information only when motion data indicates potential compliance issues, rather than continuously or excessively. The application selectively engages the user based on specific motion pattern triggers, obtaining sufficient compliance information without overwhelming the user with constant requests.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses feedback mechanisms where motion sensor data continuously monitors compliance, and contextual information requests are triggered only when anomalies are detected. This feedback loop allows the system to maintain high monitoring accuracy by focusing user engagement only when needed, based on objective motion pattern analysis.
3Ease of operation
If functionality is always available, then user convenience is improved, but data collection reliability decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements preliminary action by disabling functionality before the determined time for data collection and enabling it subsequently. The application proactively manages functionality availability based on predetermined schedules or triggers, ensuring that data collection occurs during optimal times when reliability is maximized, while maintaining user convenience through automated transitions.
Data Source
AI summary
In some aspects, a non-transitory computer readable medium is disclosed that has an application stored thereon that when executed by a processor of an electronic device causes the processor to perform a process. The process can include receiving motion data from a motion sensor, the motion data being indicative of motion by a user while wearing the motion sensor. The process can also include transmitting the motion data to a server, receiving from the server a time that the motion data indicates a foot of the user experienced a loading force which risked adversely impacting an existing foot ulcer or causing a new foot ulcer, determining a geographic location of the motion sensor at the time that the foot experienced the loading force, displaying the time and the geographic location, and requesting that the user identify an activity engaged in by the user at the time and the geographic location.