Path Feel - a smart AI insole for personalisation of care in chronic conditions and the elderly

Path Feel——智能人工智能鞋垫，用于慢性病和老年人的个性化护理

• 批准号: 89788
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: WALK WITH PATH LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=89788
• 关键词: Path; Feel; smart; AI; insole

I'm a dedicated and passionate innovator. I successfully launched a company, Walk With Path, in 2014, with a medical device, Path Finder, that is on the market in Europe, Canada and Australia. Our second medical device, Path Feel, is in R&D supported by a team of 13\. I have a range of experience, from finance at JP Morgan, Advertising at AOL and business development within the life sciences for the Danish Embassy in London. The multitude of experience I have gained throughout these roles combined with my degrees in Human Biology (BSc) and Innovation design Engineering (MA/MSc) from King's College London, Royal College of Art and Imperial College London, has equipped me with the skills to develop and launch products. Path Finder was brought to the market in 2017 and is currently reimbursed by European healthcare systems, whilst Path Feel is in pipeline, currently with a clinical study underway by Manchester Metropolitan University.Walk With Path innovates mobility aids for people with chronic conditions, e.g. Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and diabetes. These populations and the general elderly often have reduced sensation in their feet which leads to instability and falls. This has a huge impact on quality of life (QOL) and the spend of healthcare providers, such as the NHS (£2.3 billion/year on falls alone). Additionally, half of fallers will no longer live independently, contributing further costs.Our project will develop and commercialise our smart insole, Path Feel. The insole responds to pressure applied and provides vibrational feedback to the user to help them 'feel the floor' and achieve balance in real-time. Embedded sensors gather data on walking that is used for diagnostics, personalised medicine and remote patient monitoring. By the end of the project we will have a beta-product on the market and will be developing the machine learning functions for a version 2 release.There are currently no devices like this on the market. Patients use canes and frames which are bulky and can carry a social stigma. We aim to deliver an invisible and intuitive user-centred solution that increases people's QOL and independence whilst reducing healthcare costs. Technologically comparable solutions include insoles with sensors, however, none of these offer the therapeutic benefits of haptic feedback. The haptics is the most important feature for many end users, as it provides them better mobility for every step, and it will also assist in ensuring compliance over existing 'passive' solutions.

我是一个敬业和热情的创新者。 2014年，我成功地开设了一家与Path的公司，并使用了医疗设备，Path Finder，该公司在欧洲，加拿大和澳大利亚的市场上。我们的第二个医疗设备Path Feel是在研发中由13 \团队支持的。我有一系列经验，从JP Morgan的财务，在AOL上广告以及伦敦丹麦大使馆生命科学中的业务发展。我在这些角色中获得的许多经验以及我的人类生物学学位（BSC）和创新设计工程（MA/MSC），来自伦敦国王学院，皇家艺术学院和伦敦帝国学院，为我提供了开发和推出产品的技能。 Path Finder于2017年被带到市场，目前由欧洲医疗保健系统偿还，而Path Feel却在途中，目前正在曼彻斯特大都会大学进行临床研究。与Path Innovates Innovates Innovates为具有慢性病患者的行动助理，例如帕金森氏病，多发性硬化症和糖尿病。这些人群和一般的脚步经常会减少脚步，从而导致不稳定和跌倒。这对生活质量（QOL）和医疗保健提供者的支出具有巨大影响，例如NHS（仅跌倒每年23亿英镑）。此外，一半的堕落者将不再独立生活，从而造成了进一步的成本。我们的项目将开发和商业化我们的智能鞋垫，道路的感觉。鞋垫对施加的压力做出响应，并为用户提供振动反馈，以帮助他们“感觉到地板”并实时实现平衡。嵌入式传感器收集有关行走的数据，用于诊断，个性化医学和远程患者监测。到项目结束时，我们将在市场上拥有Beta产品，并将为版本2版本开发机器学习功能。目前，市场上没有类似的设备。患者使用笨重的手杖和框架，可以带有社会污名。我们旨在提供一个以用户为中心的无形和直观的解决方案，以增加人们的质量和独立性，同时降低医疗保健成本。技术上可比的解决方案包括与传感器的鞋垫，但是，这些解决方案都没有提供触觉反馈的治疗益处。对于许多最终用户来说，触觉是最重要的功能，因为它为每一步提供了更好的移动性，并且还将有助于确保对现有的“被动”解决方案的合规性。