People with diabetic neuropathy deal with numbness in their legs and feet and are often unable to detect and respond to stress-related pain by adjusting their foot loading.Muthu Wijesundara is the principal research scientist and head of the Division of Biomedical Technologies at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute.
He and his team members have received a patent for a dual-layer shoe insole that automatically shifts the pressure on the bottom of the foot Using fluid-filled cells, the insole provides variability in a person’s foot loading patterns to reduce prolonged pressure to any given area. The insole can automatically adjust without help from the patient and is designed to accommodate people of various weights.
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